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C&I segment holds about 22% share of total solar installations in India

July 29, 2019

C&I segment holds about 22% share of total solar installations in India Commercial and Industrial (C&I) segment holds about 70% of all rooftop solar installations (nearly 3 GW) in India while in the utility-scale solar market it has about 13% share (>3.5 GW) under third party sale/ Open access/ captive model. In total, as of March 31, 2019, C&I segment has about 6.5 GW of solar capacity installed which is nearly 22% of all solar installations[1]. Earlier, most third-party sale/…

Andhra Pradesh PPA cancellation/ renegotiation controversy: Acme, Tata, Vector Green and Greenko assets at maximum risk

July 15, 2019

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Andhra Pradesh PPA cancellation/ renegotiation controversy: Acme, Tata, Vector Green and Greenko assets at maximum risk Last month, in Andhra Pradesh, the newly appointed chief minister Mr. YS Jaganmohan Reddy, has constituted a High Level Negotiation Committee (HLNC) to revisit solar and wind power purchase contracts as it is believed that they were signed at higher rates than the other states. In his view, the higher rates could be attributed to corruption. This move has caused a stir in the…

Solar projects installation trends in FY 2019 – Third party sale

July 2, 2019

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Solar projects installation trends in FY 2019 – Third party sale In FY 2019, about 270 MW of third party sale/ Open access (OA) solar projects are installed which is 83% lesser than previous year installation (1,685 MW). In FY 2018, about 86% of total OA solar projects (1,450 MW) were installed in Karnataka only. Reason for this are the waivers offered on most open access charges (including transmission and wheeling charges, CSS charges) in Karnataka until March 31, 2018.…

Viability of Open access/ third party sale solar projects in India

June 29, 2019

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Viability of Open access/ third party sale solar projects in India In last one year, various states including Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have either withdrawn their Open access (OA) benefits for renewable projects or have not extended their OA benefits beyond March 2019. In Andhra Pradesh, wheeling and transmission charges are exempted only for inter-state supply of power. For intra-state supply no exemptions are applicable. Purchase of unutilized banked energy is also capped at 10%…