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Gujarat Solar Scenario Progress and Prospects

29th August, 2012 | Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, India

Dr. Ketan Shukla, Secretary(Indian Foreign Service)

Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission

Regulatory Approach

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Governance-Regulation compact

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Gujarat has taken significant initiatives in the past to harness solar energy

GERC is the first State Regulatory Commission to issue a comprehensive tariff order on solar energy

GERC is the first SERC to provide for Renewable Energy Certificates in its Regulations on procurement of energy from renewable sources

First project for REC Mechanism has been registered in Gujarat.

Gujarat is on only state to have Solar Power generation capacity in triple digit.

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Tariff for various Renewable Energy Sources

Tariff for various Renewable Energy Source Old Tariff

Rs. /kWhPresent Tariff

Rs. /kWh

Wind Energy based generation 3.56 Gross Tariff Rs. 4.61

N et Tariff : Rs. 4.23

Solar Thermal Power Projects generation

15 11.55

Solar PV Power Projects generation

11 9.28

Bagasse based energy generation

3 (Constant) 4.65

Biomass based energy generation(Water Cooled Condenser)

3.08 (Constant) 4.70

Biomass based energy generation(Air Cooled Condenser)

- 4.49

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Solar Energy – Advantage Gujarat

• Solar radiation : 5.5 to 6.0 kWh/Sq.m/day with 330 sunny days / year

• Land : 14.40 Million Acres of uniquely positioned waste land in area of high solar radiation

• Water: Narmada water available in Northern part of state having high solar radiation

• Transmission grid : Gujarat have densest transmission network

• Infrastructure: 74,000 Km long road network

• Gas Grid: 2200 Kms long gas grid

• Cut Transportation costs for conventional fuels

• Distributed Generation – so helps in reducing T&D Losses6

Solar Power

Particulars Radiation

The Sun 300000000000000000000000W(300*10^6EW)

Radiates to earth 8100000000000000dv(81000TW)World Power 16300000000000W (16.3TW)

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The sun is the ultimate source of energy and life on earth. It provides us with a potentially unlimited amount of free, albeit intermittent energy without emitting CO2.

1 year of current fossil fuel use (year 2008) took the earth one million years to store.

The sun can be seen as a huge nuclear radiator with radiating power of 300 million megawatt.

Solar PV provides power which focus demand only in most countries

Solar Power Potential• High Solar Isolation levels in India• The North Western Part of India

(Gujarat & Rajasthan) gets high levels of solar radiations, almost throughout the year.

• Solar Radiation Map of India

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Solar Radiation Map of India

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Overall view of major Gujarat site/s and Narmada Canal network

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JSW Energy, Deodar-5MWSolar Semiconductor, Ajwada-20MWSolitaire (MoserBear), Mudetha-15MWTorrent Power, Savpura-25MWNTPC, Morwada-50MWWelspun Urja-40MW

Euro Solar, Bhachau–5MWAzure Power, Bhachau-5 MWAES Solar, Bhachau – 15 MWInspira Solar, Bhachau – 15 MW Lanco, Bhadrada-5MW

Lanco, Chandiyala – 15 MWPLG Power, Sami-40MWWelspun, Bhabhar – 15 MWWAA Solar, Sami – 10 MWMoser Baer, Deesa – 15 MW

Solitaire, Mitha-15MWPrecious, Akhaj-15MW

Skemrock industries PadraGIPCL Mangrol

Astonifield, Bhuj–10 MWCargo Motors, Rapar – 25 MW

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Geographical locations for Solar power projects

Sunkon Energy

Solar semiconductor, Ajwada-20MWACME Tele, Ghuntwada – 15 MW

Bhoomipooja Buildwell, Halvad – 10 MW

ESP Urja, Samakhiali – 5 MW

Geographical locations for Solar power projects

Lanco, Dasada – 15 MWSunkon Energy, Dasada – 10 MWAzure Power, Dasada – 10 MWAdani Power – Dasada – 40 MWMillenium Synergy, Dasada – 10 MWDreisatz, Patdi – 25 MWMI Mysolar, Patdi – 25 MW

The salient features of the solar tariff order No. 1 of 2012 are as under:

• The control period for the proposed tariff is from 29 th January, 2012 to 31st March, 2015. • The separate tariff determined and proposed by the Commission for (i) Solar PV MW based

power projects (ii) Solar PV KW based rooftop power projects and (iii) solar thermal based power projects.

• In view of declining trend in the prices of Solar PV globally, the Commission has decided to reduce the tariff by 7% per year during the second and third years of the control period.

• Solar Power Projects established with only new Plants and Machinery would be eligible for the benefit of tariff determined within the scope of this solar tariff order.

•  No cross-subsidy surcharges would be levied in case of third-party sale by the Solar Power Projects

•  The Intra-state ABT order will not be applicable to solar power generation projects. Considering the nature of solar energy, all solar energy power plants will be considered as ‘must-run’ facilities, and the power generated from such power plants will be kept out from the merit order dispatch principles

•   In order to promote KW scale rooftop solar projects, no wheeling charges shall apply for wheeling of power generated by rooftop power projects as such projects decrease the transmission and distribution losses for the utility, and increase the efficiency of the grid.

•  The order also contains the relevant commercial aspects such as transmission charges, wheeling charges, security deposit and sharing of CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) benefits.

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Tariff for Procurement by the Distribution Licensees and others from Solar Energy Projects for the Control Period from 29 January, 2012 to 31

March, 2015 as outlined in the table below:

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Period

29 Jan. ’12 to

31 Mar. ’13

1 Apr. ’13 to

31 Mar. ’14

1 Apr. ’14 to

31 Mar. ’15

For megawatt-scale photovoltaic projects availing accelerated depreciation

Levelized Tariff for 25 years ` 9.28 per kWh ` 8.63 per kWh ` 8.03 per kWh

For first 12 years ` 9.98 per kWh ` 9.13 per kWh ` 8.35 per kWh

For subsequent 13 years ` 7.00 per kWh ` 7.00 per kWh ` 7.00 per kWh

For kilowatt-scale photovoltaic projects availing accelerated depreciation

Levelized Tariff for 25 years ` 11.14 per kWh ` 10.36 per kWh ` 9.63 per kWh

Levelized Tariff for Solar Thermal Projects

With accelerated depreciation benefit: ` 11.55 per kWh for 25 years

Gujarat Solar Park Land : 2024 ha ( 1080 ha GoG, 944 ha Pvt ) Approx. Capacity: 500 MW Land Allotment: Solar Thermal : 3 ha / MW Fees / Charges :

Processing Fee: Rs. 25000 / MW Deposit : Rs. 5 lacs / ha Allotment Price: Rs. 18.5 lacs / ha Development Charge: Rs. 8-12 lacs / ha

Phase I: Location - Village Charanka, Taluka Santalpur, Dist PatanObjective - Dedicated > 500 MW Solar power GenerationArea - Approx 2456 Ha land (including Govt. & Private land)

Phase II: Location - Villages Harsad, Soneth, Morwada, Dungla, Dabhi & Navapura, Taluka Vav, Dist BanaskanthaObjective – Solar Power Generation, R & D Facility, Manufacturing Hub & Capacity building Area – Approx 1205 Ha Government Waste Land

Total Solar installed capacity– 665 MW

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1MW Multi-Technology PV Plant

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1 MW Multi-Technology Grid-Connected PV Demonstration Plant.

250 kW Thin-Film PV 750 kW C-Silicon PV 15 kW Tracker

SOLAR PANELS• MEMC modules - 280 Wp, of size 1 m by 2 m

• Portait arrangement of 16 panels in one row, two rows per structural row

• • Total of 3616 panels in 113 rows

5 MW Gandhinagar PV Rooftop

Azure Power and Sun Edison to develop 2.5 MW Rooftop solar power project in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

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Photovoltaic Panel(Approx. 1 - 5kWP)

Grid-tied inverter Meter 2: Solar Electricity

Generation

Meter 1: Conventional Electricity Consumption

Transformer Grid

5 MW Gandhinagar PV Rooftop Programme - Structure

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Project

Implementation

Agreement

(PIA)

GoG/ EPD(Project Proponent)

GEDA(Nodal Agency)

GERMI(Project Str., Bid

Process)

Project Developer 1

(Capacity: 2.5 MW)Project Developer

2(Capacity: 2.5 MW)

Torrent Power Ltd.(Off-taker)

2.5

MW

GPCL(Implementing Agency)

IFC & Consultants (Transaction Str.

Advisor)

GERC(For Regulatory

Approval)

GIDB(For Govt. Approval)

PPA, based on GERC solar tariff

App

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FundingG.R.

Screening & Selection

2 MW Govt. Rooftops

2 MW Govt. Rooftops

0.5 MW Private Rooftops

0.5 MW Private Rooftops

2.5

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Gujarat’s Solar Initiative• Solar Power Policy – 2009

– Solar PV – Rs. 9.28/kWh.– Solar Thermal – Rs. 11.55/kWh.– Solar Roof-top – Rs. 11.14/kWh.– Other provisions: Accelerated depreciation,

CDM sharing, wheeling, etc.

• PPA’s for 968.5 MW signed for Solar Power– Phase-I allocation: 406.5 MW (29 companies)– Phase-II allocation: 562MW (55 companies)

• Asia’s largest Solar Power Park at Patan– Capacity: 500MW– Nodal agency: Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL)

• India’s first photovoltaic rooftop programme– 5MW at Gandhinagar: Public, Commercial & Private residences– Gandhinagar (along with Surat and Rajkot) is a designated ‘Solar City’

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Monthly Sector wise Energy Generation

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Solar Energy Generation Facts

• Month wise Solar Energy Installation Vs Maximum Solar Energy Injection

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GERC’s Renewable Purchase Regulations

All the solar power plants are followed the European standard. GERC has also been promoting renewable energy particularly in the area of wind. In the case of wind power sector Gujarat is growing by 270% after the state of Tamilnadu.

GERC (Power Procurement from Renewable Sources), Regulations 2010

Regulations Notified Specific RPPO for Solar For Renewable Energy Certificates (REC), this would enable the

obligated entities to fullfil their statutory requirement and also encourage setting up of such renewable sources plants in the State of Gujarat. GEDA is the nodal agency – notified by GERC

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RPO Compliance-Torrent - 2011-12

Torrent Power

Ltd.

Total Consumption including T & D losses, 9565.81 Mus

 

Source RPO %

Mus Required to fulfill RPO

Mus purchased

% Mus purchased

against required

% RPO fulfilled  

Wind 5 478.29 103.45 21.63 1.08  

Solar 0.5 47.83 0 0.00 0.00  

Others 0.5 47.83 420.42 879.01 4.40Non Solar

RECs purchased

Total 6 573.95 523.87 91.27 5.48  

RPO Compliance –GUVNL- 2011-12

GUVNL

Total Consumption including T & D losses, 59893 Mus 

Source RPO %

Mus Required to fulfill RPO

Mus purchased

% Mus purchased

against required

% RPO fulfilled  

Wind 5 2994.65 2575 85.99 4.30  

Solar 0.5 299.47 155 51.76 0.26  

Others 0.5 299.47 88 29.39 0.15

Total 6 3593.58 2818.00 78.42 4.71  

Final Thought

Goal is to decrease our dependence on fossil fuels.

Currently, maximum percentage of our electrical power is generated by coal-burning and nuclear power plants.

Mitigates the effects of acid rain, carbon dioxide, and other impacts of burning coal and counters risks associated with nuclear energy.

pollution free, indefinitely sustainable.

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Sun is present everywhere, his countless rays reaches all places,

Sun is the force,The destroyer of darkness & bestows happiness & wealth

Sun infuses life and removes all problems

जयाय जयभद्राय हय�श्वाय नमो नमः। नमो नमः सहस्रांशो आदि�त्याय नमो नमः

Oh! Lord of thousand rays, son of Aditi, Salutations to you, the bestower of victory, auspiciousness and prosperity, Salutations to the one who has coloured horses to carry him.

- Aditya Hridyam

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