rate

paid

for

electricity

generated

from

renewables. More:

http://bloom.bg/15FLVsO

its 100 MW concentrated solar power project in

Rajasthan. More:

http://bit.ly/136JPzV

Electricity consumers in Tamil Nadu may

get more time to meet solar purchase

obligations

(Published on: 07

th

July)

High tension and a section of low tension

electricity consumers in Tamil Nadu are likely to

get more time to meet solar purchase obligations

(SPO). As per the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy

2012,

the

SPO

prescribed

for

HT

and

LT

commercial establishments is three per cent by

December this year and six per cent from 2014.

More:

http://bit.ly/1dPsSPJ

Joint venture for 100 MW solar power

plant approved in UP

(Published on: 02

nd

July)

Uttar Pradesh govt has approved a joint venture

for

100

MW

solar

project

between

state

renewable energy facilitators, Uttar Pradesh New

and

Renewable

Energy

Development

Agency

(UPNEDA), and the government hydroelectric

enterprise,

National

Hydroelectric

Power

Corporation (NHPC). The 100MW joint venture will

start after MoUis signed between the two

organisations. More:

http://bit.ly/16LLRbL

Tata Power to build 50 MW solar plant in

Madhya Pradesh for NTPC

(04

th

July)

Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd. won a contract from

NTPC to supply solar panels for the 50 MW project

and construct the plant at Rajgarh in Madhya

Pradesh by March. With this project, NTPC will

double its solar capacity. Tata Power plans to

develop 1,000 MW of renewables by 2017.

More:

http://bloom.bg/1cUag0g

Uttar

Pradesh

to

attract

private

investment

in

solar

energy

projects

(Published on: 08

th

July)

The UP

govt

has decided to attract private

investment in the solar power generation sector

by offering competitive tariff to those willing to

establish such plants in 13 months' time. The

condition will be to directly sell power generated

to UPPCL for 10 years. More:

http://bit.ly/151V1zC

PEDA awards 32 MW solar project to

Welspun Energy

(Published on: 03

rd

July)

Welspun Energy Ltd. (WEL) has been awarded 32

MW solar capacities by the Punjab Energy

Development Agency (PEDA) through a single

stage competitive bidding. The project is expected

to be commissioned during the second quarter of

2014. Cumulative 32 MW capacity was awarded to

WEL under the Punjab New & Renewable Sources

of Energy Policy 2012. More:

http://bit.ly/119eU8v

Auto component makers in Chennai to set

up

a

joint

solar

farm

near

Madurai

(Published on: 22

nd

July)

Six auto component makers in Chennai are gearing

up to set up a joint solar farm near Madurai, Tamil

Nadu. It will be executed by Mahindra EPC. MM

Forgings, Rane Group, Super Auto Forge, Natesan

Industries, IM Gears and Swelect have formed a

consortium for setting up this common solar

facility. More:

http://bit.ly/1dWL7m6

Astonfield earns India’s first CRISIL ‘A’

credit rating for 5 MW solar plant in

Rajasthan

(Published on: 08

th

July)

Astonfield Renewables announced that Credit

Rating Information Services of India Limited

(CRISIL), a division of the McGraw Hill Corporation,

has given an A- credit rating on loan facilities for its

5 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Rajasthan.

Astonfield is the first company to receive an A

class rating by CRISIL for a solar power plant in

Anert and Keltron fight it out for solar

energy share

(Published on: 22

nd

July)

As solar companies have come under a cloud of

suspicion, two reputed Kerala state agencies are

battling it out to get a share of the solar energy

pie. While Anert is the nodal agency for the

flagship 10,000 roof-top solar power plant project,

Keltron has been tasked with a relatively low-

profile mandate of installing solar plants in

government offices.