why cant there be more than one bulb in every home the economics works against it most people will be unwilling to bear the additional costs simply because of the lack of earning opportunities but this too may change explains amitabh verma vice president technology scatec solar generation of one unit of electricity costs rs 1620 the objective behind the solar power plant is to produce electricity not for domestic use alone but to generate economic activities by encouraging smalltime industries the industrial activities in the pipeline include units to make battery operated mobile pumps for irrigation and food and milk processing units scatec solars project which has the backing of the government of indias ministry of renewable energy and the ministry of environment and international development government of norway is proving to be a success today the most common alternative source to power generation in remote villages of india is diesel generators but these have very high operating costs along with an environmentally poor carbon footprint we want to use the project to demonstrate the viability of solar power which will enable a largescale rollout across india says verma for now the only drawback is the high cost of power generation but ravi khanna president and ceo scatec solar is optimistic as prices continue to drop in the solar industry decentralised solar power plants will become more competitive he says