India’s suite of clean energy initiaves includes increasing the national solar generation capacity to 100 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. There is immense opportunity to harness solar energy given the country’s abundant solar potential. But the pace of solar capacity addition must be significantly enhanced to meet the 2022 target. Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (Shakti) supports efforts to accelerate the deployment of solar power with a focus on:
Distributed Solar
With the growth of solar energy, distributed solar generation is gradually gaining ground across the country…
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Utility-Scale Solar
India’s solar ambition has increased manifold in the last few years. Shakti is supporting efforts to promote…
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SARAL- State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index
Sector: Clean Power Undertaken By : Multiple Recent Publication: 2019India aims to achieve 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022 of which 40 GW is slated to be generated through rooftop solar. The renewable energy segment as a whole (and rooftop solar as a sub-segment) is witnessing substantial interest from entrepreneurs, developers, potential investors, end users and government entities. SARAL is a step...Read more
The Indian Renewable Energy Federation (IREF)
Sector: Clean Power Undertaken By : The Indian Renewable Energy Federation (IREF) Recent Publication: 2019The Indian Renewable Energy Federation (IREF) works to promote policy, regulatory and business solutions that will increase the deployment of renewable energy. Since it was established in 2013, the IREF has provided recommendations to inform several policy developments such as the National Solar Mission Phase II and amendments to the Electricity...Read more
India's Renewable Energy Target : Resolving the 'Land' Conundrum
Sector: Clean Power Undertaken By : TERI School of Advanced Studies Recent Publication: 2018India's ambitious target of 175 GW renewable energy by 2022 will require an estimated 120,000 hectares of land at a deployment rate of over 10 GW over 15,000 hectares of land each year. The issue of land availability is viewed as a major hurdle to meeting this target. Lessons from other parts of the world suggest it is possible to fast-track...Read more
Scaling up Clean Energy – The Green Power Market Development Group
Sector: Clean Power Undertaken By : CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, World Resources Institute Recent Publication: 2017The Green Power Market Development Group (GPMDG) India is an industry-led initiative aimed at rapidly increasing the share of renewable energy in the overall energy consumption of commercial and industrial establishments. GPMDG works towards finding solutions to the policy, regulatory and market barriers that currently impede the growth of the...Read more
Status of Renewable Energy Development in India in 2016-17
Sector: Clean Power Undertaken By : World Institute of Sustainable Energy Recent Publication: 2017The Government of India has ambitious plans to scale up renewable energy, and stakeholders are deliberating cost-effective ways to integrate a largeever increasing quantum of renewables with the power system. A challenge being faced today is the lack of robust data on renewable energy, which confines limits the understanding ability of...Read more