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Solar-DC:India towards Energy Independence


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1 The Telecommunications and Computer Networking Group (TeNeT), Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
 

Over the last few years, India has focused considerably on solar power. A vision of having 50% of electrical power from renewable technologies by 2030 is being put forward. But the focus is primarily on centralized power generation from solar photovoltaics (PV). There is talk about decentralized rooftop solar PV deployments. However, they are all subsidy-driven and so far have failed to make significant inroads into homes. To understand the reasons, let us take up a tangential issue first.
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Ashok Jhunjhunwala
The Telecommunications and Computer Networking Group (TeNeT), Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India

Abstract


Over the last few years, India has focused considerably on solar power. A vision of having 50% of electrical power from renewable technologies by 2030 is being put forward. But the focus is primarily on centralized power generation from solar photovoltaics (PV). There is talk about decentralized rooftop solar PV deployments. However, they are all subsidy-driven and so far have failed to make significant inroads into homes. To understand the reasons, let us take up a tangential issue first.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi4%2F599-600