Guidelines issued for procurement of wind power through tariff based competitive bidding process Updated On Tue, Dec 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy Government has issued Guidelines under Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 providing a framework for procurement of wind power through a transparent process of bidding including standardisation of the process and defining of roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders. These Guidelines aim to enable the Distribution Licensees to procure wind power at competitive rates […] Read more
India gets Lowest Wind Tariff of Rs. 2.64 per kWh in second Wind Auction of 1000 MW Updated On Thu, Oct 5th, 2017 by Saurenergy The wind tariff in India touched lowest level of Rs.2.64 per kWh in the second wind auction conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) on behalf of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India yesterday. The tariff discovered is much lower than first wind auction concluded at Rs. 3.46 per kWh […] Read more
Record Capacity Addition of Wind Power of 5400 MW in Last Fiscal Updated On Wed, Apr 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set another record in the wind power capacity addition by adding over 5400 MW in 2016-17 against the target of 4000 MW. This year’s achievement surpassed the previous higher capacity addition of 3.423 MW achieved in the previous year. The leading States in the wind power capacity […] Read more