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Telangana : Next Breeding Ground for Colossal Solar Capacity Addition

The State government has, through its newly announced ‘Telangana Solar Power Policy 2015’, showered a flurry of sops on the solar power projects to come up in the Telangana State in the next five years.

Source: The Hindu

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The policies like freedom to opt for gross metering or net metring, must run status to all projects, single window clearance, energy banking, etc. will help the state to become the next solar energy hub of the nation. The policy announcement by Telangana can act as a source of inspiration for the states with rich solar potential to be harnessed and transform their generation portfolio green, with a certain positive of better peak load addressal. However, if this leads to an increased impetus on rooftop installations in the state then grid stability might become a concern as it would be disruptive force for the utilities.