Gujarat has the most amount of solar energy plants installed in India due to a very supportive state government. The government has managed to boost solar capacity tremendously without breaking the bank. This has made other states realize the importance of solar energy and now several states like TN, Andhra Pradesh are looking to install [...]
The concept of solar parks was started in India by the Gujarat government where land, infrastructure and electricity transmission is established in one place making it easy for solar developers to set up megawatt scale solar energy plants. This has been copied by Rajasthan and now by Tamil Nadu as well. The 6% SPO for [...]
India’s federal solar subsidy policy JNNSM Phase 2 will see a shift in emphasis from large solar farms to grid connected solar rooftop and off grid solar projects. Note JNNSM Phase 1 saw 1100 MW of solar projects awarded through a reverse auction over 2 batches in Phase 1. Almost all the solar projects were [...]
Solar Energy in India is not only being driven by the Central Government (mainly through JNNSM) but also by individual states. While Gujarat has been spectacularly successful with its solar policies installing almost 65% of the total solar energy capacity in the country, other states are trying to catch up. Karnataka, West Bengal, Orissa, Maharashtra, [...]
Gujarat – The Green City of Narendra Modi The true test of success of a strategy is when your rivals start copying it. Using this benchmark Narendra Modi has succeeded fabulously his solar energy policy promotion in Gujarat. The state has installed almost 60% of the country’s solar capacity despite the federal solar subsidy policy [...]
Solar Rooftops Gujarat which has been a trailblazer in installing solar energy in India has once again shown the way in distributed rooftop solar generation. Note Greenworldinvestor has been constantly advocating that rooftop small solar plants should be given preference over large solar ground mounted farms. Now it seems that Gujarat which has installed a [...]