With the Tamil Nadu (TN) state reeling under acute power
crisis, TN government recently unveiled a solar energy policy under which
installation of solar panels in all new government & local body buildings
would be made mandatory.
3,000 MW of Power.!
Chief Minister Ms.J. Jayalalithaa announced the new
policy, which seeks to tap 3,000 MW of power in the next 3 (three) years
through solar energy. The policy hopes to generate 1,000 MW each year till
2015.
Creation of solar energy parks, encouragement to people
to install solar panels at house and gradual installation of solar panels in
government & local body buildings are some of the salient features of the
new policy.
Salient Features ..!
* Street lighting & drinking water distribution would
be managed gradually through solar energy in local body & government
buildings.
* Big industries & high tension power consumers
should use certain percentage of power only through solar energy
* Producers of solar energy equipments would be given
encouragement such as net metering (which enables the rooftop solar plant to
put in the surplus energy into the grid), exemption from electricity tax &
power cut.
* Making Tamil Nadu a frontrunner in the solar power
generation.
Captive Power Generation..!
* The TN State Government will mandate 6% solar purchase
obligation from January 2014. Initially, till December 2013, it will be 3%.
This means HT power consumers including SEZs, industries guaranteed
uninterrupted power, IT parks, telecom towers, colleges and residential schools
& buildings of more than 20,000
square meter will have to meet the mandated power requirement from solar power.
* The solar policy also provides for generation based
incentives for domestic solar power production through roof top installations.
The target will be to set up 50 MW of generation through this scheme.
* Utility scale solar power parks of 1 to 10 MW each will
be encouraged to bring in over 1,500 MW of solar power generation capacity.
Developers will be selected through the competitive and reverse bidding routes.
* To attract solar power equipment production, preference
will be given for investors in this sector for land allocation in industrial
estates, tax incentives will be provided and the Government will also encourage
integrated generation and manufacturing facilities.
* Net metering will also be introduced in residences
& commercial establishments to offset the solar power generated from the
electricity consumption that is billed.
* The policy also provides for a range of tax incentives
in line with the industrial policy.
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