KOCHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission aims at setting up 20,000 mW grid solar power and 2,000 mW of off-grid solar power by 2022, Bibek Bandyopadhyay, advisor on the Solar Thermal Programme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has said. Elaborating on the highlights of the mission at the Indo-German dialogue on ‘accelerated dissemination of solar energy technologies in India' at the Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology last week, Dr. Bandyopadhyay said the programme also intends setting up 20 million solar lights and 20 million square metres of solar thermal collectors by 2022. He said that the mission will be implemented in three phases. The first phase of three years up to fiscal 2012-13 has a target to set up 1,100 mW grid connected solar plants and 200 mW capacity off-grid solar applications.
It will focus on capturing the low-hanging options in solar thermal and on promoting off-grid systems to serve populations without access to commercial energy and modest capacity addition in grid-based systems. In the second phase, capacity will be aggressively ramped up to create conditions for up scaled and competitive solar energy penetration in the country after taking in to account the experience of the initial years. The target of the mission is to create favourable conditions for solar manufacturing capability, particularly solar thermal for indigenous production and market leadership. It will also try to promote programmes for off grid applications, reaching 1,000 mW by 2017 and 2,000 mW by 2022. The mission objective is to achieve 15 million square metres of solar thermal collector area by 2017 and 20 million by 2022. Dr. Bandyopadhyay said the mission will promote accelerated use of solar energy while ensuring the country's energy security with environmental compatibility.
Source: the Hindu, Dated: 10.03.2010
It will focus on capturing the low-hanging options in solar thermal and on promoting off-grid systems to serve populations without access to commercial energy and modest capacity addition in grid-based systems. In the second phase, capacity will be aggressively ramped up to create conditions for up scaled and competitive solar energy penetration in the country after taking in to account the experience of the initial years. The target of the mission is to create favourable conditions for solar manufacturing capability, particularly solar thermal for indigenous production and market leadership. It will also try to promote programmes for off grid applications, reaching 1,000 mW by 2017 and 2,000 mW by 2022. The mission objective is to achieve 15 million square metres of solar thermal collector area by 2017 and 20 million by 2022. Dr. Bandyopadhyay said the mission will promote accelerated use of solar energy while ensuring the country's energy security with environmental compatibility.
Source: the Hindu, Dated: 10.03.2010
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