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Why has solar energy in India not been developed to desired level in spite of its high potential?

  • UPSC 2017
  • Resources

India receives 4-7 kWh per square metre per day over roughly 300 clear days; assessed potential was placed at 748 GW on a three-per-cent-wasteland assumption and has since been reassessed at about 10,830 GW once agrivoltaic, floating, rooftop and building-integrated surfaces are counted.

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  • 1. The grid cannot absorb what is built
  • 2. Storage arrived after generation
  • 3. Distribution utilities are the weak counterparty
  • 4. Manufacturing is shallow where it matters
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