Friday, November 20, 2009

Demonstration programme to support megawatt size grid interactive Solar Power Projects
 

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced demonstration programme to support megawatt size grid interactive solar power generation projects for a total capacity of 50 MW in the country, based on solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies. Any registered company, including private company, is eligible to set up solar power projects on build, own and operate basis. Proposal from each project developer with a maximum aggregate capacity of 5 MW, either through a single project or multiple projects of a minimum capacity of 1 MW each, would be considered. A maximum of 10 MW capacity solar power generation projects are to be considered in a State. Projects approved by the Ministry under the schemes will be eligible to receive generation based incentive up to Rs.12 per kWh for solar photovoltaic power and Rs.10 per kWh for solar thermal power fed to the grid by the solar power project developers, after taking into account the tariff provided by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission and the utility. The incentive will be available for a maximum of ten years,

Under the schemes projects for 25 MW capacity of solar PV power and 11 MW of solar thermal power have been found to be eligible to receive generation based incentive. These projects are from the States of Rajasthan (10 MW), Andhra Pradesh (7MW), Tamil Nadu (6 MW), West Bengal (6 MW), Chattisgarh (5 MW) and Punjab (2 MW).

This information was given by Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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