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30/12/22 07:45 AM IST

Delhi govt approves draft Solar Policy

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  • The Delhi government recently approved the draft of its ambitious Solar Policy 2022 which revises the installed capacity to 6,000 MW from 2,000 MW by 2025, a three-fold jump in as many years.
Features of the policy
  • The policy aims to create a unified single-window state portal managed by the Delhi Solar Cell that will provide information on the benefits of solar PV systems, process-related guidelines, and timeline.
  • To motivate consumers to use solar energy, the government will provide various incentives such as generation-based incentives (GBI) and capital subsidies.
  • For the first time in the country, consumers will have an opportunity for Community Solar and Peer-to-Peer trading.
  • The policy will provide capital subsidies for residential as well as commercial consumers in Delhi.
  • The 2022 policy revises the installed capacity proposed by the 2016 policy from 2,000 MW to 6,000 MW by 2025 to increase the share of solar energy in Delhi’s electricity demand from the current 9 percent to 25 percent in 3 years – the highest in India.
  • For commercial and industrial consumers, the GBI will be provided for 5 years from the date when the solar power is commissioned. An early-bid GBI of Rs.1 per kWh will be provided for the first-time industrial and commercial consumers for the first 200 MW solar deployment.
  • The policy proposes new deployment models like Hybrid RESCO, Community Solar and Peer-to-Peer trading to increase adoption of RTS panels.
  • The Hybrid RESCO, which is proposed for the first time in India, enables consumers to access the net metering benefits of solar without making any upfront capital investment by entering into an agreement with their power distribution company.
  • The policy puts in place the Community Solar model for the first time India. This model will enable consumers who do not have a suitable roof for installing the RTS panel to be owners of a part of a larger solar energy system set up by a developer within an available land in Delhi.
  • The peer-to-peer trading model will enable users of solar energy systems to sell their surplus electricity in real-time via a P2P energy trading platform.
Source- The Hindu

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