India Agrivoltaics Alliance

India stands at a pivotal juncture in its renewable energy transition, with agrivoltaics emerging not as an innovation, but as a necessary convergence point between agricultural resilience, rural livelihoods, and clean energy infrastructure. Across three national stakeholder roundtables spanning perspectives from bankers, developers, DFIs, state livelihood missions, FPOs, and implementation partners coherent institutional diagnosis has taken shape. While the technical feasibility of agrivoltaics is increasingly established, its financial, legal, and operational scaolding remains fragmented. These roundtables are driven by the basic idea behind public policy that “How much Citizen is willing to pay for the technology?” Based on the Three Stakeholder Roundtables on Agrivoltaics in India below it was followed by strategic recommendations.

NSEFI , India’s leading Renewable Energy policy advocacy body for the past decade and is an umbrella organisation representing renewable energy (RE) companies that are active along the whole RE value chain comprising leading International, National, and region-al companies including Developers, manufacturers, EPC Contractors, Installers, System Integrators, Small and Medium Enterprises etc.

Maharashtra is the state with highest GDP in the country and is dominated and fueled by services and industry sectors. The agriculture and allied activities sector plays a pivotal role in the rural economy of the state, livelihoods, and food security, with millions of farmers relying on it as their primary source of income, despite its lower share in overall state GDP.

Uttar Pradesh, commonly known as UP, renowned for vastness, it holds the status of being the country’s most populous state and the fourth largest in terms of area. Nestled amidst a diverse landscape, it shares borders with Nepal and several Indian states including Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana. The terrain varies from the expansive Gangetic Plains dominating the central and southern territories to the majestic Himalayas gracing its northern boundaries...

The exploration of various business models for Agrivoltaics in India reveals a multitude of opportunities for integrating renewable energy generation with agricultural activities, thereby creating synergistic benefits for both sectors.

Each model presents unique approaches to revenue generation, sustainability, and rural development, while emphasizing the value addition to the agriculture sector through Agrivoltaics.

The Agrivoltaics handbook for farmers is an essential resource bank that provides a comprehensive guidance on integrating various agrivoltaics systems to generate solar energy without hindering agricultural activities.

The handbook is a potential to bridging the gap between knowledge and practical expertise and best practices...

The "Policy Advocacy for Agrivoltaics in India" report outlines a comprehensive framework to integrate agrivoltaics—a synergistic combination of solar energy and agriculture—into India's policy landscape.

Agrivoltaics presents a dual-use solution that maximizes land productivity by enabling simultaneous agricultural activities...

The purpose of this paper is to understand and address through the solution of agrivoltaics, the challenges faced by rural women and youth in participating in economic activities which is crucial both for sustainable growth and stability of a developing economy.

This paper is compiled following a study of various resources available, discussions on the concerned topics with various stakeholders in the field, followed by interaction sessions held on multiple occasions with several farmers and representatives of organizations working with the women and young farmers.

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...

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.

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...