India needs to prioritise solar rooftop among residential, industrial users: Report

India needs to prioritise solar rooftop among residential and industrial users for achieving its 100GW solar energy target by 2022, a report said. Demand aggregation mechanism’ could help accelerate energy efficiency and scale up the deployment of solar power in residential apartment complexes and MSMEs, according to the World Resource Institute (WRI) India. “For India to achieve its 100 GW solar energy target in just two years, by 2022, and to emerge as a leader in climate action, it needs to prioritise solar rooftop photovoltaic (PV) among two key users – residential buildings and the industrial sector,” the WRI India said in a statement.

The institute released two research papers — Assessing Clean Energy Opportunities Through Demand Aggregation in Bengaluru’s Apartment Buildings; and Implementing Demand Aggregation for Rooftop Solar Systems in Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Clusters — that are based on case studies in Bengaluru’s fast developing residential hubs, and the industrial clusters of Gujarat and Maharashtra.