Kenya ratified a new constitution in August 2010, which started a process of regional devolution where there are now two levels of government, namely those at the national and county levels. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MOEP) anticipated a sharp rise in electricity demand as the new county governments Read more…
Kenya has until recently been regarded as a centre for innovation on mini-grids in Africa and beyond. A strong private sector engagement benefitted from the ability to apply one’s own cost-reflective tariff if the rate of return was 18% or lower, despite a uniform tariff. The regulation set technical standards Read more…
Total Installed Capacity of the country as on 30.09.2019 was 363.4 GW, which comprise of 45.4 GW from Hydro, 228.6 GW from Thermal, 82.6 GW from R.E.S and 6.8 GW from Nuclear. The detailed sector and fuel wise breakup of the total installed capacity as on 30.09.2019 and energy contribution Read more…
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…
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…
Solar leases and solar PPA are financial setups wherein the homeowner does not own solar energy installation on their roof, it is owned by the lease or PPA company. Let us look at the difference between the two to understand which is the best fit model for your personal needs. Read more…
From early 2013, megawatt-scale FSPV plants started to appear in Japan and South Korea. Since then installations have increased many folds from few megawatt-peak (MWp) to more than 1300 MWp by the end of 2018. The technology is currently deployed in more than 24 countries across the entire world with Read more…
India is known to have a large number of man-made reservoirs, which are used for a variety of purposes like irrigation, hydroelectric, water supply, navigation, etc. In fact, as on June 2019, the share of installed hydroelectric capacity stands at 45 GW out of 366 GW of total installed capacity of Read more…