In the build-up to the government-sponsored renewable energy investment summit, RE-Invest 2015 (refer), the organizers asked participating companies to provide non-binding investment indications for the Indian renewable market. The results show a general willingness to set up a whopping 166 GW of solar power generation capacity and 5 GW per year of solar manufacturing capacity (refer).
Prominent and already active private solar developers that have indicated significant plans include Essel Infra Projects (12 GW), Azure Power (11 GW), SunEdison (10 GW), Welspun (8.7 GW), Renew Power (7 GW) and First Solar (5 GW). Ambitious plans have also been submitted by large Indian conventional power companies such as Adani Power (6 GW) and Reliance Power (6 GW). Even though they have forayed into solar project development in the past, these ambitions mark their serious entry into the Indian solar project development landscape. Apart from this, Raasi Solar Energy, a company promoted by ex-member of Indian parliament has submitted plans for 10 GW capacity (refer), Sky Power Global, a large Canada based project developer, has committed to 9.9 GW and a lesser known company, CPEC that had earlier commissioned a project under the Gujarat Solar Policy, has also indicated plans for developing 9 GW of capacity. Amongst public sector companies, significant interest has come from NTPC (3.3 GW), NEEPCO (2.5 GW), Coal India (1 GW) and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (1 GW). In total, 140 developers have made project development commitments (see full list here).
On the manufacturing side, three existing Indian players have indicated their ambitious plans: Vikram Solar (2.3 GW/year), Waaree Energies (2 GW/year) and Emmvee Photovoltaic (750 MW/year). On the finance front, L&T Finance indicated that it wants to finance 6.5 GW and Yes Bank 5 GW of renewables.
On the face of it, these are very impressive numbers and figures. However, in BRIDGE TO INDIA’s opinion, for a large number of commitments on the list, not much thought has gone into arriving at the stated numbers. The exercise serves mainly as a measure of the companies’ ambitions, rather than of specific, actionable strategies. On the other hand, there will be many more investors, developers, financiers and manufacturers in the Indian solar market than those who have here stated their intentions.
Overall, the mood in the Indian solar market is upbeat and even if a fraction of these intentions stand the test of time, it is very good news for the sector. The limited intentions coming from finance, both on this list and in real life, continue to be of concern. However, what is needed much more than
Prominent and already active private solar developers that have indicated significant plans include Essel Infra Projects (12 GW), Azure Power (11 GW), SunEdison (10 GW), Welspun (8.7 GW), Renew Power (7 GW) and First Solar (5 GW). Ambitious plans have also been submitted by large Indian conventional power companies such as Adani Power (6 GW) and Reliance Power (6 GW). Even though they have forayed into solar project development in the past, these ambitions mark their serious entry into the Indian solar project development landscape. Apart from this, Raasi Solar Energy, a company promoted by ex-member of Indian parliament has submitted plans for 10 GW capacity (refer), Sky Power Global, a large Canada based project developer, has committed to 9.9 GW and a lesser known company, CPEC that had earlier commissioned a project under the Gujarat Solar Policy, has also indicated plans for developing 9 GW of capacity. Amongst public sector companies, significant interest has come from NTPC (3.3 GW), NEEPCO (2.5 GW), Coal India (1 GW) and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (1 GW). In total, 140 developers have made project development commitments (see full list here).
On the manufacturing side, three existing Indian players have indicated their ambitious plans: Vikram Solar (2.3 GW/year), Waaree Energies (2 GW/year) and Emmvee Photovoltaic (750 MW/year). On the finance front, L&T Finance indicated that it wants to finance 6.5 GW and Yes Bank 5 GW of renewables.
On the face of it, these are very impressive numbers and figures. However, in BRIDGE TO INDIA’s opinion, for a large number of commitments on the list, not much thought has gone into arriving at the stated numbers. The exercise serves mainly as a measure of the companies’ ambitions, rather than of specific, actionable strategies. On the other hand, there will be many more investors, developers, financiers and manufacturers in the Indian solar market than those who have here stated their intentions.
Overall, the mood in the Indian solar market is upbeat and even if a fraction of these intentions stand the test of time, it is very good news for the sector. The limited intentions coming from finance, both on this list and in real life, continue to be of concern. However, what is needed much more than
intentions to build solar power, are intentions to buy solar power at viable tariffs and with solid PPAs
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