The country’s load profile indicates that peak load is generally observed during morning hours and evening hours. However, the evening peaks are higher than the morning peaks. The All India peak load is observed generally in the month of September/October (load curve of the year 2014-15, 2015- 16 and 2016-17). Read more…
The projected installed capacity by the end of 2021-22 as per midterm NEP review is 4,76,431 MW (44,989 MW Hydro, 5246 MW PSP; 2,15,773 MW Coal; 25,343 MW Gas; 10,080 MW Nuclear, 5,000 MW small Hydro, 10000 MW Biomass, 100,000 MW solar and 60,000 MW wind) and has been considered Read more…
RE Absorption on critical days Sl. No. Scenario Day RE absorption 1 Peak Day / Max Energy demand day 7th October, 2029 99.74 % 2 Maximum VRE (Wind+Solar) generation day 3rd July, 2029 85.32 % 3 Maximum Solar generation day 25th March, 2030 89.56 % 4 Minimum Solar Read more…
India installed 9.9 GW of PV in 2019, a decline of 8% y/y and 23% from its peak in 2017. – Large-scale projects accounted for 85% of 2019 installs and 88% of cumulative PV installations. – Mercom attributes the difficulties in the largescale PV market to come from: contracting and Read more…
In 2019, India awarded a record 19.2 GWAC of PV capacity at a record low weighted-average price of 2.67 rupees/kWh. In 2019, Not all 2019 auctions in India were fully subscribed as some developers did not participate in ones viewed with unfavorable terms. • Many of the awards occur during Read more…
In 2019, global PV shipments were approximately 123 GW—an increase of 39% from 2018. • In 2019, 62% of PV shipments were mono c-Si technology—a level not seen since the early 1980s. • In 2019, revenue from PV deployment was more than 10X revenue from PV manufacturing. • Despite tariffs, Read more…
From 2010 to 2019, the efficiency of modules installed in the United States increased significantly: – 14.4% to 19.4% for mono c-Si – 13.7% to 17.4% for multi c-Si – 11.0% to 17.4% for CdTe. • Based on preliminary data for Q1 2020, the average efficiency of mono c-Si and Read more…
From 2010 to 2019, shipments from the top 10 PV manufacturers grew from 11 GW to 78 GW, with some companies shipping more than 10 GW annually. • Only four of the leading companies in 2010 remain in the top 10 in 2019, and all in the bottom half. • Read more…
Global module and module-component prices continued their price declines in the first five months of 2020, with BNEF reporting mono c-Si modules down 8% to 0.21/W, multi c-Si modules down 11% to $0.19/W, cells down 24% to $0.10/W, and polysilicon down 18% to $6.5/kg. • PVInsights reported average module prices Read more…