MUMBAI: Over 25 crore households throughout India have the potential to deploy 637 GW of solar energy capability on rooftops, in response to a brand new unbiased report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) launched at present. Further, the CEEW report discovered that deploying simply one-third of this whole solar technical potential may help all the electrical energy demand of India’s residential sector (~310 TWh).
However, the technical potential reduces to one-fifth (118 GW) after factoring within the present electrical energy consumption of households. Most residential customers fall into low-consumption slabs and solar might not be economically possible for them with out monetary help despite the fact that it’s technically potential. The potential reduces additional to 11 GW when no capital subsidy is taken into account, the payback interval for rooftop solar is restricted to 5 years and we consider customers’ willingness to purchase rooftop solar. However, with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s capital subsidy, the potential will increase to 32 GW making the solar techniques possible for extra customers. Currently, India has put in 11 GW of rooftop solar capability, of which solely 2.7 GW is within the residential sector.
The CEEW report, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, did a bottom-up evaluation throughout 21 Indian states that cowl 97 per cent of the nation’s inhabitants. It discovered that 60 per cent of the residential rooftop potential is concentrated in simply seven states — Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.
Lalit Bohra IRTS, Joint Secretary, MNRE, mentioned, “Accelerating the adoption of rooftop solar is crucial to decarbonise the economy and help India achieve its net zero goal by 2070. MNRE has been actively promoting the rooftop solar sector through its strategic interventions. The recently announced distributed RPO obligation will accelerate demand generation in the rooftop sector. The National Dialogue on Rooftop Solar by CEEW and the launch of its report on the potential are timely interventions to build a common consensus among stakeholders towards making rooftop solar central to India’s energy transition.”
India’s rooftop solar potential is unfold geographically throughout states in distinction to different renewable applied sciences akin to utility-scale solar and wind initiatives, and may very well be essential to the energy transition ambitions of states. Moreover, rural areas present greater technical potential based mostly on residential rooftop space (363 GW) in comparison with city areas throughout states (274 GW).
Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, CEEW, mentioned, “India’s solar energy revolution–going from 2,000 MW of solar power capacity in 2010 to 72,018 MW now–must reach households too to reach its full potential. CEEW’s study shows the mammoth capacity of solar systems that both rural and urban households can deploy to guarantee not only a transition to clean energy but also fulfil a basic need – access to power. But to get there, residents must get the right price and attractive incentives and enjoy a convenient experience, which can then spur the markets to create the right products and capacities for homes.”
Priya Shankar, India Director, Climate and Environment Program, Bloomberg Philanthropies, mentioned, “Unlocking rooftop solar potential in both urban and rural India can be a transformative leap towards sustainable development. To fully harness India’s rooftop solar potential, developing innovative business models and financing mechanisms will be critical for driving further progress. Bloomberg Philanthropies is delighted to support this research by CEEW, providing data and analysis to foster the acceleration of India’s clean energy development for the benefit of people, the economy, and the climate.”
The CEEW report additionally discovered that residential consciousness of rooftop solar techniques was lower than 50 per cent on the nationwide degree in FY2020. Awareness in most states was clustered between 30 and 50 per cent. When it got here to willingness to put in rooftop solar techniques, residential customers in Gujarat confirmed the best willingness at 13 per cent, in comparison with the nationwide common of 5 per cent. However, residents throughout states understand rooftop solar techniques to be expensive investments, impacting their willingness to pay.
According to a different CEEW research launched at present, solarising residential households additionally provides large financial advantages to energy distribution firms (discoms). The research on solarising rural households in Bihar and Meghalaya highlights lifetime financial good points to the tune of INR 2,700 crore per 100 MW of solar capability to discoms. The advantages will probably be as a consequence of lowered cross-subsidy burden, improved transmission and distribution losses, and decrease common price to serve customers.
The CEEW research recommends introducing focused capital subsidies for customers, notably for rooftop solar system sizes of 0-3 kW, and recognising techniques beneath 1 kW in insurance policies and laws. Further, for customers, states ought to create a one-stop platform for rooftop solar to supply fundamental, dependable, and compelling details about rooftop solar. At the nationwide degree, there’s a have to roll out consciousness campaigns to generate demand. To unlock the market, there’s a have to introduce enabling laws, together with the popularity of revolutionary fashions (akin to group solar and solar companions) past the standard CAPEX and OPEX fashions and introduce low-cost financing choices for residential customers.
– Just one-third of this potential may help all the electrical energy demand of the Indian residential sector
– Rural areas present greater rooftop potential (363 GW) than city areas (274 GW)
– Residential willingness to put in rooftop solar techniques is highest in Gujarat at 13%, whereas nationwide common is 5%
However, the technical potential reduces to one-fifth (118 GW) after factoring within the present electrical energy consumption of households. Most residential customers fall into low-consumption slabs and solar might not be economically possible for them with out monetary help despite the fact that it’s technically potential. The potential reduces additional to 11 GW when no capital subsidy is taken into account, the payback interval for rooftop solar is restricted to 5 years and we consider customers’ willingness to purchase rooftop solar. However, with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s capital subsidy, the potential will increase to 32 GW making the solar techniques possible for extra customers. Currently, India has put in 11 GW of rooftop solar capability, of which solely 2.7 GW is within the residential sector.
The CEEW report, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, did a bottom-up evaluation throughout 21 Indian states that cowl 97 per cent of the nation’s inhabitants. It discovered that 60 per cent of the residential rooftop potential is concentrated in simply seven states — Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.
Lalit Bohra IRTS, Joint Secretary, MNRE, mentioned, “Accelerating the adoption of rooftop solar is crucial to decarbonise the economy and help India achieve its net zero goal by 2070. MNRE has been actively promoting the rooftop solar sector through its strategic interventions. The recently announced distributed RPO obligation will accelerate demand generation in the rooftop sector. The National Dialogue on Rooftop Solar by CEEW and the launch of its report on the potential are timely interventions to build a common consensus among stakeholders towards making rooftop solar central to India’s energy transition.”
India’s rooftop solar potential is unfold geographically throughout states in distinction to different renewable applied sciences akin to utility-scale solar and wind initiatives, and may very well be essential to the energy transition ambitions of states. Moreover, rural areas present greater technical potential based mostly on residential rooftop space (363 GW) in comparison with city areas throughout states (274 GW).
Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, CEEW, mentioned, “India’s solar energy revolution–going from 2,000 MW of solar power capacity in 2010 to 72,018 MW now–must reach households too to reach its full potential. CEEW’s study shows the mammoth capacity of solar systems that both rural and urban households can deploy to guarantee not only a transition to clean energy but also fulfil a basic need – access to power. But to get there, residents must get the right price and attractive incentives and enjoy a convenient experience, which can then spur the markets to create the right products and capacities for homes.”
Priya Shankar, India Director, Climate and Environment Program, Bloomberg Philanthropies, mentioned, “Unlocking rooftop solar potential in both urban and rural India can be a transformative leap towards sustainable development. To fully harness India’s rooftop solar potential, developing innovative business models and financing mechanisms will be critical for driving further progress. Bloomberg Philanthropies is delighted to support this research by CEEW, providing data and analysis to foster the acceleration of India’s clean energy development for the benefit of people, the economy, and the climate.”
The CEEW report additionally discovered that residential consciousness of rooftop solar techniques was lower than 50 per cent on the nationwide degree in FY2020. Awareness in most states was clustered between 30 and 50 per cent. When it got here to willingness to put in rooftop solar techniques, residential customers in Gujarat confirmed the best willingness at 13 per cent, in comparison with the nationwide common of 5 per cent. However, residents throughout states understand rooftop solar techniques to be expensive investments, impacting their willingness to pay.
According to a different CEEW research launched at present, solarising residential households additionally provides large financial advantages to energy distribution firms (discoms). The research on solarising rural households in Bihar and Meghalaya highlights lifetime financial good points to the tune of INR 2,700 crore per 100 MW of solar capability to discoms. The advantages will probably be as a consequence of lowered cross-subsidy burden, improved transmission and distribution losses, and decrease common price to serve customers.
The CEEW research recommends introducing focused capital subsidies for customers, notably for rooftop solar system sizes of 0-3 kW, and recognising techniques beneath 1 kW in insurance policies and laws. Further, for customers, states ought to create a one-stop platform for rooftop solar to supply fundamental, dependable, and compelling details about rooftop solar. At the nationwide degree, there’s a have to roll out consciousness campaigns to generate demand. To unlock the market, there’s a have to introduce enabling laws, together with the popularity of revolutionary fashions (akin to group solar and solar companions) past the standard CAPEX and OPEX fashions and introduce low-cost financing choices for residential customers.
– Just one-third of this potential may help all the electrical energy demand of the Indian residential sector
– Rural areas present greater rooftop potential (363 GW) than city areas (274 GW)
– Residential willingness to put in rooftop solar techniques is highest in Gujarat at 13%, whereas nationwide common is 5%
