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Operative Period
| - 5 years validity up to 30th Sept 2028, However, the benefits will be applicable for a period of 25 years from the date of commissioning or the life of the RE project
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Targets
| - The policy targets a cumulative 100 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, attracting investments of โน5 lakh crores and utilizing 4,00,000 acres of land.
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Gujarat Potential | - 36 GW of Solar and 143 GW wind capacity
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Eligibility
| - No Capacity Restrictions as policy encourages projects for captive use or third-party consumption with respect to consumerโs contracted demand or sanctioned load.
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| Project Covered | - Ground Mounted solar, Roof top solar, Floating solar, Canal top solar, wind , rooftop wind and wind-solar hybrid project
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Energy Settlement and Banking
| - The banking period shall be as per Green Energy OA Rules 2022 i.e., monthly.
- No banking charges shall be applicable on solar power consumed by Residential consumers.
- Any surplus energy not consumed in either with banking or without banking shall be considered lapsed.
- Peak hours charge applicable on all the units consumed (from Discom + Open Access incl. banked).
- If a third party register themselves under the REC mechanism or fulfil their RPO or basically claim RE attribute, then third party will not get banking facility.
- The banking charges shall be determined on monthly/quarterly basis as per the details of the previous month/quarter.
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Green Power supply
| - 100% renewable energy supply on consumer requisition at green power supply tariff is allowed as determined by GERC from time to time
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Electricity Duty
| - It shall be governed by Electricity Duty Act 1958 and its amendments
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Open Access Charges
| - Cross subsidy surcharge and Additional surcharge shall not be applicable to captive power projects as per electricity rule 2005
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Wind Solar Hybrid (WSH) Projects
| - Categorized into Type-A (converting standalone plants) and Type-B (new hybrid ventures)
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Renewable Energy Parks
| - Minimum capacity of 50 MW and Maximum capacity as per MNRE guidelines for development.
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Rooftop Projects
| - Option of Net metering or Gross metering available for rooftop projects
- Small scale Wind projects can be installed by consumers on rooftops.
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Projects under REC mechanism
| - Facilitates renewable energy projects under the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) mechanism with unused attributes factored into Discomsโ RPO calculations.
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Repowering
| - Conversion of existing or under construction standalone wind or solar power plants into hybrid project is allowed.
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Metering
| - Developers mandated to install Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) for real-time monitoring at Load Dispatch Centres
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Grid connectivity and evacuation facilities
| - Evacuation facility for outside RE Parks, common dedicated transmission line shall be encouraged for clusters of adjoining RE projects with appropriate metering at their respective ends of the project and a common meter at STU substation.
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Purchase of Power by DISCOMโs
| - Discomโs may procure power at pre-fixed levelized tariff without competitive bidding process from solar projects up to 4 MW capacity and from wind project up to 10 MW capacity
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Land allocation
| - State government may allocate government waste land at concessional rate to RE projects supplying power to the distribution licensee for the consumers of Gujarat.
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ISTS connectivity
| - Power can be exported out of Gujarat through ISTS connected projects in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of central government/CERC.
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Carbon Credit
| - Renewable energy projects are eligible to avail carbon credits which are installed through competitive bidding.
- Rooftop project/Wind project implemented under central, or state government scheme shall have to pass carbon credit benefits to discom.
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