PV+Solar India Expo 2010, organised by Electronics Today, India's FIRST Techno-Economics Electronics monthly journal, now in its 43rd year of publication, and the Pioneer Electronic Exhibitions Organiser in India, received tremendous response from B2B and USER community, which was termed ‘‘most satisfying’’ by all stakeholders in the event. With 57 exhibitors,19 from overseas, the event attracted about 5,000 visitors from all over India and the neighbouring countries. The concurrent Technical Workshop and the International Conference was attended by over 900 delegates. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Farooq Abdullah,
Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.

The Government of India has ambitious plans for the development of PV and Solar industry and recently established the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission for this purpose. India is endowed with vast solar energy potential. About 5,000 trillion kWh per year energy is incident over India's land area with most parts receiving 4-7 kWh per sq. m per day. Hence, both technology routes for conversion of solar radiation into heat and electricity, namely, solar thermal and solar photovoltaic, can effectively be harnessed providing huge scalability for solar energy in India. Currently, the estimated capacity in India is about 400 MW for cells and about 1,000 MW for modules. The capacity of PV cells and modules in the country is
expected to cross 750 and 1250 MW by the end of 2010.

The Solar Mission plans to create an enabling policy framework for the deployment of 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022 by ramping up capacity of gridconnected
solar power generation to 1,000 MW by 2013; an additional 3,000 MW by 2017 through the mandatory use of the renewable purchase obligation by utilities backed with a preferential tariff. This capacity is expected to be more than doubled - reaching 10,000 MW installed power by 2017 or more, based on the enhanced and enabled international finance and technology transfer. The Government plans to promote
programmes for off grid applications, reaching 1,000 MW by 2017 and 2,000MW by 2022.

On the anvil are plans to achieve 15 million square metres solar thermal collector areas by 2017 and 20 million by 2022 and to deploy 20 million solar lighting systems for rural areas by 2022. The Government is also targeting to develop "Solar Cities"
by 2012 to promote the usage of Renewable energy in urban areas and offering support to local Governments. One of the Indian States i.e. Andhra Pradesh has already announced the development of a solar farm cluster called 'Solar City' on a 10,000 acre land. While several incentives for Solar and PV industries already exist, subsequently launch of the National Solar Mission, the Government is soon expected to come out with a fresh comprehensive Package of Incentive to accelerate the tempo of growth in PV+Solar industries to generate energy from the Sun.

PV+Solar India Expo 2011 will be held on April 19-21, 2011 at Bombay Exhibition
Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai, India. Mumbai, the Financial/Commercial Capital of India,
generates 5% of India's GDP, and accounts for 25% of industrial output, and 70% of
capital transactions to India's economy. The Mega city serves as an economic hub of
India, contributing 10% of factory employment, 25% of industrial output, 33% of income tax collections, 60% of customs duty collections, 20% of central excise tax
collections, 40% of India's foreign trade and Rs. 40 billion in corporate taxes.
Concurrently with the Exhibition, a 2-day International Conference and two Technical
Workshops would also be organised. PV+Solar India Expo 2011 aims to provide
a common Forum to all stakeholders in the field of photovoltaic and solar energy i.e.
Central and state government agencies, local administrations, such as, municipalities, Gram Panchayats, Industry representatives, Manufacturers, Solution
providers, Financial and Banking Institutions, R&D and academic organisations and most importantly – THE USERS – to achieve the ambitious targets and goals of the Government of India.

PV+Solar India Expo 2011 provides an ideal opportunity to global players in Photovoltaic, Solar Thermal, Solar Architecture, Photovoltaic Equipment,
Products, Materials, and Systems, to display their products and capabilities to
explore emerging Business Opportunities in India and neighbouring South Asian
countries.

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