Regulatory incentives Power utilities will have to purchase 0.25 per cent of their power from solar sources in the first three year phase (from 2009 to 2012). For this they will receive a fixed incentive of Rs 10 per kWh. This may increase to 3 per cent in phase two which is from 2012 to 2017 (the third phase will last till 2020). This tariff is fixed for all projects cleared in the

Rs 91,684 crore national solar mission to generate 10 per cent of the country

Working on new scheme to boost output.
Capital cost projections
The Ministry projects capital costs could fall to Rs 6-8 crore a MW in India
Globally the reduction could be even higher at Rs 4.5-6.75 crore
Comparative capital cost of thermal stations is Rs 4.5-5 crore
For hydro it is Rs 5-6 crore
For nuclear it is put a Rs 5-7.5 crore

Anil Sasi

A DRAFT document on India

The draft of India’s ambitious National Solar Mission plan under the National Action Plan on Climate Change approved by the Prime Minister of India on 3rd Aug 09. The plan has an ambitious target of generating 20,000 MW solar power by 2020 and this mission document describes the mission strategy in three phases.

This new report by Greenpeace International, European Solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA) and IEA SolarPACES outlines how under an advanced industry development scenario, concentrating solar power, could meet up to 7% of the world

The latest report on Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) power, a renewable energy resource which has a significant potential for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. Explores the scale, potential and barriers of implementing CST in US, India, China and Middle East & North Africa.

This mission document is part of the eight mission documents under India

The need to tackle global climate change and energy security makes developing alternatives to fossil fuels crucial.

DAVOS - Clean energy investment needs to more than triple to $515 billion a year to stop planet-warming emissions reaching levels deemed unsustainable by scientists, the World Economic Forum said in a report on Thursday.

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