To ease and expedite the process of RTS implementation in Government sector, model bidding documents for both CAPEX and RESCO modes has been developed by MNRE; i.e. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) forexecution between Organisation /Urban Local Bodies/Ministry /Departments and PSU, Engineering, Procurement and Construction(EPC) Agreement for CAPEX /Ownership model and Read more…
Following the Paris Club Agreement, India took up an ambitious plan of adding 175 GW of renewable power. Of this, solar energy (100 GW) comprises a major part of 175 GW target followed by wind (60 GW), biomass (10 GW) and small hydroelectric (5 GW). The target of 100 GW Read more…
MNRE has been collating data about RTS potential of rooftops and surplus areas of Government building premises of various Ministries/Departments. Commitment Certificates of about 3800MWp has been recei ved from different Mini s tries / Departments. To expedite the RTS installationon these in Ministerial and Departmental buildings, MNRE has shortlisted Read more…
The year 2017 saw a dip in investments flowing into the Indian RE sector shown below figure. From a total of USD 13.7 billion investments made in 2016, there was a 20% drop to about USD 10.9 billion investment flow in the year 201711. Out of this, the solar and Read more…
SECI has undertaken competitive bidding at national level for 50 MWp grid connected rooftop projects in RESCO mode on buildings of Central Public Works Department. In this scheme Power Purchase Agreements havebeen signed between CPWD and various developers on the basis of allotment and installation is into progress
Ideally, solar installations should be on land that is waste and barren. Such land is unequally available across States. Many Indian states have large tracts of fertile agricultural land which is now being converted to industrial land for setting up solar power plants. Such change of land use, if effected Read more…
SECI has undertaken competitive bidding at a national level for 500 MWp grid-connected rooftop projects. CFA (subsidy) of 30% of the benchmark cost for residential, institutional and social sector will be provided through SECI under this scheme. A total of 122 developer/Installers have been selected forRTS installations across the country. Read more…
A quick review of solar endowed major state policies shows that a majority of these states have put the onus of acquiring land (and changing its purpose of use if needed) on the developers S.No. Policy Land 1 Gujarat Solar Power Policy 2015 The developer is responsible for obtaining the Read more…
Solar parks were designed to reduce the bottlenecks and bring down the cost of large- scale solar development. Developers pay for multiple heads of land development charges like land application fees (non-refundable one time), upfront development fee, annual leases of land, annual operation and maintenance charge, stamp duties for registration Read more…
MNRE is also promoting off-grid renewable energy systems and solutions especially in the rural and remote areas of the country. The off-grid systems are significant from the perspective of hot water requirements of the residential, commercial and industrial sector, cooking energy needs in the rural areas, lighting needs in remote Read more…