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Documents show that India's unfinished renewable energy projects have doubled to more than 50 GW.

India's stranded solar power capacity, which is the amount of renewable energy that has been awarded but not yet installed, has more than doubled in nine months due to delays with transmission lines and other legal and regulatory issues.

South Asia aims to double its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 gigawatts by 2030. However, the rapid acceleration of projects has led to a lack of firm agreements for power supply.

The number of renewable projects in India that have won power generation tenders but still need to sign power purchase contracts with buyers has risen to more than 50 gigawatts, India's Sustainable Projects Developers Association said on June 27, in a note to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Another letter sent on 4 October by the SPDA showed that stranded project of more than 20 GW was compared to another. Both letters were examined by.

Two industry officials who are familiar with the situation said that projects worth billions of dollar awarded to JSW, NTPC, Adani Green and ACME Solar as well as Renew, Sembcorp, Renew, Renew, Renew, Renew, Sembcorp, have been left stranded.

In a letter sent to the Ministry of Renewable Energy on June 27, the SPDA stated that "Energy Transition is not only about building solar and winds capacity. It is also about making sure clean power is delivered at the lowest possible cost in the shortest time frame."

The SPDA reported that India has stranded over 50 GW of solar and wind power without buyers. This is roughly a quarter of the current renewable energy capacity installed in India, which is 184.6 GW.

Requests for comment from the companies were not answered.

The SPDA stated in a letter dated June that delays in critical transmission infrastructure, especially in sun-drenched States such as Rajasthan and Gujarat, have caused many solar plants not to meet their commissioning deadlines.

The federal power ministry has announced that construction of interstate transmission lines to connect renewable energy projects with the grid is being accelerated. Compensation for landowners who allow power cables to be installed on their property will also increase.

India is planning to connect 230GW of renewable projects to the grid via interstate transmission lines. Of these, 20% are completed, 70% under construction, and the remaining portion is being offered for bids, according to the ministry.

The SPDA reported that renewable projects have also been stalled due to long-running legal disputes regarding land and environmental permits. Several developers had halted their operations because of unresolved cases. (Reporting and editing by Frances Kerry, Louise Heavens and Sudarshan Varadhan)

(source: Reuters)