The future has never been brighter for renewable energy, as some of the snags that kept wind and solar production from going full throttle this year seem poised to ease. While site- and grid-permitting delays, inflation and supply-chain bottlenecks beset the creation and adoption of renewable energy this past year and will pose lingering hurdles, […]
Grapevine: Hero Future Energies in talks with KKR and others to sell PPAs
Munjal family-promoted green energy company Hero Future Energies is in separate talks with global investors including KKR, Actis, Temasek-backed O2 Power and the UK’s CDC-owned Ayana Renewable Power to sell 900 megawatt (MW) of its power purchase agreements (PPAs), two people aware of the development told The Economic Times. One PPA that Hero Future plans […]
India adds 1,043 MW of wind and solar utility scale capacity in Jan-Mar: Report
According to clean energy consultancy Bridge To India, the country added 328 MW of utility scale wind capacity in the quarter ended March, which was down 65 per cent as compared to 944 MW in January-March 2019 New Delhi: India added about 715 mega watt (MW) of utility scale solar capacity in January-March 2020, down […]
In the matter of: Petition for execution of Power Purchase Agreements and directions for payment of tariff
In the matter of: Petition for execution of Power Purchase Agreements and directions for payment of tariff by the allocated beneficiaries and/or Procurers of electricity from the two Generating units of 150 MW each of the 600 MW (4 x 150 MW) Kameng Hydro Electric Project scheduled for commissioning in November, 2019 For more […]
Case of MSPGCL seeking approval for deviation from Guidelines for Tariff based competitive bidding to undertake the development of 552 MW solar projects through EPC Route
Case of Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd. seeking approval for deviation from Guidelines for Tariff based competitive bidding to undertake the development of 552 MW solar projects through Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracting route based on competitive bidding. For more information please see below link:
‘PPAs decoded: Just wait for 15 days’, says Principal Advisor to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Every government should have a legislature and an executive, be it at the national, State or village level. At the village level, there is no executive. VIJAYAWADA : Strongly defending the State government’s decision to review renewable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Ajeya Kallam, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, asserts that the […]
Appellate Tribunal For Electricity strives to fix power sector problems
This apart, ATE has also sought suggestions on the problems faced by the distribution companies and transmission companies In an unprecedented move, the Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (ATE) on September 6 issued an order seeking inputs from all stakeholders to resolve the problems faced by the power sector. The trigger was letter written by the […]
Vijayawada: Plants established even before PPAs signed
The PPAs were red-flagged by the Dicoms, says finance minister. Vijayawada: The YSRC government strongly suspects that nepotism and corruption took place in signing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy during the previous TD regime. Finance minister Buggana Rajendranath pointed out that around 31 PPAs were signed just before the closure of the APERC […]
India’s 1.2GW tender pits dispatchable renewables as viable alternative to conventional power
The state enterprise Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) issued at the beginning of the month a tender for 1,200MW of renewable power that can be used to alleviate peak demand issued on the grid, in effect mandating the use of energy storage systems (ESS). An invitation has been issued for bids to build, own […]
Discoms to pay full tariff during non-supply period to renewable gencos: MNRE
Power discoms pay fixed charges or infrastructure cost to electricity generation companies during the non-supply period under the power purchase agreements (PPA). NEW DELHI: Power distribution companies would have to pay the agreed full tariff to renewable energy producers during the period of non-supply of electricity, the government said on Wednesday. Power discoms pay fixed […]