DOWNLOADS & DATA
Every artifact, and the data behind every figure
The working papers, the tender-analysis deck, the press release — and all 24 chart data payloads published as JSON, so every figure on this site can be reproduced from the file that drew it.
PAPERS
Paper 1 — Plant-Level Evidence (PDF)
From Coal-Equivalent Plants to a Coal-Equivalent Fleet: Plant-Level Evidence for Firm Solar in India. Citable working paper.
3.9 MB PDF
Paper 2 — Continental-Scale Fleet (PDF)
From Coal-Equivalent Plants to a Coal-Equivalent Fleet: Geographic Diversification at Continental Scale. Citable working paper.
6.3 MB PDF
Paper 2 Supplementary (PDF)
Supplementary material for Paper 2: extended tables, site list, and additional weather-year results.
101 KB PDF
DECKS
RTC-V Analysis Deck (PDF)
Full slide deck on SECI's FDRE-RTC-V auction: the delivery profile, least-cost plant design, reliability and penalty exposure, and the coal-fleet comparison.
1.4 MB PDF
RTC-V Analysis Deck (PPTX)
Editable PowerPoint version of the RTC-V analysis deck, for reuse of individual slides and charts.
1.2 MB PPTX
RTC-V Chart Pack (ZIP, 21 figures)
Every RTC-V figure as a print-resolution PNG, for reuse in reporting and presentations.
2.1 MB ZIP
PRESS
DATA
One JSON file per chart, shape {meta, data}, licensed CC BY 4.0. The basis field states whether a payload carries the 3% equipment derate.
| PAYLOAD | STUDY | UNITS | BASIS | SIZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required supply profile, FDRE-RTC-V (per 15-min block, modelled hourly)RTC-V — | RTC-V | % of contracted capacity (min DFR) | — | 1 KB |
| The required profile against India's national net loadRTC-V — | RTC-V | % of own peak (net load) / % of contracted capacity (profile) | — | 2 KB |
| All-in cost vs solar size, one line per battery (Rajasthan)RTC-V derated-3pct | RTC-V | INR/kWh all-in (penalties included), per 1 GW contracted | derated-3pct | 5 KB |
| Tariff heatmap, solar x battery (Rajasthan)RTC-V derated-3pct | RTC-V | INR/kWh all-in, per 1 GW contracted | derated-3pct | 6 KB |
| Each state's cost-optimal (lean) and zero-penalty designRTC-V derated-3pct | RTC-V | INR/kWh all-in; config as 'solar GW-AC + usable GWh' per GW contracted | derated-3pct | 3 KB |
| Rajasthan monthly shortfall, 3 GW + 12 GWhRTC-V derated-3pct | RTC-V | GWh per month per 1 GW contracted (physical, before market energy) | derated-3pct | 1 KB |
| Dispatch traces: a clear March day and the decade's hardest weekRTC-V derated-3pct | RTC-V | GW per 1 GW contracted · GWh | derated-3pct | 5 KB |
| All 8,760 hours of a typical weather year (2021)RTC-V derated-3pct | RTC-V | delivered, % of the 1 GW contracted capacity | derated-3pct | 28 KB |
| All-in cost build-up, Rajasthan 3 GW + 12 GWhRTC-V derated-3pct | RTC-V | INR/kWh | derated-3pct | 1 KB |
| Six Rajasthan designs, all-in cost stackedRTC-V derated-3pct | RTC-V | INR/kWh all-in, per 1 GW contracted | derated-3pct | 2 KB |
| All-in cost vs battery price ($/kWh nameplate)RTC-V derated-3pct | RTC-V | INR/kWh all-in; battery price in USD/kWh at INR 95/USD | derated-3pct | 2 KB |
| India's operating coal stations scored against the same profileRTC-V — | RTC-V | penalty as % of revenue; share as % of the 213 stations | — | 14 KB |
| Annual availability (NAPAF), 10 states x 10 weather yearsPART 1 derated-3pct | PART 1 | % of hours at or above the 1 GW target | derated-3pct | 2 KB |
| Monthly availability vs all-India demand shapePART 1 derated-3pct | PART 1 | % (availability = % of hours >= 1 GW; demand = mean hour as % of peak hour) | derated-3pct | 1 KB |
| Daily availability: three coal units vs three solar+storage sitesPART 1 raw | PART 1 | % of the day available (coal: MW available / rated; solar: hours >= 1 GW / 24) | raw | 14 KB |
| Plant-gate to all-in LCOE bridge (5 GW-AC + 16 GWh usable)PART 1 — | PART 1 | INR/kWh | — | 2 KB |
| Hour-of-day availability by month, Rajasthan (10 weather years)PART 1 raw | PART 1 | % of days in the month meeting the 1 GW target at that hour | raw | 6 KB |
| Worst-day dispatch, Rajasthan 2015 (5 GW-AC / 7.0 GW-DC + 16 GWh)PART 1 raw | PART 1 | GW · GWh | raw | 4 KB |
| Coal unit vs solar+storage site vs 100 GW fleetPART 1 raw | PART 1 | % of day available · % of day at or above 1 GW · GW delivered by the 120-plant fleet | raw | 12 KB |
| 120 solar+storage plant locations across IndiaPART 2 — | PART 2 | decimal degrees (WGS84); cf = average DC capacity factor | — | 11 KB |
| India national boundary outline (simplified)PART 2 — | PART 2 | decimal degrees (WGS84) | — | 37 KB |
| Output variability: single plant, greedy fleet, optimized fleet (2015)PART 2 raw | PART 2 | GW per plant (fleet series = fleet GW / 120, capped at the 0.8333 GW per-plant share of the 100 GW target) | raw | 8 KB |
| Reliability across 10 weather years (2015-2024)PART 2 raw | PART 2 | Rel% = % of the 8,760 hours meeting the 100 GW target; CV% = coefficient of variation of fleet output | raw | 2 KB |
| When do shortfalls occur? (optimized flat-block dispatch, 10 weather years)PART 2 raw | PART 2 | count of hours with any unmet demand; severity in GWh | raw | 3 KB |