Since India’s solar power installed capacity has been progressively increasing, we need to be ahead on handling solar e-waste too. Examine (200 Words)
Refer - The Hindu
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Madhaba Chandra gharai 6 years
Sir check it.
IAS Parliament 6 years
Try to discuss some measures to reduce solar e-waste. Keep Writing.
IAS Parliament 6 years
KEY POINTS
· India is among the leading markets for solar cells in the world, fuelled by the government’s commitment to install 100 GW of solar power by 2022. So far, India has installed solar cells for about 28 GW and this is largely from imported solar PV cells.
· The Government is promoting development of solar energy in the country by providing various fiscal and promotional incentives such as accelerated depreciation, waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses, financing solar rooftop systems as part of home loan, and permitting Foreign Direct Investment up to 100 per cent under the automatic route.
· These initiatives tend to increase the capacity of installed solar energy, further fuelled by roof top solar energy programme.
Problem of Solar e-waste
· Currently, India’s e-waste rules have no laws mandating solar cell manufacturers to recycle or dispose waste from this sector.
· India’s PV (photovoltaic) waste volume is estimated to grow to 200,000 tonnes by 2030 and around 1.8 million tonnes by 2050,” said the study by Bridge To India (BTI), an energy consultancy firm.
· India is poorly positioned to handle PV waste as it doesn’t yet have policy guidelines, a lack of a policy framework is coupled with the fact that even basic recycling facilities for laminated glass and e-waste are unavailable.
· India’s domestic manufacturers are largely involved in assembling cells and modules.
· These modules are 80% glass and aluminium, and non-hazardous. Other materials used, including polymers, metals, metallic compounds and alloys, and are classified as potentially hazardous
· Despite the e-waste regulation being in place for over seven years, only less than 4% of estimated e-waste is recycled in the organised sector as per the latest estimates from the Central Pollution Control Board.
Reforms needed
· The responsibility of recycling solar e-wastes should be placed both on consumers and producers.
· Centre and State Government needs to establish recycling centres at appropriate locations for better disposal of e-wastes.
· NGOs, Civil society organisations needs to be roped in and technical skills for handling e-wastes should be imparted to the people involved in recycling process.
· E-waste management rules 2016 has to be amended to include solar e-wastes along with extended producer responsibility.
Boobalan 6 years
Plz evaluate this..
IAS Parliament 6 years
Good answer. Try to include some initiatives of Government which enhanced the installed solar power capacity. Keep Writing.
