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Bihar State Power (Holding) Company Limited (BSPHCL) had recently issued a tender for an allocation of a 100 MW capacity in the state. Today (July 1st 2013), is the last date for the submission of the bids. The solar projects are expected to meet the solar renewable purchase obligations (RPOs) of the state-owned power distribution companies. Allocation of projects should be under a policy...

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Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab have all recently issued Letters of Interest (LOIs) after carrying out their respective processes for allocation of new solar PV projects. These allocations would cumulatively account for a capacity of almost 1.5 GW. Andhra Pradesh is now looking to allocate a solar PV capacity of 350 MW and not 1000 MW, while Uttar Pradesh planned to...

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In December 2012, Tamil Nadu had announced a bidding process for a capacity allocation of 1,000 MW. Issues such as low bankability of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), limited time available for planning and commissioning and the need for developers to meet the lowest quoted tariff for successful allocation caused the allocations to be undersubscribed (

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We observe a trend in the Indian solar PV project development space towards bilateral, open access, contracts (often under the ‘group captive’ model) for sale of power to industrial consumers. Many project developers are keen on the market for bilateral sale of power, while some are already selling power directly to industrial consumers Project developers plan for only a portion of...

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Last week, the Andhra Pradesh government announced that it will buy power from rooftop PV systems installed on residential and commercial buildings in the state at a fixed tariff of INR 3.5/kWh (refer). Capital subsidies...

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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has decided to defer the penalties that are to be levied on delayed solar thermal (CSP) projects. 470 MW were allocated under phase one of the National Solar Mission (NSM) in December 2010 and were to be commissioned in May 2013. However, none of the projects are expected to meet this deadline. No project is expected to reach completion before...

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The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has announced the second round of biddings for the implementation of large scale, grid connected rooftop PV systems ranging from 100 kWp to 500 kWp for a total allocation of 11.1 MW. A developer can apply for multiple projects for a minimum allocation of 250kWp and a maximum of 2 MWp No Feed-in-Tariff is being offered. Instead, the bidder will...

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The south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh had carried out a bidding process for an allocation of 1,000 MW earlier this year. The state followed a L1 (lowest bid) process, where developers were required to meet the lowest tariff being offered by any other developer for a given sub-station. The policy’s bidding process accounted for different project sizes, land costs and irradiation levels...

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