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1. voda 14 augustus 2014 16:41

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   Govt to set up 250-MW solar plant in Purulia - Mr Gupta
   
   Mr Manish Gupta, Power and Non-Conventional Energy Sources Minister of West Bengal, said that his government plans to set up a 250 MW solar project in Purulia at an estimated cost of INR 1,400 crore.
   
   Mr Gupta during Energy Conclave 2014, a flagship event organized by CII Eastern Region in Kolkata said that “The largest solar project in the country will feed the 900 MW Purulia pumped-storage project of the state electricity distribution utility.”
   
   Around 40% funds are going to be sourced from the Union Government clean energy fund and the rest from other sources.
   
   Mr Gupta also disclosed that 2 more pumped storage projects; 1,000 MW each at Turga and Bandu in the Ayodhya Hills in Purulia, will be commissioned soon.
   
   He said that “Each will cost INR 6,000 crore to INR 7,000 crore, each of such projects will have captive mega solar power projects in the longer run.”
   
   Mr Gupta also spoke of the need for maximum focus accorded to energy security.
   
   He said that “We must introspect what has been happening and why. Why have we not been able to achieve the desired results? In my view, at the heart of the crisis is the shortage of supply of coal. Coal prices per se are increasing, putting enormous pressure on consumers. We need serious reforms in the coal sector. Even if we fully exploit the coal reserves, it will not last more than 30 to 40 years. Renewable sources are the only solution.”
   
   Ms Neerja Mathur, Chairperson of Central Electricity Authority, said that in per capita consumption of power is seen as the index of growth and health of a country’s economy. Capacity addition is a must to make sure every citizen in the country has access to clean electricity at an affordable price.
   
   She also listed 2 major challenges impeding the energy sector.
   
   She said that “First, there is an acute shortage of fuel, and second, is the poor financial health of discoms. It is high time we rationalized coal linkages.”
   
   She also revealed that the Union Government is working on a plan to upgrade technologies at conventional power plants.
   
   She added that “By the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan, all coal-based plans would be upgraded from sub-critical to super-critical categories. This will not only enhance efficiency but will also cut down on fuel requirements.”
   
   Mr Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, Secretary of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, also underscored the need for improved technologies and rationalization of logistics to ensure optimum utilization of the available resources.
   
   Mr N S Nigam, CMD of West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, said that energy requires maximum attention.
   
   Mr Nigam said that “Concerted efforts are needed to make sure that the sector is not only linked to the financial market, but also integrated to whole lot of innovative financial instruments."
   
   Mr Markus Wypior, Director of Indo German Energy Forum, said of the European superpower’s intent on helping India transition from coal-based power plants to the renewable.
   
   He said that “India is more suitable to solar power than Germany because of its climatic advantage. Germany will be happy to provide the technology and expertise.”
   
   Mr Aniruddha Basu, Chairman of Energy Task Force, CII Eastern Region & MD of CESC Limited, said that tackling fuel shortages, augmentation of generation capacities, improvement in transmission and distribution, reduction of AT&C losses, customer-driven and cost-effective technology interventions are some of the priorities.
   
   He said that “Renewables have the potential of making the country’s energy basket more competitive and sustainable, so viable business models for mainstreaming them are the need of the hour.”
   
   Source - India Blooms News Service
   
2. voda 14 augustus 2014 16:58

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   Apel Steel goes off-grid PV solar power generating system
   
   It is reported that Apel Steel Corporation in Cullman, Alabama, contracted Ace LLC Solar to move them off-grid with a PV solar power generating system.
   
   The 340 MW system was designed and developed to generate 470,213 KWH of AC electrical power annually to meet 98% of the energy requirements for the heavy machinery and plant operations and is expected to save Apel Steel more than USD 3,000,000 on its electric bills over the 30 year life expectancy of the system.
   
   The system was installed by Ace LLC Solar, based in Pulaski, Tennessee.
   
   The 1088 Suntech panels were mounted on 45 Solar FlexRack Series G1L racking systems, which are factory pre-assembled and developed to adapt to any terrain. They are also certified to withstand heavy wind, rain and snow loads.
   
   To achieve Apel Steel’s goal for going off the grid and becoming energy independent, Ace LLC Solar, along with its design and delivery partners installed its enerG Station, a utility-scale energy harvesting, monitoring and distribution system that is housed completely on site in an 8' x 40' container. The enerG Station takes Apel Steel off the grid with a battery backup and proprietary energy distribution monitoring and control software that optimizes energy storage, use and distribution.
   
   As a division of Northern States Metals, Solar FlexRack offers ground, roof and tracking systems; along with a number of engineering and field support services.
   
   Source - www.solarnovus.com
   
3. voda 15 augustus 2014 13:31

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   Govt allocates 500 acres of land for solar project in AP
   
   The Hindu reported that giving fillip to its efforts to harness solar energy to meet the ever growing demand for power, the State government has allotted 500 acres of land at P Kothapalli village in NP Kunta mandal of Anantapur district for setting up a solar power project with 100 MW capacity.
   
   The land will be allocated to the firms interested in setting up solar power units through the new renewable energy development corporation of Andhra Pradesh lease, not extending beyond 33 years, with the rent fixed at 10% of the market value of land assessed at INR 2 lakh an acre every year. The development came as a follow-up to CM Mr N Chandrababu Naidu’s decision to promote solar energy projects with a capacity of 1,000 MW to overcome power shortages in the State in the long run.
   
   Andhra Pradesh is expected to face a power shortage of close to 20% post bifurcation. Though the State is expected to enter a comfort zone after the commissioning of the Krishnapatnam and other projects, power shortages are likely to continue owing to shortfall in supply of coal.
   
   In the orders issued, Mr JC Sharma, secretary of Revenue Department, said that the land was being alienated on the basis of certain conditions. Accordingly, the Energy Department will finalise the terms and conditions as also the time limit for completion of the project.
   
   The NREDCAP has been asked to assess the revenues likely to be generated from the project and ensure that the government secure a fair share in the stream of income from the land allotted.
   
   However, the government has warned the power utilities that the land would be resumed in the event of the developers failing to comply with the terms and conditions stipulated by the department and meeting the deadlines.
   
   Source – The Hindu
   
4. voda 16 augustus 2014 15:22

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   Indosolar receives supply contract worth INR 1.91 billion
   
   Indosolar has received contract under domestic content requirement of National Solar Mission with Waaree Energies, Mumbai. The contract is valued at approximately INR 1.91 billion. The company will supply 67 MW solar cell as a part of contract.
   
   Source – Strategic Research Institute
5. voda 17 augustus 2014 15:41

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   AP Genco and NTPC to sign MoU for 1000 MW solar project in AP
   
   Business Line reported that AP Genco and NTPC are set to sign up for memorandum of understanding for development of a 1000 mw solar power park in Andhra Pradesh.
   
   According to Mr K Vijayanand, CMD of AP Genco, this is part of the State Government’s effort to boost power generation through renewable energy sector. Apart from the initiative to rope in NTPC for the mega project, AP Genco has called for bidding process of development of 500 MW of solar power.
   
   According to a statement from AP Genco, the State is seeking to expedite the construction of 800 MW of additional capacity in Krishnapatnam, 800 MW in Vijayawada Thermal Power Station and has plans to develop a 960 MW hydel power house at the Polavaram multi purpose project.
   
   The State Government has announced its plans to provide 24x7 power supply with effect from October 2nd 2014 to households, industries and nine hours power supply to the farm sector. Towards achieving this goal, the State has also initiated measures to further bring down transmission and distribution losses.
   
   A statement from AP Genco said that with the Srisailam reservoir close to its full reservoir level of 885 feet, the State is hoping to generate hydel power and also be in a position to supply water to its irrigation sources.
   
   Source – Business Line
   
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   Nieuw project biedt collectieve zonneparken
   
   Zes op de tien Nederlanders wil graag zonnepanelen op het eigen dak. Maar ruim vijf miljoen Nederlandse huishoudens hebben hier de mogelijkheid niet voor. Mensen die een dak delen, zoals flatbewoners of eigenaren van een monumentaal pand. Voor hen is er nu een oplossing.
   
   Om toch te kunnen profiteren van de zon en een lagere energierekening biedt het bedrijf Solar Green Point deze huishoudens - maar ook ondernemers en instellingen - de mogelijkheid om zonne-energie op te wekken in zgn. collectieve zonneparken. Het crowdfundingplatform doorgaan.nl helpt Solar Green Point om zonne-energie voor iedereen toegankelijk te maken.
   
   'Samen energie opwekken: hogere rendement'
   
   Een voorbeeld van zo’n zonnepark is het dak van de Gruyter Fabriek in Den Bosch. Op het dak zijn 375 zonnepanelen beschikbaar. Het is mogelijk om één of meerdere panelen aan te schaffen en te laten plaatsen op het dak. De opbrengst van de panelen wordt jaarlijks per deelnemer verrekend door de energieleverancier Qurrent. Op die manier hebben deelnemers dus toch hun eigen zonnepanelen, ook al staan ze niet op het eigen dak. Het resultaat: een lagere energierekening en het milieu wordt gespaard. Dit is een initiatief zonder winstoogmerk. Uzelf aanmelden kan hier.
   
   Over de initiatiefnemers
   
   De initiatiefnemers van Solar Green Point zijn Richard Bevelander en Stan Verheijen. Zij realiseerden eerder al verschillende collectieve zonneparken, zoals het zonnepark op het dak van de Haagse Caballero Fabriek dat bestaat uit 1.000 zonnepanelen en het zonnepark Batensteinbad Woerden met 200 panelen op het dak van het zwembad.
   
   Crowdfunding voor meer zonne-energie
   
   Om de 375 panelen te kunnen plaatsen heeft Solar Green Point €150.000,- nodig. Het benodigde bedrag wil Solar Green Point aantrekken via het crowdfundingplatform doorgaan.nl, een initiatief van ondernemersverzekeraar De Amersfoortse. Een platform waar elke Nederlander ondernemers kan helpen door een financiële bijdrage te leveren, te liken of the sharen. De tegenprestaties van Solar Green Point zijn afhankelijk van de hoogte van de bijdrage.
   
   Maak kans op een zonnepaneel!
   
   Met een winactie op PlusOnline wordt een zonnepaneel incl. 20 jaar lidmaatschaps- en onderhoudskosten verloot in het kader van dit crowdfundingsproject. Het antwoord op de vraag 'Hoeveel panelen heeft u nodig om je koelkast 100% op zonne-energie te laten werken?' kunt u tot 4 september insturen.
   
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7. voda 20 augustus 2014 19:41

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   Rajasthan to cancel 4000 MW solar UMPP to save birds
   
   Business Standard reported that in a major jolt to India's solar energy programme, the Rajasthan government might cancel the 4,000 MW solar UMPP, which was expected to come up near Sambhar Lake. The state government has cited reasons of ecological and environmental impact that could take place if the plant is established at this site.
   
   Sources said that the Mr Vasundhara Raje government has written to the Centre that the area under consideration is a prime site for migratory birds that would perish if a power plant or transmission line is raised there.
   
   However, persons close to the issue said there were political reasons as well, as the project was one of the milestones of the UPA-II government. The Bharatiya Janata Party ruled state government is uninterested in going ahead with it. Rather the CM is looking at designing a separate solar power programme for the state.
   
   The project aimed at a massive scaling up of solar power was launched in September last year, which was supposed to be set up and run by a JV of public sector units; Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Power Grid Corporation of India, Solar Energy Corporation of India, Hindustan Salts Limited and Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited. The estimated cost of the project was calculated at INR 7,500 crore.
   
   The land in question, approximately 23,000 acres, is around Sambhar Lake, which under the global Ramsar Convention is also listed as an ecologically sensitive area. The state government is using this argument almost a year after the memorandum of understanding was signed between the PSUs.
   
   Source – Business Standard
   
8. voda 21 augustus 2014 16:47

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   Centre plans to build 2000 MW solar plant in Punjab
   
   The Centre announced to set up a 2,000 MW solar power plant in Punjab, following the request by the state government for allotting a solar project.
   
   This decision was taken by Mr Piyush Goyal, Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy Minister, who led a high powered delegation here during a meeting with Mr Parkash Singh Badal, CM of Punjab, after marathon discussions to bring sweeping reforms in the state's power sector.
   
   Source - PTI
   
9. voda 17 oktober 2014 15:44

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   NTPC plans to set up a 750 MW Solar PV project in MP
   
   NTPC Limited has announced plans to set up a 750 MW ultra mega solar photovoltaic power project in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The company plans to invest USD 5,000 crore into the project. The project would be a major milestone in the company’s near-term target to install 3,500 MW solar power capacity over the next 5 years.
   
   A large portion of the 3.5 GW capacity would come up in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. NTPC plans to install similar ultra-mega solar power projects in the two states.
   
   The Indian government has directed state-owned companies to invest heavily in solar power projects. This strategy has been adopted in lieu of the decision not to impose anti-dumping duties on imported solar power modules.
   
   According to government sources, government-owned companies can give preference to domestic solar power equipment under WTO regulations.
   
   NTPC Chairman said that the company will invite bids for solar PV modules from domestic as well as foreign companies but will request foreign companies to manufacture the equipment in India.
   
   NTPC has significant experience in supply of bundled conventional and renewable power to power distribution companies. A subsidiary of the company currently sells a unit of solar power bundled with four units of conventional power to distribution companies across India. This not only makes the renewable power affordable for the cash-starved distribution companies but they can also avoid running around looking for specific renewable energy suppliers to meet their renewable purchase obligation.
   
   Source – Strategic Research Institute
10. voda 23 oktober 2014 16:55

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    Deze 25 Amerikaanse bedrijven investeren het meest in zonne-energie
    
    Gepubliceerd: 22 oktober 2014 18:09 | Laatste update: 22 oktober 2014 18:15
    
    inds 2012 is de capaciteit van zonnepanelen op de daken van grote bedrijven in de VS meer dan verdubbeld. Bedrijven als Wal-Mart, IKEA en Staples blijven investeren in zonnestroom.
    
    Dat blijkt uit een jaarlijks rapport van de Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), schrijft EnergieBusiness.nl woensdag.
    
    De top 25 bedrijven hebben zonnepanelensystemen aangelegd op 1.100 verschillende locaties. De totale capaciteit bedraagt 569 MW. Dat is meer dan 4000 vierkante kilometer aan zonnepanelen.
    
    Jaarlijks produceren de installaties voldoende stroom voor meer dan 115.000 Amerikaanse woningen. Voor de Nederlandse situatie zou dat meer dan het dubbele zijn. SEIA rekent ook nog voor dat de installaties met meer dan 500.000 ton bijdragen aan de CO2-reductie.
    
    Warenhuisketen Wal-Mart heeft opgeteld de grootste capaciteit aan installaties, maar IKEA voert de lijst aan als het gaat om het aantal filialen die voorzien zijn van zonnepanelen: 9 uit 10 vestigingen wekken lokaal energie op.
    
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    De Amerikaanse situatie is anders dan die in Nederland. Investeren in zonnepanelen loont; de kostprijs van panelen daalt, terwijl de tarieven voor elektriciteit stijgen.
    
    “Bedrijven worden geconfronteerd met stijgende prijzen voor energie. Tegelijk dalen de investeringskosten door lagere kostprijzen voor zonnepanelen, gecombineerd met innovatieve financieringsmodellen”, aldus Nat Kreamer van SEIA. “Investeren in solar is zinnig en met een consistent beleid van overheden zal zonne-energie uitgroeien tot de top drie van energiebronnen van de VS.”
    
    Voor grafiek, zie link:
    
    www.z24.nl/ondernemen/deze-25-amerika...
    
    
12. voda 27 oktober 2014 16:55

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    NTPC installs 110 KWp Rooftop Solar PV plant
    
    Mr Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD of NTPC, inaugurating the first model solar rooftop project. Taking another step towards renewable sources of energy, NTPC is focusing on installing Rooftop Solar PV systems at available roof areas in power stations. The move is aimed at meet ing the energy requirements of its various offices, starting with a 110 KWp one that was inaugurated by Mr Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD of NTPC at NTPC Engineering Office complex recently.
    
    This is the first model solar rooftop project by NETRA, the R&D wing of NTPC, and its features include remote & string monitoring, seasonal tilt, etc, for continuous monitoring and performance studies. As much as 1,70,000 KWh of energy is expected to be generated from this Solar PV plant every year and carbon dioxide reduction to extent of 163 tonne per year is expected.
    
    Mr AK Jha, Director of Technical, Mr SN Ganguly, EDWR II, ED to CMD and ED(CC), Mr Thomas Joseph, ED of NETRA and senior officials were present at the NTPC Engineering Office complex when the model was officially launched. The system has been implemented under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission grid connection Rooftop Solar PV scheme, Phase II, with 30% subsidy from MNRE.
    
    With an installed capacity of 43128 MW through 17 coal based, 7 gasbased, 7 solar renewable and 7 JV power stations, NTPC contributes to more than 25% of electricity in the country, with about 18% of India's installed capacity. NTPC plans to broad-base its generation mix by evaluating conventional and alternate sources of energy to ensure long term competitiveness and mitigate fuel risks. NTPC, as per its corporate plan, envisages capacity addition of 11520 MW through renewable sources by 2032. NTPC has already commissioned 95 MW of solar projects and one 15 MW solar project is under implementation and is expected to be commissioned shortly
    
    NTPC plans a capacity of over 3000 MW solar capacity in near term and proposes to implement it in a phased manner in various states.
    
    Source – Strategic Research Institute
13. voda 29 oktober 2014 16:39

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    India to witness a massive scaling up of solar power capacity
    
    Business Standard reported that India is about to witness a massive scaling up of solar power capacity to 100,000 MW, with Mr Narendra Modi, PM of India, asking the ministry of new and renewable energy to prepare an action plan by November first week.
    
    Aiming to reach this target in 5 years, before the next general elections, the government is expediting the work by directing states to identify suitable locations across terrains - deserts, wastelands, national highways, river banks and even over canals.
    
    With Mr Modi at the helm, as the CM of Gujarat, the state had become one of the largest contributors in the cumulative renewable energy mix of the country. At 900 MW, Gujarat is still the largest contributor to the country's total installed solar power capacity of 2,600 MW.
    
    The Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto has also promised a considerable push to clean energy.
    
    The target is 5 times the target designated under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, one of the key programmes of the earlier United Progressive Alliance government. Large solar projects similar to coal-based ultra mega power projects, solar parks, micro grids and solar rooftops, all would be a part of the project.
    
    MNRE recently announced a draft proposal on bidding for solar projects worth 3,000 MW, double the original target in JNNSM.
    
    Officials said that the total projected amount for this mega plan is INR 1,00,000 crore for 5 years, with the per year amount falling to INR 20,000 crore in 2 to 3 years when the price of solar power inches towards grid parity.
    
    A senior government official said that "The cost of gas-based power plants has gone up and with coal looking at fresh auctions, thermal power prices would also go up. The current price of solar power production is Rs 6.5 crore per Mw. So, with a viability gap funding support of INR 1 crore per Mw, solar is looking at parity with coal very soon."
    
    The government, though, would look at all possible models, VGF, power bundling, state support, according to size and type of project.
    
    The average cost of setting up a coal-based power plant is about INR 3.5 crore to INR 4 crore per Mw and a gas-based plant INR 5.5 crore per MW.
    
    MNRE is also setting up a single-window clearance agency to promote investment in solar power.
    
    A senior MNRE official said that "We have written to major banks in the country to increase their credit limit for the solar power sector. Also, multilateral agencies are also on board to design an investment road map for the 100,000 MW target."
    
    MNRE has joined hands with PwC to prepare a report on the execution of the programme, which is likely to be presented to the clean energy enthusiast prime minister by November 4th or 5th.
    
    Government officials said that agencies such as ADB, KfW, World Bank and US Exim Bank are already a part of the action plan.
    
    Following the directions from Mr Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Coal, Power and Renewable Energy, the ministry of new and renewable energy is also approaching top 500 private companies and 50 public sector companies, to sign commitment for developing solar power and set a trend for the sector.
    
    Source – Business Standard
    
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    Indian solar PV is cheaper than coal imports from Australia
    
    Clean Technica reported that the results of India’s latest solar auction are in, and it is bad news for developers of Australian coal projects, solar PV is cheaper for Indian users than the electricity price needed to pay for imports of coal from Australia.
    
    A tender for 500 MW of solar capacity in the sunny, south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh, resulted in First Solar submitting the cheapest bids in an auction that was oversubscribed by more than double, 63 bids, totalling 1291 MW in proposed solar developments.
    
    Solar PV in IndiaFirst Solar submitted bids of just over 8 cents US per KWh to USD 0.086 per KWh for 40 MW and USS 0.087 per KWh for another 40 MW. In local currency terms the bids came in at INR 5.25 per KWh and INR 5.35. That is significant, because it is below the price required to make coal imports economically viable.
    
    All other bids, developers had to bid the tariff rate for power generated for the first year of the proposed plants operation, ranged from USD 0.092 to USD 0.132, with projects ranging in size from 3 MW to the upper limit of 100 MW.
    
    These remarkably low bids illustrate how quickly large-scale solar is coming down the cost curve in India, in February last year, a Rajasthani solar auction produced a lowest bid equivalent to A11.6c per KWh.
    
    They also confirm that generating power from a large-scale solar plant is now cheaper, in India, than power from new-build coal, particularly those that rely on imported coal.
    
    According to a research note from the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, a PPA of between A10c per KWh and A11c per KWh would be required to build a new coal-fired generation plant using imported coal.
    
    IEEFA said that “We estimate that a PPA of INR 5.4 to INR 5.70 per KWh would be required, plus price indexation of 4%pa to justify the construction of a USD 4 billion coal-fired power project. This is double the last reported average sales price of electricity across India of INR 3 per KWh and treble the domestic coal-fired power PPA signed over recent years.”
    
    It said that basically the required wholesale power price for imported coal is prohibitive relative to domestic coal or renewable energy.
    
    IEEFA said that “Wind, solar and hydro facilities can be built faster and at lower PPAs. Additionally, the use of renewable energy incorporates a zero fuel cost, such that there is an inbuilt deflationary driver.”
    
    It said that “Given the recent drive by the Reserve Bank of India to prioritise the sustained reduction in inflation, renewables support a series of GoI / RBI targets. Importing thermal coal achieves none of these goals, and more likely contradicts them.”
    
    Mr Tim Buckley /said that, while the imported coal price may come down, lowering the generation price to around 9c per kWh, there was no way developers could bank on prices staying that low, considering the uncertainty surrounding thermal coal.
    
    Mr Buckley said that “India’s proposed new coal generation plan is showing signs of significant financial stress and is likely to deliver far lower than expected levels of new supply over the next five years.”
    
    This is not great news for Australia, or more particularly Queensland, which is betting on India’s appetite for imported coal to fund the development of the state’s massive Carmichael coal deposit and the related expansion of the nearby Abbot Point coal port.
    
    The increasingly shaky state of this Queensland coal export plan has been exposed more and more lately, with major international banks officially distancing themselves from the development projects, and signalling they would not back them financially, due to the attached risks both financial and environmental.
    
    Meanwhile, India is increasingly turning to solar, with government plans to foster development of some of the world’s largest solar PV parks across the country, totaling as much as 20 GW of capacity about 10 times what India has built to date.
    
    The Indian government also revealed details this month of an auction of 1 GW of solar projects in Andhra Pradesh that will form the first part of a national 15 GW roll out of PV between now and 2019. In March, the Solar Energy Corporation of India announced plans to build a 1 GW solar factory in Andhra Pradesh.
    
    Source – Clean Technica
    
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    India to follow the solar pricing model of Germany
    
    It is reported that in a bid to achieve its target of increasing solar power capacity tenfold by 2022, the Government of India is planning to change the solar pricing model. To boost the growth of its solar power market, India may follow the pricing model of Germany the biggest market for solar power technology.
    
    In Germany, feed-in electricity tariffs were introduced to encourage the use of renewable energy technologies. To accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies, the investors are provided feed-in tariff, a fee above the retail rate of electricity. This makes the investors secure.
    
    In 2013, renewable energy’s share was more than 25% of total energy consumed in Germany. Livemint reported that on sunny/windy days, because of Germany’s boom in renewables, power prices drop so much that grid authorities pay some clean utilities to stop generating.
    
    Mr Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said that “The Government in New Delhi is considering whether to grant fixed tariffs instead of holding competitive auctions for solar power. So called feed-in rates allow generators to lock in prices for solar power without capacity caps, unlike the current auction process.”
    
    According to reports in CleanTechnica, Germany’s feed-in tariff policy was a critical factor that drove down solar PV panel costs for the rest of the world. At the end of 2012, Germany accounted for nearly one-third of global solar PV capacity. Also, Germany’s renewable energy industry, especially solar energy industry has created lakhs of jobs in the country.
    
    Germany’s strong renewable energy market has given it energy independence, reducing its dependence on fossil energy. Solar Energy Industries Association said that “As the recent Ukraine crisis has shown, the transition has also helped reduce the exposure of Germany to potentially volatile input prices to the traditional power system.”
    
    According to data compiled by Bloomberg, Germany has installed 35 GW of solar power technology compared to India’s 2.4 GW.
    
    India is in desperate need of energy. Germany’s is a fine example of how to promote solar and other renewable energy technologies. India can take a leaf out of Germany’s book and tap its renewable energy potential successfully.
    
    Source - www.niticentral.com
    
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    Federal Court Tosses Antitrust Suit Against Chinese Solar Companies
    
    A federal court in Michigan on Oct. 31 dismissed the $950 million antitrust suit filed against three Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) panel manufacturers by bankrupt firm Energy Conversion Devices (ECD).
    
    ECD, which at one time was the world’s largest manufacturer of thin-film solar panels, was forced into Chapter 7 liquidation in 2012 after Chinese firms flooded the market with cheaper-priced PV panels. The heavily leveraged firm, which was also dependent on subsidies for its products, was unable to weather the collapse in sales that resulted.
    
    In October 2013, the liquidating trust in charge of ECD’s assets filed suit against Trina Solar, Yingli Green, and Suntech Power, accusing the three companies of attempting to take over the market for solar panels by colluding with each other, their suppliers, and the Chinese government in a complex price-fixing scheme. ECD alleged that the scheme would allow the three companies to sell their products at artificially low prices until their competitors were forced out of business.
    
    On Friday, the judge in charge of the case dismissed the suit, finding that ECD had failed to show injury that met the requirements of the U.S. Sherman Antitrust Act.
    
    In making the ruling, the judge found that the three companies did not have sufficient power to recoup losses from below-market pricing by later charging higher prices once their competitors had been driven from the market. Instead, the court found that there have in fact been new entrants to the solar PV sector and that the three companies had done nothing to create barriers to entry. Without that showing, there was no evidence they would be able to take advantage of the alleged price-fixing scheme.
    
    Last fall, a study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that China’s competitive advantages in the solar PV sector are due mainly to economies of scale and supply chain optimization.
    
    Another antitrust case against the three companies by bankrupt firm Solyndra is still ongoing in a federal court in Northern California. That case survived a similar motion to dismiss in April.
    
    —Thomas W. Overton, JD is a POWER associate editor.
    
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    India Proposes Massive Solar Build-Out
    
    India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in September issued a proposal to vastly increase the county’s reliance on solar photovoltaic (PV) generation, taking installed capacity from its current 2.6 GW to more than 20 GW over the next five years.
    
    Following on the nation’s ambitious-but-troubled ultra-mega coal plant build-out—only one has come online, while another is near completion—the MRNE plan proposes to set up 25 ultra-mega solar parks with capacities ranging from 500 MW to 1,000 MW. India’s largest fully operational solar PV plant is a 150-MW plant in Madhya Pradesh state, though larger plants are under construction. The 590-MW Charanka Solar Park in Gujarat (a 2012 POWER Top Plant) has so far commissioned about 224 MW of its total capacity (Figure 7).
    
    7. Still expanding. The Charanka Solar Park in Gujarat is one part of India’s ambitious plans to expand solar photovoltaic generation and is part of the Gujarat Solar Park, a collection of solar plants sharing common infrastructure, which has completed about 50% of its planned capacity. Courtesy: IANS/Daily News
    
    
    India has enormous undeveloped solar potential. Most of the country enjoys at least 300 days of sunshine per year with annual mean daily solar radiation in the range of 4.5 kWh/m2 to 6.5 kWh/m2, according to the MNRE proposal. However, bureaucratic hurdles, policy confusion, problems in acquiring the necessary land—frequently a contentious issue in India—and challenges with connecting to the grid have combined to handicap the country’s solar PV development. (For more on this issue, see “Despite Challenges, India Banks on Renewable Energy” in the May 2014 issue.)
    
    The MNRE proposal aims to expedite development by tackling these problems. State and central governments would be responsible for land acquisition, grid connectivity, and supporting infrastructure. State governments will be required to purchase at least 20% of the power, though developers will be free to arrange whatever power purchase agreements they see fit.
    
    The central government will provide financial support for development totaling around $650 million, or about 30% of individual project cost. Substantial public involvement is anticipated, but the proposal allows for up to 49% private ownership of an entity developing a solar plant.
    
    India has several gigawatts of solar capacity currently in development, including a 700-MW project in the Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh. Plans to build what would be the world’s largest solar plant in Rajasthan, a $4.4-billion, 4-GW project, have run into trouble, however, with the state government reportedly considering canceling the project over environmental and political difficulties.
    
    —Thomas W. Overton, JD
    
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    First Solar Reports Thin-Film PV Cell Breakthrough
    
    Arizona-based solar photovoltaic (PV) system provider First Solar in August said it had achieved a cadmium-telluride (CdTe) PV research cell conversion efficiency of 21%—a world record.
    
    The thin-film PV cell’s efficiency compares to the previous CdTe record of 20.4% conversion efficiency, which was set by First Solar in February of 2014, and represents the seventh substantial update to CdTe record efficiency since 2011.
    
    And, significantly, it means First Solar’s CdTe research cell efficiency ranks at the top for all thin-film PV technologies, above copper indium gallium diselenide–based solar cells at 20.9%, and above multicrystalline silicon, which peaked at 20.4% in 2004. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has charted the progression of the best research cell efficiencies since 1975 (see 1.usa.gov/1BgiqOG).
    
    First Solar’s thin-film cell was developed at the company’s Perrysburg, Ohio, manufacturing factory and Research & Development Center, and its efficiency was certified at the Newport Corp.’s Technology and Applications Center PV Lab. The company’s chief technology officer, Raffi Garabedian, said the development notably demonstrates that record cells are based on the “same scalable manufacturing processes and commodity materials that we have proven through years of volume production.”
    
    First Solar last March revealed in a technology roadmap that it is anticipating a 22% research cell efficiency milestone in 2015.
    
    —Sonal Patel is a POWER associate editor (@POWERmagazine, @sonalcpatel)
    
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    Scunthorpe solar energy park could provide power to TATA Steel works
    
    It is reported that plans to build a GBP 25 million solar energy park which could provide green power to the TATA Steel works in Scunthorpe are said to be progressing.
    
    The developers at Kinetica Solar have earmarked 190 acres of the adjoining Raventhorpe Farm at Broughton for the project.
    
    Following the news of the proposed sale of the Scunthorpe steelworks, Mr Nathan Welch, planning director, said that "The benefits of the proposed Raventhorpe Solar Park to provide a local heavy industry plant the means to reduce both its carbon footprint and its overall energy costs remain unchanged.”
    
    Mr Welch said that "The project will deliver up to 38 MW of renewable energy. It will also provide tangible economic benefits to the area, including a number of employment opportunities during the construction phase and an intention by us to source equipment locally, including the steel for the solar panel frames.”
    
    Source - www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk
    
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    Indian solar power generation capacity reaches 3,000 MW - Report
    
    According to a report, India's solar power generation capacity has crossed 3,000 MW even as overall capacity addition this year is expected to be lower at about 800 MW than seen in 2013.
    
    Mercom Capital said that the country has seen installation of 734 MW solar power capacity so far this year, taking the overall installed capacity to more than 3,000 MW.
    
    It said that "However, 2014 will be a disappointment with calendar year installations forecast at about 800 MW, a 20% drop YoY. Land acquisition delays due to elections and uncertainty caused by the anti-dumping case contributed to a slowdown in installations."
    
    Last year, capacity addition was little over 1,000 MW. In 2015 the solar capacity addition is projected to more than double to 1,800 MW.
    
    Mercom Capital is a global clean energy communications and consulting firm.
    
    Mr Raj Prabhu, Group CEO and Co-Founder of Mercom Capital, said that "The Indian solar industry is visibly upbeat since the elections and especially after getting past the anti-dumping case."
    
    According to him, recent cancellations of coal mining licences by the Supreme Court amid rising coal imports and increasing costs and continuing power shortages have all contributed to the positive momentum in the solar sector.
    
    The government is making efforts to increase power generation from renewable sources, especially solar energy.
    
    Source - PTI
    
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    TATA Power Solar to invest in strategic plant upgrade - Mr Goel
    
    Mr Ajay Goel, CEO of TATA Power Solar, said that “After having been 'burnt' over the last 2 years, TATA Power Solar is now mulling investing in strategically upgrading our equipment.”
    
    Embedded in his statement is the message that sums up how 'solar' is trending in India.
    
    Mr Goel said that “A year ago we were wondering if there was a future for us. Now the company is thinking of investing. The mood of the manufacturing industry has changed from “despondency to cautious optimism.”
    
    A year ago, the future of Indian companies that produced solar cells and modules hung tenuously on to a government’s rule that a specified chunk of government-procured solar energy should come from plants that used locally made modules. The ‘domestic content requirement’ was under fire at the World Trade Organisation and local module manufacturers were demanding protection from 'dumped' Chinese products.
    
    The government declined to impose anti-dumping duties, but promised Indian manufacturers enough demand from the solar projects that would be put up by the government-owned companies. The promise removed the lump in the throats of manufacturers, such as TATA Power Solar, who have begun revisiting their shelved investment plans.
    
    TATA Power Solar’s plant in Bengaluru can produce 180 MW worth of cells and 200 MW worth of modules but the equipment that produces them is 5 years old. Hence, the 'strategic upgrade of our equipmen' to meet the demand.
    
    Mr Goel said that purse strings will open up once there is demand visibility. The company would invest in expansion too.
    
    He said that the oft-repeated view of the solar industry that the issue of ‘subsidies’ is hurting the rooftop segment. The subsidies are neither removed nor funded and as a result customers are not able to make purchase decisions.
    
    The government recently removed subsidies on solar water heaters. This has 'de-commoditised' the segment, since with the going of the subsidies, the product specifications prescribed for availing of the subsidies are also gone. As a result, companies such as TATA Power Solar are able to customise products.
    
    Mr Goel said that TATA Power Solar expects to launch new product lines.
    
    Source – Business Line