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With booming Solar Industry, comes the fear of piling toxic trash

India is undergoing clean energy transition. Government’s constant endeavour to boost renewable energy, solar adoption have become a priority for climate warriors, government and industrialists. India just announced increasing Product Linked Incentives six times to 24,500 crore to boost domestic manufacturing of solar panels and equipments, pledging to lead the renewable sector transformation and adoption. This dramatic energy transformation of India is bringing forth a bigger challenge soon - Solar waste management system. India needs to build up the capacity to manage and recycle the solar waste which has potential to end up land fills and cause other pollution. India is staring at solar waste burst in coming decade A research held by IIT pointed out India could generate 2.95bn tons of solar waste by 2047, as with the current focus on solar, India could have installed capacity of about 350 GW by 203o, with the average module life expectancy was considered about 25 years till 2014, an...
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Rooftop Solar can strengthen GOI's Renewable mission

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 ~Cooperative ownership proposition can accelerate adoption~ In a recent report by Mercom mentions India has added 521 MW rooftop Solar capacity in the period April - Jun 2021, this surge in adoption was particularly attributed to the net-metering revision of 10kw to 500Kw. Government of India is also providing incentives for residential installations. But looking at India's Solar ambition, the efforts need to be more cohesive and structured. Community Solar may be one of the solutions.    There are major goals ahead of India, 450 GW renewable capacity (175 GW solar alone) by 2030 and pressure of International on India to achieve Carbon neutrality by 2050. Complication in EPC projects, land requirement, loss in transmission and expectation miss match makes solar economics less than viable for all the players. Adoption at an individual level holds the answer for solar success.  GOI has been actively working on various projects and mission to boost solar adoption ...
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