Analysis of Draft Renewable Energy Act 2015
Overview
• The Renewable Energy Act has been recently announced and it contains very exciting provisions for
entire renewable energy and power sector.
• The law aims to bring about a massive structural and operational changes enabling India march
towards 175 GW of RE by 2022.
• A detailed analysis of the policy document can be read by downloading from the link provided.
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The Delhi Net-Metering Policy
• Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on 2nd September has announced its Net Metering Policy
for the electricity consumers of Delhi. The policy allows various electricity consumers (buyers) to generate
power by installing Solar Rooftop Systems. The policy is aimed to encourage the Renewable Energy
Generation in the state and to create a sustainable environment by allowing consumer to take active
participation in the distributed generation of Renewable Energy.
• To participate in the scheme the consumer of the premises or the Renewable Energy Generator,
should submit the application to the concerned distribution licensee to connect the renewable energy
system to the distribution system of the distribution licensee.
• Delhi is a state which is lacking in the renewable energy generation as the total installed renewable
capacity on 31st March is only 5.15 MW. The policy targets to increase the Renewable Energy
Generation in the state by allowing consumers to install solar rooftop systems.
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A Solar Sector Update – SEMI
• The Indian Solar Market: Updates, Constraints and the Road Ahead By
Nalin Deshpande, Siddhartha Priyadarshi & Vishal Pandya
• With its subtropical climatic conditions and abundant solar insolation,
accelerating solar capacity addition can tangibly impact India’s exponentially growing energy needs and
energy security concerns.
• While the Indian solar market has grown significantly after the launch of the National
Solar Mission and large state-level programs, it is important that India remains committed to a
stable path for fostering solar power generation. This piece will provide recent updates,
examine key issues and look at the road ahead for the solar market in India.
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Accelerating Wind Energy
• The wind power generation in India has a history since early 1990. However, the volumetric
development in wind generation started post implementation of preferential tariffs, generation based
incentive (GBI) scheme and accelerated depreciation (AD) benefit.
• With all three critical elements in place, the annual capacity addition peaked in 2011-12 at
about 3,200 MW, falling sharply to 1,700 MW the next year as AD benefit was reduced from 80% to a
token 15% coupled with a lack of clarity in extension of GBI post Mar’12. AD was reintroduced in Aug’14,
with aim to add 10 GW Wind Power to the grid each year.
• This article aims to analyse
how an ambitious plan of achieving 10 GW of annual capacity addition could get clipped if grid integration
issues like forecasting & scheduling is not taken seriously. It highlights the necessity of micro level
planning on expected generation and demand management, to accommodate the growing Wind Capacity with the grid.
Supply side planning through appropriate forecasting tools for RE sources like wind & solar power can
add significant value to a grid operators to maintain a healthy grid.
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