Last month, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission said there will be no further bidding to procure solar energy from large-scale projects till further orders. The decision was communicated by the commission to the Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) in letter dated 7 March. Solar power should not be done only for RPOs, it is also about cost-effective power clean power. “When we speak of solar it’s not only utility scale projects, there’s is still potential for rooftop solar and solar pumps." Karnataka had taken the lead in developing renewable energy projects over the past decade, a renewable energy consultant who did not want to be named, told Mint.

Source: Mint May 02, 2019 04:52 UTC