Solar Industry Monthly News update by REAR Renewable Energy Association !!! Monthly Newsletter for 202204 #solar #news #rearassociation

1. INDUSTRY UPDATE
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Montly Newsletter by REAR Renewable Energy Association
Mop Recommends
Uniform Slab of 5%
GST on all Renewable
Energy Components
New solar PLI
scheme to cap
bidding capacity at
10 Gw for past
winners
VOL:- 2022002
Domestic solar equipment makers
running plants at 30% capacitY
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50 GWh
Allotment made for
of battery capacity to 4
successful bidders
Applicability of ALMM
for Open Access & Net-
metering projects
extended till 01.10.2022

2. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
Gautam Adani's logistics-
to-energy conglomerate has
set up a new subsidiary,
ANIL, to undertake green
hydrogen projects,
generation of low carbon
electricity and manufacture
of wind turbines, solar
modules and batteries as it
looks to become the world's
largest renewable energy
company and produce the
cheapest hydrogen.
And now the company has
incorporated a wholly-
owned subsidiary, Adani
New Industries Ltd (ANIL),
ANIL TO BE ADANI GROUP'S VEHICLE
FOR NEW ENERGY BUSINESS
01.03 2022
Source:- ET Renewable Energy Update
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its flagship Adani Enterprises Ltd said in a regulatory filing.
ANIL will undertake business of developing and operating
projects for the synthesis of low carbon fuels and chemicals,
generation of low carbon electricity and the manufacture of
key components/material for projects including generation
of green hydrogen, related downstream products, electricity
generation, manufacture of wind turbines, it said.
ANIL to undertake green
hydrogen projects,
generation of low carbon
electricity and
manufacture of wind
turbines, solar modules
and batteries as it looks to
become the world's largest
renewable energy
company and produce the
cheapest hydrogen.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/anil-to-be-adani-groups-vehicle-for-new-energy-
business/articleshow/88788754.cms

3. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
REAR representatives today
met MD JVVNL & Chairman
Discom to discuss on the
update related to Residential
Rooftop Solar Subsidy
Scheme of 55 MW under
MNRE RTS PHASE-II.
MD, JVVNL Shree Ajeet
Saxena assures the release of
tender soon. The internal
meeting held between
AVVNL, JDVVNL & JVVNL
for the tender and finally it
was decided that the project
will be done by JVVNL as
nodal agency.
REAR REPRESENTATIVES MET MD, JVVNL TO
DISCUSS ABOUT 55 MW SOLAR SUBSIDY SCHEME
02.03.2022
Source:- REAR Renewable Energy Update
www.rear.org.in info@rear.org.in
Prior to this, REAR requested Chairman, Rajasthan Discoms
to please look in to the matter so that the tender could be
released soon. REAR also requested to make JVVNL as a
nodal agency for the scheme since it has maximum number
of consumer base, subsidy allocation, EPC Players as well as
maximum installation in previous schemes. Hopefully,
JVVNL will release the tender for 55 MW SOLAR SUBSIDY
SCHEME in the coming week.
RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP
SOLAR SUBSIDY SCHEME

4. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
RAJASTHAN DISCOMS GOT THEIR NEW MDS
22.02 2022
Source:- ToI Renewable Energy Update
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Ajit Kumar Saxena has been appointed the MD of JVVNL, NS
Nirwan has been made the MD of Ajmer and Pramod Tak is the
MD of Jodhpur discom. All are retired technocrats. Saxena took
charge on Monday evening.
He has 37 years of experience in the energy sector. He said
quality power supply to consumers,
zero accidents and maximum revenue recovery would be his
priority.
Nirwan, who was appointed managing director of Ajmer Vidyut
Vitran Nigam, was the director of Rajasthan Akshaya Urja
Nigam.
He worked as a chief engineer in AVVNL and retired in 2020.
Tak, who was appointed as the MD of Jodhpur Discom, had
retired from the post of director (technical) at Jodhpur Discom.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/jaipur-jodhpur-ajmer-discoms-get-new-mds/articleshow/89736775.cms
Shri Ajit Saxena (MD, JVVNL) Shri N S Nirwan (MD, AVVNL) Shri Pramod Tak (MD, JdVVNL)
55 MW tender for RTS Phase-II (RESIDENTIAL SOLAR
SUBSIDY SCHEME) was on hold due to absence of MDs.

5. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
The PLI guidelines have been
modified after the ministry of
new and renewable energy
(MNRE) received close to 50
GW of bids against a PLI
sanction of Rs 4,500 crore.
The corpus was increased to
Rs 19,500 crore under the
Union Budget 2022-23. In the
first round, the Centre
received close to 18 bids from
a range of companies - Coal
India, L&T, Vikram Solar,
Megha Engineering and
several new companies.
Against an RfP of 10 GW, bids
received touched 50 GW.
NEW SOLAR PLI SCHEME TO CAP BIDDING
CAPACITY AT 10 GW FOR PAST WINNERS
10.03 2022
Source:- Business standard Renewable Energy Update
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The government is looking to allow these past winners but
their bid will be capped against a ceiling of 10 GW. For
instance, Shirdi Sai has won 4Gw, it can now bid for 6Gw or
below only. Adani won 0.7 GW and RIL 2.4 Gw. The minimum
Local Value Addition (LVA) or use of local content for the
participating manufacturers has been kept at 90 per cent.
The previous scheme
winners were
https://wap.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/new-solar-pli-scheme-to-cap-bidding-capacity-at-10-gw-for-
past-winners-122031001352_1.html
Reliance
Adani
&
Shirdi
Sai.
New Energy Solar
Infrastructure

6. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
The Ministry of Power (MoP)
informed that it would be
writing to the Department of
Revenue recommending a
uniform slab of 5% goods and
services tax (GST) on all
renewable energy components
nationwide. The reduction in
GST for renewable energy
components is to help India
achieve the “Panchamrit”
targets announced by the
Prime Minister. GST council in
Sep 2021, increased the GST on
few renewable energy
equipments from 5% to 12%
MOP RECOMMENDS UNIFORM SLAB OF 5% GST
ON ALL RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPONENTS
17.03 2022
Source:- Mercom Renewable Energy Update
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MOP had requested renewable energy stakeholders and
associations to furnish the list of such equipments & raw
materials which are utilized in the development of solar, wind,
green hydrogen, battery energy storage, electric vehicles and
other systems, which are essential to meet out the non-fossil
fuel target by India i.e. 500 GW by 2020. MOP is advocating the
uniform GST slab for all equipments used in the projects &
Systems related to Renewable Energy.
on all Renewable
Energy Components at
https://mercomindia.com/ministry-of-power-uniform-slab-gst-on-renewable-components/
5%
GST
Ministry of Power
recommends

7. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
Industry body All India Solar
Industries Association
(AISIA) has urged Power and
New & Renewable Energy
Minister R K Singh that
structural safeguards and
tariff-based barriers are
needed for domestic
manufacturing to gain a
foothold and establish itself.
The body highlighted that
the (solar equipment)
"domestic manufacturers
run their plants at 30 per
cent capacities and incur
huge unbearable losses."
DOMESTIC SOLAR EQUIPMENT MAKERS
RUNNING PLANTS AT 30% CAPACITY
20.03 2022
Source:- ET Renewable Energy Update
www.rear.org.in info@rear.org.in
It urged that for domestic manufacturing to gain a foothold
& establish itself, it is imperative that there are structural
safeguards (ALMM-Approved List of Models and
Manufacturers) and tariff-based barriers (BCD/ SGD etc.
basic custom duty, safeguard duty) besides production-
linked incentives for 4 to 5 years before these are tapered-off
gradually.
The imports for
cumulative 11 months
till February 2022 is
much more than the
rate of deployment
and total installation
of 10 GW
16 GW
Imports (of solar equipment) since
April 2021 have been consistently
over 800 MW/ month.
:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/domestic-solar-equipment-makers-running-plants-at-30-
capacity-reforms-tariff-safeguards-needed/articleshow/90332204.cms

8. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
A total of 4 companies are
selected for incentive under
Production Linked Incentive
(PLI) Scheme for Advanced
Chemistry Cell (ACC)
Battery Storage. This
ncludes Reliance New
Energy Solar Limited; Ola
Electric Mobility Private
Limited; Hyundai Global
Motors Company Limited
and Rajesh Exports Limited.
These companies will
receive incentives under
India's ₹ 18,100 crore
programme to boost local
battery cell production.
ALLOTMENT MADE FOR 50 GWH OF BATTERY
CAPACITY TO 4 SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS
24.03 2022
Source:- PIB Renewable Energy Update
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10 companies submitted their bids under the Advanced
Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage Programme in India
for which Request for Proposal (RFP) was released by
Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) on 22nd October 2021.
The scheme was open for receiving applications till 11:00:00
hours IST on 14th January 2022 and the Technical Bids
were opened on 15th January 2022.
Ola
Electric
Hyundai
Motors
Reliance
NE Solar
Rajesh
Exports
20 GWh
20 GWh
5 GWh
5 GWh

9. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
AVVNL RELEASES NIT FOR 55 MW ROOFTOP
SOLAR SUBSIDY SCHEME IN RAJASTHAN
14.03 2022
Source:- REAR Renewable Energy Update
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PROJECT CAPACITY
55 MW
PRE-BID CONFERENCE
31.03.22
BID DOWNLOAD
28.03.22
BID SUBMISSION
08.04.22

10. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
AVERAGE COST FOR LARGE SCALE SOLAR PROJECT
INCREASE BY 21.6% YOY FOR Q4 2021-22
16.03 2022
Source:- Mercom Renewable Energy Update
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Polycrstalline Module Price
hike since last one year:- 35% Chinese polycrstalline
module prices have
increased by more than 35%
since last one year &
will further increase after
40% BCD from 1.4.2022
BCD on PV modules from
01.04.2022:- 40%
21.6%

11. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
SOLAR RECHARGING OF EVS IS MORE
EFFICIENT USE OF LAND THAN
ETHANOL CROPS FOR BLENDED FUEL
25.03 2022
Source:- ET Energy world Renewable Energy Update
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Generating solar energy to recharge electric vehicle (EV)
batteries would be a far more efficient use of land than
growing crops for ethanol, according to a new report of
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
The report shows that matching the distance driven by EVs
recharged from one hectare of solar generation would
require ethanol derived from up to 251 hectare of sugar
cane or 187 hectares of maize – even accounting for losses
from electricity ansmission, battery charging and grid
storage. Enhancing goals for EV uptake could meet many of
the goals set out in India’s Roadmap for Ethanol Blending –
cutting emissions and air pollution, supporting
domestic agricultural demand, and reducing the drain on
India’s foreign exchange by limiting oil imports – while
using a fraction of the land.
https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/solar-recharging-of-evs-is-more-
efficient-use-of-land-than-ethanol-crops-for-blended-fuel-in-india-report/90415770
India has set a target of 20% ethanol blending
in petrol by 2025. This will require doubling of
ethanol from sugar and quadrupling of ethanol
fromgrainsinjustfouryear.

12. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
INDIA'S SOLAR MODULE MANUFACTURING
CAPACITY WAS AROUND 15 GW AS ON 2020.
21.03 2022
Source:- JMK Research & IEEFA Renewable Energy Update
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Installed manufacturing capacity of domestic modules in India was about 15GW as
on Jan 2020. Only a couple of GW-scale companies exist in India. The majority of the
plants are of 50-200MW capacity and experience very high operating costs. The
capacity utilisation of domestic production facilities is only 40-45% and estimated
operational capacity is about 7GW.
This low capacity utilisation has been attributed as the reason for the sub-scale
production capacity with the average plant size 0.5-1GW in India vs. 3-5GW in
China. China accounts for 71% of the total solar module manufacturing capacity
globally. It has witnessed growth in solar manufacturing capacity from 10GW in
2010 to 106GW in 2019.
Data Source:- Report on "Viability Assessment of New Domestic Solar Module Manufacturing Units" by JMK Research & IEEFA

13. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES FOR DOMESTIC
MODULE MANUFACTURERS IN INDIA
21.03 2022
Source:- JMK Research & IEEFA Renewable Energy Update
www.rear.org.in info@rear.org.in
**Data for Year 2021-22 was added by REAR R&D team.
Data Source:- Report on "Viability Assessment of New Domestic Solar Module Manufacturing Units" by JMK Research & IEEFA
2021-22*
BCD of 40% on Solar Modules
BCD of 25% of Solar Cells
Rs 4,500 crore production linked incentive
(PLI) scheme
Inclusion of OA & Net-Metering Projects with
ALMM modfules

14. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
COMPARISON OF BOM COST FOR INDIA VS CHINA
30.03 2022
Source:- JMK Research & IEEFA Renewable Energy Update
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The BOM of solar modules includes cell, glass, ribbon,
silicon, aluminium frame, etc, with cell contributing the
highest share in terms of component cost. Indian
manufacturers’ BOM is about 9% higher than that of their
Chinese counterparts for Non DCR modules (modules that
use imported cells) and about 20% higher for DCR modules.
Data Source:- Report on "Viability Assessment of New Domestic Solar Module Manufacturing Units" by JMK Research & IEEFA
SOLAR MODULE MANUFACTURING

15. REAR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
To encourage domestic
consumers to set up grid-
connected roof-top solar
power plant, the state
government has proposed
to enhance the subsidy
from Rs 4,000 per kilowatt
(kw) to Rs 6,000 per kw this
year. Besides, Himurja has
fixed the rates for roof-top
solar power plant –1 to 3 kw
plant would cost Rs 50,000
per kw while 3-10 kw plant
would cost Rs 48,600 per
kw.
SUBSIDY HIKE FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR
PROJECTS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
31.03 2022
Source:- The Tribune Renewable Energy Update
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The Centre also offers subsidy on these solar plants to
push domestic consumers into installing it. “The Centre
offers 40 per cent subsidy on solar panels of 1-3 kw and 20
per cent subsidy on panels of 3-10 kw,” said a Himurja
press release. The Centre has fixed the target of 10
megawatt for the state to achieve through roof-top solar
panels by 2024.
Himachal State
Govt. provides
subsidy of Rs
in addition to the
MNRE subsidy
under
RTS Phase-II
6000/ KWp
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/subsidy-for-roof-top-solar-
panels-hiked-in-himachal-pradesh-382879

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