Gird Connected

Grid
Connected Overview:
Solar
power sector in India has emerged as a fast upcoming section in last few years.
It supports the government agenda of sustainable growth, while, emerging as an
integral part of the solution to meet the nation’s energy needs and an essential
player for energy security.
A target of installing 100 GW of grid
connected solar power by 2022 has been kept. In
order to achieve the above target, Government of India have launched various
schemes to encourage generation of solar power in the country like Solar
Park Scheme, VGF Schemes, CPSU Scheme, Defence Scheme, Canal bank & Canal
top Scheme, Bundling Scheme, Grid Connected Solar Rooftop Scheme etc. Various policy measures are also undertaken to
promote the grid connected solar power plants.
Recently,
India has achieved 5th rank in the world in solar power deployment.
In solar power, capacity has increased by more than 11 times in the last five
years from 2.6 GW in March 2014 to 28.18 GW in March 2019. With technological
improvements, economy of scale and reduction in solar cell/ module prices solar
tariff in India is now competitive and has achieved grid parity.
Year wise achievement of Grid connected Solar power Project are as below:
SI. No |
Year |
Capacity added during F.Y. (MW) |
Cumulative capacity (MW) |
1 |
Upto 2010 |
8.54 |
11.35 |
2 |
2010-11 |
24.58 |
35.93 |
3 |
2011-12 |
896.37 |
932.30 |
4 |
1012-13 |
752.16 |
1684.46 |
5 |
2013-14 |
947.46 |
2631.93 |
6 |
2014-15 |
1112.07 |
3743.97 |
7 |
2015-16 |
3018.88 |
6762.87 |
8 |
2016-17 |
5525.98 |
12288.85 |
9 |
2017-18 |
9362.63 |
21651.48 |
10 |
2018-19 |
6529.20 |
28180.68 |