FollowIndia’s ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) announced that it has begun discussions with stakeholders and will soon issue guidelines for the next batch of grid connected solar power projects, totaling 300 MW, under the nation’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).
250 participants attended a consultation on the guidelines on July 8th, 2011, including project developers, engineering, procurement and construction companies, solar manufacturers, financial institutions and state government officials.
The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah (2nd, from left) reviewing the implementation of the renewable energy programme at a meeting in New Delhi
Stakeholders request larger capacity solar plants
The MNRE reports that participants at the consultation requested allowing higher capacity solar power plants, and that developers requested support for the construction of transmission lines. The agency states that it will take these and other suggestions into consideration while drafting the new guidelines.
After these guidelines are issued, NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. (New Delhi, India) will issue a request for proposals for the selection of new projects, which are expected to be commissioned by March 31st, 2013.
India’s JNNSM, announced in June 2009, sets a goal of 20 GW of grid-tied solar technologies and 2 GW of off-grid solar by 2022. The programs’ initial goal is to reach 1 GW by the close of the first phase in 2013, including both solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) plants.
Source: solarserver
