Solar Pumps Can Help India Reach its 40 GW Distributed Solar Target: Study

Net-metered pumps can feed excess power to the grid and add to farmers’ income, study notes

August 2, 2018

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If net-metered solar pumps are installed across all states for complete agricultural energy consumption, India would surpass its distributed solar goal of 40 GW by a wide margin, according to a joint study by Greenpeace India, Gujarat Energy Research Management Institute (GERMI), and IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program.

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