Rajasthan RE Generators to Pay 50% of Deviation Settlement Charges from Oct ‘19-March 2020
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has issued its amended regulations for Forecasting, Scheduling, Deviation Settlement of Solar and Wind Generation Sources Regulations, 2017. The commission was responding to a ...
Rajasthan Seeks Bidders for 150 Electric Buses
The Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) has issued a Request for Proposal (RfP) to select bus operators for the procurement, operation, and maintenance of 50 air-conditioned electric-powered buses under ...
Rajasthan Road Transport Corporation Issues 4 MW Rooftop Solar Tender for its Depots
The Rajasthan State Road Corporation (RSRTC) has floated a tender to develop 4 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects at its depots. The scope of work of this tender includes ...
Adani Acquires Transmission Project in Rajasthan Solar Zone from PFC Consulting
Adani Transmission Limited (ATL) has signed a share purchase agreement and completed the acquisition of the special purpose vehicle of Bikaner-Khetri Transmission Limited (BKTL), incorporated by PFC Consulting Ltd. ATL ...
Tata Power Commissions a 150 MW Solar Project in Rajasthan
Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, has commissioned a 150 MW solar power project in Pokharan, Rajasthan. With this, the overall operating renewable capacity of ...
Rajasthan Solar Policy 2019 Sets Target of Achieving 25 GW Capacity by FY 2020-21
The Rajasthan government, through the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited (RRECL), has launched its Solar Energy Policy 2019. The policy aims to deploy 25 GW of solar energy capacity in ...
Rajasthan Proposes Purchase of Excess Power Generated by Solar Pumps at ₹3.44/kWh
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has issued a draft order inviting suggestions and comments for to determine pre-fixed levelized tariff and the rate of purchase of excess electricity by ...
Rajasthan to Develop 113.5 MW of Solar Projects Across 10 Clusters
The Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited (RRECL) has floated a tender inviting interested bidders to develop 113.5 MW (AC) of decentralized solar projects spread across various clusters of the state ...
Tender Floated For 50 MW of Rooftop Solar on Government Buildings in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited (RRECL) has issued a tender for 50 MW of rooftop solar projects under the RESCO model. The scope of work under this tender would ...
Rajasthan to Not Accept New Applications for Registration of Wind Projects under REC
The Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC) has issued a draft version of its policy on wind and wind-solar hybrid projects. The policy aims to establish Rajasthan as a leader for ...
REIL Floats Tender for 2 MW of Rooftop Solar Projects for Government Buildings in Jaipur
The Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL) has issued tender to install and commission 2 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects at several government buildings in the capital city of ...
Power Grid to Invest ₹25.8B To Build Transmission System in Rajasthan’s Solar Zone
The state-run Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has approved ₹25.8 billion (~$358 million) to develop a transmission system for solar energy zones in Rajasthan. The transmission network has ...
Rajasthan Electronics Issues Tender for 750 kW of Solar Projects for EV Charging Stations
Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), has issued a notice inviting tender (NIT) for 25 units of 30 kW (25*30=750 kW) grid-connected solar photovoltaic (SPV) power projects, either rooftop or ...
Power Grid to Build Transmission Network in Gujarat & Rajasthan to Evacuate Renewables
The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has won two contracts to set up transmission infrastructure to evacuate power generated from renewable projects. PGCIL emerged as the successful bidder ...
Adani To Build Transmission Lines in Gujarat and Rajasthan To Facilitate Renewables
Adani Transmission Ltd has received two Letters of Intent (LoI) to augment the country’s transmission network in the face of surging renewable additions. The first LoI has been issued by ...
A Recap of Policy Highlights from India’s Renewables and Solar Industry in July 2019
The month of July was filled with announcements on policy amendments and regulations. Some of the important policy announcements included the deviation settlement mechanism (DSM), solar park program, standardization issues, ...
Total Eren and EDF Renewables Sign PPA for 716 MW of Solar Projects in India
Total Eren and EDF Renewables have signed 25-year long term power purchase agreements (PPA) for four solar power projects with an installed capacity of 716 MW. These projects are located ...
Rajasthan Budget Targets 1.4 GW of Wind, 4.9 GW of Solar in the Next Five Years
The revised 2019-2020 budget for Rajasthan has introduced various grants for the renewable energy sector. The chief minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot, in his budget speech, mentioned that the new ...
REIL Issues Tender to Install 20,000 Solar Streetlights Across India
The Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL) has issued a tender for the supply, installation, and commissioning of 20,000 standalone off-grid solar LED streetlights across the country. The REIL is ...
IIM Kozhikode and Sainik School Rajasthan to Adopt Solar Power
The Kerala Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has issued a tender for a grid-interactive 50 kW solar project at the Indian Institute of Management’s Kozhikode campus. The project should be ...
SECI’s 750 MW Solar Auction for Rajasthan Sees Lowest Tariff of ₹2.50/kWh
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)’s recent tender to set up 750 MW (Tranche-II) of grid-connected solar projects in Rajasthan saw the lowest (L1) tariff of ₹2.50 (~$0.0359)/kWh at ...
NTPC Invites Bids for a 160 MW Solar Project to be Developed in Rajasthan
The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has invited bids for a 160 MW solar project in Jetsar, Rajasthan. The scope of work includes the design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, packing ...
Rajasthan Clarifies How Wheeling Charges on Solar Projects are to be Applied
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has dismissed petitions filed by captive solar project developers seeking relief from applicable wheeling and banking charges. In this case, the petitioners were: Goyal ...
Rajasthan Rules Against Wheeling Charges for Solar and Wind at 100% CUF for Captive Users
A group of six independent power producers (IPPs) had filed separate petitions before the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) for the settlement of disputes regarding the methodology adopted by DISCOMS ...
Solar Auctions Plummeted While Tender Activity Soared in March 2019
Solar auction activity in March plummeted to 750 MW, which was approximately one-fourth of the capacity auctioned in the previous month. The auctioned capacity in March 2019 was also lower ...
