Recent developments of solar energy in India: Perspectives, strategies and future goals

Subhojit Dawn, Prashant Kumar Tiwari, Arup Kumar Goswami and Manash Kumar Mishra

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016, vol. 62, issue C, 215-235

Abstract: Power is the most paramount ingredient of infrastructure for growth in economics and welfare of a nation. Development for sustaining the growth of the Indian economy in the existing infrastructure is crucial. The power sector of India is one of the largest expanded power sectors in the world. Due to the continuous increment in electricity demand day-by-day, Indian power sector is interfacing some challenges to maintain the balance between the power generation and demand with suffering from supply constraints and shortages in power. For maintaining the ratio of generation and demand of power, moving from conventional sources to non-conventional sources is not only an option, it is a necessity. The importance of using solar as an energy source in India׳s perspectives in not only to increase power generation, but also to expand energy reliability with considering the environmental, social, independent and financial beneficial properties. This paper analyzes the recent scenario, strategies, availability, future potential, policies and development of solar energy in emerging Indian power sector.

Keywords: Indian solar power scenario; Grid‐interactive power; Captive power; Global solar power scenario; Electricity Act; Feed in tariff (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.04.040

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