20,000MW solar mission gets nod
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04/08/2009
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Times Of India (New Delhi)
With 2020 As Target, PM Okays It In-Principle
New Delhi: In a step forward, the Solar Mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change got an inprinciple nod from the PM with an ambitious target of 20,000MW solar power by 2020 being accepted.
In a meeting that lasted over two hours, the Climate Change Council headed by the PM suggested several changes and alterations to the mission details which will now be incorporated in the final document. The mission document had become contentious with institutional framework and unrealistic costs being some of the key issues being raised by council members and involved ministries. These issues came up again with a more realistic cost of the programme being suggested to correct projections of when grid-parity would be attained for solar power.
The PM