Comments on: Tata Power Planning India's Largest Solar PV Power Plant with 50 MW Capacity

By: Shih

Shih — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:00 +0000

AVI, You got to start some where. There are place in the US whereby feed in grid is 6 times more that the grid price. Solar pricing will go down with time. Oil price will only go up. It is better to suffer now and later. What do you think will happen if nothing is done and the oil prices keep going up?

By: avi

avi — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:06:00 +0000

All state electricity boards will go bankrupt ! solar tariff is 11 rs to 15 rs a unit. combined with distribution and other losses it will become 18-20 rs a unit people pay hardly 2 – 5 rs a unit ; now govt will fund the difference of 15 rs a unit ! very very expensive use of tax payer’s money ! solar is green though….

By: TKS

TKS — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:28:00 +0000

Does anyone know how successful existing solar power plants are in India?

By: Satish Joshi

Satish Joshi — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:52:58 +0000

Although all available data shows that Solar PV power is economically not viable without government subsidy, probably only Tatas can attempt it. I read about another forthcoming Tata initiative of bringing wind energy to everybody’s doorstep. They are planning to bring small wind powered generators in the market, through Tata BP Solar, for residential use. Another Nano in the making!

By: mayank vishnoi

mayank vishnoi — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:43:34 +0000

I am aware of more than 2000MW of pipeline by private sector where more than 10 corporate houese are interested in more than 50MWs

I believe lot of announcements with no action on ground.

By: ROHIT KUMAR

ROHIT KUMAR — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:15:24 +0000

Tata Power initiative is a harbinger for many such projects in the future and hopefully many other big companies will provide required thrust to achieve the Naional Solar mission target.

By: elji

elji — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:54:47 +0000

Great news! We’ve already seen electric prototypes from Tata, and there’s hope we’ll see a production model next year. So Tata will do it all: electric cars, and the green electricity to power them.