CONTENTS Chapter 1: introduction 12 1.1 background 12 1.2 need of the study 13 1.3 power sector and rural electrification 13 1.3.1 sector wise power generation capacity 15 1.3.2 india’s renewable sector 15 1.4 aim 16 1.5 objectives 16 1.6 methodology 16 Chapter 2: literature review 18 2.1 introduction to solar power 18 2.1.1 types of solar electrification 18 2.1.2 solar radiation 18 2.1.3 solar power technology 21 2.1.4 solar power developments in gujarat 23 2.2 solar energy policy framework 25 2.2.1 jnnsm solar policy-2010 25 2.2.2 gujarat solar policy-2009 28 Renewable purchase obligation 30 Renewable energy certificates 30 Financial benefits: viability gap funding, subsidy, lower rate loan 31 Higher solar power tariff 31 Higher solar radiation 31 Renewable energy policy 31 Solar radiation data 33 Infrastructure 34 Domestic content in solar technology 34 Weightage to different solar technology 35 Emphasis on large scale spv projects 35 Chapter 3: case studies 37 3.1 gandhinagar solar city 37 3.1.1 implementing structure 38 3.1.2 solar power technology 39 3.2 odanthurai wind power, tamil nadu 41 3.2.1 introduction 41 3.2.2 renewable power 42 3.2.3 buying wind mill 43 3.2.4 biogas plant 44 3.3 husk power system, bihar 45 3.3.1 introduction 45 3.3.2 hps process 46 3.4 sun cities, united kingdom 49 3.4.1 introduction 49 3.4.2 aims of project 49 3.4.3 energy generation 50 3.5 summing up 50 Chapter 4: scope of solar power electrification: a case of rural areas of gujarat 54 4.1 study area 54 4.2 profile of area 56 4.2.1 introduction 56 4.2.2 land area 57 4.2.3 electricity consumption in selected area 58 4.2.4 solar radiation 58 4.3 solar power generation in selected area 59 4.3.1 cluster level solar project 71 4.4 lower electricity tariff 79 4.5 environmental & socio economic benefits 80 Chapter 5: conclusion 82 Bibliography 84