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Follow China model and give fillip to solar units'
- China has stolen a march over us and everybody and is several notches ahead, though India started much early. At present, we do not have a level-playing field. In the present situation, it is difficult for local manufacturers to make progress in spite of their proven capabilities. In fact, solar manufacturing is dying. Unless this is addressed seriously, local manufacturing will wither away or fold up leaving the field open for dumping by China
- Govt. should:
- Undertake large-scale training and development of technical manpower for promoting solar industry.
- Ensure the feed-in tariff is carefully set to the solar power developers. If it is too high, it will be unsustainable and lead to price rise for other consumers, if it is too low, it will not attract serious investments. Competitive tariff bidding is a good idea in theory to discover the price of a commodity in a matured market.
Raise off-grid deployment manifold given the vastness of India and the state of electrification. - As of 2011, only 10.94 per cent of installed power capacity is renewable. Conventional energy was becoming expensive and was likely to become even more so. India already imports nearly two-thirds of its crude oil requirements. “Growth, prosperity, urbanisation and increased access will lead to demand for power.
- There are several reasons why alternative sources of energy should increasingly be used. Imports of crude oil and natural gas can be impeded by strategic considerations
- Technological developments were reducing the cost of solar power generation. “In many backward villages, it is difficult to deliver conventional energy through grid-based solutions. Renewable energy offers speed and flexibility for inclusive growth via solar off-grid solutions
