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While Green Energy Corridor may enhance transmission grid to a greater extent, the evacuation issues faced by the renewable energy segment may not get fully resolved in the near future.

One of the key drivers to support the renewable energy scale up in the country is an efficient and robust evacuation mechanism/ grid infrastructure.

In an exclusive interview to POWER TODAY, Sanjeev Aggarwal, Managing Director & CEO, Amplus Energy Solutions emphasises that generation-based incentive needs to be institutionalised to boost the solar rooftop segment. Amplus is also proposing a model to discover the value of rooftop solar power.

Amplus Energy Solutions has signed an MoU with Yes Bank for a strategic tie-up to co-finance projects in the solar energy sector in India.

Despite the Centre's thrust to renewable energy, state governments are not an active party to the renewable energy wave. If the Centre and states collaborate, things would be easier for achieving targets.

Both the state and central governments have created a very positive environment through various subsidies such as waivers on interstate transmission and, banking and wheeling charges for solar projects.

India, with more than 14,000 MW of installed solar power capacity, is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. In September 2017, the country crossed 60,000 MW of renewable energy capacity, which includes mainly wind and solar energy.

Debi Prasad Dash, Director - India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), Customized Energy Solutions, speaks about how Indian solar companies are eyeing to diversify their business into the energy storage space.