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Introduction

Importance & Relevance of Solar Energy in India

Objectives & Targets

Mission Strategy (Phase I & II)

Proposed Roadmap

Policy & Regulatory Framework

Research & Development

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Human Resource Development

Institutional Arrangements for Mission

International Collaboration

Financing Mission Activities

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Major initiative by GOI & State Governments

Aims at promoting ecologically sustainable growth

Also addresses energy security challenge

Will contribute to the global effort to meet the challenges of climate change

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Cost

• Solar is high on absolute cost as compared with other power such as coal

• Objective of Solar Mission is to drive down the cost by

• • Rapid scale-up of capacity

• • Technological innovation

• Mission anticipates to achieve

• • Grid parity by 2022

• • Parity with coal-based thermal power by 2030

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• Cost trajectory depends on

• • Scale of global deployment

• • Technological development & transfer

• Cost projections vary - from 22% for every doubling of capacity to a reduction of only 60% with global deployment increasing 16 times the current level

• Mission recognizes a number of off-grid applications for meeting rural needs which are cost-effective & requires rapid expansion

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Scalability

• About 5000 Trillion Kwh energy potential is incident over Indias land area with most parts receiving 4-7 Kwh/Sq.mt/Day

• Technologies that can be used to harness the resource & provide huge scalability of solar in India Solar Photovoltaics & Solar Thermal

• Advantages of Solar technology

• • Ability to provide power in a distributed basis

• • Enable rapid capacity addition with short lead times.

• • Apt solution for rural electrification

• • Can work in diffused radiating conditions as well

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Environmental Impact

• Zero emissions while generating heat and emissions

Security of source

• Available abundantly

• Small fraction of total incident solar energy can meet the entire countrys power requirements

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Objective is to establish India as a global leader in solar energy

Mission adopts 3-phase approach

• Phase I (up to 2012/2013) remaining period of 11 thfive yr plan & first yr of 12 thyr plan

• Phase II (2013-2017) remaining 4 yrs of 12 thfive yr plan

• Phase III (2017-2022) 13 thfive yr plan

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End of each plan there will be

• Evaluation of progress

• Review of capacity

• Targets for subsequent phases

Above evaluations will be based on emerging cost and technology trends, both domestic and global

Aims to protect government from subsidy exposure & expects cost reduction does not materialize or ismore rapid than expected

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Mission Targets

• Create an enabling policy framework for the deployment of 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022

• Ramp up capacity of grid-connected solar power generation

• • 2013 1000 MW

• • 2017

• • • Additional 3000 MW(mandatory use of renewable purchase obligation by utilities backed with preferential tariff)

• • • Capacity could increase to 10,000 MW installed power by 2017 or more, based on enhanced & enabled international finance & technology transfer

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• • 2022 20,000 MW or more will be dependent on learning of first two phases

• Create favorable conditions for solar manufacturing capability (solar thermal for indigenous production & market leadership)

• Promote programmes for off grid applications (1000 MW 2017 & 2000 MW 2022)

• Achieve 15 million sq. meters 2017 & 20 million sq. meters -2022of solar thermal collector area

• 2022 - deploy 20 million solar lighting systems for rural areas

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Phase I

• Will provide broad framework to achieve objectives

• Will create necessary environment to attract industry & project developers to invest in research, domestic manufacturing & development of solar power generation

• Hence will help in creating the critical mass for a domestic solar industry

• Mission to work closely with State Govts., Regulators, Power utilities & Local self govt. bodies to ensure activities & policy framework being laid out can be implemented effectively

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• Utility connected applications: constructing the solar grid

• • Promoting solar power through Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) mandated for power utilities, with specific solar component

• • RPO will drive utility scale power generation(solar PV or solar thermal)

• • RPO will gradually increase where as the tariff fixed for solar power purchase will decline over time

• The below 80C challenge solar collectors

• • Mission sets an ambitious target for ensuring that applications, domestic & industrial, below 80C are solarised

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• • Key strategy to make necessary policy changes to meet this objective

• • • Making solar heaters mandatory, through building byelaws and incorporation in the National Building Code

• • • Ensure the introduction of effective mechanisms for certification and rating of manufacturers of solar thermal applications

• • • Facilitate measurement and promotion of these individual devices through local agencies and power utilities

• • • Support the upgrading of technologies and manufacturing capacities through soft loans, to achieve higher efficiencies and further cost reduction

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• The off-grid opportunity lighting homes of the power- deprived poor

• • Key problem to find optimum financial strategy to pay for the high-end initial costs in these applications through appropriate Government support

• • Government has promoted the use of decentralized applications through financial incentives and promotional schemes

• • Solar Mission has set a target of 1000 MW by 2017, which may appear small, but its reach will add up to bringing changes in millions of households

• • 30 % capital subsidy for promoting innovative applications of solar energy

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• • Mission plans to

• • • Provide solar lighting system under the ongoing remote village electrification programme of MNRE to cover about 10,000 villages & hamlets

• • • Set up stand alone rural solar power plants in special category States and remote and difficult areas such as Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Ladakh region of J&K. Border areas would also be included

• • • Promotion of other off grid solar power applications would also be e