Description

While India's solar power capacity is growing, the government lacks a solid framework for controlling the waste created by solar panels and the manufacturing process.

Currently, India considers solar waste to be a component of electronic trash and hence does not account for it separately. Furthermore, the country lacks a commercially functioning raw material solar e-waste recovery factory. Although it is a private enterprise, a facility has been established at Gummidipoondi, Tamil Nadu, with the aim of collecting solar e-waste recycling and recovery.

What should be done?

Solar trash is sold as scrap in India, which might contribute to a rise in solar e-waste if effective recycling is not done. The government should shift its emphasis to developing a set of standards for dealing with solar e-waste. The life cycle of a solar panel is 20 to 25 years, so the crisis we are facing has yet to occur, but when it does, the nation will face a massive problem with most landfills being filled with solar trash. As a result, developing a policy to address this issue is essential.

India's Solar Energy Capacity

The government hopes to produce 100GW of solar energy by this year. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is the nodal energy in charge of this. India has a National Solar Mission whose goal is to develop the country as a global leader in solar energy. To develop this industry, production-linked incentives have been proposed.

PM Modi, in collaboration with the French President, established the International Solar Alliance in 2015, with the aim of "One World, One Sun, One Grid" (OSOWOG).

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