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Crystalline Silicon solar cell Pump is a great boon. It increases
Growth of Indian Solar PV Industry is the work horse of the solar their crop yield by ensuring a
PV technology. The solar cell reliable and perennial supply of
efficiency has grown from 12% to water to their fields.
24% and the solar cell size has MNRE has launched PM-
increased from 125mm wafer size KUSUM Scheme, for setting up
to 210 mm. subsidized solar pumps and
solar capacity for 2022, and in Solar + Wind hybrid-based distributed solar power plants
2015 the target was raised to projects with battery storage across the country. It is one of
achieve 100 GWp, including system will supply the energy the biggest initiatives in the world
40 GWp from rooftop solar by without interruption in the days. to provide clean energy to more
2022. India has sanctioned 52 Floating solar PV plants are being than 3.5 million farmers across
solar parks with a cumulative developed and constructed on India.
capacity of 37.92 GW capacity in water surface area such as on By switching to Solar Water
14 states. canals, lakes, reservoirs, farm Pumps, farmers can have access
As of 31 January 2022, the ponds and the sea for large solar- to a highly-efficient power supply
st
installed Solar rooftop capacity power plants. that can be used throughout the
(residential, commercial & Agricultural farmers day to provide a consistent water
industrial clients, institutions) is benefitted due to reduction in supply. By 31 October 2019 a total
Rabindra Kumar Satpathy 6.4 GW, the installed capacity of electrical bill, diesel bills etc. of 181,521 solar photovoltaic water
Member, Board of Directors, Megawatt level ground mounted Residential customers can earn pumping systems were installed
International Solar Energy Society solar PV systems is 42.5GW and the money by supplying excess and total solar water pumping
off-grid solar power systems generated power to DISCOMS. systems would reach 3.5 million
installations stands at 1.5GW. Commercial & Industrial by the year 2022 under this
And the installation of 20 lakh customers are able to get scheme. The goal is to provide
There is an increased stand-alone agricultural pumps reduced electricity bills. water assurance and financial
population worldwide and the is underway. Renewable Energy Obligation security to all farmers in India.
energy requirements are growing. By 2012, a total of 46,00,000 can be met by setting up the The Indian Govt. is providing
The fossil fuels are depleting and solar lanterns and 8,61,654 power plants. various incentives to support the
the existing fossil fuel based solar-powered home lights were India's agriculture sector is solar industry including PLI scheme
energy generation is causing installed. Twenty million solar heavily dependent on monsoons for solar PV manufacturing, BCD of
global environment pollution. To lamps are expected by 2022. for natural irrigation. Pumps 25% on solar cell and 40% on solar
combat these issues, India has Solar Industry in India has are used as an artificial means modules to protect the domestic
taken steps to set up solar PV grown from KW level residential/ to provide water for irrigation. industry, Net metering, Reduction
plants of 100GW by 2022 and 280 rooftop system at evacuation Farmers rely on grid electricity or of ISTS charges for open access
GW by 2030, to achieve net-zero to MW level industrial rooftop- diesel gen-sets to run the pump, projects, Permitting 100% Foreign
carbon emissions by 2070. With based systems. The KW level which leads to huge delays and Direct Investment, Renewable
this mission, India has set up 60.8 systems to GW level solar parks economic stress. Hence, for our Energy Certificates, Assured
GW solar plants all over India as evacuation voltage levels have farmers, an effective irrigation Power Purchase Agreement
residential, industrial rooftops, off also increased significantly. Now, system such as the Solar Water (PPA).
grid systems as well as ground solar PV tariff has reached grid
mounted systems. In 2010, it was parity.
70MW. Solar module wattage has
India stands in 5 position in also increased from 40W level
th
global solar power deployment in to 600W in mono facial and Bi-
2021, jumped 16 places from 2010 facial solar modules. The fixed
to 2021. tilt-based systems have given
The Indian Government had way to Solar trackers with bifacial
an initial target of 20 GWp solar module

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