India gets Power Ministry boost for solar and renewables

State discoms will have to mandatorily draw at least 2.75% of their total power consumption from solar plants in the current fiscal, according to the renewable purchase obligation (RPO) norms laid down by the power ministry.

States will have to increase the share of solar power to 4.75% in 2017-18 and 6.75% in 2018-19, the guidelines said.

While the Ministry of Power has issued guidelines, the final targets will be set by each individual state’s electricity regulatory commission (SERC).

The RPO has been divided into energy from solar sources and non-solar. Read More…