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1. voda 20 februari 2014 21:38

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   Solar Photovoltaic Growth Driving Changes in California Power Market
   
   California leads the nation in installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity, with almost 150,000 systems large and small in operation and more than 2 GW of total capacity. Worldwide, California would rank 7th in installed solar capacity (PV and thermal) were it a separate country.
   
   All that activity is leading to some major changes in the California energy market, according to several speakers at the 2014 Solar Energy Conference held at the Center for Environmental Research and Technology at the University of California, Riverside, earlier this month.
   
   David Hochschild, commissioner with the California Energy Commission (CEC), keynoted the meeting by summarizing the impressive progress in solar PV development in California (Figure 1). The state leads in new solar home construction, with 8,000 installed and 12,000 more under way. It also has seen a 600% increase in utility-scale solar in just the last three years. Several of the largest utility-scale PV projects in the world, such as the Desert Sunlight project in the Mojave Desert and the Solar Star project in Los Angeles and Kern counties, are currently under construction. (The state also hosts the largest solar thermal plant, Ivanpah, which came online last week.)
   
   1. David Hochschild of the California Energy Commission touted the state’s progress in fostering solar energy. Courtesy: Center for Environmental Research and Technology/University of California, Riverside
   
   
   
   The drivers, Hochschild explained, have been strong policy support at the state and local level. California has the nation’s highest renewable portfolio standard—33%—as well as strong net metering policies; the California Solar Initiative, which offers rebates for new solar PV systems; and the California Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM), which supports small-to-medium renewable energy development.
   
   While California residential rates are higher than the national average, average total electric bills are 20% below the national average due to decades of support for energy efficiency, Hochschild noted. He remarked later, however, that he felt the U.S. was unlikely to ever follow the German model of feed-in tariffs.
   
   Hochschild also hailed the storage mandate enacted by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) last year. “Storage is absolutely critical to integrating renewables,” he said.
   
   Several speakers addressed concerns about maintaining grid stability with high levels of renewable penetration. Long-term growth of solar PV will create challenges in handling output during peak periods, said Mark Nelson, director of integrated planning and strategy, Southern California Edison. He sketched out some scenarios of what could happen if California goes beyond its 33% mandate. At 40% solar PV penetration, the state would likely experience overgeneration risks during the spring, when sunlight is plentiful but power needs are low. A 50% solar PV penetration would mean overgeneration risks for most of the year.
   
   Edward Randolph, director of the energy division for the CPUC noted that flat demand growth, in part due to increases in efficiency, was likely to drive fossil plant retirements as more solar comes onto the grid. A number of plants along the coast will shut down, as “there’s no need for them,” he said. More solar is good, but “we should look at the costs of integrating it into the grid.”
   
   Sarah Kurtz, PV reliability group manager with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, noted that solar PV is expected to constitute 10% of new generation capacity worldwide over the next decade. That’s going to create a need for smarter grids and more utility-scale storage.
   
   Kurtz also noted, however, that the industry needs better standards for safety and reliability. The rapid growth has masked potential issues about long-term reliability and performance. As the industry matures, these concerns will need to be resolved for its long-term health.
   
   The conference also included several poster presentations from UC Riverside students. One interesting project was a mobile solar PV array that could potentially provide onsite solar power (Figure 2).
   
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   Welspun's 130Mw solar power plant ready for commissioning
   
   Business Standard reported that the Madhya Pradesh government said that the 130 MW solar power project of Welspun Solar Madhya Pradesh Private Limited, a subsidiary of Welspun Group, was ready for commissioning in state's Neemuch district.
   
   The 130 MW project, has been set up with an investment of INR 1,100 crore. It is expected to start supplying power to the grid and the Madhya Pradesh power management company, soon.
   
   A state government official said that "One of the country's first biggest solar power plant has been completed within eight months. It has been established on non-agricultural and barren land area of 300 hectares."
   
   The official said that the company had clinched the project through bidding process at INR 8.05 per unit. The company bagged 130 MW of the total 299 MW power auctioned by the state government.
   
   The official said that "There will be 2 photovoltaic projects, 1 of 100 MW and the other of 30 MW capacity. The state invited investment in solar power to attain grid parity. Grid parity means solar power tariff equalling that of thermal power. The state has received investment from 54 different projects for a total of 254 MW solar power and by March, the capacity would reach 354 MW.”
   
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3. nhp22 26 februari 2014 10:21

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   hinese Solar Growth to Underpin Record Global Expansion in 2014
   By Marc Roca Feb 26, 2014 1:01 AM GMT+0100 3 Comments Email Print
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   Solar developers around the world will install record capacity this year as a thriving Chinese market drives growth, a Bloomberg survey showed as manufacturers in the $102 billion industry began to return to profit.
   
   About 44.5 gigawatts will be added globally, a 20.9 percent increase on last year’s new installations, according to the average estimate of nine analysts and companies. That’s equal to the output of about 10 atomic reactors. Last year new capacity rose by 20.3 percent, after a 4.4 percent gain in 2012.
   
   China became the biggest solar market in 2013, helping to end a two-year slump for manufacturers in the industry. State support for photovoltaic projects in the country, the largest energy-consuming nation, has seen installation costs tumble as the government speeds renewables development to curb pollution.
   
   “After two years of a punishing downturn, the global solar industry is on the rebound,” said Ash Sharma, senior research director for solar at Englewood, Colorado-based IHS Inc. (IHS) “Worldwide PV installations are set to rise by double digits in 2014, solar manufacturing capital spending is recovering, module prices are stabilizing and emerging markets are on the rise.”
   
   Growth in China, Japan and the U.S., where solar-panel prices have dropped and governments have ramped up subsidies, is making up for lower installations in Europe, the industry leader until 2012. U.S. and Asian producers such as SunPower Corp. (SPWR) and Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. (YGE) are restoring profits following two years of losses caused by a glut of panels.
   
   Share Performance
   
   That’s reflected in solar share prices, which have risen in the past year. The NYSE Bloomberg Global Solar Energy Index (SOLAR) has jumped more than 70 percent in the period, with several stocks more than tripling in value.
   
   A balanced market in which production matches demand is emerging, according to IHS and Bloomberg New Energy Finance. As well as IHS and BNEF, the solar survey included estimates from Deutsche Bank AG, Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc, Yingli, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Solarbuzz LLC and Wacker Chemie AG.
   
   Solar manufacturers began to rebound from losses in the third quarter of 2013 and are now reporting fourth-quarter results. SunPower posted earnings that beat analyst estimates on Feb 13. Profit at Japan’s Panasonic Corp., which makes solar panels as well as consumer electronics, also exceeded estimates.
   
   Chinese Growth
   
   Yingli, based in Baoding, China, expects to report its first profit in three years as soon as the second quarter. Its home market, where solar developers installed as much as 12 gigawatts last year, may build more in 2014, according to BNEF. The government has set a 14-gigawatt cap for installations to prevent runaway growth.
   
   “The 2013 figures show the astonishing scale of the Chinese market,” said Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at BNEF. “PV is becoming ever cheaper and simpler to install, and China’s government has been as surprised as European governments by how quickly it can be deployed in response to incentives.”
   
   Global investment in solar installations built last year totaled $102 billion, according to BNEF.
   
   Japan may install record capacity of about 10.5 gigawatts this year, while the U.S. will build as much as 5.3 gigawatts, BNEF estimates show. The companies that survived the slowdown have emerged stronger and better prepared, Chase said.
   
   As the industry oversupply shrinks, large manufacturers of polysilicon, a raw material used in solar equipment, and panel makers active in Asia should gain the most, IHS’s Sharma said. “We are not expecting bottlenecks, but the supply-demand gap is closing.”
   
   To contact the reporter on this story: Marc Roca in London at mroca6@bloomberg.net
   
   To contact the editor responsible for this story: Reed Landberg at landberg@bloomberg.net
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   Grundfos India installs a roof top solar power plant
   
   Grundfos Pumps India Private Limited announced that the successful installation of a roof top solar power plant at its headquarters in Chennai. The estimated annual power generation from this plant will be 78000 KWh with an annual cost savings of INR 13 lakhs. This will also lead to a reduction of 25000 litres of diesel consumption annually, contributing to a reduction of 70 tons of CO2 emission per year.
   
   A total of 216 solar photo voltaic panels, each of 240 Wp capacity has been used. With a capacity of 51.84 KW, this rooftop solar power plant is a grid connected system, consisting of solar photovoltaic panels, inverters and connecting cables. As this system does not have a battery, its operation is simple and it remains a completely green installation.
   
   Mr Sudeep Jain, IAS, CMD of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency, inaugurated this roof top solar power plant at the Grundfos India headquarters.
   
   Commenting on this installation, Mr Ranganath N K, MD of Grundfos India, said that “At Grundfos India, we are very passionate about sustainability and it is one of our key values. The objective of installing this roof top solar power plant is to reduce our consumption of diesel used for power generation. We took this proactive step towards becoming more sustainable by reducing our carbon footprint. This is our own contribution to ensure that we help create a cleaner and greener planet.”
   
   Interestingly, Grundfos India’s headquarters had received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design EB Platinum Certification by the Green Building Certification Institute in August of last year.
   
   Source – Strategic Research Institute
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   Solar projects get green light in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir
   
   The largest solar power plant in the world is a California project 550 MW in size. Dwarfing that, the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has just given the green light to a 5,000 MW solar project and a 2,500 MW solar project. Granted, these projects will likely be composed of many separate solar power plants. Nonetheless, 7,500 MW is about three-fourths of the entire solar power capacity in the United States at the end of the Q3 of 2013.
   
   These solar projects totaling 7,500 MW add on to a 4,000 MW solar ultra mega project that recently received a memorandum of understanding in another Indian state, Rajasthan. Again, a little simple math shows that these 3 projects together would have a power capacity surpassing all the solar power installed in the US.
   
   Nonetheless, this doesn't come as a great surprise. India is looking to provide electricity to hundreds of millions of people currently without it in the coming years, and solar is already cheaper than diesel power there. Trying to avoid the construction of inflexible, dirty, expensive, centralized power plants, India is jumping right into the clean energy age.
   
   Mr Farooq Abdullah, MNRE Union minister, said that “As I discussed in an interview for CNBC and Harvard Business Review's Energy Opportunities series a few years ago, just as people in developing nations leapfrogged past landlines into the cellular age, they will leapfrog past 20th century power plants into the wind and solar age.”
   
   In a meeting of senior officials, a memorandum of understanding was signed for the Jammu and Kashmir solar projects. The 5,000 MW project is planned for Ladakh, while the 2,500 MW one is planned for Kargil.
   
   Located in the Himalayas, Mr Farooq Abdullah said at the meeting that Ladakh could easily host 30,000 MW of solar power capacity! So, 5,000 is just an appetizer.
   
   He said that “I imagine this solar power leadership would make the locals happy as if little Ladakh girls like this one need anything else to make them smile.”
   
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   Samsung and Canadian Solar open solar manufacturing facility in London
   
   The London community celebrated the start of over 200 local renewable energy jobs at the grand opening of the Canadian Solar Inc manufacturing facility. This is the fourth manufacturing facility to be created by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc under the Green Energy Investment Agreement with the Government of Ontario.
   
   The Canadian Solar plant, located at 1400 Global Drive, began operations in November, 2013. The plant produces solar PV modules and medium voltage power stations to supply Samsung's Ontario solar projects, including the 100 MW Grand Renewable Energy Park in Haldimand County, the 100 MW Sol-Luce Kingston Solar PV project in Kingston and Loyalist Township and future solar projects within the GEIA. The new facility is also a hub for solar energy research and product development.
   
   Not only does this facility fulfill Samsung's GEIA commitment to create hundreds of manufacturing jobs at four plants, it also enables Samsung to create thousands of engineering, procurement and construction jobs at its solar projects in communities around Ontario. In total, Samsung's GEIA projects will create 9,000 renewable energy jobs across the province.
   
   Samsung and its partners are investing USD 5 billion in Ontario to create the largest cluster of solar and wind power anywhere on the planet. Under the GEIA, Samsung will develop 300 MW of solar power in Ontario, part of a total of 1,369 MW of clean, renewable energy that will contribute to Ontario's initiative to phase out coal fired generation by the end of 2014.
   
   The Canadian Solar plant joins Samsung's Ontario manufacturing partners Siemens in Tillsonburg, CS Wind in Windsor and SMA in Toronto. Together, the 4 manufacturing facilities now employ over 1000 Ontario manufacturing workers. Samsung will support all of its manufacturing partners' efforts to develop export markets beyond the GEIA project.
   
   Mr Ki-Jung Kim, Senior VP of Samsung C&T, said that “Samsung is delivering on our commitments to the people of London and throughout Ontario. As a globally responsible company, we are proud to develop clean energy that is protecting the air that we breathe. We are equally proud to contribute to the local economies in our project and manufacturing communities."
   
   Dr Shawn Qu, Chairman and CEO of Canadian Solar Inc, said that "Samsung's commitment to develop clean energy is aligned with our goal of contributing to the growth of solar powered energy in Canada. The London manufacturing facility will produce modules and medium voltage power stations to support the build out of Samsung's solar project pipeline and create green jobs in the Province of Ontario market, while at the same time consolidating our position as the leading provider of solar energy solutions in Canada."
   
   Mr Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Energy, said that “Ontario's landmark green energy initiatives are all about our future. I'm proud of our renewable energy sector and the robust industry we've created and I'm confident that our clean energy investments will continue to be a source of jobs for Ontarians for years to come."
   
   Mr Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for southern Ontario) said that "On behalf of my colleagues in the federal government, I congratulate Canadian Solar and Samsung on the opening of this facility today. Our government knows that we must continue to work hard to make southern Ontario a great place to invest and do business. The benefits of this are clear: jobs for our people, growth for our businesses and success for our region as well as Canada as a whole."
   
   Mr Deb Matthews MPP, London North Centre, said that "I'm delighted that Canadian Solar chose to open here in London, creating new manufacturing, research and development jobs. This is great news for London and will help boost our local economy, and also continues our government's commitment to building cleaner energy in Ontario."
   
   Source – Strategic Research Institute
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   NSE wil duurzame projecten overnemen
   
   MAANDAG 31 MAART 2014, 15:17 uur | 65 keer gelezen
   
   LAREN (AFN) - New Sources Energy (NSE) wil op den duur activiteiten van grootaandeelhouder Nieuw Hollands Groen overnemen. Dat zei topman Frans Wieringa op de aandeelhoudersvergadering van de holding, die op dit moment nog geen eigen activiteiten ontplooit.
   
   Nieuw Hollands Groen is bezig met projecten rond duurzame energie, onder meer met het aanleggen van solarparken met zonnepanelen. Op het moment dat deze projecten goed draaien en aan de criteria van NSE voldoen, wil de holding de activiteiten wel overnemen. Wieringa zei in de tweede helft van het jaar meer informatie te kunnen geven over de te volgen strategie.
   
   Tijdens de aandeelhoudersvergadering werden alle voorstellen overigens aangenomen.
   
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   NTPC commissions 10 MW Solar Power Plant at Talcher
   
   The 10 MW Solar PV Power Station of NTPC Limited at Talcher has declared commercial operation. The total capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC Limited has become 30 MW.
   
   With the commissioning and commercial declaration of above unit, the total commissioned and commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 42974 MW and 41314 MW respectively.
   
   Source – Strategic Research Institute
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   NTPC to start up three new solar power plants
   
   Reuters reported that NTPC, India's largest power producer, said that it was preparing to start commercial operations at three new solar power plants, doubling its capacity from solar energy sources.
   
   The state run company has vowed to raise the amount of energy it generates from renewable resources as it aims to diversify away from conventional fuels including coal because of insufficient domestic supplies, which have forced it to buy costly imports.
   
   The company said in a regulatory statement that the 3 new plants total 45 MW and bring NTPC's renewable energy capacity to 75 MW.
   
   But non-conventional energy projects account for a tiny fraction of NTPC's total commercial capacity of 41,859 MW.
   
   Separately, NTPC said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Power with a pledge to try and add 2,023 MW of capacity in 2014 to 2015.
   
   Source - Reuters
   
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    NTPC commissions 10 mw solar plant at Kaniha
    
    Business Standard reported that the 10 MW solar power plant of NTPC Limited located within the site of its 3000 MW coal fired station at Kaniha, near Talcher, has been synchronised and is ready for commercial operations.
    
    Mr Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD of NTPC declared the solar plant ready for commercial operations from the company's project monitoring centre in New Delhi.
    
    Mr Roy Choudhury congratulated the employees of NTPC-Kaniha for their efforts and team spirit.
    
    A company release said that “The10 MW solar photo voltaic plant spread across 45.2 acres of land is another step in its commitment towards a broad base generation mix by evaluating conventional and alternate sources of energy.”
    
    Mr Arvind Kumar, regional executive director (eastern region-II), Mr V B Fadnavis, executive director of NTPC-Kaniha and other senior officials of the company, who were present at the site, spoke on the steps taken for successful implementation of the project.NTPC has already signed a power purchase agreement with Damodar Valley Corporation for sale of power from this solar project.The power generated from our solar plant will be sold in bundled form along with thermal power at a price of INR 6 to INR 7 per unit.Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited had bagged the contract from NTPC for erecting the solar power plant within NTPC Kaniha complex. The installation cost was estimated at INR 60 crore.
    
    Presently, NTPC has commissioned 4 solar power projects, Andaman Solar, Dadri Solar, Ramagundam Solar and Talcher Kaniha. With this, the installed power capacity of NTPC has risen to 42,974 MW which includes 17 coal based, 7 gas based, 7 JV and 4 renewable energy plants.
    
    It may be noted that in April 2011, state owned bulk power purchaser Gridco had entered into a PPA for purchase of 10 MW of solar power.
    
    Gridco would purchase 5 MW of power from NTPC's Dadri solar power plant in Uttar Pradesh and 5 MW from the Faridabad solar station in Haryana.
    
    Source - Business Standard
    
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    Ujaas commissions 105.18 MW solar power projects in FY14
    
    Ujaas Energy said that the company has successfully commissioned cumulative 105.18 MW solar power projects till March 31st 2014.
    
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    CG installs ZIV substation automation system at Latin America's largest Photovoltaic power plant
    
    Mr Laurent Demortier, CEO and MD of CGAvantha Group Company CG’s Automation Business Unit, through the Spanish contractor Isastur, has installed, in the Llanos de LLampo substation, in Chile, a complete 61850 SAS based on ZIV protection IEDs and a SAS gateway, providing also the associated engineering, system integration, commissioning, and training services. The size of the order is EUR 500.000.
    
    SunEdison’s 100 MW Llano de Llampos substation is located in the Atacama Desert in Chile. It distributes the energy generated by the largest Solar Photovoltaic Plant in Latin America. The Substation's PV modules transform sunlight radiation into direct current electric power after converting it to alternating current by means of an inverter. This power is then distributed through the Sistema Interconectado Central High Voltage power lines.
    
    After acquiring ZIV, CG is a key provider and an important player in the global smart grid market where it offers ZIV meters, protections, communication and automation solutions. CG offers innovative Substation Automation Systems and Distribution Automation Solutions commercialized under the ZIV brand. ZIV has successfully been working in Latin America for the last 16 years supplying its IEDs and Systems to the main Utilities in the Region.
    
    Speaking about this SAS project, Mr Alejandro Vega, Isastur project Manager at Llano de Campos, said that “ZIV played a key role in the successful commissioning of the 61850 Substation Automation System, meeting both delivery time and budget. They have continually displayed their technical ability to ensure minimum deviations throughout the commissioning period. We are very satisfied with the supplied ZIV 61850 SAS and with the service provided all the way from tender to commissioning.”
    
    Speaking about this project, Mr Laurent Demortier, CEO & MD of Avantha Group Company CG said that “As a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy, this installation reaffirms our strengths in several areas, our expertise in automation technology, our expertise in transmission and distribution of power from renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic power plants and our expertise and presence in Latin America. It is another milestone in our global expansion and a vital component of our plans to gain expertise in technologies that cover the entire power spectrum from generation, to automated transmission and distribution, to final consumption.”
    
    Source - Strategic Research Institute
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    Environmentalists urged US to drop India WTO case on solar
    
    Environmentalists urged the United States to drop plans to haul India to the WTO to open its solar market, saying that the action would hurt the fight against climate change.
    
    The World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body in Geneva has scheduled Friday to hear the US case for a panel against India, which has some of the world's most ambitious plans for expanding solar power.
    
    US Trade Representative Mr Michael Froman, announcing the move in February, said that President Mr Barack Obama's administration would stand up for US workers and businesses to break barriers to the Indian market.
    
    He said that the United States wanted to work with India on fighting climate change but that New Delhi's requirements that only locally made products be used in its solar industry had impeded cooperation.
    
    Under the WTO process, the two countries had 30 days to work out their dispute through consultations before the United States could seek a panel to settle the dispute.
    
    In a letter to Froman, a coalition of US environmentalists voiced grave concerns over the decision to move forward on the case.
    
    They noted that it came after a UN scientific panel warned of catastrophic consequences from climate change without immediate action to reduce carbon emissions.
    
    The letter said that "To avert climate disaster, countries must significantly scale up renewable energy development and deployment, just as India is currently doing."
    
    The letter, signed by 15 groups including the Sierra Club, 350.org and the US branches of Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, said that "The US should not compromise the long-term growth of the solar market just so that it can achieve limited near-term gain."
    
    India's solar industry has grown rapidly in the past few years as the government looks to ease reliance on imported fossil fuels and coal. India is planning what would be the world's first solar plant at Sambhar in the desert state of Rajasthan.
    
    India has defended its solar policies as compliant with the WTO and said that a number of US states have similar rules.
    
    The United States and China have also battled at the WTO over solar energy, with Washington accusing Beijing of unfair subsidies and the Asian power protesting against tariffs.
    
    Source - www.naharnet.com
    
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    GE invests USD 24 million in largest solar power plant of Welspun
    
    Economic Times reported that General Electric is entering India's clean energy sector with a USD 24 million investment in India's largest solar power plant, the 150 MW project of Welspun Renewable Energies in Madhya Pradesh.
    
    India's vast potential for solar power had also prompted Goldman Sachs to invest about USD 320 million in Sumant Sinha promoted ReNew Power last year in two phases, making it the largest investment so far in Indian renewable energy generation industry.
    
    Asian Development Bank invested USD 30 million in NSL Renewable Power in May 2013.
    
    India's clean energy sector attracted investments of USD 7.8 billion in 2013,80% of which was through domestic investors, though the amount of foreign funding is rising.
    
    GE is entering India under its clean energy investment initiative totalling USD 10 billion. The 150 MW solar power project worth 1,185 crore is owned and operated by Welspun Renewable Energies. The project has 885 crore of debt and rest as equity.
    
    Mr Vineet Mittal. Vice chairperson of WREPL, said that "This is the first and only investment by a private equity company in the project. The promoters' money in this project was in form of debt, so we have reduced our debt in the project by the amount pumped in by GE."
    
    He said that "Indian solar sector is increasingly catching the eyes of foreign equity investors. Global investors are finding the Indian solar story worth putting their money and risk."
    
    Source – Economic Times
    
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    World’s Largest Solar PV Plant Commences Operations
    
    The Agua Caliente Solar Photovoltaic (PV) facility in southern Arizona, currently the world’s largest solar PV plant, completed construction on April 29.
    
    The 290-MW project—located between Phoenix and Yuma—is jointly owned by NRG Energy, through its subsidiary NRG Solar, and MidAmerican Solar, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables. The plant will sell its electricity to Pacific Gas & Electric under a 25-year power purchase agreement.
    
    The development of Agua Caliente was supported by a $967 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy. First Solar Inc. designed and constructed the plant using its thin-film solar PV technology, and will operate it for NRG and MidAmerican.
    
    Agua Caliente is one of a series of large solar projects built to support California’s 33% by 2020 renewable portfolio standard (RPS). Others include the 392-MW Ivanpah concentrating solar plant near Las Vegas, which came online in February, NRG’s 250-MW California Valley Solar Ranch near San Luis Obispo, which was completed in 2013, and Exelon’s 230-MW Antelope Valley Solar Ranch northeast of Los Angeles.
    
    “Large-scale utility accomplishments, like our Agua Caliente project, raise the bar in terms of our clean-energy technology and production,” said Tom Doyle, president, NRG Solar. “Proving that we can build both the world’s largest solar thermal and now one of the world’s largest solar photovoltaic facilities advance NRG’s mission to reshape the energy landscape that is incredibly beneficial to both the economy and in how we produce and consume energy.”
    
    The Agua Caliente plant will not hold its title for long, however, as another MidAmerican and First Solar project, the Topaz Solar Farm near San Luis Obispo, is nearing completion and will total 550 MW when it comes online later this year.
    
    Topaz and Agua Caliente may also be the last of such projects in the U.S. for a while, as demand for large solar PV plants has slowed now that California’s utilities say they have enough capacity in development to meet the RPS.
    
    —Thomas W. Overton, JD is a POWER associate editor (@thomas_overton, @POWERmagazine)
    
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    Met dank aan poster haas (uit de KK)
    
    AMSTERDAM – Zonne-energie in de Verenigde Staten zal in 2017 zijn gegroeid naar 50 gigawatt.
    
    Zonnepanelen op een gebouwDit voorspelt onderzoeksbureau NPD Solarbuzz. Vooral kleine particuliere zonnesystemen gaan de groei naar 50 gigawatt mogelijk maken, aldus de analisten.
    
    In het tweede kwartaal werd voor 976 megawatt aan zonne-energie gebouwd, een toename van 24 procent ten opzichte van het eerste kwartaal.
    
    Hiermee komt het totaal aan zonvermogen in de VS op 10 gigawatt te staan aan het einde van juli.
    
    Netpariteit
    
    Volgens het bureau is er in 10 staten al netpariteit bereikt, waarbij de kostprijs van zonnestroom gelijk loopt met die van de gemiddelde elektriciteitsprijs.
    
    In 2016 is het aantal staten met netpariteit naar verwachting gestegen naar 47 staten, hoewel dit afhankelijk is van een subsidie die mogelijk afloopt. In het geval dat die fors wordt verlaagd daalt het aantal staten waarin zonne-energie concurrerend is naar 36.
    
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    Welspun Renewables receives ISO certificate for clean energy projects
    
    Welspun Renewables Energy said that it has received an ISO certificate for its clean energy projects.
    
    Mr Vineet Mittal, Vice Chairman of Welspun Renewables Energy, said in a statement that "Welspun Renewables Energy has so far built more than 600 MW of solar and wind energy capacity on-ground and of this 328 MW is already operational."
    
    He said that the ISO certification is simply a reflection of how the company has been conducting operations all along.
    
    An ISO certificate is given for efficiency and effectiveness of a company's operations
    
    Source - Economic Times
    
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    Rajasthan may cancel mega solar power project in Sambhar salt lake
    
    Asian Age reported that Ms Vasundhara Raje CM of Rajasthan has overturned the decision of her predecessor Mr Ashok Gehlot to set up a photovoltaic solar power project in the Sambhar salt lake in the state.
    
    Ms Raje is reported to have pointed out that being the largest saline wetland lake in Asia, it must be developed as a tourism site.
    
    On coming to power, Ms Raje shot off a letter to former minister of heavy industries Mr Praful Patel expressing her reservations on the power project. Sources close to her point out that she has sanctioned a sum of INR 30 crore to develop the lake as a tourism hotspot as the Sambhar salt lake, spread over 24,000 ha, has been declared a protected wetland site under the Ramsar Convention.
    
    Mr Gehlot had also given in principle agreement to, what had been dubbed as the world largest PV solar power project. During the last session of Parliament, Mr Farooq Abdullah, former minister of renewable energy, had said the House that his ministry was planning to ask the World Bank for USD 500 million funding package to kick start the first phase of this mega solar power project which was expected to generate 6,000 million units of electricity annually for 25 years.
    
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    Mercom may cut 1,000 MW solar installation forecast for India
    
    Research firm Mercom Capital Group is likely to downgrade its 2014 solar installation forecast of 1,000 MW for India, if the country imposes duties on imports of solar power equipment.
    
    India has installed about 444 MW of new solar parks so far this year.
    
    In an update, Mercom cautiously affirmed its projections for 1,000 MW of fresh solar capacity additions for 2014. Still, it noted, that the Indian Department of Commerce has concluded in a preliminary assessment that local solar equipment producers have been injured by foreign players from China, the US, Malaysia and Taiwan selling photovoltaic cells and modules in India at very low prices.
    
    According to Mr Raj Prabhu, CEO and co-founder of Mercom, the imposition of anti dumping levies will be detrimental, increase uncertainty and raise solar power prices in India. Mr Prabhu added that the potential tariffs and rising equipment costs are also seen to freeze project development in the country.
    
    According to the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association dumping of PV products by Chinese, Taiwanese, Malaysian and US producers is resulting in losses of about INR 30 billion to India and of INR 10 billion to the local solar manufacturing sector alone.
    
    Source – www. renewables.seenews.com
    
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    Solar power to reshape Indian energy future
    
    The deserts of Rajasthan have long been known for their spare beauty and their intense sunshine. Now that sun is being turned into a surge of solar power expansion that may one day power not just Rajasthan but a wide swath of India with clean energy.
    
    Dhursar, a village in Northwest Rajasthan’s Pokharan Tehsil, is at the heart of that expansion. The village of 1,400 people already is home to a 40 MW solar voltaic plant developed by Rajasthan Sun Technique Energy Private Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Power. Now the company in June is scheduled to open a 100 MW, 620 acre project that will concentrate the sun’s rays to convert water to superheated steam and generate electric power. The USD 345 million project, with backing from the Asian Development Bank and other multilateral banks, is the largest project of its kind under India’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, which aims to install 20,000 MW of solar power in India by 2022.
    
    Firms are also starting work to build more than a thousand miles of transmission lines to get the power to where it is needed, with up to USD 500 million in financial backing including USD 300 million from the Asian Development Bank and USD 200 million channeled through the Climate Investment Funds
    
    Rajasthan, with its 300 days a year of sunshine and relatively cheap desert land has set a goal even more ambitious than India. In this year’s state budget, the newly formed state government announced it hoped to install 25,000 MW of solar energy in the state within the next five years, and infrastructure to transmit that power to the national grid.
    
    If the plan succeeds, it would put India ahead of countries like China, the United States and Italy in solar energy production, and have it chasing world leader Germany, which has over 32,000 MW of solar capacity, according to a government statement.
    
    Source – www.eco-business.com