About Us

India Agrivoltaics Alliance

The India Agrivoltaics Alliance (IAA) is an initiative focused on integrating solar energy infrastructure with agricultural spaces across India. This innovative alliance brings together diverse stakeholders, including government bodies, solar developers, farmers, and financial institutions, with a unified aim to promote, facilitate, and standardize Agrivoltaics practices.

By harmonizing efforts and expertise, the IAA endeavors to accelerate the adoption of Agrivoltaics, ensuring sustainable energy generation while preserving agricultural productivity.

Through collaborative initiatives, knowledge sharing, and policy advocacy, the IAA aims to drive widespread awareness and implementation of Agrivoltaics solutions, fostering a greener and more resilient future for India's energy and agricultural sectors.

Our Vision

Cultivating a brighter and sustainable future for India by promoting the integration of solar energy and agriculture through advocacy, innovation, and collaboration.

Our Mission

To build on equitable, productive, and effective partnerships for solarising Indian agriculture for a sustainable future and inclusive growth.

Our Objectives

1. To create a multi-stakeholder platform to coordinate the inputs from multiple stakeholders who are working in silos and channelize all the agrivoltaics practices across India through the alliance.

2. To design policy recommendations ensuring that the policy advocacy will be inclusive of all the stakeholders across the sector, to frame a comprehensive policy framework for agrivoltaics in India.

What We Do?

IAA: Uniting Quadrants for Sustainability

The IAA has set up a secretariat and onboarded an alliance with relevant stakeholders in the Agrivoltaics ecosystem. It is functioning as a conduit to accelerate the adoption and implementation of Agrivoltaics in India, actively advocating for policies, engaging in evidence-based discussions on standards, and shaping regulations for its integration.

Renewables
Farmers
Agriculture
Finance

Contribution

IAA's contribution to Sustainable Development Goals

Zero Hunger

Our efforts in sustainable food production aim to eradicate hunger and improve nutrition, ensuring food security across India.

Affordable and Clean Energy

By integrating solar power into agriculture, we provide clean energy to rural India, enhancing accessibility and sustainability in energy sources

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Empowering Indian farmers with stable incomes and economic opportunities fosters economic resilience in rural areas, promoting sustainable development.

Responsible Consumption and Production

Emphasizing responsible management of resources—land, food, water, and energy—shapes a sustainable future through prudent consumption and production practices.

Climate Action

Transitioning from fossil fuels to solar energy in power and agriculture sectors is pivotal in combating climate change, addressing one of the most pressing global challenges.

Partnerships for the Goals

Through collaborative efforts, our organization embodies the essence of collective action, recognizing the importance of partnerships to drive meaningful change and a sustainable future.

Publications

Our Publications

Agrisolar Best Practice Guidelines India edition

Welcome to the India edition of the Agrisolar Best Practice Guidelines. India is currently the fourth biggest solar market globally, with its installed capacity standing at 73.32 GW at the end of 2023, representing roughly 7% of the global market share.

The advantages for both industries of co-locating solar and agricultural are undeniable. One of the benefits is additional income for local farmers through...

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Agrivoltaics in India

Overview of operational Projects and relevant Policies

This updated report provides a comprehensive overview of the current situation of Agrivoltaics In India. This includes a summary of 22 operational and 3 upcomming projects as well as a detailed examination of their technical, economical and agricultural properties. Furthermore, the paper presents a preliminary review of Indian policies relevant to Agrivoltaics as a concept.

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Legal Aspects of Agriphotovoltaics in India

This study provides an assessment of the current legal framework in eleven selected states of India in the context of 1-10 MW agriphotovoltaic projects.

The major focus lies on land regulations and how they influence the status of land-use category, probable change in tax incidence for farmers and developers, finance availability...

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PAC Members

Principal Action Committee Members