
EoI Invited for Feasibility Survey and Inspection of Solar Pumps Under KUSUM Program
The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has issued an expression of interest (EoI) for a third-party feasibility survey and inspection of solar pumps installed in the state under Component-B of ...

Maharashtra Approves Draft Policy to Deploy 17 GW of Renewable Power by 2025
The Maharashtra State Cabinet has approved the draft policy ‘Unconventional Energy Generation Policy 2020’ to be adopted by the Department of Energy to promote non-conventional energy generation in the state. The agency ...

Maharashtra Sets Tariffs to Procure Wind Energy from Projects with Expired EPAs
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has approved the energy purchase agreement (EPA) for wind projects with expired EPAs. The agreements were signed between Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited ...

Maharashtra Issues Empanelment Tender for 25 MW of Residential Rooftop Solar Systems
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has invited bids for empaneling agencies to install 25 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar systems in the state. The contract will also ...

Bids Invited for Annual Supply of 5,000 Solar Lanterns and Study Lamps in Maharashtra
The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has issued an expression of interest (EoI) to empanel suppliers for about 5,000 LED-based solar lanterns and study lamps per year in the state ...

MERC Examines if Fossil Fuel-Based Cogeneration Projects Can be Exempt from RPO
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) dismissed JSW Steel Limited’s plea seeking exemption from the requirement to meet its renewable purchase (RPO) targets to the extent of its consumption from ...

Maharashtra Energy Development Agency Invites Bids for 4 MW of Solar Projects
The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has invited bids for over 4 MW of solar projects. These solar projects will be developed at the following locations: 1.4 MW solar project ...

Maharashtra Invites Bids for 3.65 MW of Rooftop and Ground-Mounted Solar Projects
The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has invited bids for 3.65 MW of grid-connected solar projects in the state. The tender includes both rooftop and ground-mounted solar systems to be ...

Maharashtra Invites Bids for a 15 kW Solar Project in Ralegan-Siddhi
The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has issued a tender for a 15 kW grid-connected solar power project at Hind Swaraj Trust in Ralegan-Siddhi, Maharashtra. The last date for the ...

Maharashtra Invites Bids for 12.2 MW of Solar Projects for 9 Municipal Councils
The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has floated nine tenders for solar projects in nine municipal councils totaling 12.2 MW. The projects have been tendered under the Atal Mission for ...

Maharashtra Entities Asked to Refund Evacuation Cost Incurred by Bagasse-Based Project
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has ruled in favor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Sahakari Sakar Karkhana Ltd. which had filed a petition regarding its 25.7 MW bagasse-based cogeneration power ...

Maharashtra to Procure 500 MW of Wind Power at a Ceiling Tariff of ₹2.52/kWh
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has invited potential bidders for the procurement of 500 MW of wind power on a long-term basis for eight years. The RfS ...

Maharashtra Commission Asks MSEDCL to Invite Bids for Bagasse Projects with Expired EPAs
Recently, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) had filed a petition before the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) for the approval of procurement of bagasse-based co-generation power for ...

Co-Generation Projects in Maharashtra Can Fulfil Their RPO by March 2020
Fossil fuel-based co-generation projects in Maharashtra have got time up until March 2020 to fulfill their renewable purchase obligation (RPO) targets. The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) provided this relief ...

Adani Electricity Mumbai Has Time Until March 2020 to Comply with RPO
Government agencies in India are taking renewable purchase obligation (RPO) compliance cases seriously, and entities are being brought to task by state electricity regulatory commissions after the creation of RPO ...

Maharashtra Floats EPC Tender for 4,664 kW of Off-Grid Solar Projects
The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has issued a tender for 4,664 kW of off-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to be developed across the state. The bid submission deadline is ...

Maharashtra’s New Wind-Solar Hybrid Tender Asks Bidders to Set Procurement Limit
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has issued a one of a kind wind-solar hybrid tender which gives the developers freedom in project development. The state distribution company ...

Maharashtra Approves Upper Tariff Ceiling of ₹2.75/kWh for Wind-Solar Hybrid Projects
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has approved the competitive bidding process for long-term procurement of power from wind-solar hybrid projects in the state. The bidding guidelines were proposed by ...

Maharashtra’s Renewable Energy Policy 2008 Does Not Include Solar: MERC
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has directed Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) not to pay any benefits to open access solar projects aggregating 6 MW. These projects were developed under the ...

Maharashtra’s New Textile Policy Promotes Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources
The state government of Maharashtra has issued a new textile policy in a bid to make the state’s textile industry more profitable in the coming years. The new textile policy ...

Government Agencies Tender Over 2 MW of Solar in Small Tenders
In the past week, government agencies have tendered solar projects with a total aggregate capacity of 2.160 MW in India. Military Engineering Services (MES) tendered a 2 MW grid-connected solar ...