
Rajasthan Rooftop Solar Installers Question Latest Capacity Allocated by Nodal Agency
The Renewable Energy Association of Rajasthan (REAR) has raised a series of queries with the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC) after the latter allocated an additional 5,600 kW capacity under ...

Power Grid Acquires Two Transmission Projects to Evacuate Solar Power in Rajasthan
State-owned power transmission company Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) has acquired two transmission projects - Fatehgarh Bhadla Transco Limited and Sikar New Transmission Limited under Phase II, Part-B, and ...

Inflating Prices, Policy Bottlenecks Stall Rooftop Solar Progress Amid COVID Outbreak
The Renewable Energy Association of Rajasthan (REAR) has written to the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC), requesting a deadline extension for rooftop solar projects to allow the stakeholders to cope ...

SECI Asked to Compensate Solar Developer for GST and Safeguard Duty Impact
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), in a recent ruling, directed the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to compensate a solar developer for the increase in cost incurred due ...

KKR’s Renewable Platform Virescent Acquires 76 MW of Solar Projects from Sindicatum
Virescent Renewable Energy Trust, a platform created by global investment company KKR to acquire renewable energy assets in India, announced that it had acquired 76 MW of solar projects from ...

Rising Sun Extends Bid Submission Deadline for 190 MW Solar EPC Tender
Rising Sun Energy, a New Delhi-based independent power producer, has extended the bid submission deadline for engineering, procurement, and construction of 190 MW grid-connected solar projects at Nokh Solar Park ...

REIL Floats Tender for 40,000 Mono PERC Solar Cells
Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), a joint venture between the central and the Rajasthan governments, has invited bids to procure 40,000 solar cells of the monocrystalline passivated emitter and ...

Rajasthan Electronics Invites Bids for 8 MW of Rooftop Solar Projects
The Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), a joint venture between the Government of India and the Government of Rajasthan, has invited bids for 8 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar ...

NTPC Floats EPC Tender for 1.2 GW of Solar Projects in Rajasthan
NTPC Limited has invited bids for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) package with land development for 1,200 MW of grid-connected solar power projects in Rajasthan. The successful bidder will also ...

Overhead Powerlines Directed to be Taken Underground to Save the Great Indian Bustard
In an important development, the Supreme Court of India has directed the appropriate authorities to install diverters in the habitats of the Great Indian Bustard and convert the overhead cables ...

Rajasthan Electronics Floats Tender for 3,250 Polycrystalline Solar Modules
The Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), a joint venture between the Government of India and the Government of Rajasthan, has invited bids for the contract manufacturing of 3,250 polycrystalline ...

Rajasthan Allows Net Metering for Distributed Renewable Energy Under RESCO Model
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has permitted net metering and net billing arrangement for grid-connected distributed renewable energy systems under the renewable energy service company (RESCO) model. The regulations ...

IFC Proposes $50 Million Loan for Enel’s 300 MW Solar Project in Rajasthan
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has proposed a $50 million loan facility to Italy-based Enel Green Power to fund its solar project in Rajasthan’s Bikaner. The 300 MW Thar Surya solar photovoltaic ...

Transmission Infrastructure Crucial to Support Growing Solar Capacity
The pandemic was just one of the issues that pushed the solar back last year. The industry faced several other impediments coming in the way of project development. One of ...

NTPC Reissues Module Package Tender for Anta Solar Project in Rajasthan
NTPC Limited has reissued the tender for the supply of a solar PV module package for the Anta solar power project at Baran district in Rajasthan. The scope of work ...

Transmission Constraint Should Not Restrict Power Generators: Commission to DISCOM
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (RVPN) to ensure no curtailment of any power generator connected at 132/33 kV Sheo Substation on account ...

Rajasthan Extends Net Metering for Rooftop Solar Until June 30, 2021
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has clarified that the net metering facilities for rooftop and small grid-connected solar systems will be valid up to June 30, 2021. Under the ...

AC Energy Achieves Financial Closure for a 100 MW Solar Project in Rajasthan
Philippines-based AC Energy and Infrastructure (AC Energy), the investment arm of Ayala Corporation, in association with UPC Solar Asia Pacific, has achieved the financial closure of its 100 MW Sitara ...

Tenders Floated for 290,000 Multicrystalline Solar Cells Under DCR Category
Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), a joint venture between the center and the Rajasthan government, has issued two tenders for the supply of multicrystalline solar cells. The first tender ...

Indian Oil Invites Bids for Trading of Non-Solar RECs from 72 MW of Wind Projects
The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has invited bids from traders to sell 176,262 non-solar renewable energy certificates (RECs) generated from 72.3 MW of wind power projects in Rajasthan through ...

PGCIL Acquires Ramgarh New Transmission to Facilitate 8.1 GW of Solar Power
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), a state-owned power transmission company, has acquired the Ramgarh New Transmission Limited (RNTL) under Phase II, Part-A of the 'transmission strengthening program' to ...

SECI Invites Bids to Develop 1,785 MW of Solar Projects in Rajasthan
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids to develop 1,785 MW of solar projects (Tranche IV) in Rajasthan. The last date to submit the bids online is ...

Rajasthan Electronics Releases Tender for 150,000 Multicrystalline Solar Cells
Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), a joint venture between the Indian government and Rajasthan, has invited bids for 150,000 units of 4.5W multicrystalline silicon solar cells. Bidders are not ...

Rising Sun Energy Bags a 190 MW Project in Rajasthan’s Nokh Solar Park from NTPC
Rising Sun Energy, a New Delhi-based independent power producer, won 190 MW of solar projects quoting a tariff of ₹2.25 (~$0.031)/kWh in NTPC Limited’s auction for 190 MW of grid-connected ...

PGCIL Bags Two Transmission Projects to Evacuate 8.1 GW of Solar Power
Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL), a state-owned power transmission company, has bagged two power transmission projects in Rajasthan through tariff-based competitive bidding. These projects are built to evacuate 8.1 ...