Saurya is the Way A Developers Guidebook to Solar Energy Generation in India. - Climate & Resources | Heinrich Böll Stiftung

Guidebook

May 21, 2012

This Guidebook has been developed to provide and overview of National Solar Energy Generation Programs within the umbrella Mission for the solar energy development in India i.e. the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) under the National Action Plan for Climate Change. It provides information on key regulations and guidelines that developers, individuals, communities, companies and organizations need to understands on grid connected and distributed solar energy generation in India in order to obtain siting approval and permits, to interconnect with the electricity grid, and to contract to sell electricity, to install community solar energy generation plants, establish off grid utility scale solar plant, buy or avail government subside on solar lighting system or to establish solar manufacturing unit.

The ambitious mission of Solar India faces many challenges from institutional, legal and financial standpoints. A big gap area is the basic information about the mission especially from developers’ perspective which was missing which this guidebook aims to fulfill. The Guidebook has been divided into five board parts where Grid connected SPV generation, grid connected solar thermal projects, and migration schemes for grid connected solar projects to Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission and off grid decentralization solar mission under GSM has been covered. The other important aspects that this Guidebook covers are the criteria for solar roof top and development of solar cities and solar manufacturing in India. The guide book also has all the guidelines letters and communications in one place including financial provisions for easy reference.

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Policy and Legal Recommendation

Implementing National Solar Mission in India Need for an Effective Legal and Institutional Response

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Briefing Paper

Integrated Policy and Institutional Framework for National Solar Mission

The document revisits National Solar Mission with a special focus on its implementation design and in the context of rural electrification. The technically robust design is must to success of Mission in India.The document revisits National Solar Mission with a special focus on its implementation design and in the context of rural electrification. It broadly analyzes two components: Grid connected solar power generation and off-grid solar energy development. Since these two broad components with subcomponents together aims to feed 22 GW of solar power in the country’s coal dominated power sector by 2022, its success in initial years will decide / tune the public mindset in favor or against the green initiative. Click here to continue reading Integrated Policy and Institutional Framework for National Solar Mission (19 pages, pdf, 534 KB)

Briefing Paper

Lighting Up Ladakh

The Case Study analyzes the lessons learnt from ground realities on implementation of Solar Energy systems in rural India. This is an excellent case of making policy-practice connect viable. Off Grid Energy Solutions are viable in remote corners of country with community ownership harvesting the benefits to the maximum extent. The case study documents lessons learnt from implementation of Solar power energy solutions that should be addressed through legal policy frameworks during scaling up efforts. The case study aims to contribute and strengthen Solar Mission in India.
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Policy Brief Paper

Making an environmentally sensitive and socially equitable Solar Energy Development in India

Policy Brief Paper assesses environmental impacts of solar power generation that cannot be ignored and infact be factored in solar projects to make JNNSM socially equitable and environmentally sustainable. The misleading assumptions made under the JNNSM that there is "zero" environmental impact of solar energy development in the country needs to be rectified to advocate the use of legal instruments to make the JNNSM socially equitable and environmentally sustainable. Click here to continue reading Making an environmentally sensitive and socially equitable Solar Energy Development in India (8 pages, pdf, 304 KB)