Decentralized solar rooftop photovoltaic in India: On the path of sustainable energy security

Rathore, Pushpendra Kumar Singh; Chauhan, Durg Singh; Singh, Rudra Pratap

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2018.07.049

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“…DISCOM can generate less power whenever an independent power producer generates a higher amount of power than the OAC's demand, in order to use surplus PV power and generate when PV generation is reduced and shortfalls arise [159,160]. The presence of multiple electricity regulatory boards like MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy), CERC (Central Electricity Regulatory Commission), SERC (Ministry of Power and State Electricity Regulatory Commission) also make the legal process a cumbersome task [161].…”

Section: Potential Of Bipv/bapv In Indiamentioning

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Status of BIPV and BAPV System for Less Energy-Hungry Building in India—A Review

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The photovoltaic (PV) system is one of the most promising technologies that generate benevolent electricity. Therefore, fossil fuel-generated electric power plants, that emit an enormous amount of greenhouse gases, can be replaced by the PV power plant. However, due to its lower efficiency than a traditional power plant, and to generate equal amount of power, a large land area is required for the PV power plant. Also, transmission and distribution losses are intricate issues for PV power plants. Therefore, the inclusion of PV into a building is one of the holistic approaches which reduce the necessity for such large land areas. Building-integrated and building attached/applied are the two types where PV can be included in the building. Building applied/attached PV(BAPV) indicates that the PV system is added/attached or applied to a building, whereas, building integrated PV (BIPV) illustrates the concept of replacing the traditional building envelop, such as window, wall, roof by PV. In India, applying PV on a building is growing due to India’s solar mission target for 2022. In 2015, through Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, India targeted to achieve 100 GW PV power of which 40 GW will be acquired from roof-integrated PV by 2022. By the end of December 2019, India achieved 33.7 GW total installed PV power. Also, green/zero energy/and sustainable buildings are gaining significance in India due to rapid urbanization. However, BIPV system is rarely used in India which is likely due to a lack of government support and public awareness. This work reviewed the status of BIPV/BAPV system in India. The BIPV window system can probably be the suitable BIPV product for Indian context to reduce the building’s HVAC load.

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“…India is targeting 40 GW of grid-connected solar rooftop by 2022 (Central Electricity Authority, 2018). Despite rapid growth in rooftop installations, the country is not on track to meet this target (Bloomberg NEF, 2017;Trivedi et al, 2018;Rathore et al, 2019). Challenges include delays in disbursements of rooftop solar subsidies (Prateek, 2018).…”

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“…In both countries, resistance from utilities has contributed to difficulties in obtaining net meters for rooftop solar, including delays of up to several months (Trivedi et al, 2018;Rathore et al, 2019). Utility-scale solar and wind projects have also been delayed or had their power curtailed due to transmission issues (World Bank, 2013; Viswamohanan and Aggarwal, 2018).…”

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Overcoming barriers to solar and wind energy adoption in two Asian giants: India and Indonesia

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Solar and wind electricity generation technologies have become cost competitive and account for a growing share of global investment in new electricity generation capacity. Both India and Indonesia have ambitious targets for adoption of these technologies, and India has an impressive current rate of uptake. Substantial obstacles exist, however, including the entrenched positions of coal and other fossil fuels, regulatory barriers to market access, and weak abilities of electricity utilities to manage intermittent renewables. This paper reviews these obstacles and discusses strategies to overcome them. We focus on the use of reverse auction processes able to deliver low-price solar and wind contracts, as are being successfully employed in India, on tax and subsidy reform options, on regulatory and incentive-design strategies, on approaches to bolster grid management capacities, and on the importance of minimising protectionist barriers. Our analysis covers both small-scale and large-scale systems.

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“…In fact, avoided energy costs are typically more profitable than the produced electricity, itself. The development of decentralized systems is dependent on the local production of energy ( Kalkbrenner, 2019 ; Khan, 2020 ; Rathore et al, 2019 ). To this end, it is necessary to improve consumer habits, as this is a pre-condition for optimizing the size of battery energy storage (BES) system ( Cucchiella et al, 2016 ).…”

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The post COVID-19 green recovery in practice: Assessing the profitability of a policy proposal on residential photovoltaic plants

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The development of photovoltaic (PV) energy has been very significant in the last years, thanks to cost reductions brought about by policy actions favouring the transition from a fossil to a green society. As this transition is likely to stretch over the long term, policy support must be programmed accordingly. In light of the human and economic shock effected by COVID-19, the Italian government has offered a tax deduction of 110% over 5 years for the realization of new PV residential plants. We propose to integrate this tool with the application of a bonus for energy produced and self-consumed, in order to support the development of decentralized systems. In this paper, we provide an economic assessment of a 3 kW plant in the context of several policy scenarios. The results underline the great opportunity for consumers to tackle climate change whilst obtaining relevant economic profits. The study can be replicated on a global scale.

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Decentralized solar rooftop photovoltaic in India: On the path of sustainable energy security

Cited by 113 publications

References 19 publications

Status of BIPV and BAPV System for Less Energy-Hungry Building in India—A Review

Status of BIPV and BAPV System for Less Energy-Hungry Building in India—A Review

Overcoming barriers to solar and wind energy adoption in two Asian giants: India and Indonesia

The post COVID-19 green recovery in practice: Assessing the profitability of a policy proposal on residential photovoltaic plants

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