Page 2 - Wind Power

Has India clinched the manufacturing deal?

The scheme to offer cash incentives for local manufacturing of solar equipment as well as batteries may require a few iterations to really click, or it may fly in the first round of bidding itself

JSW Energy signs PPA for 540 MW of wind power projects

The company won these projects in a competitive bidding done by SECI

Adani Green Energy arm commissions 100-MW wind power plant in Gujarat

Adani Green Energy on Monday said its arm Adani Wind Energy Kutch Three Limited (AWEKTL) has commissioned a 100 megawatt (MW) wind power plant located at Kutch, in Gujarat

Optimism on renewables

India will need increased effort to meet the targets

Looking to expand presence, Vestas bets on India specific wind turbines

The expansion plans of the Danish major comes at a time when India saw its lowest-ever wind power capacity addition during last fiscal year

Bridge To India cuts solar, wind power capacity addition outlook to 35 Gw

The consultancy further noted that the sector was already grappling with a series of vexatious issues over the last few years

MNRE removes cap on bids for renewables, industry says decision ill-timed

Industry has been asking for removing caps when market conditions favoured higher tariffs; the govt's move comes when tariff has reduced

Andhra agrees to pay renewable projects at average rates till resolution

High Court directs state to pay in four weeks

ReNew Power Transmission eyes double-digit growth, projects worth $20 bn

The Goldman Sachs-promoted firm started its 'New Ventures' division to explore opportunities in energy storage, power transmission, floating solar, and wind-solar hybrid projects

Plan to tap wind power, establish desalination plants in 3 ports: Gadkari

The proposal to tap wind power from Tuticorin, Kandla and Paradip ports has been discussed with the Power Minister R K Singh, said Gadkari

Odisha turns to other states for wind power, hopes to get 150 Mw in FY20

None of the locations in Odisha have been deemed to be suitable for installing wind power projects, prompting the state to buy from elsewhere

India's wind power potential slumping due to warming of Indian Ocean: Study

Indian monsoon is weakening as a result of warming waters in the Indian Ocean, leading to a steady decline in wind-generated power

Wind power tariffs to be sustainable at around Rs 3 per unit in 2018-19

CRISIL expects wind power companies to sustain stable credit outlooks despite lower cushions for debt servicing rendered on account of lower tariffs

Wind power projects' auction in Gujarat: Tariff tumbles to Rs 2.43 per unit

Actis Energy fund-backed Sprng Energy quoted the lowest bid

Wind power producers can't be asked to put the clock back

In another path breaking order, AndhraPradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has disallowed any revisionin the tariff of wind power which was signed by the state and the devloper. TheRegulator not only allowed the earlier tariff but also rapped the power distributioncompanies for going back on their power purchase agreements (PPAs). The order pertains to close to 41 windpower projects which signed PPA with the two state power distribution companiesin 2015 at Rs 4.76 per unit in feed-in-tariff mode. After two years, when thewind tariff was discovered at Rs 3.46 per unit in the first ever auction ofwind power projects, the state discoms went to the regulator citing that they don'twant to purchase "costly wind power". The discoms sought the regulator'sapproval to reduce the tariff. The order is abig positive for the companies operating in the state such as Tata Power, ReNewPower, Sembcorp, Mythrah Energy and Ostro Energy among others. Recently, KarnatakaElectricity Regulatory .

India's wind power capacity crosses 32 GW mark, says IWTMA

India is at fourth position after China, the US and Germany, in terms of wind capacity installation

India adds 5,400 mw wind power capacity against target of 4,000 mw

States leading in it were Andhra Pradesh (2,190 MW), Gujarat (1,275 MW) and Karnataka (882 MW)

More wind power projects to go under hammer next fiscal

Buoyed by drop in tariff to record low of Rs 3.46 per unit in the first auction of wind power, the government is mulling putting on the block more such projects next fiscal. "Transparency which is the hallmark of the Modi government, has brought down the tariff of wind power. There will be more and more such projects on the block," Power, Coal, Mines and New & Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal told PTI. Asked whether he is expecting wind power tariff to fall further in a more competitive environment, he said: "That is the beauty of tariff based competitive bidding. We cannot predict the tariff. It is the bidders who decide what price should be quoted. I cannot interfere in that." Goyal was of the view that the average wind tariff was hovering above Rs 5 per unit earlier due to feeding of rates and lack of transparency. "We will be looking at more wind power projects auction in the next financial year. We will formalise it. We have not decided yet on the quantum as it all .

After solar, wind tariff at record low of Rs 3.5/unit

Bids received is extremely lower than current average Feed-in-tariff of Rs 5 per unit in wind sector

Wind power tariff likely to go below Rs 4 per unit

Although SECI has not provided any benchmark tariff, average figure for wind power is around Rs 5