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Costs for Small MW-Scale Grid Connected Power Plants in India – LCOE and Optimal Tariff

Within this section you will find

Highlights & inferences
Introduction
Maximising power generation – details
Minimizing costs – details
With solar trackers

Pessimistic assumptions
Acceptable assumptions
Optimistic assumptions

Without solar trackers

Pessimistic assumptions
Acceptable assumptions
Optimistic assumptions

Summary for small scale mw scale power plants
Highlights & inferences – repeated for ease of reading!

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By Narasimhan Santhanam|December 8th, 2015|Grid Connected Solar Power Policies, Grid-connected Solar PV Power Plants, MW Solar, Solar - India, Solar Capacity, Solar Capital Cost, Solar Cost, Solar Cost per kWh, Solar Financing, Solar Investments, Solar O & M Cost, Solar Operations & Maintenance, Solar PPAs, Solar Profits, Solar PV - Financial Returns|164 Comments

Solar Power Price in India Rs 4.2/kWh by 2020, Says KPMG, and Rs 3.69/kWh by 2025

Solar prices in India could be substantially lower than coal by 2020, according to a report by international consultancy firm KPMG.

KPMG’s report, ‘The rising sun: Disruption on the horizon’, predicts that over the next decade solar will scale up significantly, reaching a 12.5% market penetration by 2025.

On prices, KPMG predicts that by 2020 utility-scale, grid connected solar […]

By Narasimhan Santhanam|December 5th, 2015|Grid-connected Solar PV Power Plants, MW Solar, Solar - India, Solar Cost, Solar Cost per kWh|7 Comments

In Chile, Utility Solar Cheaper than Fossil Fuels – 6,5 cents/kWh vs. 8.5 cents/kWh

Solar and wind energy are lower cost than fossil fuels in Chile, reports Deutsche Bank, with solar the cheapest source of electricity generation.

In an industry note, Deutsche Bank writes that in the country’s last tender round, held on October 23, renewables were awarded 100% of the contracts to supply 1,200 GWh of energy to Chile’s […]

By Narasimhan Santhanam|November 7th, 2015|Solar Cost, Solar Cost per kWh|0 Comments

Super Low Solar Prices Worldwide in 2015 – Lowest at 3.87 cents/kWh

I had written some time back about a price of Rs 4.63 per kWh (about 7 US cents) for solar power in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and had also wondered out loud whether such a price was indeed sustainable.

And what should I land up right next but an interesting compilation from SeeNews chronicling how there have been […]

By Narasimhan Santhanam|November 7th, 2015|Solar - UK, Solar - US, Solar Cost per kWh, Solar PPAs|0 Comments

Is Rs 4.63/unit solar power price by SunEdison realistic and sustainable?

The recent bid by SunEdison of Rs 4.63/unit for the 500 MW solar PV block of Andhra Pradesh has set the market talking about how fast the cost of solar is coming down

At the same time, those in the know are asking whether SunEdison is quoting unsustainably low prices and shooting itself in the foot.

Well, […]

By Narasimhan Santhanam|November 6th, 2015|MW Solar, Solar - India, Solar Capital Cost, Solar Companies, Solar Cost per kWh, Solar Investments, Solar O & M Cost, Solar PPAs, Solar PV - Financial Returns|19 Comments

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Costs for Small MW-Scale Grid Connected Power Plants in India – LCOE and Optimal Tariff

Solar Power Price in India Rs 4.2/kWh by 2020, Says KPMG, and Rs 3.69/kWh by 2025

In Chile, Utility Solar Cheaper than Fossil Fuels – 6,5 cents/kWh vs. 8.5 cents/kWh

Super Low Solar Prices Worldwide in 2015 – Lowest at 3.87 cents/kWh

Is Rs 4.63/unit solar power price by SunEdison realistic and sustainable?

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