Norway helping India to boost solar power
Updated: Jul 08, 2014 11:36:58am
New Delhi, Jul 8 (KNN) Norway is supporting a project to electrify 28 villages with solar Mini-grid plants in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, according to Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal.
The project has been taken up under the scheme Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).
Goyal said the Ministry provided 30 per cent capital subsidy which ranges from Rs 27 per Wp to Rs 135 per Wp for installation of solar PV systems and power plants, an official release said.
Further, in order to help exploit the solar potential, it has also provided 90 per cent capital subsidy which ranges from Rs 81 Wp to Rs 405 per Wp for government organisations (not for commercial organizations and corporations) in special category states like North Eastern States, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, he added.
Meanwhile, the tapping of solar energy in the country is very small (2647 MW as on May 31, 2014) as compared to the available potential of 30-50 MW per sq km of shadow-free open area.
However, Goyal said it cannot be treated as under achievement because the exploitation of solar energy in a big way has started only four years ago with the launch of JNNSM.
Solar energy is expensive and therefore requires heavy investments. It also has intermittent nature thereby making it difficult to integrate into the grid.
Lack of public awareness, high cost of generation and limitations of existing power evacuation and transmission networks have been identified as main hindering factors in tapping of optimal solar energy potential across the country, the Minister added. (KNN/ST)
The project has been taken up under the scheme Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).
Goyal said the Ministry provided 30 per cent capital subsidy which ranges from Rs 27 per Wp to Rs 135 per Wp for installation of solar PV systems and power plants, an official release said.
Further, in order to help exploit the solar potential, it has also provided 90 per cent capital subsidy which ranges from Rs 81 Wp to Rs 405 per Wp for government organisations (not for commercial organizations and corporations) in special category states like North Eastern States, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, he added.
Meanwhile, the tapping of solar energy in the country is very small (2647 MW as on May 31, 2014) as compared to the available potential of 30-50 MW per sq km of shadow-free open area.
However, Goyal said it cannot be treated as under achievement because the exploitation of solar energy in a big way has started only four years ago with the launch of JNNSM.
Solar energy is expensive and therefore requires heavy investments. It also has intermittent nature thereby making it difficult to integrate into the grid.
Lack of public awareness, high cost of generation and limitations of existing power evacuation and transmission networks have been identified as main hindering factors in tapping of optimal solar energy potential across the country, the Minister added. (KNN/ST)
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