Next-Gen Solar Energy Hub : Gujarat, India

Solar water heating systems and solar cookers near commercialization

- A Solar Water Heating System of capacity 54000 Litres/Day has been at Cattle feed Factory, Kanjari

Focus on Grid Interactive Power

- Gujarat Solar Policy; Max Cap at 500 MW; Min at 5 MW

- Reliance Industries and Euro Solar have approval of 5 MW each under MNRE’s generation based incentive scheme

Semiconductor Policy,2007

- 20%-25% capital subsidy (investment grant or interest subsidy) or equity participation or combination of both

- in units manufacturing solar cell, photovoltaic, storage devices

- with NPV of Rs INR 10,000 million ($208 million)

National Solar Mission, 2008

- Decentralized Distributed Generation

- Grid Interactive Solar PV power plants

- Back up Power for Telecom Towers (Base Transceiver Station)

- Roof based solar PV systems