India needs to build a storage system for electricity from its fast-expanding solar network in a bid to balance cost-effective energy mix, according to a senior researcher. However, Nanda expressed concern over the high cost of the storage system, mostly to be a battery-based setup. This would raise the solar electricity cost to the consumer to Rs 10 per 2.5 kV, from just nominal right now, he said. Comparatively, India's slow-paced industrialisation would also not be able to support the 100-GW solar electricity output, he pointed out. India has already installed 16 GW of solar plants and 40 GW of other green energy networks including Wind, of the total 175-GW target by 2022.

Source: Economic Times November 28, 2017 09:44 UTC