Dec 26, 2012 - released the Draft RfS document for its 1000 MW Solar capacity addition .... More interesting and excitin
REChronicles - From the Editor’s desk Hello Readers. Hope you enjoyed the last issue of REChronicles. We would love to have your feedback on which articles you liked and which ones you didn’t. Quite a few interesting things have happened in the month of December. Andhra Pradesh has released the Draft RfS document for its 1000 MW Solar capacity addition programme. A pre-bid meeting in this regard was also conducted on 14th December. Having started early, Tamil Nadu is ahead of Andhra Pradesh on its plans to add 1000 MW Solar capacity. The last date for submitting the bids for TN 1000 MW Solar PV bidding scheme is 4th January, 2013. A pre-bid meeting was recently conducted by TANGEDCO and clarifications regarding the queries raised have been put up on the website. In order to instil confidence among bankers/funding agencies to fund the projects, TANGEDCO has also released draft PPA document. Check out the Renewable Energy News section on Page 6 for more info on these. We are once again bringing to you the monthly REC Inventory and Trading update and the capacity addition under REC scheme in the month of December. Non-Solar trading witnessed a jump in trading volume due to a 107% increase in Buy-bids (all of which were cleared) as compared to November. We have, as always put in our best efforts in order to come up with the articles in this issue. We hope you would enjoy it as much as we did while preparing it. Kindly give your valuable feedback on how we can improve REChronicles and make it even more delightful and interesting for you. Happy reading!!
REC Trading Update – December 2012 REC Inventory: Opening at close to 1.56 Million, December trading session closed with an inventory balance close to 1.634 Million RECs. The following sections give an update on the Non-Solar and Solar front.
Non-Solar The month of December started with an Opening Balance of 1559699 Non-Solar RECs. Over the course of the month, 348198 Non-Solar RECs were issued thus putting the available number at a little over 1.9 Million. Of these, only 1453626 were put up for trading. Buy bids of 273644, all of which were cleared, led to a closing balance of 1634253. Following table gives the Non-Solar REC Inventory statistics for the last 3 months. Non-Solar REC Inventory for Oct-2012 to Dec-2012 (as on 26-Dec-2012) Month, Year
Opening Balance
REC Issued
REC Redeemed
Closing Balance
October, 2012
902320
619946
222700
1299566
November, 2012
1299566
392485
132352
1559699
December, 2012
1559699
348198
273644
1634253
Solar Opening at 469 Solar RECs, 992 were issued over the course of the month thus putting the total available Solar RECs at 1461 - all of which were put up for trading. The trading session closed with a Closing Balance of 253. Following table throws more light on the Solar REC Inventory statistics for the last 3 months. Solar REC Inventory for Oct-2012 to Dec-2012 (as on 26-Dec-2012) Month, Year
Opening Balance
REC Issued
REC Redeemed
Closing Balance
October, 2012
464
1412
1791
85
November, 2012
85
1603
1219
469
December, 2012
469
992
1208
253
REC trading: Sudden jump in the number of Non-Solar RECs traded resulted in a higher Trading Value as compared to last month. Solar REC trading continued to do well though there was a dip in the buy bids. Here are a few numbers and forecast for next month.
Non-Solar RECs Trading: Supply continues to outstrip Demand (by a factor of 5). However, there was a steep jump in the number of Buy Bids as compared to last month (107% increase). As is the trend, all the Buy Bids were cleared resulting in a Trading Value of Rs.41 Crores. Clearing Price stood at Rs.1500. Closing Balance continues to rise owing to higher and ever increasing Supply. The graph below shows the trends in Buy Bids, Sell Bids, Traded Volume and Clearing Price for the last 3 months. Non-Solar REC trading from October – December 2012 1600000
1500
1500
400000
1600 1500
1400000 V 1200000 o 1000000 l u 800000 m 600000 e
1500 1453626
1400 1300
1230061
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1012660
1100 1000 273644
222700
132352
200000
900 800 700
0
600 October'12
Buy Bid (No. of certificates)
November'12 Sell Bid (No. of certificates)
December'12 Traded Volume
Clearing Price
Forecast for December trading session: High Closing Balance continues to worry project developers and investors. The upcoming hearing related to extension of validity of RECs (check Renewable Energy News on Page 6 section for more on this) is a welcome step from the CERC and we expect that the validity of RECs would be increased to 2 years. This should give a relief to project developers who consider the 365 day validity period of RECs as a discernible risk under the current trading situation.
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Solar RECs Trading: Solar REC trading continues to fare well as compared to Non-Solar Trading. Higher demand (2191) and still insufficient supply (1461) made sure that the clearing price stayed high. Against Buy Bids of 2191, 1461 Solar RECs were put up for sale and 1208 got cleared at an average Clearing Price (IEX and PXIL) of Rs.12501 resulting in a Trading Value of Rs.1.51 Crore. The graph below shows the trends in Buy Bids, Sell Bids, Traded Volume and Clearing Price for the last 3 months. Solar REC trading from October – December 2012 4000
12800 12582 12473
V 3000 o l u 2000 m e
12501
12600 12400
3363
12200 2578
12000
1876 1688 1791
2191 1461
11800 11600
1000
1219
1208
11400 11200
0
11000 October'12 Buy Bid (No. of certificates)
November'12 Sell Bid (No. of certificates)
December'12 Traded Volume
Clearing Price
Forecast for December trading session: Trading is expected to be smooth as it was in the last few months. As number of Buy-Bids kept decreasing during this quarter, further decrease can lead to Supply meeting Demand at which point the Clearing Price could start going down. Demand and Supply are still very low compared to the actual capacity required for Obligated Entities to meet their respective RPOs. Unless there is a major push from CERC and respective SERCs, it is difficult for the Solar REC market to grow at a good rate.
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REC Capacity Addition - December A total of 44.12 MW was Accredited and 9.85 MW was Registered during the course of the month. The tables below indicate the Resource-wise capacity addition in December and the total capacity as on 26th December, 2012. Capacity Addition (MW) in December (As on 26th December 2012) S.No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Source Wind Urban or Municipal Waste Solar PV Small Hydro Others Biomass Bio-fuel Cogeneration Total
Accreditation 24.62 0 1.5 18 0 0 0 44.12
Registration 1.65 0 0 0 0 8.2 0 9.85
Capacity in MW based on Type of RE Source (As on 26th December 2012) 2500.00 2040.18
2000.00
Capacity Accredited (in MW)
1876.38
Capacity Registered (in MW) 1500.00 1000.00
777.27 583.95
718.7
562.9
500.00 179.2 158.7 0
0
20.91 18.16
0
16 0
0
0.00 Wind
Solar Thermal
Solar PV
Small Hydro Geo Thermal
Biomass
Bio-fuel Urban or Cogeneration municipal waste
1.67
1.67
Others
Renewable Energy News National CERC hearing on extension of validity of RECs: CERC released Petition No. 266/SM/2012 on 19th December, 2012 announcing that a hearing will be held on 15th January, 2013 related to the extension of validity of RECs from the current validity of 365 days as per Regulation 10 (1) of CERC (Terms & Conditions for issuance of Renewable Energy Certificate for Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2010. While extending validity of RECs may benefit the supplier, it is to be noted that focussing on RPO Enforcement is the single biggest driver of the market. Complete document can be found at http://bit.ly/RfO0rX
MNRE releases JNNSM Phase-2 draft document: MNRE has released the draft document of Phase 2 of JNNSM. The draft talks about 3 different routes of supporting grid-connected projects – Bundling Scheme, Viability Gap Funding and Generation Based Incentive. Several issues have been raised about the applicability of these routes and several alternatives have been proposed by industry experts. It is to be seen how the final document will ensure that the solar industry is supported while at the same time ensuring quality of the projects. Complete document can be found at http://bit.ly/Ucq5p0
State AP Solar Draft RfS document: APTRANSCO released the draft RfS document for its flagship Solar Programme that is expected to add 1000 MW Solar Capacity in Andhra Pradesh. We have tried to summarize the 88 page document and have provided the important points in our summary document which can be accessed at http://bit.ly/W6rleT
AP Solar Pre-bid meeting: The AP Solar Pre-bid meeting happened on 14th December, 2012 at Vidyut Soudha office in Hyderabad. Several questions were raised and issues pointed out by the attendees. Though a lot of these questions went unanswered, we, at EfficientCarbon were present at the meeting and captured most of the points discussed. Our blogpost on the same can be accessed on http://bit.ly/YPbHe6
APTRANSCO officials informed that the final RfS document could be released by the end of this month or in the first week of January. The actual RfS document can be accessed on http://bit.ly/VfQvI9 TANGEDCO releases Pre-bid clarifications: Further to the pre-bid meeting on 19th December, 2012, TANGEDCO has released clarifications to the several queries/issues raised. The same can be found at http://bit.ly/WU7CFh
TANGEDCO releases Draft PPA for Solar Energy Purchase: Owing to concerns raised by prospective projected developers regarding funding from banks, TANGEDCO has released a draft version of the Power Purchase Agreement that would be signed between the distribution licensee and the project developer. This draft PPA contains various terms and conditions including payment terms which would be of interest to banks/funding agencies interested in funding projects under the scheme. The draft PPA document can be found at http://bit.ly/TAKSJd
Technology Atmospheric Vortex Engine: Developed by AVEtec Energy Corporation, the Atmospheric Vortex Engine (AVE) creates artificial tornadoes in a controlled environment to generate large amount of electricity by running multiple wind turbines. More on http://bit.ly/5pLEXR and http://bit.ly/ZmdtVq
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