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Minimum Tariffs discovered from tenders auctioned for Wind Power
Source :MNRE Annual report
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INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR WIND SECTOR
The Government is promoting wind power projects in entire country through private sector investment by providing various fiscal and financial incentives such as Accelerated Depreciation benefit; concessional custom duty exemption on certain components of wind electric generators. Besides, Generation Based Incentive (GBI) Scheme was available for the wind projects commissioned Read more…
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NATIONAL WIND-SOLAR HYBRID POLICY
The Ministry issued National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy on 14th May, 2018. The main objective of the policy is to provide a framework for promotion of large grid connected wind-solar PV hybrid system for optimal and efficient utilization of wind and solar resources, transmission infrastructure and land. The wind – solar Read more…
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Solar Projects commissioned inside Solar Parks till 31.12.2019
Source: MNRE Annual reports
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GRID-CONNECTED ROOFTOP AND SMALL SOLAR POWER PLANTS PROGRAMME: PHASE-I
Earlier, Ministry has been implementing Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants Programme which is providing subsidy upto 30% of benchmark cost for the general category states and upto 70 % of benchmark cost for special category states, i.e. North Eastern States including Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Read more…
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SCHEME FOR SETTING UP OF 1000 MW OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV POWER PROJECTS BY CPSUS AND GOVT. ORGANIZATIONS UNDER VARIOUS CENTRAL/ STATE SCHEMES/SELF USE/3RD PARTY SALE/MERCHANT SALE WITH VIABILITY GAP FUNDING (VGF) UNDER PHASE-II OF JNNSM.
The Ministry launched the above scheme in January 2015 , the Scheme is closed for new sanctions. Under this Scheme, MNRE has sanctioned around 882 MW grid-connected solar PV power plant capacity to 9 CPSUs/Govt. Organizations. As of 31.12.2019, all the sanctioned 882 MW capacity solar PV projects have been Read more…
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3.6.6 CPSU SCHEME PHASE-II FOR SETTING UP 12,000 MW GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) POWER PROJECTS BY CPSUS/ STATE PSUS/ GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, WITH VIABILITY GAP FUNDING (VGF) SUPPORT FOR SELF-USE OR USE BY GOVERNMENT/ GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES (DISCOMS)
Government of India, through Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), on 05.04.2019, has approved Implementation of CPSU Scheme Phase-II for setting up 12,000 MW grid-connected Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Projects by CPSUs/ State PSUs/ Government Organisations, with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) support over 4 years 2019-20 to 2022-23 for Read more…
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Government is committed to manage renewable energy curtailment and enhance ease of doing business
Shri Anand Kumar, Secretary, Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said that the Government is committed to managing curtailments to enhance the ease of doing business for developers in the renewable energy sector. Speaking at the session on Renewables in India at the India Pavilion, on the Read more…
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Renewable Energy Projects
Most of renewable energy projects in the country are being implemented by the private sector developers selected through transparent bidding process. Government has issued standard bidding guidelines to enable the distribution licensees to procure power at competitive rates in cost effective manner. In order to be competitive, developers are encouraged Read more…
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Wind Power Projects of 12,162.50 MW Capacity awarded so Far
Wind power projects are set up in the country, including in the state of Rajasthan, on the basis of commercial principles taking into account wind resource, land availability, transmission infrastructure, etc. So far, bids for 15,100 MW of wind power projects have been issued, out of which projects of Read more…