Knowledge & perspectives
Ideally, solar installations should be on land that is waste and barren. Such land is unequally available across States. Many Indian states have large tracts…
Read insight — Change of Land Use: The Pros and Cons of Allowing Agriculture Land for Solar ProjectsA quick review of solar endowed major state policies shows that a majority of these states have put the onus of acquiring land (and changing…
Read insight — State Policy and the Land Acquisition ClauseSolar parks were designed to reduce the bottlenecks and bring down the cost of large- scale solar development. Developers pay for multiple heads of land…
Read insight — Land Charges in Solar Parks in IndiaMNRE is also promoting off-grid renewable energy systems and solutions especially in the rural and remote areas of the country. The off-grid systems are significant…
Read insight — Installed Off-Grid and Captive Renewable Energy CapacityIn grid-connected rooftop or small SPV system, the DC power generated from SPV panel is converted to AC power using a power conditioning unit and…
Read insight — GRID CONNECTED ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEMMNRE provides Central finance assistance (CFA) of 30 per cent of the benchmark cost for grid-connected rooftop projects. (The benchmark cost for 2019-20 for systems…
Read insight — FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR PROJECT FROM MNREThe limit on the capacity of an individual solar rooftop system variesacross states. A consumer in Delhi can install a system of a capacitymatching his…
Read insight — ROOFTOP POLICY ACROSS STATES1- Grid-connected solar rooftop PV systemA grid-connected solar rooftop PV system is, as the name suggests, a plant connected to the grid through net or…
Read insight — Classification of different type of Solar rooftop systemIn 2016, Government of India released model building bye-laws and issued an amendment in the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 in order to promote…
Read insight — POLICY FOR HOUSEHOLD SOLAR ROOFTOPUnder the CAPEX model (pursued by developers like Sukam, Moserbaer and Tata Power Solar), a consumer purchases a solar rooftop plant like any other electronic…
Read insight — CAPEX MODEL FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATION