Question Q-19GS3GS3
Despite the government's ambitious targets, rooftop solar installations in India are hindered by multiple factors. Elaborate. How far do you think that PM Suryaghar Yojana can incentivise the adoption of top solar installations?
Introduction
Out of the total installed solar capacity
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Main Body
Out of the total installed solar capacity of ~ 82 GW, roughly 67 GW is large solar and ~ 15 GW is rooftop installed, while the target was of 40 GW rooftop by 2022. Factors behind poor adoption: (1) Political factors: Different regulations in different states hindering adoption e.g. Haryana & Gujarat pro-rooftop (2) Social attitudes toward rooftop: Lack of awareness on subsidies, pricing, etc. (3) Economic cost of installation high - Upto ₹ 2 lakh for installation
4Environmental: Shortened life of solar panels due to increasing temperatures (5) Geopolitical factors: Import dependence on China for solar cells and associated price rise due to conflict Potential of PM Suryaghar Yojana: (1) Free installation will increase adoption - Already over 3 million registrations (2) Facility of supplying excess to grid will provide income source to users (3) Govt approved players will ensure trust on suppliers (4) Govt push will promote R&D leading to more efficient & cheaper solar cells
5Will bring investment and help reduce dependence on China - Release setting up manufacturing in Jamnapar Challenges in urban bids in scheme: - Cost of MRO on users - Potential inclusion-exclusion errors - Lack of skilled installation workers - threat of disasters like fire/electrocution in Hissar, Haryana
— BHAVESH JAGLAN · AIR 128
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Conclusion
To overcome above challenges, standard universal SOPs need to be circulated and training modules may be made available
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Topper
BHAVESH JAGLAN
AIR 1282025
Subject & Paper
GS3GS3
Topic
Science and Technology
Solar Energy
Rooftop solar installations and policy incentives
Writing Stats
232
Total words
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analytical
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