This blog post originally appeared in干净的技术2014年12月18日。

印度面临发展中经济体面临的主要挑战之一：它可以减少电力部门的排放以遏制气候变化而不会阻碍经济增长吗？必威官网是真的吗

This challenge became even more pressing when China and the United States, the world’s two largest carbon emitters, agreed tolandmark emissions reductions and renewable energy targets. International attention has now turned to India, the world’s third-largest emitter, to pledge decarbonization ahead of theCOP21联合国气候峰会必威官网是真的吗in 2015.

Last monthIndia pledged to increase national solar generation capacity到2022年到达100吉瓦（GW），但是将太阳能项目与该国的电网连接起来一直很困难，并且可能会限制新目标的进步。幸运的是，印度卡纳塔克邦的创新决定可能会显示如何解决该问题。

In August, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) waived grid usage charges for solar power generators, cutting costs and creating opportunity to provide affordable clean energy. The new policy extends the amount of time newly commissioned solar installations are free from additional charges, spurs economic development, and will provide cost-effective clean power tomillions of Indian citizens without access to reliable electricity.

实用的印度太阳能政策成形

在过去的十年中，KERC对电网使用费用进行了多次更改（在电力项目上征收费用以收回安装和维护成本），包括惠灵和银行的费用（搬运和存储电费）和交叉补品附加费（收取的大量费用（大型费用）电力用户为较小的电力用户补贴成本）。通过免除这些费用，连接到网格的太阳能设施能够出售清洁电源费率与现有的化石燃料电力提供商相比，成本竞争。

从理论上讲，这使太阳能更具竞争力，但实际上，现有的KERC提案只会提供太阳能设施，包括屋顶和小型太阳能光伏电厂，于2013年3月31日完成，五年以外，没有这些费用 - 考虑到不足的范围 - 考虑公司报告typical payback period对于印度的新公用事业规模太阳能工厂（高于一兆瓦/兆瓦）的时间为八到十年。

Rohan Parikh，技术公司Infosys基础设施主管，WRI的联合主席绿色电力市场发展小组，与小组的其他成员一起与KERC进行了互动，以表明大型能源购买者越来越有动力购买可再生能源，但需要监管解决方案，以降低可再生能源项目的成本。

After a series of hearings,KERC announcedit would extend the exemption to solar plants commissioned between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2018. The exemption will now start when a new solar plant is first commissioned and last 10 years from that date.

这对开发人员和买家意味着什么

KERC决定将收费期加倍的决定为开发商和消费者创造了长期的价格确定性，从而为该地区的清洁能力提供了重大的推动，并将为开发商和买家带来重大影响。

This revised, decade-long period for solar power plants to establish themselves without the financial burden of charges incurred for connecting to the grid gives potential financiers confidence new projects will find solid footing in India’s power market, and makes them more likely to invest in the country’s solar industry.

该扩展名还为签署长期购买设施协议（PPA）的开发商和买家提供了确定性。PPA是消费者同意向第三方项目开发人员购买电力的合同，后者经常经营太阳能安装。长期PPA具有固定速度(often below grid prices) so consumers don’t have to worry about price volatility and create a long-term revenue stream so developers know when their project will be paid off.

Prior to KERC’s decision, banks and private investors saw the more limited five-year fee-exemption time period as insufficient for solar projects to get up and running. To develop and thrive in the emerging industry, India’s solar sector needs a little extra help – exactly what KERC’s new policy provides.

New Rules Give Competitive Edge to India Solar Industry

Waiving grid usage charges makes solar more affordable and creates an opportunity for KERC to expand clean energy resources through utility-scale solar projects. Earlier this year, Karnataka’s government announced an ambitious goal of installing2,000 MWof new solar power capacity by 2022. If other states follow suit, India’s renewables market may mature to a scale where growth doesn’t hinge on suppressing these costs and the industry reaches a point where solar is the most cost-efficient and practical energy alternative.

India是难题的关键部分in the international shift toward a sustainable, low-carbon future. Policies like KERC’s give India’s solar sector an opportunity to grow and, therefore, provide the country with a stronger footing to reach ambitious emissions targets.