To harness the abundantly available solar energy potential in the country, the Government of India makes plan to encourage the development of roof top solar projects and applications in a big way. In 2015-2016 the National targets of solar energy based power plants have been increased from 40GW to 100GW out of which 40GW is set to achieve from Roof top solar applications, further to achieve these marathon targets Government had announced National Tariff Policy (NTP), in January 2016, which lays down Solar RPO of 8% by 2022. Amongst RE sources of generation, solar energy has by far the most suitable technology in the market today and Solar PV rooftop has the largest potential for mass replication amongst consumers and small independent power producers because of its very nature of replicable and scalable. With recent technological advances in the sector and achievements in the space of large scale solar based power generation, solar energy has emerged as a viable and sustainable alternative to electricity produced from fossil fuel. In this research work, a detailed study is done on the policies of Government of India to promote solar Roof-top systems, opportunities available, government initiatives and the challenges to be faced in achieving the targets. In this research work, specific analysis of Madhya Pradesh policy for decentralized renewable Energy, 2016 has been carried out. Most of the states have issued Net Metering or Gross metering policy whereas MP policy suggests various options for roof top or decentralized applications with fair consideration for utility concerns.
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