SOLAR GUIDELINES India

Source: http://www.solarguidelines.in/

Welcome to SOLAR GUIDELINES India!

With the continuous efforts of the Governments in the Centre as well as States, India has an installed solar power generation capacity of 3002 MW (as of December, 2014). However, in order to meet the targets envisaged under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission and under various policies announced by respective State Governments, it is desirable that relevant and easily accessible information to help and support the project developers and all stakeholders is properly disseminated at a convenient platform. This shall encourage timely implementation of solar projects as well as attract private sector participation in the solar power generation segment.

With the aim to facilitate the dissemination of proper and desired information to the project developers/administrative institutions/financial institutions and various other stakeholders to ensure timely implementation of solar projects under JNNSM and state policies, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) agreed to implement the project Solar Guidelines.

Solar Guidelines and its Relevance

SOLAR GUIDELINES is a web-based platform for encouraging rapid development of the solar power sector in India by facilitating dissemination of latest updates on the development of projects, policy frameworks announced by governments from time to time, regulatory framework announced by CERC, Regulations of the MoEF, Contractual Agreements (PPA/PSA), and procedural details of approval and clearances required for timely commissioning and financial closures of solar installations in the country.

The project has been jointly initiated by GIZ under the International Climate Initiative administered by German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has assigned the Solar Guidelines Project to Solar Energy Corporation of India.

The first phase of the project saw the setting up of the website (www.solarguidelines.in) that includes, as of now, comprehensive description of the step-by-step processes needed for commissioning of solar projects in the state of Rajasthan. During the second phase, the is intended to cover various other states including Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

The initial task of the second phase would aim at updating the information for the state of Rajasthan and development of comprehensive description of the step-by-step processes needed for execution of solar projects in the state ofKarnataka and Gujarat.