In the year 2010, the taskforce on solar power of the CII Tamil Nadu State Council has embarked on an initiative, the report on "Solar Road Map in Tamil Nadu: Opportunities and the Role of Government and Industries", to explore the potential of solar energy sector in Tamil Nadu.
Objective:
It is a well known fact that promotion of solar energy for power generation and other applications requires adequate policy support and incentives. We believe the design of a solar energy development policy should have the following specific objectives:
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To promote utility scale Solar power projects with private participation with necessary support and facilitation to the entrepreneurs and investors for speedy implementation of the projects
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To promote off-grid solar applications for decentralized energy supply to agriculture, industry, commercial and household sectors
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Substituting the industrial / commercial / domestic heating requirement with solar applications
Scope of the report to include:
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Land identification and allotment policy
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Single Window clearance
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Creation of solar energy special economic zones
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Grid augmentation and overhauling / wheeling and banking facility for solar power projects
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Connectivity standards and net metering for small solar plant / roof top solar PV
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Special policies by diverse off-grid solar applications
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To identify the potential areas for solar off-grid applications for electricity and heating need across domestic / industry / commercial sector and device an appropriate scheme for promotion of solar off-grid application in the state.
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State level incentives: incentives for Solar equipment manufacturing in TN
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State-level Tax incentives: property tax reduction, reduction in tax and duties (VAT) on balance of system, Investment tax credits for commercial and domestic solar application, soft loans wherever applicable
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Research, development, demonstration policies
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Strengthening and capacity building of institutions
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Necessity of capacity building of SNA considering its role in proposed REC implementation mechanism: RE project accreditation, concept of solar specific RPO and REC
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Human Resource Development: policies and strategies
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Suggestion on feed-in tariff and RPS segmentation