The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has released the draft second amendment to the APERC (Green Energy Open Access, Charges, and Banking) Regulation, 2024.
The draft amendment describes hybrid renewable energy projects as those generating electricity through a combination of renewable energy sources. These sources may be connected either at a common interconnection point or at separate interconnection points. It specifies that the rated capacity of one renewable source must be at least 25 per cent of the capacity of the other source, regardless of whether they operate at the same or different interconnection points. Additionally, the amendment requires that every 1 MW of contracted wind-solar hybrid capacity meet a minimum capacity utilisation factor of 40 per cent. Furthermore, the amendment proposes that non-co-located hybrid renewable energy systems will be considered as a single generating project. The overall capacity of the hybrid project will serve as the reference for scheduling each constituent energy system. This will apply regardless of the individual installed capacities of the sources. However, separate schedules will still need to be submitted for each system.