01 October 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
Less than planned for, but at least a start: As per the Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation (APTRANSCO), 60 MW of PPAs have been signed in the state until now and around 80 MW more are expected be signed soon. The tariff will be INR 6.49/kWh (EUR 0.08/kWh; USD 0.10/kWh). Andhra Pradesh is looking to allocate a revised target capacity of 350 MW. Considering to the large shortfall with...
24 September 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
Allocations under batch one of phase two of the National Solar Mission (NSM) were supposed to begin in May 2013. However, there has been a significant delay in the process and these allocations have not yet been announced. Officials from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) have been quoted as saying that the documents for phase two of the NSM are now with the union cabinet for...
11 September 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
A recent article (refer) revealed that Indian C-si PV manufacturing is witnessing a five year low. The poor performance of domestic manufacturing in the last few years is well known. In response, the MNRE recently announced the establishment of the ‘National Institute for Solar Energy’ (NISE) to...
03 September 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) has released a document explaining the scheme developed to promote grid-connected rooftop and small-size solar PV power plants in the state. The scheme provides for ‘net metering’ for grid connected rooftop solar plants and states that the solar system owner will be compensated for the excess power supplied to the grid at a tariff...
27 August 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
The south Indian state of Karnataka opened the financial bids for an allocation of a capacity of 130 MW. Karnataka is expected to issue Letters of Interest (LoIs) to 16 developers for this allocation. The lowest successful bid is of INR 5.51/kWh by Sun Pharma and the highest successful bid is of INR 8.05/kWh by Welspun Solar and Heidelberg. The average bid across all successful bids is INR...
06 August 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has published a consultative paper titled ‘Comprehensive Tariff Order on Solar Power’ on 30.07.2013 (click here for the paper). The purpose of this paper is to come up with a common tariff for all solar power projects in the state. The paper recommends an extremely low solar tariff of INR 5.78/kWh (without escalation) for all solar PV...
30 July 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
In a follow up to our last weekly update (refer), this week, we here present a manufacturers’ perspective on the current anti-dumping investigations in India. BRIDGE TO INDIA has consistently held the view that anti-dumping duties are not beneficial for the overall development of the solar market in India. We believe that if India wants to support a domestic solar industry, it should not look...
23 July 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
The first hearing of India’s solar PV anti-dumping case was held on Thursday, 18th July 2013. Last month, it was announced that investigations by the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping (DGAD) have found enough prima facie evidence to suggest that dumped imports are hurting the domestic industry. This meeting was attended by more than 100 participants, including the three petitioners and...
15 July 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
In a recent petition, Gujarat’s energy company Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. (GUVNL) claims that the levelized tariff of INR 12.54/kWh being paid to the state’s solar power developers is too high and should be reduced (refer to our last weekly update). The petition (
09 July 2013 | Jasmeet Khurana
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL), the off-taker for 852 MW of installed solar capacity in the state, has submitted a petition to Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) to intervene and facilitate the re-negotiation of tariffs for the already installed projects. GUVNL claims that a capital cost of INR 165 m/MW was assumed to determine the tariff , however, most developers...
