Utility Scale PV

Mercom’s latest report says the Indian solar sector saw significant changes in the players’ market share in 2022—a year heavily impacted by policies like basic customs duty on cells and modules and Approved List of Models and Manufacturers.

Nick Lanir Brown, chief business officer at Airtouch Solar, told pv magazine they would supply and install Airtouch AT 4.0 robotic panel cleaning systems for Adani Green Energy’s solar farm in Rajasthan.

India will use its internal market to scale up hydrogen projects, with Germany as a possible export destination. As part of a broader strategy, the countries will collaborate on a financial and technological level on energy transition projects.

TP Saurya Ltd, an arm of Tata Power Renewable Energy, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tata Power Trading Co. for a 200 MW (280 MWp) solar project in Rajasthan.

Godrej & Boyce has secured a 20 MW ground-mounted solar project in West Bengal, substation orders in India and Nepal, and a railway electrification project from Indian Railways.

PTC India intends to sell the procured solar power to various utilities and commercial and industrial consumers. 

India reached a cumulative installed power generation capacity of 416 GW as of March 2023. Renewables formed 30% and hydro 11% of the capacity mix.

A new study by Central Electricity Authority assesses the least-cost, optimal generation capacity mix to meet India’s projected electricity demand for the year 2029-30.

The solar project will supply power to Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd at a tariff of INR 2.62 ($0.032)/kWh.

The developer has reached either financial closure or binding term sheets for about 1.1 GW of this upcoming 3 GW solar and wind energy capacity.