Solar Energy in India

SHIVAM MITTAL | 2013BPLN023

BPLN0507: SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

SOLAR ENERGY IN INDIA

Introduction

Solar Energy in India

Government Initiatives

Applications

Case Study

In The News

Challenges

STRUCTURE

INTRODUCTION

• Solar energy is an energy source that involves

tapping the radiant light energy emitted by the

sun and converting it into electricity.

• The Hydrogen atoms in the sun’s core combine

to form Helium and generate energy in a

process called Nuclear Fusion.

• Solar energy is by far the Earth’s most

available energy source

SUN RADIATES MORE ENERGY

IN ONE DAY THAN THE WORLD

USES IN ONE YEAR.

SOURCE: CALIPSO OUTREACH

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• PHOTOVOLTAICS

Photoelectric effect

Directly converts solar energy

into electrical energy

• CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER

Use mirrors to focus sunlight

The heated liquid make steam to produce

electricity

• SPACE HEATING

Passive Solar Home

Active Solar Homes

• WATER HEATING

Can reduce water heating bill

by as much as 50 percent.

Heating water for bathing,

dishwashing, and clothes

washing

SOLAR ENERGY IN INDIA

• India receives adequate solar radiation for 300 days

• This amounts to 3,000 hours of sunshine equivalent

to over 5,000 trillion kWh.

Central Govt. Policy State Govt. Policy REC Scheme

State Installed Cap

acity (MW)

State Installed Capa

city (MW)

State Installed Capa

city (MW)

Rajasthan 889 Gujarat 974 Rajasthan 210

Madhya

Pradesh

185 Madhya

Pradesh

298 Maharashtra 121

India Total 1,354 India Total 2,056 India Total 601

Total: 4,011 MW ≈10% of renewable energy generating capacity installed

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INDIA’S SOLAR

RESOURCE

SOURCE: EAI

UTILITY SCALE SOLAR

Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission’10• One of the initiatives under NAPCC.

• Inaugurated on 11th January, 2010 with a target of 20GW by 2022

• This was later increased to 100 GW in 2015 Union budget of India

2010-13 2013-17 2017-22

3-PHASE

APPROACH

TARGETS

Utility Grid Power 1,000-2,000 4,000-10,000 20,000

Off grid Solar Applications(MW) 200 1000 2000(10000)

Solar Collectors (sq. m.) 7 million 15 million 20 million

CURRENT STATUS

SOURCE: JNNSM, PHASE-II POLICY DOCUMENT

INITIATIVES

• Gujarat was the first state to

launch its solar policy in 2009

• Today, total 15 states have

their own Solar Energy Policy.

STATE POLICY

BUDGET’15-16

• Excise cut

• Increase the Clean Energy Cess

• Initial outlay of ₹ 75 Crore for

FAMESOURCE: BIDGE TO INDIA

INCENTIVES

• Accelerated Depreciation:

80% of total investment can be claimed as

depreciation in the first year.

• Capital Subsidies:

Capital subsidy of 15% is applicable to rooftop

solar power plants, up to a max. of 500 kW.

• Renewable Energy Certificates:

Tradable certificates - financial incentives for

every unit of power generated

RE-INVEST

MAKE IN INDIA

• First Renewable Energy Global Investment

Promotion Meet & Expo

• Encourage investors for setting up projects

of Renewable Energy in India.

• 300,000 long term recurring jobs would

be created.

• Average power tariff of ₹ 6.3/kWh

reduced to ₹ 5-8/kWh with rooftop

solar supplies power.

• Aims at minimum 10% reduction in projected

demand of conventional energy at the end of

five years

• Population between 0.5 to 50 lakh

• Financial support up to of 50 lakh for each city

SOLAR CITY PROGRAMME

SOLAR GUIDELINES

• Web based platform

• Latest updates, policy frameworks, procedural details of approvals and clearances, etc.

• comprehensive description of the step-by-step processes needed for commissioning of sol

ar projects in the state of Rajasthan

SOLAR PARKS SCHEME

• MNRE plans to set up 25 solar parks, each

with a capacity of 500 MW and above

• Currently 10 Solar Parks/ Ultra Mega Solar

Power Projects are proposed in India

• The proposed Solar Park at Rewa, MP

would be among world’s largest facility

of its kind with capacity of 750 MW.

APPLICATIONSRural electrification

India currently has around 1.2 million solar home lighting systems and 3.2 million solar lanterns.

Solar lamps and lighting

By 2012, a total of 4,600,000 solar lanterns and 861,654 solar powered home lights had been

installed.

Agricultural support

By March 2012, 7,771 solar PV water pumping systems had been installed.

Solar water heaters

Bangalore has the largest deployment of roof top solar water heaters in India. These heaters

generate an energy equivalent of 200 MW.

PROJECT CASE STUDY

GUJARAT SOLAR PARK

• Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) is the Nodal Agency for the development.

• 590 MW capacity of "Solar Park" is located at village Charanka, District Patan in Gujarat

spread across 5,384 acres of unused land.

• Solar Park also accounts for 3,42,400 tons Carbon Emission Reductions (CERs) which is one

of the largest CERs contributing Project in the Renewable Energy Sector.

• Development cost was ₹ 4500 Crores (₹ 550 Crores for infrastructure and land acquisition

and ₹ 3,996 crores for Solar Power Plant)

• Employment for more than 1,000 people on permanent basis.

IN THE NEWS

• Out of the proposed 60 solar cities, sanctions have

been issued for 50 cities for which master plans

have been prepared for 46

• in-principle approvals for 5 cities.

• 8 cities are to be developed as Model Solar Cities

• 15 cities will be developed as Pilot Solar Cities

Kochi airport becomes world’s first to

operate on solar power The Indian Express-18-Aug-2015

Mandatory solar panels imposed by

Haryana govt. still only on paperHindustan Times, Gurgaon, Aug 22, 2015

Adani to set up country's largest solar

park of 10,000 MW in Rajasthan

Joint venture to set up solar park in Kasaragod

DNA, Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Onmanorama, Tuesday 25 August 2015

Master plans approved for 50 solar citiesTimes Of India, New Delhi, Aug 23, 2015

Centre sanctions 1500 MW Solar Park in Andhra

Pradesh The Hindu, Hyderabad, August 14, 2015

CHALLENGES

• Availability of Land

Generating 1 MW of solar power requires 5 acres of land over which the PVCs are spread.

• Land acquisition issues

Time consuming, costly and cumbersome

• Poor financial health of DISCOMs

• Ability of the grid to absorb a high share of renewables

• Availability of debt-financing

International debt appetite for solar projects in India is very limited

OPPORTUNITIESINDICATIVE SOLAR PV COSTS OVER TIME

SOURCE: http://2014.newclimateeconomy.report/

• The great thing about solar power is

that it is a technology and not a fuel.

• It is unlimited and the more it is

deployed the cheaper it would be.

REFERENCES

• Solarguidelines.in

• Solar Energy Corporation of India

• Ministry of New and renewable Energy

• Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd.

• BRIDGE-TO-INDIA_india-solar-handbook_2015_online

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