SOLARPowerPlant pVModule

(RenewablesourceofEnergy)

With its abundance of sunlight, India has tremendous potentialtoemergeasoneoftheleadersinsolarpower generation. According to the Government of Indias policyforthesolarsector JawaharlalNehruNational SolarMission(JNNSM) a target of 20 GW of solar installationsby2022hasbeenset.

GlobalScenario
Solar Energy demand globally has been growing at about30%perannumoverthepast15years.

In comparison, the hydrocarbon demand growth rate is 02%perannum.Thishighgrowthrateinsolar energyis due to many reasons increasing cost of petroleum products and the parallel decreasing cost of producing power from solar, and a concern world over on the harmfuleffectsofusingfossilfuels

SolarEnergyinIndia
India is one of the few countries in the world that has a dedicated ministry for New and Renewable energy In India,the high GDP growth rate has created a huge demand for energy, but the supply is unable to match thedemand.Thetotalinstalledcapacityofpowerasof January 2012 is 187 GW. The per capita total consumption is 778 kWh. The estimated shortage of powerinIndiaisabout20GW.

PlantCommissionedinIndia
NameofPlant MithapurSolarPowerPlant Mithapur,Gujarat(TataPower) WAASOLARPOWERPLANT Surendranagar,Gujarat ReliancePowerPokaranSolarPVPlant,Rajasthan AdaniBittaSolarPlant,Gujarat MahindraSolarPlant,Jodhpur,Rajasthan SivagangaPhotovoltaicPlant KolarPhotovoltaicPlant ItnalPhotovoltaicPlant,Belgaum AzurePower PhotovoltaicPlant ChesdinPower BiomassandSolarPhotovoltaicPlants CitraandSepsetPowerPlants SolarPhotovoltaicPlants JamuriaPhotovoltaicPlant NDPCPhotovoltaicPlant ThyagarajStadiumPlantDelhi GandhinagarSolarPlant Tata Mulshi,Maharashtra AzurePower Sabarkantha,Gujarat(Khadodavillage) MoserBaer Patan,Gujarat B&GSolarPvtLtd Mayiladuthurai,TamilNadu REHPL Sadeipali,(Bolangir)Orissa Tata Patapur,Orissa Tata Osmanabad,Maharastra AmruthSolarPowerPlant Kadiri,AndhraPradesh Abengoa GwalPahari,Haryana ChandraleelaPowerEnergy Narnaul,Haryana GreenInfraSolarEnergyLimited Rajkot,Gujarat DCPeakPower(MW) 25 10.22 40 40 5 5 3 3 2 4.1 4 2 1 1 1 3 10 30 1 1 1 1 1 3 0.8 10 Notes CommissionedFebruary2012 CommissionedJanuary2012 CommissioninginMarch2012 CompletedinJanuary2012 CompletedinJanuary2012 CompletedDecember2010 CompletedMay2010 CompletedApril2010 Completed2009 CompletesDecember2011 CommissionedOctober2011 Completed2009 Completed2010 CompletedApril,2010 CompletedJanuary2011 CommissionedApril2011 CommissionedJune2011. CommissionedJuly2011 CommissionedJune2011 CommissionedJuly2011 CommissionedAugust2011 Commissioned1stAug2011 CommissionedMarch2012 CommissionedSeptember2011 CommissionedDecember2011 CommissionedNovember2011

Total

182.1

WhyInIndia
India is in the sunny regions of the world with most partsofthecountryreceiving47kwh(kilowatthour) of solar radiation per square meter per day, 250300 sunny days in a year. Even though Solar energy constitutesaminisculepartinIndiasinstalledpower generation capacity (with grid connected solar PV generationatamere6MWasofMarch2010), in the mediumandlongrun,itisexpectedthatsolarenergy, especiallysolarPVwillformavitalcomponentofthe country'senergymix.

SolarResourceMapofIndia

DifferentsuppliersofModule
Manufacturer Bosch Canadian solar Co energy Del Solar Evergreen solar First solar Mitsubishi JA solar holdings Q cells PLG Solar Moser Baer Tata BP Solar Country Germany Canada US Taiwan US US Japan China Germany India India India Model Number M 240 3 BB CS5A-170 Power Plus 215 P D6P_E ES-A series FS Series TD/TE series JAS SL 1 Watts (p) 240 170 215 120 200 70 190 165 70 Life in years/Guarantee given 10 years-90%, 25 years-80% 25 years 12 years-92%, 25years-80% 10 years-90%, 25 years-80% 25 years 10 years-90%,

10 years-90%, 25 years-80% 25 years 10 years-90%, 25 years-80% 10 years-90%, 25 years-80% 10 years-90%, 25 years-80%

IncentivesfromGovernment

JawaharlalNehruNationalSolar Mission
The JawaharlalNehruNationalSolarMission (alsoknownastheNational Solar Mission) is a major initiative of the Government of India and State Governments to promote ecologically sustainable growth while addressing Indias energysecurity challenges.Itwillalsoconstituteamajorcontribution byIndiatotheglobalefforttomeetthechallengesof climatechange.Named forJawaharlalNehru,theMissionisoneoftheseveralinitiativesthatarepart of National Action Plan on Climate Change. The program was officially inaugurated byPrimeMinisterofIndia,ManmohanSingh.

SchemeonfinancingofOffGridand DecentralisedSolarApplications
Government of India, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)hasformulatedaschemeonfinancingofOffGridand DecentralisedSolar(PhotovoltaicandThermal)applicationsas part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Under the scheme, banks may extend subsidised loans to entrepreneursatinterestratesnotexceedingfivepercent whererefinanceoftwopercentfromGovernmentofIndia isavailable.

ExciseDutyExemptiononTransmission Equipments
Exemption of Excise Duty on procurement of Transmission Equipments for initial setup of Solar Power Plant. The exemption would be available on transmission equipments wherever the contractual obligation for installing transmission lines/equipmentsuptothepointofdeliveryisc0ston thesolarpowerdeveloper.

SubsidyininstallationofSolar Powerplant
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) provides70percentsubsidyontheinstallationcostof a solar photovoltaic power plant in NorthEast states and 30 percentage subsidy on other regions. The detailed outlay of the National Solar Mission highlights various targets set by the government to increasesolarenergyinthecountry'senergyportfolio.

Majorotherincentives
In the budget for 2010/11, the government has announced an allocation of US $ 220 million towards the Jawaharlal Nehru NationalSolarMission. They encouraged private solar companies by reducing customs duty on solar panels by 5% and exempting excise duty on solar photovoltaicpanels. The budget also proposed a coal tax of US$1 per metric ton on domesticandimportedcoalusedforpowergeneration. The government has initiated a Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) scheme, which is designed to drive investment in low carbonenergyprojects.

OpportunitiesandChallenges
LandisascarceresourceinIndiaandpercapitalandavailabilityislow.Dedication of land area for exclusive installation of solar arrays might have to compete with other necessities that require land. The amount of land required for utilityscale solar power plantscurrently approximately 1 km2 for every 2060 megawatts (MW) generated could pose a strain on India's available land resource. The architecture more suitable for most of India would be a highlydistributed set of individual rooftop power generation systems, all connected via a local grid. However, erecting such an infrastructure, which does not enjoy the economies of scale possible in mass, utilityscale, solar panel deployment, needs themarketpriceofsolartechnologydeploymenttosubstantially decline,sothatit attractstheindividualandaveragefamilysizehouseholdconsumer.Thatmightbe possible in the future, because PV is projected to continue its current cost reductionsforthenextdecadesandbeabletocompetewithfossilfuel.

SolarPowerPlantinGujarat

IncentivesfromStateGovernment
GovernmentofGujaratdeclaredcomprehensiveSolar Policy2009,whereinGovtwillpurchasethepowerat thefollowingminimumrates.
fornext12years forfirst12years fromdateofcommissioning SolarPV SolarThermal Rs.12/ kWh Rs.9/ kWh Rs.3/ kWh Rs.3/ kWh

Transmissioncharges&transmission losses
At 66kV : Transmission charges and transmission lossesapplicabletonormalOpenAccessConsumer. Below 66 kV : Transmission charges, applicable to normal open access consumer and transmission and wheeling losses @ 10% of the energy fed to the grid, forSolarpowerPlantofcapacitymorethan5MW. For Solar power Plants of capacity less than 5 MW, Transmission charges, applicable to normal open access consumer and transmission and wheeling losses@7%oftheenergyfedtothegrid.

PolicyrelatedtoLandAcquisitionfor SolarPlant
At 66kV : Transmission charges and transmission lossesapplicabletonormalOpenAccessConsumer. Below 66 kV : Transmission charges, applicable to normal open access consumer and transmission and wheeling losses @ 10% of the energy fed to the grid, forSolarpowerPlantofcapacitymorethan5MW. For Solar power Plants of capacity less than 5 MW, Transmission charges, applicable to normal open access consumer and transmission and wheeling losses@7%oftheenergyfedtothegrid.

Govt.sInitiative
TheGovernmentof Gujarat ispromotingSolarPowerParksintheSate. RolledOutSpecialPolicyin2009. AlreadyfewPlantsareoperationalintheState. The development of solar parks will streamline the project development timeline by letting government agencies undertake land acquisition and necessary permits, and provide dedicated common infrastructure for setting upsolarpowergenerationplantslargelyintheprivatesector. The State Government is taking initiative in providing the common infrastructure/facilitieslikesitepreparationandleveling,powerevacuation, availability of water, access roads, security and services. In parallel with the centralgovernment'sinitiative. .

Contd.
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission has announced feedintariff to mainstream solar power generation which will beappliedforsolarpowergenerationplantsinthesolarpark. Gujarat Power Corporation Limited is the responsible agency for developing the solar park of 500 megawatts and will lease thelandstotheprojectdeveloperstogeneratesolarpower. Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited will develop thetransmissionevacuationfromtheidentifiedinterconnection pointswiththesolardeveloper.Thisprojectisbeingsupported, inpart,bytheAsianDevelopmentBank

ExclusivemandateforLandin Gujarat
Landarea Location : About1200 acre(485 hec.) : 60kmfromAhmedabad(CapitalofGujarat) 20kmfromSanand(PlantofTataNanoCar). : $12,000/ peracre :SolarPowerPlant : Storage/Warehousing

ExpectedPrice PrimaryUse SecondaryUse

Location:INDIA

Location:Gujarat

Location:Bagodra

Location:Bagodratoproposedsite

Location:Proposedsite

ExpectedProduction
1200 acre @ 10 MW /100 acre X 0.80 = 96 MW

Assumingefficiency80%

CostoftheProject($m)
Land Cost : Cost of Approvals/Coversion/Devlopment (20% of land cost) PV Power Panels @ 4m Thus total initial investment for 120 Mw : Say Less Subsidy 30% Net Investment

1.4
0.28 480.00 48168 500.00 150.00 350.00

Expectedrevenue
ExpectedRevenuefromtheSellingofElectricity@ Rs.12/ perkWhforfirst12years: =2,102,400,000/ orUSD$42mn/year

Assumingtheplantwillfor5hoursadaywithefficiencyof80%

ReturnofInvestment
Paybackperiodof8yearsincludeslandalso WiththatotherbenefitslikeCarbonCreditsand

othersubsidies,moreoverappreciationintheland value.

Secondarybenefits
CanbeusedasStoragepurposeifconstructedasRoof topSolarpowerplant,tostoretheitemswhichisnot effectedbyUVraysandotherharmfulrays.