Barriers and challenges for promotion of solar photovoltaic in India : case study of Gujrat and Rajasthan

Abstract

India is one of the fastest growing economies and requires high per capita energy consumption. There is a necessity to reduce the demand supply gap in electricity generation sector in India to have sustainable growth. India current installed generation capacity of electricity sector stands at 235 GW from all sources (i.e. Coal, Hydro, Solar and Wind etc.). Still, it faces an acute shortage of power consumption with demand and peak demand deficit of 8.5% and 10.3% respectively. In order to bear out its ever growing electricity demand, India depends heavily on Coal, which leads to high level of GHG emissions. Coal plants releases maximum amount of CO2 per unit of electricity generated, which has an adverse impact on the environment. On the path of sustainable development, there is a need to control the GHG emissions in the country.