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~ Solar STATE SOLAR POLICIES The state of Gujarat was the first Indian state to launch its own solar policy in 2009 even before the National Solar Mission. More than 950MW of projects were allocated under the Gujarat's state solar policy. Instead of reverse bidding, projects were allocated under a fixed tariff basis. For the projects commissioned after January 29, 2012, the tariff was Rs. 9.98/Kwh for first 12 years and Rs. 7.00/KwH thereafter for 13 years (with accelerated depreciation) In the last six months, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh announced their own state policies, targeting more than 6GW cumulatively, over the next 5 years. Karnataka announced its solar policy in July 2011, with a target of 350 MW by 2016. Recently, Karnataka has invited bids for 130 MW and maximum 10 MW. Andhra Pradesh Solar Policy, which was announced in September 2012 , invited bids for 1000 MW of solar projects, spread across various districts of the state. Also, in order to incentivize projects under REC mechanism AP had removed all wheeling and transmission charges and allowed conditional banking. The policy also includes exemption from many taxes and duties. Tamil Nadu solar policy aims to achieve an ambitious installation target of 3GW by 2015. One of the highlights of the policy is Solar Purchase Obligations (SPOs). Under these obligations, all buildings with a built-up area of more than 20,000 square meters, Economic Zones, IT parks , industrial consumers and many educational institutions will have to procure some percentage of power from solar projects - 3% till December 2013 and 6% from 2014 onwards. The state of Kerala has targeted a capacity addition 1OGW through rooftop PV systems with the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT). In 2013, it is expected that more than 4 GW solar projects will be allocated in India. Courtesy: ASSOCHAM Report- May 2013 THE WIND POWER POTENTIAL IN INDIA The wind resource assessment, being carried out in 28 states and three Union Territories {UT) which involve the 789 wind monitoring stations, has found to have wind power density 200W/m2 at 50 m height. As per Indian Wind Atlas, the wind power potential of 50 GW has been estimated at SOm height and 100 GW at 80m height. State-wise wind power estimated potential is given in table . Estimated Potential (MW) j Statos/UTs Estimated Potential (MW) -· --------- ----------- ------------ Statos/UTs 50 m 80 m• 50 m 80 m• - - -- Andaman and Nicobar 2 365 Lakshadeep 16 16 Andhra Pradesh 5,394 14,497 Madhya Pradesh 920 2,931 ArunanchaiPradesh 201 236 Maharashtra 5,439 5,961 Assam 53 112 Manipur 7 56 Bihar 144 Meghalaya 44 82 Chhattisgarh 23 314 Nagaland 3 16 Diu & Daman 4 Odisha 910 1,384 Gujarat 10,609 35,071 Pondicherry 120 Haryana 93 Rajasthan 5,005 5,050 Himanchal Pradesh 20 64 Sikkim 98 98 Jharkhand 91 Tamil Nadu 5,374 14,152 Jammu & Kashmir 5,311 5,685 Uttarakhand 161 534 Kamataka 8,591 13,593 Uttar Pradesh 137 1,260 Kerela 790 837 West Bengal 22 22 TOTAL 49,130 1,02,788 ~ Source: Akshay Urja, February 2015, P -12-13 33