Solar Energy
The concept of Solar Energy is new to Jammu and Kashmir and in the recent past the government has tried to tap this energy on scientific lines so that it becomes an alternative for conventional energy sources.
In this direction recently J&K Govt. accelerated progress of installing renewable power generation plants. The Government’s Solar Rooftop Scheme gives 40% subsidy for installing Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Plant so that more and more people opt for this source of energy as it is cheap and also good for the environment. As solar energy is emerging as the new source for meeting the energy requirements of the world, India’s increasing efforts to expand the share of renewable energy has led to a substantial increase in the solar power generation in the past few years.
The country has set an ambitious target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by the year 2022, which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-power and 5 GW from small hydro-power. The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has taken into note the country’s ambition to reach 175 GW by 2022 and has accelerated the progress of installing renewable power generation plants. As per the reports of the Ministry of Renewable energy, a total of 5063.10 MW of renewable energy capacity has been added during the year 2019-20, taking the cumulative installed RE capacity to 83.38 GW as of October 2019. This includes 37.09 GW of Wind, 31.70 GW of solar, 9.94 GW of Bio-power and 4.65 GW of Small Hydro Power. Further, projects of 30.06 GW capacity are at various stages of implementation and 39.67 GW capacity are under various stages of bidding. Clean energy projects now account for more than a fifth of India’s installed power generation capacity.
