1 Table of Contents 1 Table of Contents 2 1.1 List of Tables 3 2 Introduction 4 2.1 Renewable Energy Policy 4 2.2 GlobalData Report Guidance 4 3 Renewable Energy Policy, India 5 3.1 Overview 5 3.2 Electricity Act of 2003 6 3.3 Renewable Energy Certificates 6 3.4 Support for Solar Power 7 3.4.1 Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission 8 3.4.2 Net-metering 9 3.4.3 Uttar Pradesh Solar PV Feed-in Tariff 10 3.5 Support for Wind Power 10 3.5.1 Generation-Based Incentive for Grid Connected Wind Power Projects 10 3.5.2 Regulatory Incentives and State Government Policies 11 3.6 Support for Bio-power 12 3.6.1 Biomass Power and Bagasse Co-generation Program 12 3.6.2 Central Financial Assistance for Biomass Power Projects 12 3.6.3 Ethanol Production and Blending 14 3.6.4 National Biofuel Policy 14 3.6.5 National Biodiesel Mission 15 3.6.6 Regulatory Incentives for Bioenergy 15 3.7 Support for Small Hydropower 16 3.7.1 Small Hydropower Program 16 3.7.2 Financial Support to Private Sector, Joint Sector and Co-operative Society 16 3.7.3 Financial Support to State Government, Central Government and Public Sector Units 17 4 Appendix 18 4.1 Abbreviations 18 4.2 Bibliography 18 4.3 Coverage 19 4.4 Methodology 19 4.5 Disclaimer 20

1.1 List of Tables Table 1: Renewable Energy Certificate Volume, India, 2014-2015 7 Table 2: National Solar Mission, India, Phase Wise Targets, 2010-2022 9 Table 3: Solar PV Net-metering Tariffs, India, 2016 9 Table 4: State-level Feed-in Tariffs for Wind Power Plants, India, 2016 12 Table 5: Central Financial Assistance for Biomass Power Project and Bagasse Co-generation Projects by Sugar Mill Type, Inida, 2015 13 Table 6: Central Financial Assistance for Bagasse Co-generation Project in Existing Co-operative Sector Sugar Mills Employing Boiler Modifications, India, 2015 13 Table 7: Financial Support for Biofuel, India, 2015 15 Table 8: State-level Feed-in Tariffs for Bioenergy-Based Power Plants, 2016 16 Table 9: Support for Hydropower in Private Sector, Joint Sector and Co-operative Societies, India, 2015 17 Table 10: Support for Hydropower in State Government, Central Government and Public Sector Units, India, 2015 17 Table 11: Abbreviations 18