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India is a country that has tremendous solar energy potential. As the nation is facing an increasing demand - supply gap in energy,
it is important to tap the solar potential to meet the energy needs. This article analyzes the Indian Solar industry, its major
growth drivers, the challenges it faces and the various policy initiatives taken by the government. The article also tries to identify
the various actions required to promote the growth and development of the industry, enabling India to meet the rising energy
demands of the future.
India is in a state of perennial energy shortage with a demand-supply gap of almost 12% of the total energy demand. This
trend is significant in the electricity segment that is heavily dependent on coal and other non-renewable sources of energy.
Renewable energy (RE) sources contribute only 7.7% of the total installed power capacity of 167,077 MW in India.
Among the RE sources, wind power is the dominating component while solar energy currently contributes to less than
0.1% (on-grid+ off-grid) of the total installed capacity.
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(JNNSM) with the ambitious goal of making India a global leader in solar energy. JNNSM plans a three-phase approach
with specific targets for each phase as given in Exhibit 3. The other targets of this mission include achieving grid parity
(same production cost as current electricity source) by 2022 and parity with coal based power generation in 2030.
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Exhibit4 Solar Energy: Drivers of demand and supply and major challenges
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15% in the next 10 years. Instead of producing RE by their own, states can purchase RECs from each other to increase
their RE content in total energy. This mechanism will enable low RE potential states to purchase RECs from high
potential states, enabling them to meet NAPCCs increased demands. Moreover, these purchases will incentivize high RE
potential states to produce more RE than required currently, enabling overall increase in RE production.
Largescaleongrid
applicationsaremorefeasible
inareaswherethereisplenty
ofbarrenlandandhighrateof
irradiancesuchasGujarat
andRajasthan
Conclusion
Solar Energy possesses tremendous potential in bridging Indias energy demand-supply gap in the future. There are
various challenges for this industry, including lowering cost of production, increasing R&D, consumer awareness and
financing infrastructure. It is important to overcome these challenges for fast growth and mass adoption of the
technology. Some of the immediate actions to enable growth are efficient implementation of renewable energy
certificates, usage of carbon trading as a source of revenue, immediate implementation of grid powered energy in regions
of Rajasthan and Gujarat, development of off-grid usage in various applications such as cellular towers and encouraging
localized mini grids in areas that lack connectivity today. If these initiative work as planned, it is only a matter before
India becomes one of the world leaders in Solar Energy.
Authors
Ganesh N. Prabhu is a Professor in the Corporate Strategy & Policy Area at IIM Bangalore. He holds a Bachelors
Degree in Science from Elphinstone College, Mumbai, a PG Diploma in Rural Management from IRMA, Anand & has
completed Fellow Program in Management from IIM Ahmedabad. He can be reached at gprabhu@iimb.ernet.in
Sreejith Narayanan E. (PGP 2009-11) is a management student at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He
did his B.tech from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. His email id is bhupinders07@iimb.ernet.in
sreejith.narayanan09@iimb.ernet.in
Ashin Mathew (PGP 2009-11) is a management student at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He did his
B.tech from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar. His email id is
ashin.mathew09@iimb.ernet.in
Keywords
Strategy, Renewable/non-renewable energy, Solar Energy, Photovoltaic, Solar thermal collectors, on-grid applications,
off-grid applications, Renewable Energy Certificates, Carbon footprint, Carbon trading
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