Power distribution company Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited is getting ready to implement a new initiative that will not only save the company money, but will also save the grid from collapsing when the demand rises exponentially and the frequency falls on account of heavy overdrawal. The company has got the approval of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission to implement the auto demand response programme that will regulate supply of electricity to big consumers when the demand rises and the grid is put under severe pressure.

New Delhi: In violation of government norms, a single company, Lanco Infratech has allegedly cornered 40% of the contracts bid out for the first phase of the National Solar Mission, garnering projects with assured revenue of Rs 13,000 crore over the next 25 years, including a large subsidy that the consumers will end up paying. Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday released documents showing how the company allegedly created fronts to side-step the rules and win much more than the 105MW worth contracts it was legally allowed to.

Kolkata-based crystalline photo voltaic module maker as well as EPC contractor; Vikram Solar Group, announced the commissioning of 2 MW grid-connected solar power project at Khaora, in Chhattisgarh. While solar PV modules are manufactured by Vikram Solar at its facility at Falta Special Economic Zone near Kolkata; the EPC contracts are carried out by its joint venture arm, Vikram Proener Projects. The company has already commissioned a 5 MW solar power plant project in Gujarat in December 2011. Other projects in the pipeline include one each in Rourkela (Orissa) and Bamra (Orissa).

The ministry of new and renewable energy expects that 400 MW solar power will flow to the grid by the end of this financial year as many projects awarded last year are nearing completion, two government officials said. The ministry has so far achieved 183-MW generation capacity since the solar mission was launched in January last year with a thin generation base of 3 MW, they said.
“The optimism is also reflected in aggressive investors’ bids that lead to its tariff falling significantly below regulated rates,” said an official who did not wish to be identified.