Punjab Solar

Overview

The anticipated power requirement for Punjab for the year 2012-13 was 48,881 Million Units(MUs) or Million kWh, whereas the availability was anticipated at 39,918 MUs, which translates to an annual deficit of about 18.3%( Source: Central Electricity Authority-CEA). The anticipated month wise breakup as estimated by CEA is given below.
Punjab CEA

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Blogs on Punjab

Punjab Solar : RfP for allocation of 500 MW released

Punjab Energy Development Agency(PEDA) is inviting proposals for allocation of solar PV projects under the Phase III of its Renewable Energy Policy. In the Phase I of the solar projects allocation, RfP was released for 300 MW in March 2013(details here) , and the winners were announced in June 2013(details here). The RfP for allocation of 250 […]

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Punjab Solar : RfP for allocation of 250 MW released

Punjab Energy Development Agency(PEDA) is inviting proposals for allocation of solar PV projects under the Phase II of its Renewable Energy Policy. In the Phase I of the solar projects allocation, RfP was released for 300 MW in March 2013(details here) , and the winners were announced in June 2013(details here). Many of the projects […]

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Uttar Pradesh Solar – RfP for allotment of 300 MW released; Deadline – Sept. 8, 2014

The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency, (UPNEDA) has released Request for Proposal(RfP) towards allotment of 300 MW of Solar PV Power proejcts under the state’s Solar Power Policy 2013. It may be recalled that UP had conducted an allocation process for 200 MW in March 2013 and entered into a Power Purchase Agreement(PPA) […]

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Punjab solar bids opened – Welspun, Moser Baer, Essel and Azure major winners

Punjab has released the details of the winners who bid for 300 MW of projects allocation in the state(Click here for the RfP details). It may be recalled that bids were invited under 2 categories – Category 1 for newly incorporated/existing companies with project size between 1 and 4 MW and Category 2 for existing […]

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Launching “Solar Updates in States”Map

Dear Patrons and Readers of RESolve blogs, It is my pleasure to share with you the “Solar Updates in States” Map. Solar in India is no longer restricted to the central programme of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission(JNNSM), administered by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE). More and more states have come up with […]

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Great insights from the Report on the Rating of State Electricity Distribution Utility Companies

    The Ministry of Power(MoP) has released its First Annual Integrated Rating of the State Electricity Distribution Utilities. The ratings were carried out by the rating agencies- ICRA Limited and CARE. In total, 39 state utilities from 20 states were rated and the utilities from Gujarat came on top with excellent ratings whereas the […]

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Punjab Solar – RfP for 300 MW grid connected PV projects released

Punjab had set a target of 1000 MW solar power generation capacity in the ‘New and Renewable Sources of Energy (NRSE) Policy –2012’ released in December 2012. (The policy can be downloaded here). Punjab follows Karnataka, Odisha and Bihar in releasing RfPs in the last few weeks. As part of that of the Phase 1 […]

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