Understanding Solar Net Metering for Consumers in India – CSE
Date & Time May 31, 2023, 03:00 PM
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. CSE researches into, lobbies for and communicates the urgency of development that is both sustainable and equitable.
The scenario today demands using knowledge to bring about change. In other words, working India’s democracy. This is what we aim to do.The challenge, we see, is two-pronged. On the one hand, millions live within a biomass based subsistence economy, at the margins of survival.
The environment is their only natural asset. But a degraded environment means stress on land, water and forest resources for survival. It means increasing destitution and poverty. Here, opportunity to bring about change is enormous.But it will need a commitment to reform – structural reform- in the way we do business with local communities.
On the other hand, rapid industrialization is throwing up new problems: growing toxification and a costly disease burden. The answers will be in reinventing the growth model of the Western world for ourselves, so that we can leapfrog technology choices and find new ways of building wealth that will not cost us the earth.
Our aim is to raise these concerns, participate in seeking answers and in pushing for answers, transforming these into policy and so practice. We do this through our research and by communicating our understanding through our publications.
Description
Grid-connected non-conventional energy generation has evolved over the past few years, with emphasis now being given to clean, green, and sustainable energy generation. The Electricity Act 2003, with its provisions for renewable energy, has encouraged market competition by adopting non-conventional energy resources in India. Despite incentives provided by the Government of India, the uptake of rooftop solar PV in the country has been rather slow. Installation of more than 53 GW of ground-mounted solar PV has been achieved against the target of 60 GW; however, the progress for solar rooftop projects is only 9 GW against the target of 40 GW. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) invites you to a consultation webinar to understand why the uptake of rooftop solar PV is slow, and explore measures for improvement. For this, an understanding solar net metering and its challenges is critical. Net metering applies to consumers who have a grid connection with enough rooftop space and load available at a particular location. But these consumers are currently facing a number of problems, and this webinar is an effort towards finding solutions for them. Join us at ‘Understanding Solar Net Metering for Consumers in India’.
Why is the uptake of rooftop solar PV slow? Understanding solar net metering and its challenges is critical to explore measures for improvement. Join us at a webinar on ‘Understanding Solar Net Metering for Consumers in India’ along with renowned experts Jay C. Shiv, Manu Srivastava Sunit Mathur, Vimal Kumar Eswarlal and Maitreyi K.
