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Here are some good links on the Solar Power & it's potential future in India
GreentechLead | India needs more focused measures to tap rooftop solar potential
India aims to develop distributed or rooftop
solar capacity of 40 gigawatts by 2022. It is part of the 100-gigawatt target the government has set.
However, the country is still a long way from achieving that target despite abundance of solar irradiation at 5.1 kilowatt hour per square meter and more than
300 sunny days on average in a year.
The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has stated in a report that India has the potential to develop 25 gigawatts of
rooftop solar systems. And a rooftop solar power system on average generates 1-3 kilowatt hour of energy.
According to a report by the credit rating agency CARE Ratings, the inclusion of commercial buildings, shopping complexes and offices can further expand potential of rooftop solar power generation in India.
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Why India’s solar sector has turned into a $100 billion investment magnet
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Railways to float tenders to procure solar energy | Business Standard News
Indian
Railways will float tenders to procure at least 200 mega watt of solar energy in the next two months, a step which will promote use of non-conventional energy in its daily functioning.
The tender is part of Railways' plan to procure 1000 mega watt of solar energy over the next five years.
"We have fixed a target of procuring 1000 mega watt solar power in the whole Indian Railways. We are working on it. We are going to float a tender for at least 200 mega watts in next two moths. We have plenty of rooftops available in Indian Railways (to install the panels)," he said.
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India’s solar push faces challenges - Livemint
Problems:-
1)The first one is price and affordability. Assuming 15.5% post-tax return on equity, the cost of generation from a solar project that uses quality equipment can be above Rs.10 per unit, says Harshvardhan Dole, vice-president at IIFL Institutional Equities.
Till now the industry is being supported by the government incentives like lower duties, tax breaks and guaranteed purchases by the state utilities. Some companies bundle solar energy with large volumes of conventional energy, which results in a marginal rise in tariffs for the end user.
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The second issue is infrastructure. The existing transmission capacities are already insufficient. Due to inter-state transmission congestion, around 88 million kilowatt-hour of electricity was not traded on an energy exchange last month, Reliance Securities Ltd has pointed out.
According to analysts, the Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd has been asked to build separate transmission lines to evacuate green energy. But the company, at least in the initial stages, is expected to build only inter-state transmission lines. Within the states, the local governments have to invest in capacities.
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@Nihonjin1051 , This is a very interesting Idea.
Narendra Modi implemented something similar(though a little different) in Gujarat, when he put solar panels right above the river, this prevented the evaporation of water during summer (as the solar panels prevented it) leaving more or it for the farmers+it saved land!!
Japan is building huge floating solar power plants : TreeHugger
Japan has been working to shift more of its energy generation to renewable sources in the years since the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster,
aiming to double its renewable energy output by 2030. In that rush, the country has come up with some smart ways to install distributed solar power. The latest idea has been to develop floating solar power plants that cover small inland bodies of water like ponds and reservoirs.
Solar power company
Kyocera has been leading the charge and just recently launched a solar power plant that floats on a reservoir and will produce about 2,680 megawatt hours per year -- enough for 820 typical households. The installation consists of almost 9,100 waterproof solar panels atop a float made of a high-density polyethylene.
Kyocera previously installed this technology in two smaller power plants over ponds earlier this year.
Why make floating solar power plants when the land-based ones do just fine? Well, there are three major benefits to marine solar tech.
The first is that they don't take up any land space. In Japan where cities are dense, agricultural land is limited, and rooftop solar has really taken off, water-based solar power is another way to rack up some clean energy, without taking up extra space.
The second, and most important, is that the water helps the solar panels perform better. The water keeps the panels cool, which makes them operate more efficiently and helps them last longer.
The third benefit is to the body of water itself. When panels are placed over reservoirs, they discourage water evaporation and algae growth, both of which keep the reservoirs fuller and healthier.
Kyocera has
even bigger plans for floating solar power. The company is working on a 13.4-megawatt project on the Yamakura Dam reservoir, which will be the largest floating solar installation in the world when it starts operation in March 2016.
The plant will be comprised of approximately 50,000 Kyocera modules over a water surface area of 180,000m2. It will generate about 15,635 megawatt hours (MWh) per year, the equivalent of the energy demand of 4,700 typical households.