Solar Power Developers' Barriers

Solar Power Developers' Barriers

Policy and Regulatory Barriers: 

Amongst the policy and regulatory barriers the key issues raised by the developers were the following

• long term planning
• clarity in policy guidelines
• bankability of PPA
• inclusion of hybridization policy for solar thermal technology
• effective technical criteria which clearly focused on the success of the mission rather than giving everybody a fair chance to participate in the mission

Infrastructure Barriers: 

Clearly land was the most critical of all the infrastructure related barriers. The approval processes and inability of the state governments to provide single window clearance to developers made infrastructure the second most important barrier.

Solar Radiation Data related Barriers:

 Most of the developers were of the opinion that India needed to set up its own solar radiation data collection stations in order to facilitate accelerated development of solar power projects in the country. It is a fact that success of a solar power project depended majorly on the radiation data; it was hinged to financial closures.

Technology and Financing Barriers: 

Of all the barriers these two barriers were the least mentioned since, if there is a market, technology costs would eventually fall and financing of the same would become easier. Also Policy, Infrastructure and radiation data once resolved, technology and financing were certainly not a major issue for the developers.