Official Document of the Renewable policy 2012 of West Bengal released by the Department of Power and Non conventional energy sources, Govt of West Bengal.
This document is not a work of Headway Solar (http://headwaysolar.com/) and it has been released here for the benefit of the general public.
Vietnam - Wind Power - Moving towards completion - With the newly-proposed w...Dr. Oliver Massmann
Vietnam - Wind Power - Moving towards completion - With the newly-proposed wind FiT in dispute, the government should extend support to developers to ensure project realization.
New base 07 november 2021 energy news issue 1468 by khaled al awadiKhaled Al Awadi
NewBase 07 November 2021 Energy News issue - 1468 by Khaled Al Awadi
NewBase 07 November 2021 Energy News issue - 1468 by Khaled Al Awadi
NewBase 07 November 2021 Energy News issue - 1468 by Khaled Al Awadi
NewBase 07 November 2021 Energy News issue - 1468 by Khaled Al Awadi
Solar Power Project (45 MW): Bulgarian Electricity Market Study Simeon Arnaudov
This document summarizes a research project on a proposed 45 MW solar power project in Bulgaria. It includes the following key points:
- The researcher is a PhD candidate studying the Bulgarian electricity market and potential for a private Korean investment in a 20+25 MW solar power plant project.
- The document provides background on Bulgaria's energy market structure, existing renewable energy capacity, and benchmarking of solar capacity in European countries.
- Details of the proposed solar power plant project are given, including location, technology, investment costs, and observations from the researcher on potential improvements.
- Areas for further research are identified such as evaluating successful and unsuccessful practices of past Korean renewable investments in Bulgaria and assessing implications of current
VIETNAM - ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS - GETTING DEALS DONEDr. Oliver Massmann
The document is a presentation about renewable energy opportunities in Vietnam. It provides an overview of Vietnam's economy and energy sector, highlighting the potential for wind and solar power. Specific policies supporting wind energy development are discussed, including feed-in tariffs for onshore and offshore wind projects. Current wind projects that have signed power purchase agreements are summarized. Considerations for developing wind and solar projects in Vietnam are also presented.
VIETNAM TO IMPLEMENT DIRECT POWER PURCHASE MECHANISM AFTER 2021Dr. Oliver Massmann
Vietnam will implement a direct power purchase mechanism after 2021 to allow renewable energy generators to directly sell electricity to commercial and industrial consumers through long-term bilateral contracts. This mechanism aims to help corporations manage energy costs and support renewable energy development. The pilot program will select up to 1 GW of existing wind and solar projects 30 MW or larger that have power purchase agreements with commercial consumers. The Ministry of Industry and Trade is reviewing feedback on the draft decree and aims to approve the program by the end of 2021.
The document contains draft guidelines for a scheme to set up 2000 MW of grid-connected solar PV power projects in India under Phase II, Batch III of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Stakeholders are invited to provide comments on the draft guidelines by March 16, 2015. The key points of the guidelines are:
1) The 2000 MW capacity will be developed through a state-specific viability gap funding (VGF) scheme in solar parks across various states.
2) Projects will be selected through a competitive bidding process conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
3) The fixed tariff payable to project developers is Rs. 5
The document summarizes recent developments in key sectors of the Indian economy reported by Indicus Analytics, an economics research firm. It discusses measures proposed by TRAI to improve rural telephony, the decision to not license value-added service companies, global attention on reducing carbon emissions, opening up the nuclear sector to private players, and other topics such as highways, energy policy, broadband access, and coal production. The views of Indicus Analytics are also excerpted for many of these topics.
Vietnam - Wind Power - Moving towards completion - With the newly-proposed w...Dr. Oliver Massmann
Vietnam - Wind Power - Moving towards completion - With the newly-proposed wind FiT in dispute, the government should extend support to developers to ensure project realization.
New base 07 november 2021 energy news issue 1468 by khaled al awadiKhaled Al Awadi
NewBase 07 November 2021 Energy News issue - 1468 by Khaled Al Awadi
NewBase 07 November 2021 Energy News issue - 1468 by Khaled Al Awadi
NewBase 07 November 2021 Energy News issue - 1468 by Khaled Al Awadi
NewBase 07 November 2021 Energy News issue - 1468 by Khaled Al Awadi
Solar Power Project (45 MW): Bulgarian Electricity Market Study Simeon Arnaudov
This document summarizes a research project on a proposed 45 MW solar power project in Bulgaria. It includes the following key points:
- The researcher is a PhD candidate studying the Bulgarian electricity market and potential for a private Korean investment in a 20+25 MW solar power plant project.
- The document provides background on Bulgaria's energy market structure, existing renewable energy capacity, and benchmarking of solar capacity in European countries.
- Details of the proposed solar power plant project are given, including location, technology, investment costs, and observations from the researcher on potential improvements.
- Areas for further research are identified such as evaluating successful and unsuccessful practices of past Korean renewable investments in Bulgaria and assessing implications of current
VIETNAM - ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS - GETTING DEALS DONEDr. Oliver Massmann
The document is a presentation about renewable energy opportunities in Vietnam. It provides an overview of Vietnam's economy and energy sector, highlighting the potential for wind and solar power. Specific policies supporting wind energy development are discussed, including feed-in tariffs for onshore and offshore wind projects. Current wind projects that have signed power purchase agreements are summarized. Considerations for developing wind and solar projects in Vietnam are also presented.
VIETNAM TO IMPLEMENT DIRECT POWER PURCHASE MECHANISM AFTER 2021Dr. Oliver Massmann
Vietnam will implement a direct power purchase mechanism after 2021 to allow renewable energy generators to directly sell electricity to commercial and industrial consumers through long-term bilateral contracts. This mechanism aims to help corporations manage energy costs and support renewable energy development. The pilot program will select up to 1 GW of existing wind and solar projects 30 MW or larger that have power purchase agreements with commercial consumers. The Ministry of Industry and Trade is reviewing feedback on the draft decree and aims to approve the program by the end of 2021.
The document contains draft guidelines for a scheme to set up 2000 MW of grid-connected solar PV power projects in India under Phase II, Batch III of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Stakeholders are invited to provide comments on the draft guidelines by March 16, 2015. The key points of the guidelines are:
1) The 2000 MW capacity will be developed through a state-specific viability gap funding (VGF) scheme in solar parks across various states.
2) Projects will be selected through a competitive bidding process conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
3) The fixed tariff payable to project developers is Rs. 5
The document summarizes recent developments in key sectors of the Indian economy reported by Indicus Analytics, an economics research firm. It discusses measures proposed by TRAI to improve rural telephony, the decision to not license value-added service companies, global attention on reducing carbon emissions, opening up the nuclear sector to private players, and other topics such as highways, energy policy, broadband access, and coal production. The views of Indicus Analytics are also excerpted for many of these topics.
India: Energy Sector & Growth Trends by UKTI IndiaUKTI_India
The document discusses renewable energy opportunities in India. It notes that India is the fourth largest energy consumer and will become third largest by 2020. Renewable energy capacity is expected to rise from 12% in 2012 to 17% in 2017 and 33% in 2030. Key renewable sectors discussed include wind, offshore wind, solar and waste-to-energy. The document outlines investment opportunities and challenges for each sector and notes various UK-India collaboration opportunities in developing renewable energy projects and sharing expertise.
The document discusses solar financing programs and federal incentives in Ohio. It describes Ohio House Bill 1, which allows property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing for solar improvements. This includes the creation of special improvement districts (SIDs) to finance upfront costs through special assessments. The document outlines the SID process and various financing options like bonds, federal tax credits, and Department of Energy loan guarantees. It also discusses Senate Bill 223, which expands SID authority to other energy projects.
How JICA mobilizes private sector finance and investments for affordable and ...OECD Environment
BIAC-OECD Virtual Roundtable on mobilising private sector finance and investments for affordable and clean energy in developing countries, 26 October 2021
VIETNAM - ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS -GETTING DEALS DONE!Dr. Oliver Massmann
This document discusses Vietnam's renewable energy sector and policies supporting wind energy development. It provides an overview of Vietnam's economy, energy sector, and potential for renewable energy. Key points include Vietnam's strong economic growth and increasing foreign investment. The government supports expanding renewable energy, including a target of 6,000MW of installed wind power capacity. The document reviews policies like feed-in tariffs and power purchase agreements to promote wind projects. However, challenges remain around ensuring stable power prices and offtake from the grid. International trade agreements are hoped to provide further legal protections for renewable investors.
The document provides an overview of Kazakhstan's legal and regulatory framework for its energy sector, with a focus on electricity. Some key points:
1) Kazakhstan's key industrial sectors include oil/gas, electricity, mining, and chemicals/pharmaceuticals. Its state development program emphasizes these sectors.
2) The electricity sector is regulated by laws on electricity and licensing. Major players include state-owned generation, grid, and nuclear companies.
3) Electricity production is primarily from thermal plants. Laws govern construction of power plants and grids, and electricity trading on wholesale and retail levels.
Nidec Corporation is a Japanese manufacturing company specializing in electric motors. It produces small precision motors as well as large industrial motors used in appliances, vehicles, and infrastructure. Nidec is testing solar-powered submersible pumping systems for irrigation in India to help farmers and reduce diesel consumption. Prototypes were installed in 2016 and connected to monitoring systems. The target market is India, Southwest Asia, the Middle East and Africa due to Nidec's high efficiency motors, pumps, inverters and IoT technologies suited for solar pumping applications.
Solar Parks are becoming increasingly popular & MNRE is leaving no stone unturned to make them a success.
The ppt mentions the nuts & bolts of the Solar Park Scheme of MNRE.
The briefing at the following link explores the impact of the proposed changes to the renewable subsidy regime for solar facilities installed in England and Wales that are five (5) megawatts or larger in size ('Large-scale PV Plants') given the 13 May 2014 announcement from DECC ('URN 14D/114').
DECC have put forward that in their view the capacity threshold of gigawatts installed of Large-Scale PV Plants in England and Wales will be achieved by the solar development community (including funders, contractors and developers) by mid-2015 rather than by the earlier predicted threshold-achievement by mid-2017.
Given the predicted threshold-achievement by 2015, the portion of the Levy Control Framework budget for Large-Scale PV Plants accredited for ROCs will have to end in the UK Government's view in April 2015, rather than in April 2017, with the net result that contracts for difference ('CfDs') will have an earlier adoption date that coincides with the targeted curtailment of ROCs for PV Plants on 1.4.15 ('Cut-off-Date').
The non-progression of "grandfathering" of ROCs following the Cut-off-Date for plants already accredited for receipt of ROCs, and the likely impact of the key terms of the current form of CfD are explored in this article, together with brief discussion on the other proposals to tackle the early threshold-achievement that were considered by DECC and reported on in URN 14D/114.
Our team are ready to assist with preparation of responses to the Consultation due by 7.7.14.
VIETNAM—POWER, ENERGY, AND THE AFFECT OF RECENT TRADE AGREEMENTS EU VIETNAM F...Dr. Oliver Massmann
VIETNAM—POWER, ENERGY, AND THE AFFECT OF RECENT TRADE AGREEMENTS EU VIETNAM FREE TRADE AND INVESTMENT PROTECTION AGREEMENT AND THE COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
The summary provides an overview of India's solar policies and the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Key points include:
- The JNNSM aims to achieve 20,000 MW of grid-connected solar power by 2022 through a phased approach from 2010-2022. Phase 1 targets 500 MW by 2013.
- It also targets 1,000 MW of off-grid solar power by 2017 and 2,000 MW by 2022 through programs like solar home lighting and microgrids.
- Policies include capital subsidies, soft loans, generation-based incentives and renewable purchase obligations set by states to encourage solar development.
- For grid projects,
This presentation discusses about Electricity Laws and Regulations. It primarily focuses on India, but a reference to other countries is made at few places.
This document outlines Indonesia's policies and plans related to clean energy development. It discusses Indonesia's long-term clean energy targets through 2050 as established in the National Energy Policy and Plan. It also describes the country's institutional framework for energy planning and coordination between different levels of government. Key areas of focus include energy efficiency, renewable energy resource mapping, electricity planning, and regulatory frameworks for the energy efficiency and electricity markets.
Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad
Secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
at RPR 2012, 23-26 August, Goa, India
The document presents budget allocation charts for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in Morocco. It summarizes the country's energy situation, key technologies for efficiency and renewables, and the methodology used to create budget allocation charts. The charts show the additional energy savings and costs of various technologies, helping policymakers identify the most effective options to maximize energy savings or minimize costs. Specifically, the charts indicate technologies with the highest savings and most cost-effective options to guide policy decisions.
India has over 2.5 GW of installed solar photovoltaic capacity as of May 2014. While India added only 916 MW of new solar installations in 2013, it still ranked sixth globally for solar capacity additions that year. Government policies have been the primary driver of India's solar energy sector, but the market is gradually shifting from incentive-driven to price-parity driven as solar plants without power purchase agreements from utilities are contributing more capacity. The announcements of new state-level solar policies and allocations under the National Solar Mission's Phase 2 have increased excitement for solar development in India.
Developing Solar Projects under REC Mechanism in IndiaBhargav Parmar
Instead of signing MoU, PPA, submitting performance bank guarantee etc for 25 years or participating in cut throat bidding process (project is viable only to module manufacturers for the rate it can be achieved), I suggest to develop the solar project under REC Mechanism, as for selling the power through average exchange rate and realizing the mean value of REC rate for first five years and half of the floor price for next 5 years, yields levellised rate of Rs.10.536*. [Solar Tariff in Gujarat: Rs. 9.28 for project commissioned up to 2013, Rs. 8.63 for project commissioned up to 2014 and Rs. 8.03 for project commissioned up to 2015].
Even if REC floor price is reduced by half for next 5 years and NIL thereafter, developing the project under REC and selling the power through Energy Exchange, would yield rate of Rs.9.647 which is more than maximum rate of NVVN against cost of generation not more than Rs.6.50. [NVVN is the nodal agency of NTPC for procuring solar power to meet their REC requirement. In the 1st phase NVVN finalized bid for 150 MW Solar Projects and in latest bid for 350 MW Solar Projects. In the latest NVVN bid the price offer for solar power projects were minimum Rs.7.49 and maximum Rs.9.44]
Small hydropower development in nepal iit roorkeeSanjeev Pokhrel
This document provides an overview of small hydropower development in Nepal. It discusses Nepal's energy landscape and reliance on biomass, its hydropower potential of 83,000 MW, and the classification of hydropower projects. The legal and policy environment for hydropower development is also outlined, including the roles of various government agencies and the application process. Challenges to small hydropower development include financing, lack of infrastructure, and power purchase agreements. Rural electrification programs have helped increase energy access, but hydropower remains underdeveloped in Nepal.
This transcript summarizes Sterling Satterfield's academic history, including his undergraduate and graduate studies. As an undergraduate, he earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics in 2011, graduating summa cum laude. He then went on to obtain a Master of Business Administration degree in Management in 2016 from the same institution. The transcript provides details on the courses taken each semester and grades received.
Este documento proporciona información sobre la configuración de servidores con GNU/Linux. Explica la estructura estándar de directorios en Linux y recomienda particiones para distribuciones como CentOS, Fedora y openSUSE. También incluye procedimientos para instalar CentOS 6, ajustes posteriores como nombres de red y zona horaria, y gestión de servicios, volúmenes lógicos y RAID.
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck on SlideShare. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation by providing a button to click to begin the process. The document is advertising the ability to easily create presentations on SlideShare using Haiku Deck.
India: Energy Sector & Growth Trends by UKTI IndiaUKTI_India
The document discusses renewable energy opportunities in India. It notes that India is the fourth largest energy consumer and will become third largest by 2020. Renewable energy capacity is expected to rise from 12% in 2012 to 17% in 2017 and 33% in 2030. Key renewable sectors discussed include wind, offshore wind, solar and waste-to-energy. The document outlines investment opportunities and challenges for each sector and notes various UK-India collaboration opportunities in developing renewable energy projects and sharing expertise.
The document discusses solar financing programs and federal incentives in Ohio. It describes Ohio House Bill 1, which allows property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing for solar improvements. This includes the creation of special improvement districts (SIDs) to finance upfront costs through special assessments. The document outlines the SID process and various financing options like bonds, federal tax credits, and Department of Energy loan guarantees. It also discusses Senate Bill 223, which expands SID authority to other energy projects.
How JICA mobilizes private sector finance and investments for affordable and ...OECD Environment
BIAC-OECD Virtual Roundtable on mobilising private sector finance and investments for affordable and clean energy in developing countries, 26 October 2021
VIETNAM - ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS -GETTING DEALS DONE!Dr. Oliver Massmann
This document discusses Vietnam's renewable energy sector and policies supporting wind energy development. It provides an overview of Vietnam's economy, energy sector, and potential for renewable energy. Key points include Vietnam's strong economic growth and increasing foreign investment. The government supports expanding renewable energy, including a target of 6,000MW of installed wind power capacity. The document reviews policies like feed-in tariffs and power purchase agreements to promote wind projects. However, challenges remain around ensuring stable power prices and offtake from the grid. International trade agreements are hoped to provide further legal protections for renewable investors.
The document provides an overview of Kazakhstan's legal and regulatory framework for its energy sector, with a focus on electricity. Some key points:
1) Kazakhstan's key industrial sectors include oil/gas, electricity, mining, and chemicals/pharmaceuticals. Its state development program emphasizes these sectors.
2) The electricity sector is regulated by laws on electricity and licensing. Major players include state-owned generation, grid, and nuclear companies.
3) Electricity production is primarily from thermal plants. Laws govern construction of power plants and grids, and electricity trading on wholesale and retail levels.
Nidec Corporation is a Japanese manufacturing company specializing in electric motors. It produces small precision motors as well as large industrial motors used in appliances, vehicles, and infrastructure. Nidec is testing solar-powered submersible pumping systems for irrigation in India to help farmers and reduce diesel consumption. Prototypes were installed in 2016 and connected to monitoring systems. The target market is India, Southwest Asia, the Middle East and Africa due to Nidec's high efficiency motors, pumps, inverters and IoT technologies suited for solar pumping applications.
Solar Parks are becoming increasingly popular & MNRE is leaving no stone unturned to make them a success.
The ppt mentions the nuts & bolts of the Solar Park Scheme of MNRE.
The briefing at the following link explores the impact of the proposed changes to the renewable subsidy regime for solar facilities installed in England and Wales that are five (5) megawatts or larger in size ('Large-scale PV Plants') given the 13 May 2014 announcement from DECC ('URN 14D/114').
DECC have put forward that in their view the capacity threshold of gigawatts installed of Large-Scale PV Plants in England and Wales will be achieved by the solar development community (including funders, contractors and developers) by mid-2015 rather than by the earlier predicted threshold-achievement by mid-2017.
Given the predicted threshold-achievement by 2015, the portion of the Levy Control Framework budget for Large-Scale PV Plants accredited for ROCs will have to end in the UK Government's view in April 2015, rather than in April 2017, with the net result that contracts for difference ('CfDs') will have an earlier adoption date that coincides with the targeted curtailment of ROCs for PV Plants on 1.4.15 ('Cut-off-Date').
The non-progression of "grandfathering" of ROCs following the Cut-off-Date for plants already accredited for receipt of ROCs, and the likely impact of the key terms of the current form of CfD are explored in this article, together with brief discussion on the other proposals to tackle the early threshold-achievement that were considered by DECC and reported on in URN 14D/114.
Our team are ready to assist with preparation of responses to the Consultation due by 7.7.14.
VIETNAM—POWER, ENERGY, AND THE AFFECT OF RECENT TRADE AGREEMENTS EU VIETNAM F...Dr. Oliver Massmann
VIETNAM—POWER, ENERGY, AND THE AFFECT OF RECENT TRADE AGREEMENTS EU VIETNAM FREE TRADE AND INVESTMENT PROTECTION AGREEMENT AND THE COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
The summary provides an overview of India's solar policies and the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Key points include:
- The JNNSM aims to achieve 20,000 MW of grid-connected solar power by 2022 through a phased approach from 2010-2022. Phase 1 targets 500 MW by 2013.
- It also targets 1,000 MW of off-grid solar power by 2017 and 2,000 MW by 2022 through programs like solar home lighting and microgrids.
- Policies include capital subsidies, soft loans, generation-based incentives and renewable purchase obligations set by states to encourage solar development.
- For grid projects,
This presentation discusses about Electricity Laws and Regulations. It primarily focuses on India, but a reference to other countries is made at few places.
This document outlines Indonesia's policies and plans related to clean energy development. It discusses Indonesia's long-term clean energy targets through 2050 as established in the National Energy Policy and Plan. It also describes the country's institutional framework for energy planning and coordination between different levels of government. Key areas of focus include energy efficiency, renewable energy resource mapping, electricity planning, and regulatory frameworks for the energy efficiency and electricity markets.
Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad
Secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
at RPR 2012, 23-26 August, Goa, India
The document presents budget allocation charts for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in Morocco. It summarizes the country's energy situation, key technologies for efficiency and renewables, and the methodology used to create budget allocation charts. The charts show the additional energy savings and costs of various technologies, helping policymakers identify the most effective options to maximize energy savings or minimize costs. Specifically, the charts indicate technologies with the highest savings and most cost-effective options to guide policy decisions.
India has over 2.5 GW of installed solar photovoltaic capacity as of May 2014. While India added only 916 MW of new solar installations in 2013, it still ranked sixth globally for solar capacity additions that year. Government policies have been the primary driver of India's solar energy sector, but the market is gradually shifting from incentive-driven to price-parity driven as solar plants without power purchase agreements from utilities are contributing more capacity. The announcements of new state-level solar policies and allocations under the National Solar Mission's Phase 2 have increased excitement for solar development in India.
Developing Solar Projects under REC Mechanism in IndiaBhargav Parmar
Instead of signing MoU, PPA, submitting performance bank guarantee etc for 25 years or participating in cut throat bidding process (project is viable only to module manufacturers for the rate it can be achieved), I suggest to develop the solar project under REC Mechanism, as for selling the power through average exchange rate and realizing the mean value of REC rate for first five years and half of the floor price for next 5 years, yields levellised rate of Rs.10.536*. [Solar Tariff in Gujarat: Rs. 9.28 for project commissioned up to 2013, Rs. 8.63 for project commissioned up to 2014 and Rs. 8.03 for project commissioned up to 2015].
Even if REC floor price is reduced by half for next 5 years and NIL thereafter, developing the project under REC and selling the power through Energy Exchange, would yield rate of Rs.9.647 which is more than maximum rate of NVVN against cost of generation not more than Rs.6.50. [NVVN is the nodal agency of NTPC for procuring solar power to meet their REC requirement. In the 1st phase NVVN finalized bid for 150 MW Solar Projects and in latest bid for 350 MW Solar Projects. In the latest NVVN bid the price offer for solar power projects were minimum Rs.7.49 and maximum Rs.9.44]
Small hydropower development in nepal iit roorkeeSanjeev Pokhrel
This document provides an overview of small hydropower development in Nepal. It discusses Nepal's energy landscape and reliance on biomass, its hydropower potential of 83,000 MW, and the classification of hydropower projects. The legal and policy environment for hydropower development is also outlined, including the roles of various government agencies and the application process. Challenges to small hydropower development include financing, lack of infrastructure, and power purchase agreements. Rural electrification programs have helped increase energy access, but hydropower remains underdeveloped in Nepal.
This transcript summarizes Sterling Satterfield's academic history, including his undergraduate and graduate studies. As an undergraduate, he earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics in 2011, graduating summa cum laude. He then went on to obtain a Master of Business Administration degree in Management in 2016 from the same institution. The transcript provides details on the courses taken each semester and grades received.
Este documento proporciona información sobre la configuración de servidores con GNU/Linux. Explica la estructura estándar de directorios en Linux y recomienda particiones para distribuciones como CentOS, Fedora y openSUSE. También incluye procedimientos para instalar CentOS 6, ajustes posteriores como nombres de red y zona horaria, y gestión de servicios, volúmenes lógicos y RAID.
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck on SlideShare. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation by providing a button to click to begin the process. The document is advertising the ability to easily create presentations on SlideShare using Haiku Deck.
This document discusses the benefits of implementing customized learning programs over generic learning content. It identifies six key benefits of customized training: 1) It focuses on company-specific skills and subject matter; 2) It creates a "big picture" for employees by helping them understand how their role fits into the company's overall goals; 3) It creates an emotional connection and allows for company-specific application of the material; 4) It sets expectations by integrating the company's brand and cascading its strategy; 5) It helps employees integrate the information they need to perform their jobs; 6) It improves knowledge retention. The document argues that customized training leads to lasting performance improvement and a higher return on investment than generic programs.
The December 2015 Monthly Tax Update summarizes recent tax law changes and announcements in Zimbabwe. Key points include:
- The Finance Act No. 2 of 2015 was passed, introducing some amendments including reduced tobacco levies and clarifying the recovery of withholding tax payments.
- New measures exempt receipts of the Zimbabwe Asset Management Corporation and retrenchment packages over $60,000 from income tax. Pension commutations are now partially exempt.
- Transfer pricing guidelines were introduced based on OECD methods for associated transactions.
- Upcoming Tax Matrix events include a seminar on the new tax laws and a book launch in February, as well as new module-based tax courses beginning in March.
Richard, Wayne and Roberts is a national recruiting firm founded in 1979 that specializes in recruiting candidates for healthcare, accounting, finance, legal, energy, and other industries. The firm conducted a 2014 salary survey of Vice Presidents of Revenue Cycle, finding an average base salary of $200,846, average bonus potential of 27%, and average tenure of 5 years in the position. Most VP's of Revenue Cycle surveyed worked for healthcare providers.
Dokumen ini memberikan saran bagi ibu rumah tangga untuk memulai bisnis sambil mengurus rumah tangga dan keluarga. Video di bawah memberitahu cara ibu rumah tangga dapat berbisnis.
Official Document of the Kerala solar energy policy 2013.
This document is not a work of Headway Solar (http://headwaysolar.com/) and it has been released here for the benefit of the general public.
This curriculum vitae outlines the qualifications and experience of Ahmed Mohamed Seddik Khalifa. He received a B.Sc. in chemistry from Cairo University in 2005 and a master's degree in organic chemistry from Fayoum University in 2014. His current role is as a Laboratory & Q.C Shift Chemist at The environment development company Limited in Jubail, Saudi Arabia since 2015, where his responsibilities include process monitoring, waste treatment certification, and maintaining laboratory quality systems. He previously held a similar role at The Egyptian minerals &salts company in Egypt from 2006 to 2015.
La Unión Europea ha acordado un embargo petrolero contra Rusia en respuesta a la invasión de Ucrania. El embargo prohibirá las importaciones marítimas de petróleo ruso a la UE y pondrá fin a las entregas a través de oleoductos dentro de seis meses. Esta medida forma parte de un sexto paquete de sanciones de la UE destinadas a aumentar la presión económica sobre Moscú y privar al Kremlin de fondos para financiar su guerra.
Security teams are receiving more alerts than they can investigate from SIEM tools used for incident detection and response. Most organizations plan to increase spending on incident response programs in the coming year to improve visibility and speed of investigating security incidents across internal and cloud-based systems. Compromised credentials are a major concern since the majority of companies cannot effectively detect attacks using stolen login information.
RFP Document of Solar Power Project in KarnatakaHeadway Solar
RFP Document of 500 MW Solar Power Project in Karnataka. Released by Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited.
This document is not a work of Headway Solar (http://headwaysolar.com/) and it has been released here for the benefit of the general public.
1) The document describes a graduate course in archaeology that utilized an innovative learning environment called Wallenberg Hall at Stanford University to accelerate innovations in teaching and learning.
2) Wallenberg Hall features state-of-the-art classrooms and collaboration spaces designed to support collaborative meaning-making and knowledge building through digital tools and artifacts.
3) The archaeology course made use of these new technologies and spaces to provide students with hands-on experience in archaeological modeling and data analysis through project-based learning and collaborative exploration of digital artifacts.
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck on SlideShare. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation by providing a button to click to begin the process. The document is advertising the creation of presentations on Haiku Deck and SlideShare.
This document discusses renewable energy in India, specifically:
1) It provides background on India's renewable energy potential and installed capacity as of 2010, with wind and biomass being the largest.
2) It outlines key Indian policies and regulations that promote renewable energy, including targets for renewable purchase obligations set by state commissions.
3) It introduces renewable energy certificates (RECs) as a mechanism established by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to address the mismatch between where renewable energy is generated and where it is needed, and incentivize investment in renewables.
The document is Bangladesh's Renewable Energy Policy from 2008. It has three main goals:
1) Harness renewable energy resources and disseminate renewable technologies to power rural, peri-urban and urban areas.
2) Encourage public and private investment in renewable projects to develop sustainable energy supplies.
3) Scale up renewable contributions to electricity production, aiming for 5% of total power from renewables by 2015 and 10% by 2020.
It outlines policies to achieve these including establishing an agency called SEDA to coordinate planning and promotion, providing fiscal incentives for renewable investment and production, and creating a regulatory framework through BERC to encourage renewable electricity generation.
This document outlines draft regulations for a renewable energy feed-in tariff (REFIT) program in Nigeria. The REFIT aims to boost renewable energy generation through long-term power purchase agreements between generators and buyers that provide guaranteed pricing. Key points include:
- The REFIT will apply to renewable projects between 1-30MW and targets 2000MW of capacity by 2020 from solar, wind, hydro, and biomass.
- Standardized PPAs and grid connection will be required for projects up to 30MW, while larger projects will require negotiated PPAs.
- Tariffs will be technology-specific and calculated using a long run marginal cost methodology to provide reasonable returns over 20-year PPAs.
- Cap
The article talks about energy transition from polluting fossil-based sources to green form of energy primarily based on hydro, wind, solar, etc. for sustainable development with net zero carbon emissions.
It is on gradual transition of sources of energy for the generation of electricity from hitherto mainly fossil-based fuels to renewable ones for sustainability as well as to net zero carbon emission.
The indian-sunshine-the-solar-energy-landscape-in-india (1)Jay Ranvir
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Renewable policy 2012 of West Bengal
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3. Government of West Bengal
Policy on Co-generation
and Generation of Electricity from
Renewable Sources of Energy
Department Of Power
&
Nonconventional Energy Sources, Govt. of West Bengal
5th June, 2012
4. Policy on Co-generation
and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy
1st Edition
Published by :
Department of Power & Nonconventional Energy Sources,
Govt. of West Bengal
Design & Printed by :
Caps Micrographics Pvt. Ltd.
8/2, Kiran Sankar Roy Road
Kolkata
Price : 150/-
7. Table of Contents
Page No
1 Preamble …… 1
2 Definitions …… 2
3 Vision …… 10
4 Objective of the Policy …… 10
5 Scope of the Policy …… 11
6 Goals …… 11
7 Focus Areas and Strategy …… 12
8 Decentralised Distributed Generation (DDG) …… 18
9 Implementation of RE Projects …… 19
10 Land for RE Project Development …… 24
11 RE Project Financing …… 25
12 Regulatory Issues …… 26
13 Others …… 29
14 CDM Benefit Sharing Mechanism …… 30
15 Institutional Framework …… 30
16 Social and Environmental Issues …… 32
17 General …… 32
18 Amendments and Interpretation of the Policy …… 33
8. 1
1. Preamble
1.1 The power sector inWest Bengal has achieved significant improvements
over the years in the areas of electricity generation, transmission and
distribution. Two percent (2%) of the total power requirement of the
State is met from Renewable Energy (RE) sources.There is a need for
optimally harnessing the RE potential in the state.
1.2 In the implementation of National Action Plan on Climate Change
(NAPCC), a share of 15% of India’s total energy requirements is
targeted to be met from renewable sources by 2020. To meet this
ambitious target, a number of initiatives are being perused by various
State Governments for enhancing the growth of renewable energy
through active public & private participation in the sector.
1.3 The State ofWest Bengal, India has an estimated potential of generating
2,206 MW (excluding solar) of electricity from RE sources. Total
achievement untill date has been around 193 MW. The West Bengal
Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) has mandated 4% of
total procurement of electricity from RE sources as Renewable Purchase
Obligation (RPO) by 2012-13,
1.4 The present Government of West Bengal has formulated this Policy -
“West Bengal Policy on Co-generation and Generation of Electricity
from Renewable Sources of Energy,2012” for accelerating development
initiatives for promotion of alternate energy sources in the State.
9. Definitions
i) “Bid” means an offer to participate in the project, made in accordance
with the terms and conditions set out in a document inviting such
offers;
ii) “Biomass” means wastes
p r o d u c e d d u r i n g
agricultural and forestry
operations (for example
straws and stalks) or
produced as a by-product
of processing operations of
agricultural produce (e.g.,
husks, shells, de-oiled cakes, etc); wood produced in dedicated energy
plantations or recovered from wild bushes/weeds; and the wood waste
produced in some industrial operations;
iii) “Captive Generating Plant” means the Captive Generating Plant
as defined in the Act and that which qualifies in accordance with the
provisions of the Electricity Rules, 2005;
iv) “Carbon Credit” or Certified Emission Reduction is the technical
term for the output of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects,
as defined by the Kyoto Protocol. One CER unit represents one tonne
of carbon-di-oxide (CO2) equivalent reduced;
v) “Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)” is an arrangement under
the Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialised countries (called countries)
with a greenhouse gas reduction commitment to invest in projects that
reduce emissions in developing countries as an alternative to more
expensive emission reductions in their own countries;
vi) “Co-generation” means a process which simultaneously produces
two or more forms of useful energy including electricity from a single
fuel source;
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10. vii) “Command Area” shall mean the area allocated by the Nodal Agency
to a biomass project developer for procurement of biomass on the basis
of the clustering study conducted by the Nodal agency and shall include
any reallocations thereof;
viii) “Commission” means the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory
Commission;
ix) “Decentralised Distributed Generation (DDG)” means generation
of electricity from various conventional or renewable energy sources
for local consumption, in areas where grid connection is not feasible
or cost-effective, largely using its own dedicated distribution system;
x) “Distribution Licensee” means licensee authorised to operate and
maintain a distribution system for supplying electricity to consumers
in his area of supply;
xi) “Distribution System” means the system of wires and associated
facilities between the delivery points on the transmission lines or the
generating station connection and the point of connection to the
installation of the consumers;
xii) “Detailed Project Report (DPR)” is a Report that establishes the
Technical and Commercial basis of the Project and includes all Project
Technical and cost related details and is used for subsequent planning
and implementation of the Project. ;
xiii) “Developer” means a person or body of persons, company, firm and
such other private or Government undertaking, who/that finances,
designs, processes, constructs, Commissions, operates and maintains
the project facilities and, at the end of the concession term, transfers
them to the Government of West Bengal in case of BOOT model;
xiv) “Feed-In-Tariff (FIT)” means a minimum guaranteed price per unit
of electricity paid to the generator to enable investors to obtain a
reasonable return on renewable energy investments;
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11. xv) “Generation Based Incentive (GBI)” means the fiscal Policy support
measures initiated by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to
promote generation of electricity through renewable energy sources via
Policy directive No.32/61/ 2007-08/PVSE dated January 2008 and
subsequent amendments thereof;
xvi) “Generating Company” means any company or body corporate or
association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or
artificial juridical person, which owns or operates or maintains a
generating station;
xvii) “Generate” means to produce electricity from a generating station
for the purpose of giving supply to any premises or enabling a supply
to be so given;
xviii) “Generating Station” or “station” means any station for generating
electricity, including any building and plant with step-up transformer,
switchgear, switch yard, cables or other appurtenant equipment, if any,
used for that purpose and the site thereof; a site intended to be used
for a generating station, and any building used for housing the operating
staff of a generating station, and where electricity is generated by water-
power, includes penstocks, head and tail works, main and regulating
reservoirs, dams and other hydraulic works, but does not in any case
include any sub-station;
xix) “Government” means the Government of West Bengal;
xx) “Green Energy Fund” means a fund managed byWest Bengal Green
Energy Development Corporation Limited for promotion of renewable
energy in the State;
xxi) “Grid” means the high voltage backbone system of inter-connected
transmission lines, sub-stations and generating plants;
xxii) “Grid Code” means the code as defined in theWest Bengal Electricity
Regulatory Commission (State Electricity Grid Code) Regulations,
2007 and amendments thereof. ;
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12. xxiii) “Grid-Connected RE Projects” means the projects connected to
the distribution / transmission network of the utilities to sell electricity
to the grid;
xxiv) “Grid Standards” means the standards as specified by Central
Electricity Authority U/S 73(d) of the Electricity Act, 2003
xxv) “Inter-Connection Point” means a point at which a generating plant
and/or apparatus connects to the transmission/distribution system;
xxvi) “Net Metering” means measurement of the net energy consumption
by the consumer from the distribution licensee under which a distribution
licensee receives credit for the net energy supplied to the consumer
and allows credits to the consumer if there is net drawal. The metering
& billing arrangement shall be as per relevant provisions of the
Regulations of the Commission.
xxvii)“Nodal Agency” refers to West Bengal Green Energy Development
Corporation Limited, the agency responsible for promotion and
development of renewable energy in the State;
xxviii)“Open Access” means the non-discriminatory provision for the use
of transmission lines or distribution system or associated facilities with
such lines or system by any licensee or consumer or a person engaged
in generation in accordance with the regulations specified by the West
Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission;
xxix) “Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)” means a contract for the sale
of power between two parties: one who generates electricity for the
purpose of sale (the seller) and the other who purchases electricity (the
buyer), based on terms and conditions as agreed between the seller
and the procurer;
xxx) “Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)” mechanism is a market-
based instrument to promote renewable energy and facilitate renewable
energy purchase obligations amongst various stakeholders;
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13. xxxi) “Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)” means the same as
defined in the relevant regulations of WBERC
xxxii) “Renewable source” means renewable electricity generating sources
such as hydro generating station, wind, solar, biomass based on 100%
producer gas on combustion route, urban / municipal waste, industrial
waste, geothermal, tidal, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) or
other such sources as approved by the MNRE;
xxxiii)“SingleWindow” is a system facilitated by the Nodal Agency in order
to expedite the process of receiving clearances from multiple agencies
and fulfil all inception-related requirements of an RE project;
xxxiv)“Single Window Empowered Committee” is an interdepartmental
committee established with the objective of reviewing and addressing
RE Project related clearance issues, comprising members from West
Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency,West Bengal Industrial
Development Corporation,West Bengal Pollution Control Board,West
Bengal Department of Power and Non-Conventional Energy Sources,
Department of Urban Development and Department of Municipal
Affairs and any other related department and the Secretariat of which
shall be the Nodal Agency;
xxxv) “Stand-Alone System” means the electricity system set-up to generate
power and distribute electricity in a specified area without connection
to the grid/mini –grid or any kind of distribution system.
xxxvi)The “Act” means the Electricity Act, 2003;
xxxvii) “Transmission Lines” means all high pressure cables and overhead
lines (not being an essential part of the distribution system of a licensee)
transmitting electricity from a generating station to another generating
station or a substation, together with any step-up and step-down
transformers, switch-gear and other works necessary to and used for
the control of such cables or overhead lines, and such buildings or part
thereof as may be required to accommodate such transformers, switch-
gear and other works;
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xxxviii) “Transmission Licensee” means a licensee authorised to establish
or operate transmission lines;
xxxix)“Transmit” means conveyance of electricity by means of transmission
lines and the expression "transmission" shall be construed accordingly;
xl) “Waste to Energy (WTE)” means energy generated out of waste
that includes municipal solid waste, wastage from Government, industrial
and urban areas or any other form of organic or inorganic wastes;
xli) “Wheeling” means the operation whereby the distribution system and
associated facilities of a transmission licensee or distribution licensee,
as the case may be, are used by another person for the conveyance of
electricity on payment of charges as determined by the West Bengal
Electricity Regulatory Commission under section 62 of the Act.
Note : If any definition which is not covered in this policy, will be as per the definition
as mentioned in the respective regulation of WBERC. If any inconsistency arises
related to the definition between this policy document andWBERC then the definition
of WBERC will prevail.
15. 8
Acronyms and Abbreviations
BOOT Build-Own-Operate-Transfer
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
DPR Detailed Project Report
DDG Decentralised Distributed Generation
DISCOM Distribution Company
ESCOM Energy Supply Company
FY FinancialYear
GHG Green House Gas
HV High Voltage
ITI Industrial Training Institute
KVA Kilo Volt-Ampere
kW Kilo Watt
LC Letter of Credit
LV Low Voltage
MNRE Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
MSW Municipal Solid Waste
MW Mega Watt
MU Million Units
MoP Ministry of Power
MoEF Ministry of Environment and Forests
NAPCC National Action Plan on Climate Change
PPA Power Purchase Agreement
PPP Public Private Partnership
16. PV Photovoltaic
PFR Pre-Feasibility Report
R&D Research & Development
RE Renewable Energy
REC Renewable Energy Certificate
RPO Renewable Purchase Obligation
RFP Request for Proposal
SERC State Electricity Regulatory Commission
SHP Small Hydro Project
SNA State Nodal Agency
SIA Secretariat of Industrial Assistance
SWID State Water Investigation and Development Department
UMPP Ultra Mega Power Project
VAT Value Added Tax
WB West Bengal
WBERC West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission
WBGEDCL West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation
Limited
WBREDA West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency
WBSEDCL West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited
WBSETCL West Bengal State ElectricityTransmission Company Limited
WTE Waste to Energy
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17. 10
Vision
2.1. Ensuring greener generation of electricity for future generations. To
develop and deploy new and renewable energy for supplementing the
energy requirements of the state.
2.2. To promote generation of electricity from renewable energy resources
available in the State, thereby, enhancing the contribution of RE in
the total installed capacity of the State in respect of electricity utilization
as well as thermal application (Biogas, solar water heating and solar
cooker)
2.3. To create a conducive environment for participation of the public
sector, private developers and smaller communities in the development
of RE-based power projects in the State.
2.4. To generate value for the stakeholders, as well as for the State.
3. Objectives of the Policy
3.1 The objective of the Renewable Energy Policy for this State is to
promote and facilitate the growth of generation of electricity from
renewable energy sources by way of optimum utilization of the RE
potential in the State.This Policy is also aimed at removing constraints
by providing a guiding framework for promotion and development of
appropriate RE technologies.The long-term and short-term objectives
of the Policy are detailed below:
a) Long-term objectives:
i) Facilitating enhanced contribution of electricity generation from RE
resources;
ii) Facilitating and sustaining private sector investment in the development
of renewable energy and
iii) Adopting / evolving RE technologies and facilitating commercial
development of the same e.g. wind, solar, tidal, geothermal etc;
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b) Short-term objectives:
i) Identifying technology-wise thrust areas and strategies for RE in the
State;
ii) Developing a Roadmap for each of the RE technologies;
iii) Facilitating RE investments in the public as well as the private sector;
iv) Charting an energy-mix and framing a timeline in synch with the
RPOs;
v) Developing future RE technologies via pilot projects, and
vi) Framing the basic building blocks to develop necessary regulatory,
administrative, infrastructural and institutional mechanisms.
4. Scope of the Policy
4.1 The provisions contained in this Policy shall be applicable to all the
projects related to electricity generation from renewable energy sources.
This Policy supersedes all the Policy guidelines/instructions issued on
this behalf from time to time.
4.2 This Policy will be applicable to all the renewable energy projects
sanctioned prior to the commencement of this Policy and those in the
process of development, including the projects already commissioned.
4.3 This Policy shall include the following RE technologies-solar, wind,
biomass, cogeneration, small hydro, municipal solid waste (MSW) and
other energizing technologies. The policy shall cover, inter alia, the
following areas of RE interventions:
a) Grid-connected R.E. Projects;
b) Decentralised Distributed Generation (DDG) projects based on clean
and renewable energy sources including stand-alone systems and
decentralised grids.
4.4 Under this Policy, all the electricity generated from the renewable
energy projects established within the State of West Bengal are to be
preferably sold to the distribution licensees within the State of West
Bengal.
5. Goals
5.1 For the currently proven renewable technologies in the State, the targets
till the end of 13th FiveYear Plan (2022) are set as below:
19. * The potential needs to be identified based on the potential of steel, fertilizer and chemical industries in West Bengal. The
current potential is based on available figures of such industries and is likely to rise.
* Includes industrial, urban and municipal waste
* Potential is still to be determined
RE Source Potential Existing Target Cumulative Capacity
(in MW) Installed (in MW)
Capacity 2017 (End of 2022 (End of
(in MW) the 12th Plan) the 13th Plan)
Wind Power 450 2 75 450
Mini & Small Hydro 394 97 220 394
Co-generation 1 6001 69 355 600
Biomass 662 16 240 662
Waste to Energy 2 100 7 50 100
Solar Under Preparation 2 100 500
Total 2206 193 1040 2706
6. Focus Areas and Strategy
Wind Farms
6.1 To exploit the wind potential of the State, the Nodal Agency shall
initially undertake a comprehensive wind resource assessment and offer
the identified potential sites for development. Government-owned
wasteland in areas having minimum annual mean Wind Power Density
(WPD) of 200 Watt/m2 measured at a hub height of 50 meters and
using new generation
w i n d t u r b i n e
generators will be
offered for setting up
of wind projects.
The Nodal Agency
shall undertake an
assessment of the
progress achieved for
all earlier allocated
projects. Projects which have not met implementation milestones as
per the Allotment shall be required to provide justification to the Nodal
Agency
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failing which the Nodal Agency shall reserve the right to cancel such
allotments without incurring any liability thereof. Extension shall only
be provided in the case of project progress having been impaired
because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the Developer.
The Nodal Agency shall assist the project developers in obtaining
CDM benefits.The CDM benefits would be allowed to directly accrue
to the developer.
Small, Mini and Micro Hydel Projects
6.2 By 2017, a target of 120 MW of power has been fixed for achievement
through small and mini-hydro projects.The Nodal Agency will undertake
studies to prepare the DPR for SHP in a time bound manner and will
offer the identified sites for development. The mini-hydro proposals,
which involve diversion of water flow, resulting in drying up of a
stream/river stretch, will not be considered for development.The Nodal
Agency shall undertake an assessment of the progress achieved for all
earlier allocated projects, also.
Projects which have not met the implementation milestones as per the
Allotment shall be required to provide justification to the Nodal Agency
failing which the Nodal Agency shall reserve the right to cancel such
allotments without incurring any liability thereof. Extension shall only
be provided in the case of project progress having been impaired
because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the Developer.
Pico/micro-hydel projects shall be identified by the Nodal Agency in
a fast-track mode and central financial assistance applicable to the
pico/micro-hydel project cost will be passed on to the eligible beneficiaries.
Such projects can also be taken up on an un-solicited basis subject to
approval by the Nodal Agency.
Biomass Projects
6.3 An additional 224 MW of biomass power has been targeted for
achievement by the year 2017. In West Bengal, rice husk is a primary
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feedstock for biomass
projects. However, other
forms of agricultural waste
like wood, straw, maze,
energy plantation, etc. are
also being considered for
generating biomass power
in West Bengal.
6.4 Feedstock availability and pricing are the critical determinants of success
for biomass plants. In order to ensure feedstock availability, energy
plantations will be promoted. For this, barren Government land, waste
land, as well as degraded forest land shall be made available.The Nodal
Agency shall identify potential sites for such plantation based on PPP
mode.The feed-in-tariff structure shall be reviewed and possibility of
adaptation of two-part tariff structure segregating fixed and variable
charges shall be explored.The two-part tariff mechanism for biomass
projects with partial fixed cost recovery linked to project availability
and the variable cost linked to the fuel cost shall be considered for
implementation.
6.5 To ensure smooth availability of feedstock,WBGEDCL (West Bengal
Green Energy Development Corporation Limited) shall classify the
high rice-producing areas into zones based on the quantum of production
of rice in these areas. Based on the clustering study conducted by the
Nodal Agency, the Nodal Agency would allocate projects in the pre-
defined command areas. Such allocations shall be periodically reviewed
by the Nodal Agency.
6.6 The prospective developer shall ascertain the availability of water from
the State Water Investigation and Development Department (SWID)
for groundwater sourcing and Irrigation and Waterways Department
for surface water sourcing.The Nodal Agency shall assist the Developer
in getting clearances from the mentioned Departments for their project.
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Small-Scale Biomass Power Projects Using Gasifiers
6.7 Biomass power generation through gasifier route is mainly targeted at
meeting rural power requirements depending on the command area
for feedstock; the generation can range from 500 kW to 10 MW.
6.8 Presently, in West Bengal, 173 rice-husk-based gasifier systems with
an aggregate capacity of 3.5 MW have been installed under the MNRE-
initiated programme for commercial establishments.The power generated
is primarily used to meet the captive demand of the rice mills. The
Policy envisages establishing 1000 such rice-husk-based gasifier systems
with an aggregate capacity of 20 MW by the year 2017.
6.8a Energy plantations are to be encouraged for electricity generation
through biomass power projects as well as improving soil productivity,
specifically on barren and non-agricultural land.
Waste to Energy
6.9 By 2017, 50 MW of power is targeted from waste-to-energy power
projects covering municipal solid waste, municipal liquid waste and
industrial waste.The priority areas for development of power projects
will be identified in line with the National Master Plan for Development
of Waste-to-Energy in India.
6.10 The Municipal Corporations will identify the land for the projects.
Considering the fact that the use of such plants will reduce the
requirement of landfill area, land for such projects will be preferably
be provided in the landfill area at nominal charges.
6.11 Two or three Municipal Corporations proximate to each other should
consider using the same dumping ground in order to provide the
necessary waste for large plants. Efforts shall be made to promote
garbage segregation at source and the same shall be made mandatory
for industries, large commercial complexes and large housing societies,
to begin with. Other categories generating garbage may also be extended.
6.11a Use of bio degradable waste is to be encouraged for generation of
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electricity through waste-to-energy power projects as well as preventing
soil degradation of the waste dumping ground.
Co-generation
6.12 By 2017, 355 MW of power is targeted to be harnessed through co-
generation facilities that are intended to be installed primarily in iron
and steel, fertilizer and chemical industries. Moreover, the Policy
envisages that iron and steel, fertilizer and chemical industries having
2,000 KVA and above as connected load, should produce at least 5
per cent of their requirement through captive power plants employing
co-generation technology.
Solar Photovoltaic
6.13 There is a target to
harness 82 MW of solar
power through grid-
connected projects and
18 MW of solar power
through rooftop and
smaller solar installations
by 2017. The State
intends to encourage the
development of solar
power by providing favourable atmosphere for promising Solar
Developers. Apart from grid-connected solar power, the State is targeting
huge capacity addition through rooftop and
smaller solar installations.
In view of the variable and uncertain nature
of generation from PV installations and
consequent impact of large scale penetration
of such variable generation into the distribution
system, suitable provisions in the Regulations
as to grid safety and grid discipline may be
considered by the Commission (WBERC).
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6.14 The reactive power charges as well as unscheduled interchange charges
shall be borne by the co-generation & renewable energy source developers
/ distribution licensee / consumers, as the case may be, and as per
applicable Regulations of the Commission. Building codes shall be
framed under which it would be mandatory for the buildings of business
and commercial entities, schools and colleges, hospitals, large housing
societies and Government establishments to install rooftop PV devices.
Rooftop and Small Solar PV Installations
6.15 Solar rooftop and small solar PV installations can provide a significant
amount of energy for in-house loads, reducing peak system demands
in urban establishments. Depending on the rooftop area available and
building loads, these solar systems can be as large as 5-10 MW and
can power a majority of the building’s non-fluctuating loads.
6.16 Urban local bodies
( M u n i c i p a l
Corporations, Utilities,
City, Corporations) will
form an essential part of
the comprehensive solar
Policy for cities.The bye-
laws shall be amended
with due mandatory
provisions for providing solar energy infrastructure, right at
planning/building stage, both for residential and commercial categories.
6.17 It shall be mandatory for all the public buildings to have solar devices
to meet electricity requirements and other applications. All existing
and upcoming commercial and business establishments having more
than 1.5 MW of contract demand will be required to install solar
rooftop systems to meet at least 2% of their total electrical load. Further,
all the existing and upcoming schools and colleges, hospitals, large
housing societies and Government establishments having a total contract
demand of more than 500 KW will be required to install solar rooftop
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systems to meet at least 1.5% of their total electrical load
6.18 Moreover, the industrial infrastructure coming under the recent initiatives
of the Government of West Bengal to encourage rapid industrialisation
of the State in the form of growth centres, industrial parks, intelligent
parks etc. shall mandatorily employ the usage of the rooftop PV
installations to meet some part of the in-house demand. The Policy
envisages establishment of rooftop and small-scale PV installations
across the unused rooftop areas and vacant spaces in the premises of
these establishments.The Policy envisages a target of 16 MW of rooftop
and small PV installations by the year 2017.
7. Decentralised Distributed Generation (DDG)
7.1 All remote and non-electrified villages where grid access is technically
and commercially not viable shall be electrified based on DDG.
7.2 DDG projects’ conceptualisation and implementation shall be based
on the ‘Guidelines for Village Electrification through Decentralized
Distributed Generation (DDG) under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen
VidyutikaranYojana in the XI Plan’ and other related directives issued
by the Ministry of Power (MoP), Government of India. In this regard,
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the infrastructure for these projects is to be established in a manner
so that they are grid compatible.
8. Implementation of RE Projects
8.1 WBGEDCL (West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation
Limited) will be the Nodal Agency and will facilitate investment and
involvement in the RE sector of the State.
8.2 WBREDA will promote new renewable energy technologies through
demonstration projects.
8.3 Allotment of Projects
8.3.1 Depending on the available potential, maturity and the size of the RE
technology in the State of West Bengal, it is envisaged that allotment
of projects shall be done either on an unsolicited or solicited basis.
The projects, which are proposed to be installed in the State, having
2-MW size and above shall be allotted through solicited process following
the competitive bidding route whereas the small projects below this
size shall be allotted on an unsolicited basis.
Allotment of Projects through Competitive Bidding
8.3.2 The Nodal Agency shall release in the public domain a Request for
Proposal (RfP) for inviting prospective developers to submit their
proposals.This document will comprise the requisite details about the
proposed project and instructions for bidders to facilitate informed
decision-making. The RfP shall at least include the following:
a) Pre-qualification criteria to evaluate the technical and financial capacities
of the prospective developers
b) Preliminary feasibility report depicting the site specifications and details
of the project;
c) Methodology for evaluation of technical and financial analysis for the
viability of the project.
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` Competitive Bidding process will be followed / called by the respective
DISCOMs as per the prevailing Electricity Act 2003 and rules and
regulations framed there under.
8.3.3 Bidders qualified on fulfilling minimum requirements at pre-qualifying
stage will be considered for next stage of technical and financial
evaluation.The developer offering the highest discount on theWBERC
(West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission) ceiling tariff for the
concerned RE technology will be invited to negotiate for signing the
PPA.
8.3.4 A developer can bid for full or part capacity/quantity of a specified RE
Project.
8.3.5 The selected Developer shall sign a Power Purchase Agreement with
the concerned host utility at the price determined through competitive
bidding. In addition to this, the Developer shall also enter into an
Implementation Agreement with the State Government which would
clearly outline the timeline for the selected Developer to develop a
project.
8.3.6 The PPA already executed, if any, by any private Developers with any
DISCOM etc will not be affected by the introduction of this new Policy
on co-generation & generation of electricity from renewable sources
of energy.
8.3.7 If already any draft PPAs are under process / consideration for finalization
/ approval of WBERC then this policy may not be applicable for those
cases / draft PPAs and on the basis of the approval fromWBERC those
agreements can be signed by the respective DISCOM
8.4 Allotment of the Projects on Unsolicited Basis
8.4.1 It shall be at the discretion of the Nodal Agency to consider projects
brought for implementation by project developers on their own initiative.
On receipt of any such proposal in the form of a pre-feasibility report
from a Developer, the Nodal Agency shall ascertain whether the
Developer meets the requisite pre-qualification criteria in the form of
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technical and financial requirements for implementing the project.
The Nodal Agency shall also assess the project on parameters such as
social, economical and national interest.The Nodal Agency shall provide
the basis of the aforementioned aspects. Projects not found feasible
against these parameters shall not be taken forward beyond this stage.
The assessment of the projects in the pre-qualification stage shall also
consider the financial and socio-economic impacts of the project.
8.4.2 If the project is found feasible and the Developer meets all the
qualification criteria (financial and technical), the project shall be
directly allocated to the project developer who has identified the project
site and submitted report to the Nodal Agency.
8.4.3 As regards mini-solar project (maximum 150 kW size), the development
of these projects shall be done under the DDG model.The mini-solar
projects situated in the remote/off-grid areas shall be identified by the
Nodal Agency and the project shall be owned by the State Government
as per the stipulation of the DDG guidelines. The community shall
look after the operation of these types of projects. The operation and
maintenance of such projects shall be met through the revenue generated
from these projects.
8.4.4 Projects selected on a unsolicited basis shall mandatorily sign the Power
Purchase Agreement with the concerned host utility. The designated
parties shall also execute an Implementation Agreement, which shall
set the timelines that shall be adhered to with regards to development
of the project.
8.5 Clustering of Biomass Projects
8.5.1 The major rice-producing areas will be clustered in different zones
based on the availability of rice husk.The clustering shall be done by
the nodal agency on the basis of the feedstock availability study that
shall be conducted by the Nodal Agency and may be reviewed from
time to time to re-define the boundaries with an objective to optimize
the utilization.The clustering study shall also establish the maximum
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size of biomass based power plants that can be established in each
zone. In order to ensure adequate biomass feedstock availability, the
geographical location of plants will be regulated based on the inputs
of the clustering study.
8.6 Evacuation Infrastructure
8.6.1 For grid connectivity of RE projects, the inter-connection point of the
renewable energy generation facility with the transmission or distribution
system will be as per Regulations of the Commission.
8.6.2 WBSETCL (West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company
Limited)/Distribution Licensee and WBSEDCL will jointly undertake
projects for creating required evacuation infrastructure for renewable
energy projects. In this regard, pooling stations will be created on the
basis of a detailed techno-economic feasibility study for assessing the
feasible pooling stations based on RE project concentration pattern
primarily in the following areas:
a) Bankura and Purulia and Paschim Medinipur for transmitting RE
generated from solar projects
b) Darjeeling for transmitting RE generated from SHP projects
c) Sundarban and other coastal areas for transmitting RE generated from
wind projects
8.6.3 For creating such pooling stations, the RE projects expected to come
up till the year 2020 should be considered, provided that, the evacuation
infrastructure cost beyond the inter-connection point shall be borne
by the licensees and shall be recovered from the consumers as per
suitable pricing framework developed by the Commission (WBERC).
8.6.4 Interfacing equipments, including transformers, panels, kiosks, protection
metering, as well as their maintenance will be undertaken by the
developers according to the specification and requirements of the
transmission/distribution licensee for which such eligible developers
will bear the entire cost. Alternatively, these works and their maintenance
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could be undertaken by the transmission/distribution licensee at charges
to be decided by the licensee/WBERC, whenever it is set up.
8.6.5 The inter-connection voltage for the grid-connected RE projects will
be as per WBERC regulations (Renewable and Co-generation
Regulations, 2010) as amended from time to time.The current provisions
are:
a) The co-generation and renewable energy sources excepting rooftop
solar PV sources shall be connected to the State grid at a voltage level
of 132 kV or 66 kV or 33 kV or 11 KV or 6 KV subject to technical
suitability determined by the licensee.
b) Rooftop solar PV sources of capacity ranging between 100 kW - 2
MW shall be allowed connectivity at LV or MV or 6 kV or 11 kV of
the distribution system of the licensee as considered technically and
financially suitable by the licensee and the developer.
8.6.6 For the purpose of creation of evacuation infrastructure for small-hydro
and island-based wind projects, if the developer has to lay a line for
a distance greater than 5 km, the transmission / distribution licensee
shall bear the extra connectivity cost for the additional distance subject
to Regulations of the Electricity Regulatory Commission.
8.7 Time Limit for Projects
8.7.1 It is mandatory for the Developer to start the work of the project within
six months of getting all the necessary statutory clearance.
8.7.2 The project should be completed in all respects and the Commissioning
of the project with grid synchronization should be done within the
time limits stipulated in the Implementation Agreement.
8.7.3 The Nodal Agency shall continuously monitor the Project progress
through a project monitoring mechanism and shall review Project
Progress reports that shall need to be submitted by the Developers as
per the requirements of the Implementation Agreement. Projects not
demonstrating visible progress or lagging behind the fixed milestones
shall be required to furnish suitable justification on delay to the Nodal
Agency.
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8.7.4 The Nodal Agency shall review the project progress issues and based
on their assessment may grant specific time extensions / waivers on
meeting the milestones.The revised milestones and penalties shall be
finalized with a suitable amendment to the Implementation Agreement.
The Nodal Agency reserves the right to cancel the allotment in case
of no satisfactory explanation being provided by the Developer on
Project delays. The Implementation Agreement shall stipulate the
detailed arrangements, legal provisions for the same.
9. Land for R.E. Project Development
9.1 For cases where Government vested land is available, the permission
for use of such land will be given for 30 years or the project life
whichever is less. Vested land will be allocated and transferred to the
WBGEDCL, which will then lease the land to the renewable energy
developers.
9.2 For projects on private land the developer will arrange the entire
required quantum of land through direct purchase from / suitable
agreement with the land owner. R.E. projects may not require conversion
of private /agricultural land to non agriculture purposes subject to
necessary government orders passed for these purposes.
9.2.1 The allotment of land, if any, shall stand cancelled if the power project
is not started within the time frame in accordance with the time limits
as stipulated in the Implementation Agreement.
9.3 Clearance
9.3.1 The Nodal Agency will act as a SingleWindow for obtaining assistance
from all line Departments.
9.3.2 The Nodal Agency will clearly identify the requirements, proofs, and
support required by different Departments and on that basis, the Nodal
Agency shall develop standard formats for obtaining clearances for
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different technologies. All these standard formats based on technology,
size of project, location/region of the projects etc. shall be available
from the website of the Nodal Agency.
9.3.3 In order to obtain statutory clearances, the developers will apply in
the standardized prescribed formats to the different Departments and
furnish a copy to the Nodal Agency.The Nodal Agency will coordinate
and pursue with all the concerned Departments for speedy approvals
and clearances within 90 days. In case, the project involves clearance
from the MoEF, necessary approvals and clearances will be arranged
and coordinated by the Nodal Agency within 120 days.
9.3.4 The clearances/approvals, which are not accorded within the specified
period, will be dealt with by the SingleWindow Empowered Committee.
The Committee will meet once in every month to decide on pending
cases and to ensure that the hurdles in the way of clearances are dealt
with expeditiously.
10. RE Project Financing
10.1 Green Energy Fund
10.1.1 In order to finance various initiatives for development of RE in the
State, a Green Energy Fund shall be created by the Nodal Agency.
The fund will be seeded by some initial equity contribution by the
Government and contributions from international donor agencies.The
Nodal Agency should use this fund for promotion of RE which will
generate sufficient revenue to make the fund self-sustainable.The Nodal
Agency shall also be responsible for managing of the Green Energy
Fund and will prepare the yearly budget for utilization of the fund.
10.1.2 The Nodal Agency shall levy a charge for providing administrative
support for obtaining statutory clearance at various levels. In addition
to that,WBGEDCL will charge all project preparatory expenses which
shall include all direct expenses incurred for the project assessment
and reasonable levels of overhead, administrative and personnel expenses.
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The specific details of the chargeable expenses that shall be recovered
upfront from the selected developer shall be specified in the bid
documents. Such amount earned will be deposited in the Green Energy
Fund.
10.1.3 Eighty (80)% of the penalty imposed for violation of any statutory
clearances shall also be channelled into the Green Fund. Moreover,
50% of the penalty imposed for not meeting the RPO by the obligated
entities shall also be fed into the Green Fund.
10.1.4 The Nodal Agency may also take an equity stake in an RE project in
return of the services provided as a part of the PPP model
implementation. Specific transaction mechanism for project equity
investments shall be set out in the RFP and Security Package. Dividends
declared on such equity investments in RE projects will be deposited
in the Green Energy Fund.
10.2 Budgetary Support
10.2.1 With regard to financing of the renewable energy projects in West
Bengal, it shall be contemplated by the Government of West Bengal
to make a provision of allocating annual budget for the development
of renewable projects in the State. The budgetary allocation shall be
done in such a way that separate funds shall be created and parked
for different RE technologies. However, the disbursement of the fund
to finance the RE projects shall be linked to its technical feasibility as
well as the set parameters in the form of milestones achieved by the
project in relation to its construction and Commissioning.
11. Regulatory Issues
11.1 Open Access,Wheeling and Banking
11.1.1 Any person generating electricity from co-generation or renewable
sources can opt for open access, subject to availability of adequate
transmission facility to any transmission licensee’s system within the
State on payment of various charges as specified.
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11.1.2 Open access charges shall be payable according to the Open Access
Regulations,Tariff Regulations and Co-generation & Renewable Sources
Regulations of the Commission.
11.1.3 For power purchase from projects located outside the State, the landed
cost of the RE power on account of open access transaction at the
State boundary cannot be more than theWBERC price cap, as approved.
Here the Landed cost means the cost of power at generating point
which is outside the State, cost of Transmission charges up to State
boundary including cost of transmission loss up to the point where
CTU delivers the required quantum of power to STU.The total cost
involvement up to the point of receiving the power by STU from CTU
is called the landed cost.
11.2 RPO
11.2.1 The State Government is committed to procure and utilize the
renewable energy power as required and determined by theWest Bengal
Electricity Regulatory Commission.
11.2.2 The RPO will be as per the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory
Commission (Co-generation and Generation of Electricity from
Renewable Sources of Energy) Regulations, 2010 or the subsequent
amendment of the same.
11.2.3 The Commission may consider inclusion of captive consumers and
open access consumers under the purview of the obligated entity.
11.2.4 Utilities are free to procure power from outside the boundary of the
State to meet its RPO, provided, that the procurement price shall not
be more than the capped price prescribed by WBERC.This purchase
will, however, be allowed even if the utility has not exhausted its option
to purchase power from RE generators situated within the State.
11.2.5 The Commission may consider allowing the purchase of REC to meet
the RPO obligations.
11.2.6 If the obligated entity fails to comply with the RPO target as provided
in the WBERC regulations during any year and fails to purchase the
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required quantum of RECs, the State Commission may direct the
obligated entity to deposit a certain amount in the Green Energy Fund,
to be created and maintained by the Nodal Agency. The amount may
be determined by the Commission based on the shortfall in units of
RPO, RPO regulatory charges and the forbearance price decided by
the Central Commission. The underlying condition is that the RPO
regulatory charges shall be equivalent to the highest applicable preferential
tariff during the year for RE generating sources, as the case may be,
or any other rate as may be stipulated by the Commission.
11.3 PPA, IA, Settlements and Net Metering
11.3.1 The sale of electricity by the power producer to the energy supply
company shall be governed by the Power Purchase Agreement executed
between the power producer and the obligated procuring entity through
competitive bidding and as per Regulations of the Commission.
11.3.2 The interested developer shall execute an implementation agreement
with the Government of West Bengal and submit a corporate bank
guarantee of a requisite amount linked to the capital cost of the project.
The specific quantum of bank guarantee shall be specified in the bid
documents.
11.3.3 The developers shall be liable to pay specified penalty in case of any
extension sought and granted in implementation of the project except
in cases where such penalty is waived by the Nodal Agency after
assessing the reasons for such delay uncontrollable on part of the
developer.The penalty terms will be as mentioned in the implementation
agreement.
11.3.4 The Government will determine suitable security deposit for
implementation of the renewable energy projects. Such bid security
amounts shall be specified in the bid documents.
11.3.5 All transactions between theWest Bengal State ElectricityTransmission
Company Limited/Distribution Licensee and the developer involving
wheeling or sale of power will be settled on a monthly basis as per the
Power Purchase Agreement and Transmission Service Agreement
executed.
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11.3.6 Net metering facility will be extended to solar power systems installed
on rooftops and connected to the electrical grid to feed excess power
back to the grid. Net metering facility for solar rooftop PV should be
provided along with a separate meter to get a clear assessment of
consumption and generation of electricity by the consumer. It shall be
the responsibility of the distribution licensee to take down the meter
reading and record the metered data, maintain database of all the
information associated with that meter and verify the correctness of
metered data.
11.4 Incentives
11.4.1 Exemption of demand cut to the extent of 50% of the installed capacity
assigned for captive use purpose will be allowed subject to the Regulations
of the Commission.
11.4.2 The host and obligated distribution utilities shall provide revolving
Letter of Credit from a nationalized bank as a payment security
mechanism for all RE projects.
11.4.3 In case of RE project construction in very remote areas, some
infrastructural support including approach roads to the project site
may be provided at Government cost.
12. Others
12.1 The various concession and incentives allowed by the Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy/Government Of India regarding Detailed Survey
& Investigation/Detailed Project Report, Generation Based Incentive
etc will ipso-facto continue to be passed on by the State Government
to the project developer through the designated Nodal Agency.
12.2 The distribution utilities will extend the facility of Letter of Credit to
the developer. The intent would be realizing payments in scheduled
periods for the renewable energy power sold to the State distribution
utility. The cost for opening the Letter of Credit shall be reimbursed
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to the DISCOMS from Green
Energy Fund by West Bengal
Green Energy Development
Corporation Limited.
12.3 For maintaining a complete
database of RE projects in this
State, all the developers need
to register their project with the
Nodal Agency with their Industrial Entrepreneur Memoranda
(IEM)/Entrepreneurs Memorandum (EM). For such registration, no
registration fee needs to be levied by the Nodal Agency.
13. CDM Benefit sharing mechanism
13.1 All risks, costs, and efforts associated with the availing of carbon credits
shall be borne by the generating company. Further, the entire proceeds
of carbon credit from approved CDM project, if any, shall be retained
by the generating company.
14. Institutional Framework
14.1.1 Role of West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency
(WBREDA)
14.1.1 WBREDA shall be responsible for:
i) promotion of alternative sources of energy through demonstration
projects;
ii) promotion of off-grid solar and biomass/biogas projects and disbursement
of the subsidy related to that projects;
iii) providing support to developers in formulation, design, and proper
implementation of the projects;
iv) encouraging public awareness about renewable energy;
v) creation and management of Centre of Excellence;
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vi) monitoring and development of advanced courses and R&D work,
taken up by the Centre of Excellence;
vii) Introduction of new courses in the area of RE in ITIs and Government
Engineering Colleges.
14.1.3 A Centre of Excellence will be formed under WBREDA in association
with the prominent institutions of the State.The fund for creating and
maintenance of such centre of excellence will be provided from the
Green Energy Fund during the initial periods and thereafter it is
expected to become self-sufficient.
14.1.4 The Centre of Excellence will serve the purpose of providing training
to the manpower employed in the RE sector and offering advanced
courses and fellowship in the field of RE.
14.2 Role of West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Limited
(WBGEDCL)
14.2.1 WBGEDCL shall be responsible for:
i. promotion of private sector investment and involvementÊin developing
grid-connected RE units;
ii. assisting the developers in getting different incentives forÊimplementation
of RE projects;
iii. conducting the RE resource assessment studies;
iv. assisting in the solicitation of the project based on the competitive
bidding;
v. evaluation and allotment of smaller projects to be allocated on unsolicited
basis;
vi. identification and creation of land bank for RE projects;
vii. management of the green energy fund;
viii. acting as a single window for obtaining assistance from all line
Departments;
ix. monitoring of allotted RE Projects and review of the RE Projects in
the implementation phase, and
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x. acting as the State Nodal Agency.
15. Social and Environmental Issues
15.1 The developer shall
make suitable financial
provisions for mitigation
of adverse impacts
according to the
approved Environment
Impact Assessment Plan
and Environment
Management Plan. It is
required to follow environmental related issues concerning disposal of
blasting muck and soil at appropriate dumping sites. Enterprises
adopting best environment-friendly practices will be given due recognition
through State awards every year.
15.2 The Developer/Government acquiring land shall provide an amount
not exceeding one percent (1%) of the project cost for :-
· the rehabilitation and resettlement of the persons displaced from the
project area
· local development activities like building of schools, hospitals etc.
15.3 The project developer, as far as possible, should try to generate local
employment opportunities.
16. General
16.1 Funding adaptive research is to be encouraged in the areas of interest
of this State for the development of R. E. Sector and enhancement of
efficiency in generation and availability of electricity from RE sources
including their cost effectiveness.
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17. Amendments and Interpretation of the Policy
17.1 Department of Power and NES, Government ofWest Bengal shall have
the powers to amend / issue clarification, if any, on any matter related
to interpretation of any provisions under this Policy in consultation
with the concerned Departments / Agencies.