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April 2012-March 2013 in Review

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RESolve Energy Consultants, Chennai

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Executive Summary ...........................................................................................................................5

Solar in India ..................................................................................................................................... 7

Gujarat Solar update .........................................................................................................................9

Charanka Solar Park .......................................................................................................................9

Solar Plant performance .................................................................................................................. 11

Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year(Overall) ............................................................14

Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year (Charanka Solar Park) .......................................17

Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year (Outside Charanka Solar Park) ..........................18

Seasonal Characteristics.............................................................................................................. 20

Seasonal Characteristics – Charanka ........................................................................................... 21

c-Si vs. TF .................................................................................................................................... 22

String inverter vs. Central inverter .............................................................................................. 23

Conclusion....................................................................................................................................... 25

Interviews ....................................................................................................................................... 27

Siddharth Bhandari, Managing Director of ETain ImMODO Renewables Ltd. ...............................27

Chanchal Bhatnagar, National Manager (Business Development) at Power-One. .........................30

Annexure A - Details of Solar Power Project Developers who have signed PPA ................................32

Annexure B - Gujarat commissioning status ..................................................................................... 35

Contact Us ....................................................................................................................................... 38

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Figures and Tables

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Figure 1 - Renewables Installed Capacity (GW) ..................................................................................8

Figure 2 - District-wise projects ....................................................................................................... 10

Figure 3 - Seasonal Performance(All Gujarat) ..................................................................................20

Figure 4 - Seasonal Performance - Charanka ....................................................................................21

Figure 5 - Annual Generation and CUF (c-Si vs TF) ...........................................................................22

Figure 6 - Monthly Variation (c-Si vs TF) .......................................................................................... 23

Figure 7 - String Vs Central Inverter ................................................................................................. 24

Table 1 - Generation(MWh) for the period April 2012-March 2013 ..................................................12

Table 2 - April 2012-March 2013 ...................................................................................................... 14

Table 3 - Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year (Charanka Solar Park) .............................17

Table 4 - Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year (Outside Charanka Solar Park) ................18

Table 5 - Project developers in Gujarat ............................................................................................ 33

Table 6 - Solar plants in Gujarat ....................................................................................................... 36

Figures and Tables 4

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ExecutiveSummary

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In May 2013, RESolve released a whitepaper with the ranking of solar projects in Gujarat based on the en-

ergy generation data from SLDC for the calendar year 2012(January 2012 to December 12). It was the first

attempt in the industry to collate information and do a comparative analysis of solar PV plant performance

in the state of Gujarat.

We received some very positive feedback from the industry for the whitepaper, especially from some lead-

ing bankers, project developers, EPCs and component vendors. The whitepaper is now used as a reference

document by many and has been quoted in a few industry conference presentations and has been covered

in the international media.

While the feedback was encouraging, we also received good suggestions for making the whitepaper better.

One of the suggestions was to change the ranking from Calender year to Financial year. Based on this, we

have updated the whitepaper for the period Financial year 2012-13(April 12 to March 13).

The other feedback we received was that the ranking does not really help in benchmarking the plants unless

more details like the module technology, inverter types and several other input parameters are available. In

order to meet that objective, we gathered the details of the components used in the plants (including track-

ing systems) and EPCs of the projects.

In this whitepaper, a total of 50 plants totalling 665.64 MW have been ranked based on their annual

yield(MWh/MW). All these plants have been operational for at least 1 year. Of these 50 plants, 15 plants are

located in Charanka Solar Park and 35 plants outside Charanka. There is an overall ranking of the 50 plants

and a separate ranking each, for plants in Charanka and outside Charanka.

The module, inverters, tilt mechanism and EPC details are also available for several plants. But we would like

to point out that knowing the module, inverter and EPC details is still not enough to benchmark the plants,

because there are other variables that influence the performance of the plant. Some of them include the

degree of design optimisation, quality of Balance of system components, build quality, and Operation and

Maintenance. The more a developer is willing to spend, the better the quality of components will be. In

short, what you get is what you pay for. With that in mind, we request you to go through the analysis carefully

before drawing any inferences.

The information about components and EPCs has been collated based on interviews with several industry

stakeholders and publically available sources. We have taken utmost care to verify the authenticity of in-

formation, but it is likely that some of the information need to be corrected. In case you come across such

information, please let us know and we will be more than happy to correct them.

We would once again like to acknowledge the work done by Mr. Jigneshbhai Shah and M/s Movya Consul-

tancy Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad, India which has been used in this report.

Executive Summary

Executive Summary 6

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Solarin India

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The total solar power installed capacity in India stood at 1.686 GW as of 31st March 2013 out of a total of 28 GW

of renewable power installed capacity (Source MNRE). The breakup of the capacities is given below.

Solar in India

Figure 1 - Renewables Installed Capacity (GW)

Solar in India 8

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Gujarat Solar update

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Gujarat signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to-wards a total 968.5 MW of installed capacity towards end of 2010 and early 2011. The full list of project developers is available in Annexure A.

As of 31 March 2013, 77 projects totalling 852.31 MW were commissioned and operational. The complete list of projects is enclosed in Annexure B.

Gujarat Solar update

Gujarat Solar Update 10

District-wise projectsThe Charanka Solar park is spread over about 2000 Hect-ares in the wastelands of the Rann of Kutch. The Rann of Kutch is a salt marsh at the edge of Thar Desert, and it borders Pakistan. The total area available can be used

to set up solar plants of a total 500 MW capacity. Of this, 214 MW has been installed by 21 developers. (As of 19 April 2012 – Source: GPCL)

Note: More details about Charanka Solar Park are available in the first edition of the whitepaper http://bit.ly/19IwHJO

Figure 2 - District-wise projects

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Solar Plant performance

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The below sections aim to quantify the performance of the solar power plants set up in the state of Gujarat. For the purposes of evaluation, the generation data available from the Gujarat State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) has been used. Ranking of the power plants has been done on the basis of the Plant Load Factor (PLF) or Capacity Uti-lization Factor (CUF). PLF or CUF is calculated as the ratio of actual energy generated (for a given period of time) to the maximum (theoretical) possible generation of a

power system. The formula for CUF is given below.

Capacity Utilisation Factor (CUF) =Energy measured (kWh) / (365*24*installed capacity of the plant).

While the Gujarat Energy Development Agency(GEDA) has shared a list of 77 commissioned projects totally 852 MW as of March 31,2013, the SLDC data is available only for 62 projects totalling 832 MW. The list of projects for which data is available is given below.

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S.No. Project Name Plant Size(MW) Total Generation(MWh) Annual Generation per MW (MWh)

1 Aatash Power Pvt.Ltd 4.99 2267 4542 ACME Solar Technology 15 25181 16793 AEL(Solar) 40.11 64332 16044 AES Solar Energy Gujarat pvt. Ltd 14.92 20896 14015 Alex Astral Power pvt.ltd 25.07 42531 16966 APCA Power Pvt.Ltd 5 1236 2477 Arvali Infrapower Ltd. 5 5529 11068 Astonfield Solar(Gujarat) Pvt.Ltd 11.51 4630 4029 AZURE Power (Gujarat)pvt. Ltd 5 8079 161610 AZURE(Hariyana) 10.2 17402 170611 Backbone Enterprises Ltd. 5 8453 169112 CBC Solar Technologies Pvt.Ltd 10 14225 142313 Chattel Constructions Pvt.Ltd 25 9164 36714 Dreisatz My Solar24 Pvt.Ltd. 14.99 7510 50115 Emami Cement ltd 10.06 16310 162116 EMCO Ltd 5 7787 155717 ESP Urja pvt. Ltd. 5 8346 166918 Euro Solar Power Pvt. Ltd 5.12 2595 50719 Ganeshvani Merchandise Pvt. Ltd 5.04 7242 143720 Gangesh Green Energy pvt.ltd 25.08 26947 107421 GHI Energy pvt. Ltd. 10 16336 163422 GIPCL 25 7627 30523 GMDC 10 7930 79324 GMR Gujarat solar power pvt.ltd 25 40984 163925 GPCL 5.01 7948 158626 GSPC Pipavav Power Company ltd. 5 8570 171427 Green Infra Solar Energy Ltd. 10 17012 170128 Hiraco Renewable Energy pvt.ltd 20.11 29568 147029 ICML 9 14802 1645

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S.No. Project Name Plant Size(MW) Total Generation(MWh) Annual Generation per MW

30 Jaihind Project 5 6879 137631 Konark Gujarat PV pvt. Ltd 5 9361 187232 LANCO(BHRD) 5 7821 156433 Lanco Infratech ltd. 15.01 20433 136134 LANCO(Chandiyana) 15.01 19096 127235 Louroux Bio Energies Ltd. 25 37677 150736 MI MySolar24 (P) Ltd, 14.99 6940 46337 Millenium Synergy(Gujarat) pvt.Ltd 9.27 16871 182038 Mono Steel(India) ltd 10 18644 186439 Moser Baer Energy & Development ltd 15.02 24457 162840 NKG Infrastructure ltd 10 17310 173141 Palace Solar Energy pvt.ltd 15 26174 174542 PLG Photovoltic Ltd 20 33140 165743 Precious Energy Services pvt.Ltd 15.2 24720 162644 Responsive SUTIP Ltd 25 9491 38045 Roha Dyechem pvt.ltd 25.04 42899 171346 S J Green Park Energy Pvt.Ltd 5.12 2800 54747 Sand Land Real Estate pvt.ltd 25 40061 160248 SEI Solar Power Gujarat pvt.ltd 25 42416 169749 Solar Semiconductor Power Company 20 26205 131050 Solarfield Energy Pvt. Ltd. 20.06 33948 169251 Solitaire Energies pvt.Ltd. 15 24100 160752 Sun Clean Renewable pvt.ltd 6 10342 172453 SunBorne Energy Gujarat One Pvt.Ltd 15 19418 129554 Sunkon Energy Pvt.ltd 10 10008 100155 Surana Telecom & Power ltd. 5 7915 158356 TATA Power Reneable Energy Ltd. 25 43393 173657 Unity Power 5 9329 186658 Visual Percept Solar Projects pvt.Ltd. 25 38359 153459 WAA Solar pvt.Ltd. 10.22 18462 180660 Welspun Urja Gujarat pvt. Ltd. 15 25459 169761 Yantra eSolar India Pvt.ltd 4.95 3217 65062 ZF Steering Gear (India) pvt.ltd 5 8599 1720 Total 832.1

Table 1– Generation(MWh) for the period April 2012-March 2013

Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year(Overall) :The energy yield of a plant will depend on several factors, including type of modules, inverters and other components, usage of tracking systems, design optimization and build quality. The ranking given below is based on only the energy yield and does not consider the inputs parameters like design optimisation, components used or build quality.

Rank Developer Capac-ity(MW)

Total Gener-ation (MWh)

Normalized (MWh per MW per Year)

CUF Module Type Module Make Inverter Make

Tilt EPC

1 Konark Gujarat PV Pvt. Ltd. 5 9361.009 1872.2018 21.3% Crystalline Si Vikram Solar AEG Fixed Tilt Vikram Solar

2 Unity Power 5 9328.561 1865.7122 21.2% Thin Film Solar Frontier Power One Fixed Tilt Enfinity

3 Mono Steel (india) Ltd 10 18644.292 1864.4292 21.2% Crystalline Si Waaree Power One Seasonal Tilt Waaree

4 WAA Solar Pvt.Ltd 10.22 18461.595 1806.418297 20.6% Thin Film First Solar SMA Not Available Madhav Power

5 Palace Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. 15 26173.722 1744.9148 19.9% Crystalline Si Candian Solar Power One Seasonal Tilt Etain - immodo

6 TATA Power Renewable Energy Ltd. 25 43393.098 1735.72392 19.8% Crystalline Si Tata, Canadian Solar ABB Not Available Tata

7 NKG infrastructure Ltd. 10 17310.26 1731.026 19.7% Crystalline Si Solar World Delta (String) PPS Enviro Power

8 Sun Clean Renewable Pvt. Ltd. 6 10341.53 1723.588333 19.6% Thin Film Sharp Power-one Fixed Tilt L&T

9 ZF Steering Gear (India) Pvt. Ltd. 5 8598.95 1719.79 19.6% Thin Film N/A

10 Roha Dyechem Pvt. Ltd 25 42898.65 1715.946 19.5% Thin Film Nexpower Satcon Fixed Tilt Wipro Eco Energy

11 Gppc Pipavav Power Company Ltd. 5 8570.004 1714.0008 19.5% Crystalline Si Suntech Bonfiglioli Fixed Tilt Lanco

12 AZURE (Hariyana) 10.2 17401.797 1706.058529 19.4% Crystalline Si Suntech Self

13 Alex Astral Power Pvt. Ltd 25 42530.899 1701.23596 19.4% Thin Film First Solar SMA Cirus Solar

14 Green Infra Solar Energy Ltd. 10 17012.341 1701.2341 19.4% Thin Film First Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Juwi

15 Solarfield Energy Pvt. Ltd. 20 33948.276 1697.4138 19.3% Thin Film Sharp Sharp Fixed Tilt L&T

16 Welspun Urja Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. 15 25458.575 1697.238333 19.3% Thin Film First Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Conergy (Sun Technics)

17 SEI Solar Power Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. 25 42415.609 1696.62436 19.3% Crystalline Si Chin/Trina Power One Fixed Tilt L&T

18 BACKBONE Enterprises Ltd. 5 8452.757 1690.5514 19.2% Thin Film Nexpower Siemens Not Available Self


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Tilt EPC

19 Millenium Synergy (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd. 10 16870.807 1687.0807 19.2% Crystalline Si Trina SMA Single Axis L&T

20 ACME Solar Technology 15 25180.906 1678.727067 19.1% Thin Film First Solar ABB Fixed Tilt M+W

21 ESP Urja Pvt. Ltd. 5 8345.851 1669.1702 19.0% Thin Film Sharp SMA

22 PLG Photovoltic Ltd. 20 33140.469 1657.02345 18.9% Crystalline Si PLG / Kyocera Power One Fixed Tilt Zamil Group

23 ICML 9 14802.466 1644.718444 18.7% Crystalline Si LDK IDS

24 GMR Gujarat Solar Power Pvt. Ltd. 25 40983.17 1639.35268 18.7% C-Si Canadian Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Indu Project (Cirus)

25 GHI Energy Pvt. Ltd. 10 16336.161 1633.6161 18.6% Crystalline Si Suntech

26 Emami Cement Ltd 10 16310.494 1631.0494 18.6% C-Si TATA BP ABB Fixed Tilt Tata BP

27 Moser Baer Energy & Development Ltd. 15 24456.697 1630.446467 18.6% Thin Film First Solar, Moserbaer, Dupont

SMA Fixed Tilt Moser Baer

28 Precious Energy Services Pvt. Ltd. 15.2 24719.672 1626.294211 18.5% Thin Film First Solar, Moserbaer, Oupont

SMA Fixed Tilt Moser Baer

29 Azure Power (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd. 5 8078.944 1615.7888 18.4% Thin Film First Solar SMA / Power

on

Fixed Tilt Azure

30 AEL(Solar) - Adani 40 64331.765 1608.294125 18.3% Thin Film Sunwell / Sunner Well SMA Fixed Tilt Aries Waaree

31 Solitaire Energies Pvt. Ltd. 15 24100.389 1606.6926 18.3% Thin Film First Solar, Moserbaer N/A Not Available Moser Baer

32 Sand Land Real Estate Pvt. Ltd. 25 40061.177 1602.44708 18.2% Thin Film First Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Moser Baer

33 GPCL 5 7947.638 1589.5276 18.1% c-Si C-Sun

34 GMDC 5 7930.4 1586.08 18.1% Crystalline Si Tata BP Power One Fixed Tilt Tata BP

35 Surana Telecom & Power Ltd. 5 7914.732 1582.9464 18.0% c-Si Surana AEG Fixed Tilt Self

36 LANCO (BHRD) 5 7821.247 1564.2494 17.8% Crystalline Si N/A Hellos Systems Lanco

37 EMCO Ltd 5 7787.114 1557.4228 17.7% Crystalline Si Trina Ingeteam

38 Visual Percept Solar Projects Pvt. Ltd. 25 38359.028 1534.36112 17.5% Crystalline Si Hanwha Solarone Power One Fixed Tilt Sterling and Wilson

39 GIPCL 5 7626.817 1525.3634 17.4% Crystalline Si Titan ABB

40 Louroux Bio Energies Ltd. 25 37676.577 1507.06308 17.2% Thin Film Tianwel and Sungen Siemens Fixed Tilt Inspira Martifer

41 Hiraco Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd. 20 29567.821 1478.39105 16.8% Crystalline Si Hanwha Solarone SMA Fixed Tilt Moser Baer


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From the above list, it can be seen that Konark Gujarat PV Pvt Limitedcomes first overall, and it narrowly edges it nearest rival, Unity Power (Welspun).

A word of caution here – the ranking above is not an indicator of how good or bad a component or EPC is. For example, plant using First Solar modules are among the top ranking projects and low ranking projects. Similarly, some of the projects executed by L&T are among the top as well as in the middle. The CUF will depend on some more factors like build quality, Balance of Systems used(cables, structures, etc) and design optimization.

Table 2 – April 2012-March 2013

(Note : Plants operational in the Charanka Solar Park are highlighted in yellow)






Tilt EPC

42 Ganeshvani Merchandise Pvt. Ltd. 5 7241.912 1448.3824 16.5% Crystalline Si Trina Bonfiglioli Fixed Tilt Insolare Energy Pvt. Ltd.

43 CBC Solar Technologies Pvt. Ltd 10 14225.313 1422.5313 16.2% Crystalline Si Trina Bonfiglioli Not Available Moser Baer

44 AES Solar Energy Gujarat Pvt. Ltd 14.92 20896.17 1400.544035 15.9% Thin Film First Solar Power One Fixed Tilt Enfinity

45 Jaihind Project 5 6878.733 1375.7466 15.7% Crystalline Si Nantong Helofax Fixed Tilt Self

46 Lanco infratech ltd. 15.01 20432.741 1361.275217 15.5% Crystalline Si C-Sun Bonfiglioli Fixed Tilt Self

47 Solar Semiconductor Power Company 20 26205.372 1310.2686 14.9% Thin Film Sunwell Santerno Fixed Tilt Self

48 Lanco (Chandiyana) 15.01 19096.039 1272.221119 14.5% Crystalline Si and Thin Film

Trina / Dupont / CSUN Bonfiglioli, Elt ek, REFUSol

Fixed Tilt Self

49 Arvali Infapower ltd. 5 5529.347 1105.8694 12.6% Crystalline Si LDK Eltek Fixed Tilt Moser Baer

50 Gangesh Green Energy Pvt. Ltd. 25.08 26947.408 1074.458054 12.2% Thin Film First Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Not Available

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In case of Charanka, Palace Solar has the highest CUF, very closely followed by NKG Infrastructure and Sun Clean Renewables.


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Table 3 – Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year (Charanka Solar Park)





Tilt EPC

1 Palace Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd 15 26173.72 1744.9148 19.9% Crystalline Si Candian Solar Power One Seasonal Tilt Etain - Immodo

2 NKG Infrastructure Ltd 10 17310.26 1731.026 19.7% Crystalline Si Solarworld Delta (String) PPS Enviro Power

3 Sun Clean Renewable Pvt. Ltd. 6 10341.53 1723.588333 19.6% Thin Film Sharp Power - One Fixed Tilt L&T

4 ZF Steering Gear (india) Pvt. Ltd. 5 8598.95 1719.79 19.6% Thin Film N/A

5 Roha Dyechem Pvt. Ltd. 25 42898.65 1715.946 19.5% Thin Film Nexpower Satcon Fixed Tilt Wipro Eco Energy

6 GPPC Pipavav Power Company Ltd. 5 8570.004 1714.0008 19.5% Crystalline Si Suntech Bonfiglioli Fixed Tilt Lanco

7 Alex Astral Power Pvt. Lt.d 25 42530.899 1701.23596 19.4% Thin Film First Solar SMA Cirus Solar

8 Solarfield Energy Pvt. Ltd. 20 33948.276 1697.4138 19.3% Thin Film Sharp Sharp Fixed Tilt L&T

9 SEI Solar Power Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. 25 42415.609 1696.62436 19.3% Crystalline Si Chint/Trina Power One Fixed Tilt L&T

10 GMR Gujarat Solar Power Pvt. Ltd. 25 40983.817 1639.35268 18.7% c-Si Canadian Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Indu Project (Cirus)

11 Emami Cement Ltd 10 16310.494 1631.0494 18.6% c-Si TATA BP ABB Fixed Tilt TATA BP

12 GPCL 5 7947.638 1589.5276 18.1% c-Si C-Sun

13 Surana Telecom & Power Ltd 5 7914.732 1582.9464 18.0% c-Si Surana AEG Fixed Tilt Self

14 AES Solar Energy Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. 14.92 20896.117 1400.544035 15.9% Thin Slim First Solar Power One Fixed Tilt Enfinity

15 Lanco Infratech Ltd. 15.01 20432. 1448.3824 16.5% Crystalline Si C-Sun Bonfiglioli Fixed Tilt Self

Total 210.93

Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year (Charanka Solar Park)

Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year (Outside Charanka Solar Park)





Tilt EPC

1 Konark Gujarat PV Pvt. Ltd. 5 9361.009 1872.2018 21.3% Crystalline Si Vikram Solar AEG Fixed Tilt Vikram Solar

2 Unity Power 5 9328.561 1865.7122 21.2% Thin Film Solar Frontier Power One Fixed Tilt Enfinity

3 Mono Steel (india) Ltd. 10 18644.292 1864.4292 21.2% Crystalline Si Waaree Power One Seasonal Tilt Waaree

4 WAA Solar Pvt. Ltd. 10.22 18461.595 1806.418297 20.6% Thin Film First Solar SMA Not Available Madhav Power

5 TATA Power Renewable Energy Ltd. 25 43393.098 1735.72392 19.8% Crystalline Si Tata, Canadian Solar ABB Not Avaliable Tata

6 Azure (Hariyana) 10.2 17401.797 1706.058529 19.4% Crystalline Si Suntech Self

7 Green Infra Solar Energy Ltd. 10 17012.341 1701.2341 19.4% Thin Film First Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Juwi

8 Welspun Urja Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. 15 25458.575 1697.238333 19.3% Thin Film First Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Conergy (Sun Technics)

9 BACKBONE Enterprises Ltd. 5 8452.757 1690.5514 19.2% Thin Film Nex Power Siemens Not Available Self

10 Millenium Synergy (Gujarat) pvt.Ltd. 10 16870.807 1687.0807 19.2% Crystalline Si Trina SMA Single Axis L&T

11 ACME Solar Technology 15 25180.906 1678.727067 19.1% Thin Film First Solar ABB Fixed Tilt M+W

12 ESP Urja Pvt. Ltd. 5 8345.851 1669.1702 19.0% Thin Film Sharp SMA

13 PLG Photovoltic Ltd. 20 33140.469 1657.02345 18.9% Crystalline Si PLG / Kyocera Power One Fixed Tilt Zamil Group

14 ICML 9 14802.466 1644.718444 18.7% Crystalline Si LDK IDS

15 GHI Energy Pvt. Ltd. 10 16336.161 1633.6161 18.6% Crystalline Si Suntech

16 Moser Baer Energy & Development Ltd 15 24456.697 1630.446467 18.6% Thin Film First Solar, Mose-baer, Dupont

SMA Fixed Tilt Moser Bear

17 Precious Energy Services Pvt. Ltd. 15.2 24719.672 1626.294211 18.5% Thin Film First Solar, Mose-baer, Dupont

SMA Fixed Tilt Moser Bear

18 Azure Power (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd. 5 8078.944 1615.7888 18.4% Thin Film First Solar SMA / Power One

Fixed Tilt Azure

19 AEL (Solar) - Adani 40 64331.765 1608.294125 18.3% Thin Film Sunwell/ Sunner Wel SMA Fixed Tilt Aries Waaree

20 Solitarire Energy Pvt. Ltd. 15 24100.389 1606.6926 18.3% Thin Film First Solar, Moserbaer N/A Not Available Moser Baer

21 Sand Land Real Estate Pvt. Ltd. 25 40061.177 1602.44708 18.2% Thin Film First Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Moser Baer

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Table 4 – Ranking of Plants operational for at least 1 Year (Outside Charanka Solar Park)


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Tilt EPC

22 GMDC 5 7930.4 1586.08 18.1% Crystalline Si Tata BP Power One Fixed Tilt Tata BP

23 LANCO(BHRD) 5 7821.247 1564.2494 17.8% Crystalline Si N/A Hellios System Lanco

24 EMCO Ltd. 5 7787.114 1557.4228 17.7% Crystalline Si Trina Ingeteam

25 Visual Percept Solar Projects Pvt. Ltd. 25 38359.028 1534.36112 17.5% Crystalline Si Hanwha Solarone Power One Fixed Tilt Sterling and Wilson

26 GIPCL 5 7626.817 1525.3634 17.4% Crystalline Si Titan ABB

27 Louroux Bio Energies Ltd. 25 37676.577 1507.06308 17.2% Thin Film Tianwei and Sungen Siemens Fixed Tilt Inspira Martifier

28 Hiraco Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd. 20 29567821 1478.39105 16.8% Crystalline Si Hanwha Solarone SMA Fixed Tilt Moser Baer

29 Ganeshvani Merchandise Pvt. Ltd. 5 7241.912 1448.3824 16.5% Crystalline Si Trina Bonfiglioli Fixed Tilt Insolare Energy Pvt. Ltd.

30 CBC Solar Technologies Pvt.Ltd. 10 14225.313 1422.5313 16.2% Crystalline Si Trina Bonfiglioli Not Available Moser Baer

31 Jaihind Project 5 6878.733 1375.7466 15.7% Crystalline Si Nantong Helofax Fixed Tilt Self

32 Solar Semiconductor Power Company 20 26205.372 1310.2686 14.9% Thin Film Sunwell Santerno Fixed Tilt Not Available

33 Lanco (Chandiyana) 15.01 19096.039 1272.22119 14.5% Crystalline Si and Thin Film

Trina/Dupont/CSUN

Bonfiglioli, Eltek, REFUSOL

Fixed Tilt Self

34 Arvali infrapower Ltd. 5 5529.347 1105.8694 12.6% Crystalline Si LDK Eltek Fixed Tilt Moser Baer

35 Gangesh Green Energy pvt. Ltd. 25.08 26947.408 1074.458054 12.2% Thin Film First Solar SMA Fixed Tilt Not Available

Total 454.71

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Figure 3 - Seasonal Performance(All Gujarat)

Solar Plant performance 20

The seasonal variation graph represented below has been

rendered using data from power plants which have com-

pleted one year of operation. All numbers in the graph

have been normalized to the total MWh generated per

MW of installed capacity.

Seasonal Characteristics

The plant with the best performance characteristics, M/s

Konark Gujarat Pvt Ltd, had a peak monthly production

of 189.95 MWh/MW in May 2012. Though this is not a

characteristic of all the plants in the sample set, a vast

majority had peak production that fell in one of three

months – March, April or May. The highest individual

peak generation recorded was 216.39 MWh/MW by M/s

Backbone Enterprises Ltd in the month of May 2012 but

the annual production of this plant was lower than the

top ranking power plant.

The lowest generation is merely presented here to pro-

vide a representation of the lowest performance and

should not be treated as the general performance of

power plants in Gujarat. It can be clearly seen that the av-

erage performance closely follows the generation charac-

teristic of the best performing power plant in the sample

set. The average annual performance is estimated to be

1581.78 MWh/MW.

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Seasonal Characteristics – Charanka

The seasonal variation for plants in Charanka is presented below.

Figure 4 - Seasonal Performance - Charanka

The performance of the highest rated power plant can

be taken as representative of the performance of all the

power plants in the Charanka solar park as the difference

between the average value and the highest generation

is minimal. Peak power output from the solar park was

produced in the month of May as opposed to the three

month spread seen in the above scenario. Additionally, a

secondary peak is seen in the month of October which is

slightly lower than the production numbers in May. The

best performing power plant, M/s Palace Solar Energy

pvt. Ltd., had a peak generation of 172.63 MWh/MW

in the month of March 2013 while the highest recorded

generation for a given month is 179.76 MWh/MW also

generated in the same month by M/s ZF Steering Gear

(India) pvt. ltd.

Interestingly, though the plant with the lowest CUF (M/s

Lanco Infratech Ltd) produced significantly lower output

in the first few months of operation, the yield caught up

during the latter part of the year indicating that the plant

was experiencing teething issues. It is likely that when

the data for the next year is compiled, the lowest per-

formance numbers would be more in line with the aver-

age and that the degree of variation between the highest

and lowest numbers would be minimal. The average yield

year is estimated to be about 1643.28 MWh/MW which is

comparatively higher than the average yield seen across

the state of Gujarat (non-Charanka average).

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Crystalline Silicon vs. Thin Film Technologies

To identify the difference the choice of the module makes,

we looked at the performance of power plants within the

same region (only plants in the Charanka Solar Park were

chosen) so as to minimize the variations that may be at-

tributed to external factors such as irradiation conditions,

grid availability etc. In addition to this, the Charanka solar

park has an almost even distribution between c-Si and TF

installed capacity. While analysing the results, it can be

seen that the TF modules perform marginally better than

the c-Si modules with an average performance advantage

of about 0.4%.

Figure 5 - Annual Generation and CUF (c-Si vs TF)

Looking at the seasonal variation characteristics of the

plants (refer image below), it is easy to spot the differ-

ence. Plants using TF modules have higher generation

than plants using c-Si modules in hotter months (April to

July) while c-Si modules have higher generation in colder

months (Dec to February) which can be attributed to the

lower temperature derating coefficient of TF modules

compared to c-Si modules (which have a comparatively

higher temperature coefficient).


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Figure 6 - Monthly Variation (c-Si vs TF)

We would however like to emphasise that the data is not sufficient enough to say one technology is better than the

other.

String inverter vs. Central inverter

Continuing in the similar vein of the TF vs c-Si discussion,

we did a brief analysis of the performance of string in-

verters compared to central inverters. It should be noted

that the sample set available for string inverters is mini-

mal and limited to just one in the Charanka solar park.

With this in mind, the average performance of the top

central inverter plants was compared to the performance

of the solitary string inverter plant. The only real obser-

vation which can be made from this comparison is that

the string inverters offer better performance in the win-

ter as opposed to central inverters which can be attrib-

uted to the fact that the solar park using string inverters

has more MPPTs and hence a better MPPT window when

compared to plants using central inverters.


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Figure 7 - String Vs Central Inverter


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Of the 50 plants for which performance data is available for at least one year, the annual Capacity Utilisation Factor(CUF) for 70% of the plants is above 18%. The top 3 plants had CUFs of more than 21%. In case of Charanka Solar Park, most of the plants have annual CUF of more than 18%.

One very interesting insight that can be drawn from the performance ranking is that the right component selection is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for the optimal performance of a plant. For example, one of the plants using First Solar modules and SMA inverters has a CUF of 20.6%(WAA Solar Pvt. Ltd) , but another plant using the same combina-tion of First Solar modules and SMA inverters has a CUF of 12.2%(Gangesh Green Energy Pvt Ltd). One inference that could be drawn is that a developer should pay equal attention to the selection of the Balance of system components, ensure design optimisation and select the right EPC contractors who can ensure build quality and high plant uptimes.

Another aspect that could have an impact on the plant CUFs is the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the plants. A plant that has a very good performance monitoring system(remote monitoring or local SCADA) and is well maintained will obviously lead to higher generation.

In terms of PV module technology selection, the difference in plant performance of crystalline Silicon and Thin Film technologies has been found to be very minor. In order to draw any conclusion, we will have to wait for longer term performance of the plants and also get additional plant information like plant design, BOS components used, O&M practices, among others.

The Central vs String Inverter debate is also inconclusive since we could compare the performance of only 2 plants, each using one of the inverter topologies(Central or string).

To conclude, the plant performance data made available by the State of Gujarat has been providing some very valu-able insights into the PV plant performance which will help increase the confidence of the investor community on the technical aspects of the solar PV plant. It also helps other states in the formulation and execution of their policy and regulations.

Conclusion

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Interview with Mr. Siddharth Bhandari, Managing Director of ETain ImMODO Renewables Ltd.

Brief Profile of ETain ImMODO Renewables Ltd.

ETain ImMODO Renewables Ltd. is a joint venture be-tween ETain Energy Holding Ltd. and ImMODO Solar S.A. of Spain. The Company alongwith its JV partner has ex-ecuted more than 95 MW of Solar PV installations across the world including at Spain, other European countries and America also. In addition to above, the Group is also man-aging more than 20 Solar Farms across the world. EIRL is a leading turnkey EPC company providing services ranging from feasibility study, design and engineering, sourcing, construction and managing Solar PV Plants in India and abroad. EIRL is currently executing a 5 MW Plant in Rajast-han Solar Park, Rajasthan. In addition to MW business, EIRL is actively into KW size SPV Plants and have executed more than 100 KW installations in different parts of the country.

1. What would you feel are the most important char-acteristics of the (Palace solar) solar power plant that lends to its excellent performance? Palace Solar Plant turnkey EPC is done by ETain ImMODO Renewables Ltd. (EIRL), in a record project time of 61 days and O&M also is being managed by EIRL. The most important characteristics of Palace Solar plant are:

1.1 Highest priority was accorded to design a plant which shall give best performance in terms of generation and sustain it during plant life cycle. The unique approach taken by EIRL and design features provided in this plant are: We selected top notch Tier One module manufacturing company for modules and also one of the top ranking inverter supplier for inverters.

a. Design of our module mounting structure with sea-sonal tilt system was made keeping in mind simplic-ity yet enhancing generation and PLF also.

b. Meticulous sizing & selection of cables helped in reducing cable losses.

c. Proper installation of SCADA Monitoring system up to the most critical level resulted in locating any fault in the least possible time and rectifying the same.

d. Sufficient and standby 11 KV panel and UPS systems for optimum uptime performance of the plant.

e. Optimum design of Ring Main Units helped in dis-ruption-free plant operation.

f. Use of LED lights and other energy efficient equip-ments resulted in very low Auxiliary Power con-sumption.

g. Air conditioners were installed in inverter rooms to totally eliminate derating of inverters during high ambient temperature days.

h. EIRL computes and predicts the best possible en-ergy generation with shadow analysis using lat-est tools like PVSyst 5.66, METEONORM 7 etc.

1.2 Accreditations of EIRL

a. ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 14000:2004 Certified Com-pany.

b. Intersolar 2012 Award Nominee in the category of best Solar Project in India for its 15 MW project at Gujarat Solar Park, Charanka.

c. Appreciation letter from CEO, Solar Division (Palace Solar), Aditya Birla Group for whom we have car-ried out EPC & currently managing O&M.

Due to above design and Engineering strategy we have been able to achieve 99.7% Plant Uptime during first year of operation enabling to achieve the best gen-eration and PLF in entire Gujarat Solar Park, Charanka

2. What are the set of qualification criteria that you employ in the component selection (modules, inverters etc.) process? EIRL selects modules & Inverters from top notch category well established manufacturers.

Minimum Qualification for modules:

a. Must be tier one manufacturer.

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Ettain Immodo was the EPC firm that built Palace Solar, which was the best performing plant in Charanka Solar park.We asked Mr. Siddharth Bhandari, MD of ETain ImMODO Renewables Ltd. about the highlights of the project.

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b. Must have back traceability up to Silicon ingot manufacturing level.

c. Must meet all requirements of IE & other global standards for manufacturing, Quality Control and inspection / testing.

d. Must be in the field for at least 10 years

e. Must have installations in India for at least 12 months with proven performance

f. Must have very low temp coefficient per °C.

g. Must ensure -0+5 W tolerance on peak capacity of all modules. Photo electrical conversion efficiency of SPV Module should be more than 15.2 %.

h. Fill factor of the SPV Module should not be less than 0.7.

i. SPV Module should perform satisfactorily in rela-tive humidity up to 85% and temperature between (–) 40°C and (+) 85°C.

j. Must have service facilities in India

k. Must offer best Warrantees & guarantees which are duly undertaken by third party insurances for minimum 25 years

l. Must give best energy & PR prediction results on PVSyst.

m. Must be fully compatible with the inverter selected.

Minimum Qualification for Inverters:

a. Must be among 5 top inverter manufacturers.

b. Must meet all requirements of IE & other global standards for manufacturing, Quality Control and inspection / testing.

c. Must be in the field for at least 10 years.

d. Must have installations in India for at least 12 months with proven & trouble free performance.

e. Must have very low Auxiliary power requirement.

f. Capable of performing additional higher module peak capacity.

g. Must have efficiency >=98.4%

h. Must have service facilities in India. For this

i. Must give best energy & PR prediction results on PVSyst.

Other Equipment suppliers are selected as per approved list of vendors of EIRL. 3. Gujarat state policy does not have any domestic con-tent requirement. Did this have a major impact in the selection of modules/inverters?

The Gujarat State policy of not insisting on domestic re-quirement has certainly helped us to source key equip-ments like modules and inverters from among the best in the world with assurance of timely deliveries and quick assistance for resolving initial commissioning problems.

4. What were the major challenges that you faced while setting up the solar power plant?

a) Meeting the extremely tight time lines for project com-missioning was the greatest challenge which assumed greater proportion due to abnormally heavy rainfall and lack of basic infra-structure in the Solar Park area.

b)Our major challenge also was to get the deliveries of some imported items like inverters and String Monitor-ing Boxes in time. To resolve such matters and in order to meet our time commitment, we did not hesitate to air lift such items and even foregoing MNRE Concessions on duties.

5. What factors influenced the choice of location of your power plant? Would you consider setting up the solar power plant in the Charanka solar park (as op-posed to elsewhere in Gujarat) easier?

Yes, In fact we were one of the first SPV companies who gave the concept of Solar Park and the concerned Gujarat Gov-ernment authorities took it very positively. Gujarat Solar Park has provided many common infra-structure facilities like assured Power Evacuation, Water supply, Storm wa-ter drainage system, overall security, Umbrella clearances required for quickly putting up and later on effi-ciently manage O&M of a SPV Project. We consider a State Government Solar Park as the best and quickest option for putting up large capacity MW scale plants.

6. In terms of solar technologies (c-Si vs. TF or central inverter vs. string inverter), as an EPC do you prefer to use one technology over the other? If so can you please elaborate on the same?

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EIRL, as an EPC company is comfortable with any tech-nology selected by developer. However EIRL certainly recommend for Poly-Crystalline modules and central inverters based on their in depth study and experience gained in Palace Solar plant whose performance is the best among all developers. The most important reasons are:

a)For Modules

Poly-crystalline has distinct advantage of sustained performance in Indian ambient conditions, long term reliability, large basket of tier 1 manufacturers as com-pared to other technologies like Thinfilm Amorphous and even CdTe. A glance at Performance reports of de-velopers in Gujarat Solar Park would reveal that even though some developers have selected Amorphous and CdTe technologies their performance is much be-low Palace Solar Plant where we have used Poly-Cr. The most favorable advantage of TF is its lower ther-mal coefficient for loss of power at higher tempera-tures but since the effect of higher temp is limited only to 2 months of peak summer in India this advantage is gradually lost as cool months approach.

An appropriate seasonal tilt mechanism should also be considered with Poly-Cr.

b)For Inverters:

We strongly recommend central inverters of high ca-pacity compared to string type since they are very robust and reliable, more efficient and cost effective. They have wider range of MPPT voltage with Soft start. Central inverters have been most widely used in India as compared to string. Their Maintenance needs are very low.

However, EIRL being an EPC company, can only sug-gest their preferred technologies. The final choice rests on the developer.

7. Since the plant has been in operation for over a year now, O&M of the plant would play an important role in en-suring top level performance for years to come. Does your company undertake O&M for the power plant? How im-portant do you think is the role of O&M in maintaining plant performance? What are the factors that you look for and address in particular while undertaking O&M activities? O&M practices play very important role in the perfor-mance of a SPV plant. EIRL has undertaken the respon-sibility of O&M of Palace Solar plant. As is the practice in India today most of the developer seek long term guaranteed performance of their plant. In EIRL’s opin-ion such guarantees can be provided by an EPC contrac-tor only if he is also able to operate and maintain the plant at least for the period of performance guarantees.

O&M assumes even greater importance for long term, sustained top level performance with period scheduled cleaning of modules. Similarly seasonal tilts are operated based upon design and technical inputs which helps us in getting best possible generation. Spares management is our another focus area thereby helping us in maintaining best uptime of the plant. Well trained and qualified O&M staff having strict compliance of preventive and scheduled maintenance ensures best generation, minimum Aux con-sumption and provides 24 x 7 availability of supervision at plant site.

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1. A brief profile about Power-One Power-One has a long-standing history in the power elec-tronics industry and this has served us very well as we have made great strides within the Renewable Energy in-dustry.

If you are new to our products, we offer the full range of photovoltaic and wind products from small residential units up to large utility-grade units. As a global company, we have many benefits to offer our customers. First, our range of Aurora products is renowned for being one of the most efficient, robust and technically advanced cur-rently on sale. Industry magazine Photon magazine said our European 10.0kW three-phase inverter ‘takes its place among the top devices Photon Lab has tested so far’.

We also provide our customers with an excellent pre- and post-sales service ensuring the orders they place are correct to their specification as well as an efficient care package to ensure their goods remain in perfect working order for more than their expected lifetime. Power-One has built its Renewable Energy business on a very open, transparent approach, providing our customers with clear payment and delivery schedules while maintaining a very close relationship throughout the manufacturing process and beyond.

We are very satisfied with the feedback from our key clients who we see more as partners than customers. As a business-to-business organization, we like to think of ourselves as our customers’ manufacturing arm – no different than if we were within their organizations. We provide solutions to the PV industry. Our objective is to be the best in class for on-time delivery and reliable prod-ucts. Since 2009, Power-One has gone from the Top 10 of the world’s solar inverter manufacturers to the Top Two by market share at the end of 2010 till now.

2. Power-One plants among top 10(4 among top 10 and 3 among top 5). What are the factors you attribute it to?

We have to understand that inverter is not a commodity, and not all inverters are same. Technology / Algorithm is a big differentiator , Our inverters are more advance in topology, using NPC3 and NPC4 conversion topology.

Which are a generation ahead of rest, modularity and

Interview with Mr. Chanchal Bhatnagar, National Manager (Business Development) at Power-One

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wider DC input windows making inverter wake up early , Thus providing better energy yield which has clearly come out in the study. They also give distinct advantages like multiple paralleling upto 3 MW block on a transformer.

We are seeing these topologies now propagated by Semi-conductor manufacturers and adaption.

3. Gujarat was the first state in India where PV systems were implemented at a massive scale. What were the challenges the inverter sector in general and Power-one in particular faced?

Not having a national grid standard for Solar was a big challenge, the various parameters like Frequency, Volt-age variation are big in comparison to standard and ac-tual.

We learned and tighten our protection by upgrading the firmware and coming out with India specific version. Site conditions and non availability of trained manpower where initial challenges we faced as an industry.

4. How did power-one overcome the challenges of hav-ing the need to ramp-up sales and technical support teams quickly?

India is a priority market for Power-one and we have made investment in our infrastructure , We have Power-one trained engr. at 5 location presence with spares stor-age facility and soon we will be having a high level repair centre in country.

Our internal target is to be the best service provider with R&R of 24 hr and customer delight.

5. During the first year of operations, what were the common problems related to plant performance that came up, especially since the inverters were used in In-dia for the first time? Adjustment to India Grid condition, along with site con-ditions, accessibility to site and trained/experience man-power were the major challenges. But it is all part of the learning curve. India went from 50Kw to 1Gw in less then 12 months.

Power-One inverters were used in three of the top five best performing plants in Gujarat. In this interview, Mr. Chanchal Bhatnagar National Manager (Business Development) at Power-One shares some of the key technical aspects of inverter that can impact the performance of the plant.

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6. Since Power-one also has a big installed base in Rajasthan, can you throw some light on the differences in performance between Gujarat and Rajasthan?

Inverter performance is very similar but other variables Grid conditions, Grid availability are better in Gujarat in comparison. Also Dust & heat related environmental issues are aggressive in Rajasthan.

7.What would be your advice to developers/EPCs regarding inverter selection? Inverter is the brain on the PV plant and only 6-9% of the project cost. Please have a balance between price and per-formance in buying decisions. Technology, Service infra-structure & bankability/global presence of manufacturer Are equally important parameters to consider in making a buying decision.

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Annexure A - Details of Solar Power Project Developers who have signed PPA

SI.No. Name MW

1 Aatash Power Pvt Ltd 52 Abellon Cleanenergy Limited 33 ACME Tele power Ltd 154 Adani Power Ltd 40

5 AES Solar Energy Gujarat Pvt Ltd 15

6 Alex Astral Power Pvt Ltd 257 Ambit Advisory Services Pvt Ltd 58 APCA Power Private Limited 59 Aravali Infrapower Limited 510 Astonfield Renewable Resources 11.511 Avatar Solar 512 Azure Power (Gujarat) Pvt Ltd 513 Azure Power (Haryana) Pvt Ltd 1014 Backbone Enterprises Limited 515 Cargo Motors (Tata) 2516 Claris LifeScience Ltd 217 Common Wealth Business Technologies 1018 Corner Stone Energy Pvt Ltd 519 Driesatz My Solar 1520 EI Technologies Pvt. Ltd 121 Emami Cement Limited 1022 EMCO Limited 523 ESP Urja 524 Essar Power Limited 125 Euro Solar Private Ltd 526 Ganeshvani Merchandise Private Limited 527 Ganges Green Energy Private Limited 2528 GHI Energy Private Limited 1029 GMR Gujarat Solar Power Pvt. Ltd 2530 Green Infra Solar Energy Limited 1031 GSPC Pipavav Power Company Limited 532 Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited 533 Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited 534 Gujarat Power Corporation Limited 535 Harsha Engineers Limited 136 Hiraco Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd 2037 India Solar Ray Power Private Limited 10

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Table 5 - Project developers in Gujarat

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SI.No. Name MW

38 Industrial Power Infrastructure Limited 2539 Inspira Solar (Palace) 1540 Integrated Coal Mining Limited 941 Jaihind Projects Limited 5

42 Kemrock Industries and Exports Limited 10

43 Kiran Energy Solar Power Private Limited 2044 Konark Gujarat PV Pvt. Limited 545 Lanco Infratech Ltd 546 Lanco Infratech Ltd 1547 Lanco Infratech Ltd 1548 Louroux Bio Energies Limited[72] 2549 MBH Power Private Limited 150 Mi My Solar 1551 Millenium Synergy (Gujarat) Private Limited 1052 Monnet Ispat & Energy Limited 2553 Mono Steel (India) Ltd. 1054 Moser Baer Energy & Development Ltd 1555 NKG Infrastructure Limited 1056 PLG Power Ltd 4057 Precious Energy Services Pvt Ltd 1558 Rajesh Power Services Private Limited 159 Rasna Marketing Services LLP 160 Responsive Sutip Limited 2561 Roha Energy Private Limited 2562 S J Green Park Energy Private Limited 563 Sand Land Real Estates Pvt Ltd 2564 Saumya Construction Pvt Ltd 265 Solar Semiconductor Pvt Ltd 2066 Solitaire Energies Pvt Ltd 1567 Som Shiva Impex Limited 168 Sun Edison Energy India Private Limited 2569 SunBorne Energy[87] 1570 SunClean Renewable Power Pvt. Ltd. 2571 Sunkon Energy Pvt Ltd 1072 Surana Telecom & Power Limited 573 Tatith Energy 574 Taxus infrastructure & Power Project Pvt Ltd 575 Toss Financial Services Pvt Ltd 276 Ujjawala Power Pvt Ltd 2577 Unity Power Pvt Ltd 578 Universal Solar System 2

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SI.No. Name MW

79 Visual Percept Solar Projects Private Limited 2580 WAA Solar Pvt Ltd 1081 Welspun Urja India Limited 1582 Yantra eSolarIndia Private Limited 5

83 Zeba Solar Gujarat Pvt Ltd 10

84 ZF Steering Gear (India) Limited 5Total 968.5

(Source: Gujarat Energy Development Agency – GEDA)

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Annexure B - Gujarat commissioning status

The commissioning of these projects as of 31 March 2013 is given below.

Sr. No Company Name District Allotted(MW) Commissioned (MW)

1 Aatash Power Pvt. Ltd. Sabarkantha 5 4.992 Abellon CleanEnergy Ltd. Sabarkantha 3 33 ACME Solar Technologies (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd. Anand 15 154 Adani Enterprises Ltd. Kutch 40 40.115 AES Solar Energy Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. Patan 15 14.926 Alex Astral Power Pvt. ltd. Patan 25 25.077 APCA Power Pvt. Ltd. Rajkot 5 58 Aravali Infrapower Ltd. Rajkot 5 59 Astonfield Solar (Gujarat) Private Limited Patan 11.5 11.5110 Avtar Solar Power Pvt Ltd Patan 5 4.9811 Azure Power (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd. Surendranagar 5 512 Azure Power (Haryana) Pvt. Ltd. Sabarkantha 10 10.2113 Backbone Enterprises Ltd. Kutch 5 514 CBC Solar Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Rajkot 10 1015 Chattel Constructions Private Ltd. Surendranagar 25 25.0416 Claris Lifesciences Ltd. Sabarkantha 2 1.9917 Dreisatz MySolar24 (P) Ltd. Surendranagar 15 14.9918 EI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Patan 1 119 Emami Cement Ltd. Patan 10 10.0620 EMCO Ltd. Surendranagar 5 521 ESP Urja Pvt. Ltd. Surendranagar 5 522 Essar Power Ltd. Kutch 1 123 Euro Solar Power Pvt Ltd, Kutch 5 5.1224 Ganeshvani Merchandise Pvt Ltd Rajkot 5 5.0425 Ganges Green Energy Pvt Ltd. Rajkot 25 25.0826 GHI Energy Pvt. Ltd. (SPV of Refex) Porbandar 10 1027 GMR Gujarat Solar Power Pvt. Ltd. Patan 25 2528 Green Infra Solar Energy Ltd. Rajkot 10 1029 GSPC Pipavav Power Company Limited Patan 5 530 Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd. Surat 5 5.0131 Gujarat Mineral Development Company Ltd. Kutch 5 532 Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd. Patan 5 533 Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd.-Canal Ahmedabad 1 1.0134 Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd.-TPS Gandhinagar 1 1

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Table 6 - Solar plants in Gujarat

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35 Harsha Engineers Ltd. Anand 1 136 Hiraco Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd. Porbandar 20 20.1137 Integrated Coal Mining Ltd. Kutch 9 938 Jaihind Projects Ltd. Patan 5 539 Konark Gujarat PV Pvt. Ltd. Kutch 5 540 Lanco Infratech Ltd Patan 5 541 Lanco Infratech Ltd Patan 15 15.0142 Lanco Infratech Ltd Patan 15 15.0143 Louroux Bio Energies Ltd. Surendranagar 25 2544 MBH Power Pvt. Ltd. Bharuch 1 145 MI MySolar24 (P) Ltd, Surendranagar 15 14.9946 Millennium Synergy (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd. Surendranagar 10 9.2747 Mono Steel (India) Ltd. Junagadh 10 1048 Moserbaer Energy & Development Ltd. Porbandar 15 15.0249 NKG Infrastructure Ltd. Patan 10 1050 Palace Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. Patan 15 1551 Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Gandhinagar 1 152 PLG Photovoltaics Ltd Patan 20 2053 Precious Energy Services Pvt. Ltd. Banaskantha 15 15.254 Rajesh Power Services Pvt. Ltd. Surendranagar 1 155 Rasna Marketing Services LLP Surendranagar 1 156 Responsive sutip ltd. Surendranagar 25 25.0657 Roha Dyechem Pvt. Ltd. Patan 25 25.0458 S J Green Park Energy Pvt. Ltd Surendranagar 5 5.1259 Sandland Real Estate Pvt. Ltd. Banaskantha 25 2560 SEI Solar Power Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. Patan 25 25.0161 Solar Semiconductor Power Company ( India) Pvt Ltd Kutch 20 2062 Solarfield Energy Private Limited Patan 20 20.0663 Solitaire Energies Pvt. Ltd. Banaskantha 15 15.0164 Som Shiva (Impex) ltd. Surendranagar 1 165 Sun Clean Renewable Power Pvt. Ltd. Patan 25 666 Sunborne Energy Gujarat One Pvt.Ltd. Kutch 15 1567 Sunkon Energy Pvt. Ltd. Amreli 10 1068 Surana Telecom & Power Ltd. Patan 5 569 TATA Power Renewable Energy Ltd. Jamnagar 25 2570 Ujjawala Power Pvt Ltd Surendranagar 25 23.0671 Unity Power Private Ltd. Kutch 5 572 Universal Solar System Patan 2 273 Visual Percept Solar Projects Pvt. Ltd. Surendranagar 25 25

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74 Waa Solar Pvt. Ltd. Surendranagar 10 10.2575 Welspun Urja Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. Kutch 15 15.0176 Yantra eSolar India Pvt. Ltd. Patan 5 4.9577 ZF Steering Gear(India) Pvt. Ltd. Patan 5 5

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