A report published by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) urges the State Government to establish Solar Specific Special Economic Zones to facilitate indigenous manufacturing of solar devices.
In view of the holistic development of solar industry in the State, which is estimated to have a gross potential of 4000 -21700 MW of land-based, grid-connected solar PV and 400-2000 MW of grid-connected Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), the Government of Tamil Nadu should announce a Solar Energy Policy and a Land Allotment Policy for solar projects, recommends the Solar Road Map for Tamil Nadu.
The report points out that the total installed power capacity of Tamil Nadu is about 14, 770 MW, comprising generation from thermal, hydro, and renewable sources of energy. Tamil Nadu is the only State in India which gets 35% of its installed capacity coming from renewable source of energy. However, the major contribution is from thermal sources - about 48% - and hydro and nuclear by 14% and 3% respectively.
To meet the ever growing needs of energy, the State Government has to tap the solar energy, which is the single biggest source of renewable energy and offers unlimited potential.
The State should identify the potential areas and strategies for deployment of: utility scale grid-connected solar power technologies, grid interactive rooftop PV systems and small solar power projects, off-grid solar applications in rural areas, besides identifying the domestic, commercial, industrial heating requirements that can be substituted with solar applications and creating enabling policy and regulatory framework to realise the solar power potential, the report says.
India currently imports about 72% of its total oil consumption and this share of imported oil is expected to reach 90% and coal imports could increase to as high as 45% by 2031-32. Hence, in the interest of national energy security, the Government is trying to explore all possible options of generation and supply of electricity.
The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), which incorporates India s vision of sustainable development, has recommended minimum share of renewable energy in the national grid to be 5% in 2009-2010, increasing 1% every year during the next 10 years to reach 15% by 2020. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission aims to create an enabling policy framework for the deployment of 20,000 MW of grid-connected solar power by 2022.
The CII Road Map says that to meet this long term national target, two renewable energy technologies: wind and solar have to play an important role considering their distinct advantages in terms of resource availability, short gestation period and current stage of technology development. Beyond the NAPCC target, it is in the interest of State Governments to invest in renewable energy to mitigate the current power crisis, without waiting for long gestation conventional projects to materialise, it adds.
In view of the holistic development of solar industry in the State, which is estimated to have a gross potential of 4000 -21700 MW of land-based, grid-connected solar PV and 400-2000 MW of grid-connected Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), the Government of Tamil Nadu should announce a Solar Energy Policy and a Land Allotment Policy for solar projects, recommends the Solar Road Map for Tamil Nadu.
The report points out that the total installed power capacity of Tamil Nadu is about 14, 770 MW, comprising generation from thermal, hydro, and renewable sources of energy. Tamil Nadu is the only State in India which gets 35% of its installed capacity coming from renewable source of energy. However, the major contribution is from thermal sources - about 48% - and hydro and nuclear by 14% and 3% respectively.
To meet the ever growing needs of energy, the State Government has to tap the solar energy, which is the single biggest source of renewable energy and offers unlimited potential.
The State should identify the potential areas and strategies for deployment of: utility scale grid-connected solar power technologies, grid interactive rooftop PV systems and small solar power projects, off-grid solar applications in rural areas, besides identifying the domestic, commercial, industrial heating requirements that can be substituted with solar applications and creating enabling policy and regulatory framework to realise the solar power potential, the report says.
India currently imports about 72% of its total oil consumption and this share of imported oil is expected to reach 90% and coal imports could increase to as high as 45% by 2031-32. Hence, in the interest of national energy security, the Government is trying to explore all possible options of generation and supply of electricity.
The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), which incorporates India s vision of sustainable development, has recommended minimum share of renewable energy in the national grid to be 5% in 2009-2010, increasing 1% every year during the next 10 years to reach 15% by 2020. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission aims to create an enabling policy framework for the deployment of 20,000 MW of grid-connected solar power by 2022.
The CII Road Map says that to meet this long term national target, two renewable energy technologies: wind and solar have to play an important role considering their distinct advantages in terms of resource availability, short gestation period and current stage of technology development. Beyond the NAPCC target, it is in the interest of State Governments to invest in renewable energy to mitigate the current power crisis, without waiting for long gestation conventional projects to materialise, it adds.
