India solar power sector analysis - an exciting opportunity for India

Monday, Nov 19, 2012

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/sb742k/india_solar_power) has announced the addition of the "India Solar Power Sector Analysis" report to their offering.

India is emerging as one of the leading solar PV markets in the world as the country is blessed with immense potential for solar energy as most of the states have more than 300 sunny days and the specific average annual solar energy yield in India is estimated between 1700 - 1900 kWh per kWp. Indian Solar power has the potential to generate 50,000 MW which would be enough to meet over 5% of power requirement by 2022.

Solar power has emerged as one of the key renewable sources and presents an exciting opportunity for India. In past few years, the solar PV industry has experienced substantial growth primarily driven by favourable policies of central and state governments to support its development. The Gujarat State Solar Policy and the Centre's Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) are at the forefront of solar power development in India. As a result, power generation capacities from solar have increased from 20 MW in FY'2011 to nearly 940 MW in FY'2012 and by June 2012 it crossed 1 GW. Most of the installed capacity over 600 MW comes from Gujarat.

States like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Maharashtra are emerging as more prominent future PV installation destination for developers and installers. These states have taken positive steps and introduced their own solar programmes as well as FITs, or are expected to announce their solar ambitions in the course of this year to exploit their solar potential.

Source: Business Wire