Solar Rooftop technology is a proven technology and significant power is being
generated worldwide via Solar Rooftop. The Ministry of Power, Government of
India has set aggressive targets for 40 GW of power from rooftop solar by 2022.
But India is lacking exponential growth in rooftop solar power plants using
residential, small and large commercial photovoltaic (PV) installations and Energy
Storage to meet these goals.
To create this accelerated exponential growth, India need new policies beyond the current programs to provide grassroots solar energy for home owners to own mini solar power plants at their roof or back yards to benefit the country. At present, the policies/regulations at most of the places in India are not supporting of solar rooftop exporting the power back to the grid. We must immediately develop regulations for export of power and net metering from rooftop solar nationwide. India can facilitate this growth by large-scale deployment of 100 million solar roofs with storage, solar co-operatives, and solar cities, etc.
India also need to install a solar rooftop system that will accommodate the
demands of an Electric Vehicles (EV) charging. Electric car technology, including
batteries and charging systems, has been moving ahead by leaps and bounds, and
retail prices have come down within price range of the average consumer. In fact,
the affordable battery storage has already arrived in the market (e.g., Tesla’s 100
kWh 507 km range battery for EV). Now these batteries can also be used to store
solar power for the grid. This can be a win/win situation for home and business
owners for years to come.
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