Training program on 'Rooftop Solar Web-GIS Tool for Indian Solar Cities'

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation have organized a half-day training programme titled "Rooftop Solar Web-GIS Tool for Indian Solar Cities" on February 21, 2014, at the TERI University. The primary objective of this training programme was to demonstrate the Rooftop Solar Web-GIS Tool for Chandigarh and disseminate the approach and methodology followed during this study. It has also provided an excellent opportunity to various stakeholders to understand the benefits of such tool at national level. The target audience for the training programme included government agencies, technology/product suppliers, prospective users, experts, consultants, and academic institutions.

Simultaneously, a webinar on "Rooftop Solar Web-GIS Tool for Indian Solar Cities" was also conducted on February 27, 2014 (Thursday). Both the training programme and the webinar received an over-whelming response from the audiences, and more than 150 participants attended these events.

With a view to provide impetus to solar rooftop systems uptake in the country, TERI, with support from Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation is working on two-pronged approach by developing (i) a first-of-its-kind cloud based open-source Web-GIS Tool for estimating Rooftop Solar Power potential for Indian solar cities with Chandigarh as a pilot, and (ii) a white paper on "Accelerating Behind-The-Meter: Solar Energy Penetration through Market Transformation and Enabling Policies" to workout appropriate business models and technical/policy/regulatory interventions that could promote extensive deployment of rooftop solar PV systems in India.