Gujarat Revises RPO Targets for FY 2013-14 Retroactively
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has revised the state renewable purchase obligation (RPO) for entities in the state for the financial year (FY) 2013-14 retroactively. The order came after ...
Torrent Power Issues RfS for Procurement of 300 MW Solar Power from Projects in Gujarat
Torrent Power Limited (TPL) has issued Request for Selection (RfS) for the procurement of up to 300 MW of power from grid-connected solar photovoltaic power projects in Gujarat. A bidder ...
O&M Tender Issued for a 5 MW Solar Project in Gujarat Solar Park
The Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) has issued a tender for the operations and maintenance of a 5 MW solar PV power project at Gujarat Solar Park, located in Charanka ...
Gujarat Announces RfS for 500 MW of Solar Projects
The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has issued Request for Selection (RfS) for the purchase of power from 500 MW grid connected solar photovoltaic power projects to be set ...
Gujarat’s 700 MW Solar Auction Sees Lowest Tariff of ₹2.84/kWh
Lowest tariff of ₹2.84 (~$0.0406)/kWh was quoted in the solar auction conducted by the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) for 700 MW of solar power projects. The projects are ...
Gujarat’s 700 MW Solar Tender Oversubscribed by Over Two Times
The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL)’s 700 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) tender has been oversubscribed by over two times. A GUVNL official informed Mercom that bids aggregating 1,750 ...
Torrent Power Gets Approval for Deviation in Guidelines to Procure Solar and Wind Power
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has approved Torrent Power’s petitions for the acceptance of deviations from the Ministry of Power (MoP)’s guidelines for the procurement of solar and wind ...
Gujarat Decides to Implement Solar Agricultural Feeder Program on Pilot Basis
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) will support the implementation of Suryashakti Kisan Yojna (SKY) as a pilot project in Gujarat. The GERC was responding to a petition filed by ...
Gujarat Village Farmers Embrace Solar Water Pumps
The sun is shining a little brighter for the farmers of Mujkuva village of Anklav taluka, nearly 17 km away from Anand, Gujarat. A group of 11 farmers in the ...
Lowest Tariff of ₹2.44/kWh Wins GUVNL’s 500 MW Solar Auction
Lowest (L1) tariff of ₹2.44 (~$0.0338)/kWh has been quoted in the recent auction held by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) for 500 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects ...
ONGC Commissions 10 MW Solar Project at Hazira in Gujarat
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has commissioned a 10 MW solar project which will power its plants at Dhaej, Gandhar, and Hazira located in the state of Gujarat ...
Gujarat Invites EoI to Develop 1,000 MW of Projects at Dholera Solar Park
The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has invited expression of interest (EoI) from project developers to develop 1,000 MW of grid-connected solar PV projects in the Dholera Special Investment ...
Gujarat’s Largest Solar Park Likely to Issue its First Tender of 1 GW in August
The Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) in Gujarat is expected to issue its first 1,000 MW tender next month, a senior official told PTI. Earlier, Mercom reported that the Gujarat ...
India Installs LiDAR for Assessment of Offshore Wind Resource in Gujarat
The Government of India, through its various ministries and departments is actively pursuing the goal of making India a cleaner and greener country by expanding the usage of renewable energy ...
India’s Power Utilities’ Ratings Over the Last Year Decline Slightly
The Ministry of Power (MoP) recently released its sixth annual integrated ratings for the state distribution utilities. Out of the 41 utilities that were covered in the report, five utilities ...
Gujarat Retenders 500 MW of Grid-Connected Solar Projects
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has retendered 500 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to be developed across the state. GUVNL has announced the tender in order to ...
Exide and Leclanche form Joint Venture for Li-Ion Battery Manufacturing in India
Exide Industries Ltd., an Indian lead acid storage battery manufacturer, and Leclanche, a global energy storage solutions provider, have formed a joint venture (JV) to build lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries and ...
Gujarat to Provide Farmers with Solar Panels to Produce their Own Power
Gujarat government has announced a program called Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) through which it would provide farmers with solar panels to generate solar power on their lands. According to the ...
Gujarat Announces Solar-Wind Hybrid Power Policy
The Gujarat government has announced a new solar plus wind hybrid power policy in a bid to promote the simultaneous production of wind and solar power in the state. Under ...
MNRE Announces 30 GW Offshore Wind Target by 2030
To give confidence to the country’s wind industry, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has now announced the medium and long-term target for offshore wind power capacity additions ...
BHEL Bags Orders Worth ₹1.25 Billion for Two Solar Projects in Gujarat
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), a public sector undertaking (PSU) involved in the manufacturing of electrical equipment, has announced that it has bagged orders worth ₹1.25 billion (~$0.019 billion) for ...
NTPC Issues Tenders for 36 MW of Solar in Telangana and Gujarat
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has tendered a total of 36 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to be developed in the states of Telangana and Gujarat. NTPC ...
GEDA Tenders 125 MW of Rooftop Solar PV Projects to be Installed Across Gujarat
The Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA) has tendered 125 MW of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to be developed across the state. The bid-submission deadline is June 18, 2018. This ...
Tata Power and CGPL Join Hands to Install Rooftop Solar in all Households of Tunda, Gujarat
Tata Power Community Development Trust (TPCDT) has partnered with Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL) for a project called Suryoday. The program aims to power all the households in Tunda village ...
Siemens Gamesa Bags Largest Wind Turbine Order for 300 MW Project in Gujarat
Siemens Gamesa, a renewable energy project developer and an engineering procurement construction (EPC) provider, announced that it has bagged the largest order for wind turbines in India. A statement issued by ...
