Monthly Archives: August 2011

JNNSM – Phase 1 Batch 2 PPA Allocation for PV Power Projects

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Ritesh Pothan

The Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy MNRE has released the guidelines for the Second Batch of Solar Photovoltaic Power Projects. The newest allocations of solar photovoltaic plants of 350MW’s have begun with the announcement for the latest batch. … Continue reading →

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Solargis launches their Photovoltaic planning solar resource data and online tools for India

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Ritesh Pothan

A dearth of accurate systems to measure the suns irradiation especially for India has been an area of concern for developers, investors, as well as engineering organizations with EPC arms in solar. This void is being slowly filled by companies … Continue reading →

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Power Generation for 6 operating solar power plants released by MNRE

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Ritesh Pothan

To date, the confusion around which Solar PV technology to use in which location was a major question on every solar developers mind. To aid resolution of this conundrum, MNRE has just released the generation details of 6 operating solar … Continue reading →

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The Indian Solar Saga Part 3 of 3 – Off-grid solar policies and ground realities

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Ritesh Pothan

The concluding part of the series is now available on my Renewable Energy Magazine Blog and details the Offgrid Solar policies promoted by the MNRE through the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission JNNSM , with insights, as well as, an overview of … Continue reading →

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The Indian Solar Saga Part 2 of 3 – Central and State Grid Solar Policies

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Ritesh Pothan

In part 1 of the 3 part series we have covered the Indian power generation scenario and Gujarat Solar policy with insights on pros and cons of the state. In this post we will cover the Central Government Policy as … Continue reading →

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Biomass – a Sustainable Renewable Energy Source for India

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Ritesh Pothan

This article published in the July/August Edition of Energetica India covers the ethos of the biomass industry and highlights the risks as well as solutions. Please do read the article at http://natgrp.net/Documents/Biomass_Energetica_August_2011_Ritesh_Pothan.pdf and the magazine at http://www.energetica-india.net/magazine/view/july-august-2011/ Hope this is useful … Continue reading →

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