Q38. What are the possible challenges that the solar mission in India is/are facing?
1. The production of Solar Power is still very expensive.
2. Requirement of Large land area for the installation of Solar Plants.
3. Predatory pricing.
4. Absence of effective anti dumping duties.
Select the correct answer using the codes given:
Q38. What are the possible challenges that the solar mission in India is/are facing?
1. The production of Solar Power is still very expensive.
2. Requirement of Large land area for the installation of Solar Plants.
3. Predatory pricing.
4. Absence of effective anti dumping duties.
Select the correct answer using the codes given:
The correct option is B (b) Only 2, 3 and 4
The cost of solar power has come down by a huge margin. The central government has embarked upon an ambitious mission of setting up 100GW of solar power by 2022 in India. The state governments have announced solar policies to promote solar energy technologies in their respective states. Though they may seem attractive and financially viable, there is a spate of problems faced by different players in this field.
India has a few solar cell manufacturers such as Indosolar Limited, Jupiter Solar Power Limited and Websol Energy Systems Ltd. They have a combined manufacturing capacity of about 1212 MW. But only about 250 MW of capacity is operational. This is due to the fact that the cell manufacturing companies in the US, China, Taiwan, Malaysia and EU are dumping their cells in Indian markets at lower costs. The Solar Manufacturers Association demanded anti-dumping duties in 2012 which was imposed by the Ministry of Commerce. But this move did very little to protect the indigenous cell manufacturers. Therefore once again they called for action against those countries which dump cheap solar cells in 2015. But this time, the anti-dumping duties were not hiked as the capacity of domestic solar cell manufacturing companies is insufficient for meeting the government’s ambitious target of 100 GW by 2022.
The cost of solar power has come down by a huge margin. The central government has embarked upon an ambitious mission of setting up 100GW of solar power by 2022 in India. The state governments have announced solar policies to promote solar energy technologies in their respective states. Though they may seem attractive and financially viable, there is a spate of problems faced by different players in this field.
India has a few solar cell manufacturers such as Indosolar Limited, Jupiter Solar Power Limited and Websol Energy Systems Ltd. They have a combined manufacturing capacity of about 1212 MW. But only about 250 MW of capacity is operational. This is due to the fact that the cell manufacturing companies in the US, China, Taiwan, Malaysia and EU are dumping their cells in Indian markets at lower costs. The Solar Manufacturers Association demanded anti-dumping duties in 2012 which was imposed by the Ministry of Commerce. But this move did very little to protect the indigenous cell manufacturers. Therefore once again they called for action against those countries which dump cheap solar cells in 2015. But this time, the anti-dumping duties were not hiked as the capacity of domestic solar cell manufacturing companies is insufficient for meeting the government’s ambitious target of 100 GW by 2022.
