{"id":161629,"date":"2022-01-13T20:28:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=161629"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:28:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:58:58","slug":"rooftop-solar-why-india-is-now-considered-to-be-a-laggard-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rooftop-solar-why-india-is-now-considered-to-be-a-laggard-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooftop solar: Why India is now considered to be a laggard globally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Rooftop solar installation in India is lagging behind the target.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a part of\u00a0nationwide revamped target\u00a0in 2014\u00a0for renewable energy installations, at least 40 gigawatt was earmarked for rooftop solar by 2022.\u00a0However, only 6.11 GW (15 per cent of the target) was achieved as of November 2021.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even the\u00a0urbanized, high-income cities like Delhi could achieve only 20 per cent of the target.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the national level, the MNRE had allocated a subsidy for capacity of about 3,000 MW RTS to various states, but so far, 699 MW (23 per cent) has been installed.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the Issues facing Rooftop Solar (RFS)?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Regulatory framework:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>The growth of the RTS segment is highly dependent on the regulatory framework. Absence or withdrawal of state-level policy support for the RTS segment has been a major issue.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Net Metering:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Net metering regulations are one of the major obstacles facing the sector. Net metering allows surplus power produced by RTS systems to be fed back into the grid.\u00a0Discoms\u00a0compensate consumers for this surplus power.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Price of RTS Panels:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0The prices of residential RTS panels are frozen for as long as 18 months. It is the most critical flaw in the MNRE Phase II subsidy scheme. solar panels and other input costs are highly volatile. A one-price-fits-all approach fails to account for the disparities within a market.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rols of\u00a0Discoms:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Discom\u2019s\u00a0overarching role in the RTS framework\u00a0is also a problem. It has a role in subsidizing the installation of RFS<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the suggestions?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Direct benefit transfer<\/span><\/b>\u00a0must be applied, instead of\u00a0transferring\u00a0benefits to first\u00a0discoms\u00a0and then\u00a0discoms\u00a0transferring it to consumers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The RTS needs easy financing, unrestricted net metering, and an easy regulatory process.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: This post is created based on the article \u201cRooftop solar: Why India is now considered to be a laggard globally\u201d published in DTE on 13<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Jan. 2022.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News:\u00a0Rooftop solar installation in India is lagging behind the target.\u00a0\u00a0 As a part of\u00a0nationwide revamped target\u00a0in 2014\u00a0for renewable energy installations, at least 40 gigawatt was earmarked for rooftop solar by 2022.\u00a0However, only 6.11 GW (15 per cent of the target) was achieved as of November 2021.\u00a0\u00a0 Even the\u00a0urbanized, high-income cities like Delhi could achieve only… Continue reading Rooftop solar: Why India is now considered to be a laggard globally<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10504,10514,212],"class_list":["post-161629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":4,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702998287},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}