Service providers would need to give power back to the grid between 6 pm and 11 pm
PANJIM: World Trade Center (WTC) Goa organised a webinar titled ‘Solar Power – Need of the Hour’, recently with the objective of taking a holistic view of the policy, incentives and technical aspects of solar power.
State Power Minister, Nilesh Cabral referred to reverse bidding formula by saying that the rates of Rs 2.50 to 3 per unit, was very high and will adversely affect the profitability of the projects. This has prompted the Government of Goa to encourage the setting up of solar roof tops.
Cabral added that he aims to provide subsidy of up to 50% or small prosumers in residential sector. “The Goa government is ready to welcome open access policy provided the service providers agree to give power back to the grid between 6 pm and 11 pm,” said Cabral. In fact this was a major policy component that is being hotly debated and is hindering the declaration of the solar policy for Goa.
Sanjeev Joglekar, Member Secretary, Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA) spoke on the Goa state solar policy and threw light on various aspects of the policy. He spoke on the different categories for generation solar power namely small prosumer and large prosumer and highlighted the role of GEDA, which he said was to announce the different schemes, look into allotment of solar power capacities, aid in the facilitation and development of solar power plants and look into identifying of land and its allotment for setting up of solar power plants. “GEDA will play a huge role in the development of solar power and will support in capacity building and generating awareness on the aspect of solar power,” added Joglekar.
Dilip Nayak, ex-president of the Goa Solar Power Association and CEO of Rainbow Solar Power Solutions, spoke on the technical aspects of solar power.
Rajiv Samant, Superintending Engineer, Circle 1 South and Executive Engineer (SDA / Solar), Electricity Department of Goa, spoke on how the solar power system works.
Source: heraldgoa.in
