Indian Scenario of Solar Power the Challenges

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Indian Scenario
India can sub stitute expensive source s su ch as diese l wi th solar to mee t gr owin g peak power demand.
For tuna tel y India is both densely popula ted and has hi gh solar insola tion , providing an ideal
co mbination for solar power in Ind ia. In Jul y 2009, India unveiled a $19 bil lion plan to produce 20 GW
of solar po wer by 2020. Under the plan , solar- powered e quipmen t and applica tion s would be
manda tory in all government build ings includ ing hosp ita ls and hote ls. The scope for sola r PV growth in
India is massive, especiall y gr owth in distribu ted so lar as over 600 mi llion people - mostl y in rural
areas - currently don't have acce ss to electri ci ty. It is useful for providin g gr id quali ty, reliab le po wer in
rural areas where the line voltage is low and insuffi cient to ca ter to conne cted load. The Govt. of India
i s planning to electrify 18 ,000 villages b y ye ar 2012 throu gh rene wab le energy syste ms espe ciall y b y
so lar PV syste ms. This offers tremendou s growth poten tia l for Indian sola r PV indu str y.

Solar PV can Achie ve Peak Grid Parity as early as 2013

N a t i o n a l S o l a r M i s s i o n : P r o p o s e d R o a d m a p - Tar g e t - 2 0 , 0 0 0 M W b y 2 0 2 0

Based on the mar ket si ze and its attractiveness, four mar ket se gmen ts appear to have the maximum

po tential in the comin g year s. These are :






Rural electrifi cation – Decentrali sed Di str ibuted Genera tion (D DG)
Grid in teractive solar PV po wer plan ts
Backup Po we r for Telecom ( Base Transceiver Sta tion ))
Roof based so lar PV syste ms

Rural Ind ia i s home to more than 70% of India ’s popula tion and energy is crucial for raisin g the
standard of living in rural Ind ia and encouragin g emplo ym en t generation. The Government of Ind ia has
kep t a tar ge t of providing electri city for all b y 2012 with a mini mum con sumption of 1 kW per da y per
househo ld. But even grid conne cted village s toda y experience lar ge po wer ou tages. Under the ‘Po we r
for All ’ programme , the Government of Ind ia has ta rgeted electrifi cation of all village s by 2012 in wh ich
18 ,000 remote village s would be electr ified usin g non-conven tional po wer source s. This would provide
an ideal situa tion for the large-scale in troduction of DD G te chnolo gie s, especiall y solar PV.

Global Scenario

Solar ener gy is becom ing more econom ical ly a ttractive as te chnologie s improve and the co st of
ele ctr ici ty genera ted by fossil fuels rise s. By 2020, hundreds of billion s of dollar s of investmen t capi tal
wil l probabl y boost globa l solar -generating capacity 20 to 40 times highe r than i ts current level.
T he wor ld-wide installed capa ci ty of the solar photovol tai c power has escala ted from 1.3 GW in the
year 2001 to 15.2 GW by 2008. Solar PV is the world ’s faste st gro wi ng ener gy source .

T he five largest solar PV cel l producin g countr ies were Japan, China, German y, Tai wan, and the Uni ted
Sta te s. In recen t ti mes, the geo graphi cal focus of solar PV manufacturin g has shifted to wa rds
developin g coun tr ies, especia lly China , India , Malaysi a and Tai wan. It is expected tha t by 2011- 12, a
sizable chunk of the manufacturin g base wi ll be developed by leadin g manufacturer s in the se
coun trie s, wi th India and China remainin g the main stra tegic choi ce.

Accordin g to Morgan Stanle y Resear ch, the so lar PV indu stry i s the fastest gro wi ng sector in ener gy
and is expected to gro w four-folds by 2011.

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