Gujarat Solar Power Policy, 2015

This Policy has been made by the State of Gujarat to increase the share of renewable energy, particularly solar energy in its energy basket. This Policy is intended to facilitate and promote large scale addition of solar power generation capacities in Gujarat while taking into account the interest of all its stakeholders, such as the Investors, Developers, Technology Providers, Power Utilities, Grid Operators and the Consumers. The main objectives of the Policy are to promote green and clean power, to reduce the State’s carbon emission, to reduce dependency on fossil fuels for energy security and sustainability, to help reduce the cost of renewable energy generation, to promote investment, employment generation and skill enhancement in the renewable energy sector, to promote productive use of barren and uncultivable lands and to promote research, development and innovation in renewable energy.