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Simplifying Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPA)- Indian perspective Currently, in India, C&I consumers avail RE power mainly through signing “physical power purchase agreements (PPA)” viz. either on-site (rooftop) or off-site (open access). These procurement models require real time accounting of power generated and consumed. As RE based power is highly variable in nature, C&I consumers fail to replace all of their consumption using physical PPA route. To counter this problem, virtual PPA (VPPA) has been explored by various players. Structure…

Repowering: Extend new life into older wind projects India has started harnessing the wind power in the late eighties and as on 31st September 2022 the total wind power capacity installed in the country has reached 41.66 GW. The share of wind energy in the total installed capacity mix in the country also reached 10.2% as of September 30, 2022 However, everything in this world has an expiry date including wind turbines. India also has significant number of old wind…

With less than 4 months to go, India is 39 GW away from its 2022 solar target Back in 2015, the government of India (GoI) had set the target of achieving 100 gigawatt (GW) of grid-connected solar installation, including both utility-scale and rooftop solar energy by 2022. The cumulative installed capacity of solar in India, as of FY2016, was 6.8 GW.[1] Fast-forward to August 31, 2022, the cumulative grid-connected solar power capacity of India stands at ~61 GW.[2] Now, with…

India Added 8.4 GW of Solar Capacity in the First Half of 2022 From January 2022 till June 2022, about 8,359 MW solar capacity was added in India. This is about 71% higher compared to the same period in the previous year. In terms of cumulative installations till June 2022, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), India’s renewable energy (RE) installed capacity reached 114 GW. Solar energy contributes approximately 51% share of the total RE segment,…