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Inside of Renewable Energy Industry of India Is achieving a target of

adding 100 GW capacity of Solar in India by 2022 bankable? : Series I

Renewable energy is one of the purest form of energy with almost negligible

or no carbon emissions. Thus, renewable energy is the need of todays

society which not only has the potential to considerably reduce dependency

on fossil fuel generated electricity (i.e., electricity generated by the

combustion of coal, oil, natural gas etc.,) but also increases energy security

by increasing access of sustainable and environmental friendly source of

energy (i.e., access of aordable form of energy which not only increases

energy independency, accelerate economic growth and create new jobs but

also addresses the problem of pollution by reducing global warming and thus

improving air uality).

Series I discusses - !hy renewable energy is vital for "ndias growing needs of

sustainable economic growth, Power Scenario of India - Demand and Supply

gap since Independence (1947 2014! Po"en"ial of #enewa$le %nergy

Sources in India and India&s #enewa$le %nergy Por"folio as of Decem$er

2014'


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Series II will showcase following - Techno#commercial cum socio#

economic comparison between dierent energy sources i.e., both

conventional and non#conventional energy sources ($olar, wind, hydro,

biomass, coal and natural gas), %rid parity of $olar &nergy and %overnments

ambitious target of achieving ' %! of solar energy by , dierent

*nancing options available for solar projects in "ndia and at last we discuss

about +hallenges associated with the banability of target of solar capacity

addition of ' %! by .

Why renewable energy is vital for Indias growing needs of

sustainable economic growth

Today, "ndias natural resource deposits are at huge pressure due to

countrys need of enormous and sustained economic growth. -ccording to

-sian evelopment /utloo ('0), "ndias %1 is e2pected to grow by 3.4 5

and 4. 5 in '0 and '6 respectively (Refer7 Table7 ' ). -ccording to +&-

data ('0), about 35 of "ndias installed electricity generation capacity

comes from fossil fuel which constitutes 65 from coal, 85 from natural gas

and '5 from diesel. -nd, thus it is estimated that "ndias dependency on

energy imports will increase to 095 of the total countrys energy

consumption by 9 (:ep, ''). Therefore, to meet this increasing energyconsumption demand, "ndia imported total 945 of fossil fuel (i.e., together

coal, natural gas, and petroleum products) in ' (&"-, ';) (Refer7

>maeinindia.com>).

Table: 1 Indias Economic indicators (%)

Selected economic indicators (%) -

India

2015 2016

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of !")

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Source: Asian Development Outlook 2015: Financing Asias Future Growth

'igure: 1 Indias increasing deendenc on fossil fuel imorts

Source: !S! "nerg# $n%ormation A&ministration' $nternational "nerg# Statistics(201)*

"ndias substantial and sustained growth has placed enormous demand on

the countrys natural resources. Today, "ndia imports substantial uantities of

gas, oil and coal in order to meet its growing energy demand. The increasing

dependence on imported fuels may create a serious threat to the future fuelsecurity of the country. "n addition, the countrys 0; %! of power

generation capacity based mainly on conventional sources has further

strained the natural resources.

-round 65 of "ndias current power generation capacity is based on coal

which is e2pected to remain the dominant power source in the future.
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?owever, the coal sector is facing many challenges and "ndia is increasingly

relying on coal @ oil imports to meet its reuirements of energy, thereby

e2hibiting a lot of pressure on "ndian economy from these high import

factors.

Power Scenario of India - Demand and Supply gap since

Independence (1!" # $%1!&

Though +alcutta was the *rst city in "ndia to get electri*ed in the nineteenth

century after Aew :or and Bondon i.e., in '488. Cut to deal with the huge

power demand and supply gap, the real evolution of "ndian power sector

too place post#reform> liberaliDation phase i.e., since '88' when the actual

development too place and several policies @ regulatory changes were

made (such as the formation of central sector utilities i.e., AT1+ and A?1+,

privatiDation and unbundling of power sector and thus opening the sector forprivate players i.e., "ndependent 1ower 1roducers ("11$) including '5

foreign direct investments (


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Table: * ll India "ower Sul "osition Energ-wise and "ea+-wise

(,tilities) (1./-.0 to *1* 12)

Source: +&- ('9), %rowth of &lectricity sector in "ndia from '8;3 to '9

'igure: * - "ower Sul "osition in India (as of 3arch *1/)

Source: +&- (';), 1ower $cenario at a %lance, =arch ';


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between demand and supply of power has

reduced signi*cantly

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; million people in "ndia still lacs the access of reliable supply of power(Times of "ndia, ';)

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