Install solar power panels on rooftops for home appliances, not in large farms or power plants

While the government is sure about reaching its ambitious solar capacity target of 100 GW by 2022, the industry voices do not seem too confident. The main advantage of solar plants is that they can be installed at a micro level even on the rooftop, but the government is more focussed on the open-access market where the capacity is much larger. Large solar plants add more capacity at once, however, it loses viability compared to the thermal plants, Puneet Goyal, Co-Founder, Sunalpha Energy, told Samrat Sharma of Financial Express Online in an interview. He also added that solar tariff is cheaper in India but at a compromised quality.

Here are the excerpts of the interview:

Do you think India can reach 100 GW solar capacity target by 2022, which is only 31 GW now?

The industry is growing but it does not seem to be reaching this goal as the target is very steep.