Energetica India - June 2020

SOLAR POWER significant incentives and subsidies to reduce the cost burden and encourage adoption. Such solar solutions also empower in- dividual farmers and local communities by reducing their dependency on tradi- tional power resources. The farmers can also sell surplus power generated to the Discoms to further augment their discre- tionary income. Currently, India is one of the frontrunners for solar pumps in the world along with countries in the Middle East and Africa. They have vast potential to address wa- ter related challenges such as availabil- ity and supply in agriculture and off-grid areas. Considering that such renewable solu- tions are expected to scale in the next couple of years, modernization of the grid network is going to become the norm in order to successfully match the capacity. 27 energetica INDIA- June_2020