There are talks about new PV support schemes for the Indian state
owned companies/ PSUs. These plans have been initiated by the Indian
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and are in
their initial stage now. These support schemes may help India to reach
the 100 MW capacity eligibility from the 50 MW level at present. The
PSUs have no dearth of capital or land and hence are a great resource
for the expansion of solar industry in India. The large PSUs in India
like ONGC, BHEL, NTPC, SECI and Power Grid have the
resources of setting up solar plants with capacity upto 1 GW. They have
the ability and power to make a difference to the Indian Solar Industry.
However with the amount of red tape and bureaucracy in India, little can be expected. India suffers from high prices of fossil fuel and
electricity. Solar Energy can be and should be the answer to all such
worries. Hence the only ray of hope for India to overcome this can be
through harnessing the solar energy. With solar demand expected to be ~50 GW in 2014, India should also try and strike a position in the world market. China, Japan and USA are
expected to be the largest markets in 2014. Though countries like
India, Brazil, and South Africa have also become very important markets.
Hence this new policy support scheme could come as a boon for the
Indian Solar Industry. I am highly optimistic about the whole thing, if
we ignore the corruption and red tape mechanism in India.
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