The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has given nod to procurement of 600 MW of solar power from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in Tranche-VIII by the distribution companies (DISCOMS). BERC has allowed the procurement at a tariff of Rs 2.50/kWh. The trading margin has been kept by the regulator at Rs 0.07 for every kWh.

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission has given approvals to three power utility firms in Mumbai for procurement of 959 MW of renewable energy for city consumers. In the first order, it allowed BEST to procure 234 MW solar power from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).

The Uttar Pradesh government outlined its plans for energy transition in the state, which will include building on existing renewable energy through bio fuel as well as solar energy. The state had recently announced a bio-fuel policy and a new solar energy policy is also in the pipeline.

The state energy department is planning to develop four more ‘day-ahead forecast models’ for wind and solar energy, market forecast, dispatch model, and frequency forecast.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at Vidyut Bhavan for installation of solar energy plants at Banka and Jamui with a combined production capacity of 200 MW, and the two plants will be ready by December next year.

Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum (IEM) was filed with Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion on 10/01/2021 Electric power generation using solar energy

SECI has awarded a contract to the Tatas for setting up a 100MW solar project with battery energy storage system (BESS) at Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The project will usethe large battery storage system to provide solar power during evening peak hours. The contract has been awarded to Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd.

A solar power plant of 40 MW capacity power will be installed at the Hirakud Dam Reservoir in Odishas Sambalpur district by the Solar Energy Corporation of India, which is under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Floating panels, mounted on a structure that floats on a water body, will be installed to generate power.

The Power Development Department of Ladakh has signed a power purchase agreement with Solar Energy Corporation of India for buying 50 megawatts of DC solar power from the 50 MW solar project at Taru area in Leh, with battery storage being developed under Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP)-2015.