Thursday, January 21, 2016

Indian Cabinet approves 5GW of Solar PV projects




The proposed projects would be developed under Batch-lV of Phase-ll of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), a government initiative that is aimed to have 20,000MW of grid connected solar power by 2022 which is now enhanced upto 1,00,000MW. The government plans to provide Rs50.5bn ($742.3m) in Viability Gap Funding (VGF) for the projects. The solar plants will be developed in four tranches of each 1,250MW capacity during four financial years viz. 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. More than 30,000 would be created as part of the development of these projects. The government would invite bids from solar power developers for the construction of the grid connected solar power projects on build, own and operate basis. The projects will be set up in the solar parks of various states,developed through coordinated efforts of central and state agencies. Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will sign power purchase agreement (PPA) with the selected developers and the power sale agreement with the buying entities for the clean electricity generated at the projects. The projects are expected to generate more than 8,300 million units of clean electricity that will be enough to power nearly 2.5 million households every year, reducing about 8.525 million tons of CO2 emissions into environment every year. Commissioning of the projects would take place within 13 months from the date of signing of PPAs with the selected developers and the power sale agreement with the buying entities for the clean electricity generated at the projects. The projects are expected to generate more than 8,300 million units of clean electricity that will be enough to power nearly 2.5 million households every year, reducing about 8.525 million tons of CO2 emissions into environment every year. Commissioning of the projects would take place within 13 months from the date of signing of PPAs. 

Key: The solar PV projects are expected to generate more than 8,300 million units of clean electricity.











                                             





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