A total of 3,90,158 non-solar renewable energy certificates (RECs) were traded in the REC trading session held on February 28, 2017 at Indian Energy Exchange (IEX). The open access consumers were the major buyers in this trading session. In January 2018, 1.82 lakh non-solar RECs were traded at IEX and there is a 114-per cent increase in trade in February 2018. In fiscal 2017-18 (year to date), IEX has traded 71.60 lakh non-solar RECs, which is almost 96.6 per cent higher than the trade of 36.42 lakh during the same period in the previous fiscal. Participants: A total of 711 participants traded in non-solar segment. Overall, a total of 3,507 participants are registered in the REC segment at IEX. Of this, 2,722 are eligible entities, 764 are obligated entities (Discoms, open access consumers & captive generators) and 21 are registered as voluntary entities.