India's energy
demand is increasing day by day due to its growing population of 1.1 billion and a rapidly
expanding economy. India's energy demands currently depend on coal and fossil fuels when the pricing of fossil fuels in the international market is highly volatile
and domestic coal mining is under the black clouds. India’s energy goals are further
complicated by its voluntary commitment to reduce the
emissions intensity of its GDP by 20–25% by 2020.
India has launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission to
address its entwined challenges fo energy security and climate
change. The Mission aims to achieve grid parity (electricity delivered
at the same cost and quality as that delivered on the grid) by 2020, by
fostering the installation of 20 GW of solar installations. Achieving
this target would establish India as a global leader in solar power
generation.
Under the flag of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, The Mission will be accomplished in following three phases:
Phase 1 (2012–13) - Smaller scale projects have
been commissioned which employ only commercially established technologies
in order to ensure early successes with minimum risks.
Phase 2 (2013–17) - The size and capacity of solar
power installations will be aggressively expanded to such a scale to establish India as a leader in the solar energy market.
Phase 3 (2017–22)
- In this phase the creation of favourable conditions for domestic
solar manufacturing capability and leadership will be in prime focus.
Government is fully determined to take all necessary steps for the development of renewable energy sector.
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