Important News Snippets from India’s Renewable Industry in June 2019
In the month of June 2019, the most important news development in India’s renewable industry came from the United States with President Trump ending India’s designation as a beneficiary developing ...
Solar Developers Seek Transparency in DISCOM Payments, Approvals and Grid Curtailment
In the recent strategic meeting held by the Solar Power Developers Association (SPDA), the key industry stakeholders deliberated upon major issues affecting the developers ranging from deviation settlement issues to ...
Azure’s Petition before MERC Seeking Declaration of GST as Change in Law Dismissed
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has dismissed a plea requesting that the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) be treated as a ‘Change in Law’ event. The petition, filed ...
Tariff Caps are Slowing Down Solar Auction Activity
The solar market in India is extremely competitive. Reverse auctions have driven tariffs lower and lower, and developers are fighting for every penny to make a decent return on their ...
Znshine Solar Was the Top Module Supplier to India in 2018
Znshine Solar, a Chinese PV module manufacturer, emerged as the top module supplier to the Indian solar market in the calendar year (CY) 2018, having supplied more than a gigawatt ...
The United States Exempts Bifacial Solar Modules from Safeguard Duty of 25%
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has issued an order exempting bifacial and a few other types of solar panels from the levy of newly-imposed safeguard duty ...
India Added 1.7 GW of Solar PV in Q1 2019, Rooftop Installations Declined
Solar installations in India in Q1 2019 increased slightly at 1,737 MW, 4% growth compared to 1,638 MW installed in Q4 2018. Installations were down by 49% year-over-year (YoY) compared ...
India’s Solar Exports to the US to Incur 25% Safeguard Duty from June 5, 2019
The United States President Donald Trump has ended India’s designation as a beneficiary developing country, thereby ending duty-free status of about 2,000 products amounting to approximately $6 billion, including solar ...
Maharashtra Commission Warns MSEDCL for Non-Payment to Wind Developers
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has pulled up state’s DISCOM (MSEDCL) for the continued delay in meeting payment obligations to independent power producers, including delayed payment charge, and for ...
ACME Solar to be Compensated for Cost Incurred After Introduction of Safeguard Duty
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued an order to compensate a solar power developer by accepting that the levy of safeguard duty was a ‘Change in Law.’ The ...
Reduce ₹0.18/kWh from Solar Tariff in Case of Non-Payment of Safeguard Duty: MERC
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has reiterated its decision that the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) should reduce ₹0.18 (0.0025/kWh) from the discovered tariff if the bidders ...
Duties and Tariffs Piling Up in the Indian Renewable Industry
India’s total renewable energy installations stand at around 75 GW, of which wind energy accounts for more than 35 GW, followed by solar energy, which has witnessed exponential growth with ...
Extension of Solar Safeguard Duty Imposition Period Unlikely
There have been comments made by government officials in the past and speculation by some manufacturers that the period of the safeguard duty levy on solar cell and module imports ...
MERC Asks DISCOM to Reduce ₹0.18/kWh from Solar Tariff to Account for Safeguard Duty
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) should reduce ₹0.18 (0.0025/kWh) from the discovered tariff if the bidders have not paid the safeguard duty, the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission ...
Solar Safeguard Duty Notification Should be Treated as Change in Law: MERC
The Ministry of Finance’s notification that imposed the Safeguard Duty is an event of Change in Law, and therefore the additional expenditure and other impacts will be considered for reimbursement ...
SECI’s New Solar Tender for 3 GW with 1.5 GW of Manufacturing Comes with a Tariff Cap of ₹2.75/kWh
The Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) has now issued a detailed Request for Selection (RfS) for the tender announced yesterday for 3 GW of ISTS-connected solar capacity linked ...
Solar Developers Complain They Have to Pay GST on Safeguard Duty, Request Reimbursement
It has been almost 6 months since the imposition of safeguard duty on solar imports to India. However, the industry is still clamoring for clarity amid a plethora of problems ...
NSEFI Issues Recommendations to Help Attain India’s Solar Targets
India has set a solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity addition target of 100 GW by 2022. According to Mercom’s India Solar Tracker, so far over 26 GW of solar PV capacity ...
Solar Manufacturing Units in India’s SEZs will Have to Pay Safeguard Duty
Solar module and cell manufacturers in India who are operating in special economic zones (SEZs) will not benefit from the levy of 25 percent safeguard duty on solar imports. These ...
India and Taiwan Fail to Reach Agreement at WTO over Solar Safeguard Duty, Continue Talks
Recently India and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu conducted consultations at the World Tarde Organization (WTO) upon the levy of 25 percent safeguard duty on ...
Uttar Pradesh Comes up with a 550 MW Solar Tender
The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has invited bids for 550 MW of grid connected solar PV power projects through tariff based competitive bidding process. The ...
UPNEDA’s 500 MW Solar Tender Attracts 750 MW of Technical Bids
The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA)’s 500 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) tender has been oversubscribed by 250 MW. A UPNEDA official told Mercom, “Technical bids ...
After Malaysia, Taiwan Seeks Consultation with India at WTO Over Solar Safeguard Duty
As India gets ready to impose 25 percent safeguard duty on solar imports from China and Taiwan, the Taiwanese delegation at the World Tarde Organization (WTO) has requested consultation with ...
Government Asks Custom Authorities to Begin Collection of 25% Solar Safeguard Duty
Just a few days after the Supreme Court put aside the stay order on safeguard duty by the Orissa High Court, the Ministry of Finance has now issued an instruction ...
Supreme Court Allows Government to Levy 25% Safeguard Duty on Solar Imports
India will soon begin with the imposition of safeguard duty on solar cells and modules which had been put on hold by the government. In a significant order, the Supreme ...
