Solar Energy for Sustainability: Evaluation of Roadblocks in India Using Fuzzy Approach

The The solar power industry is one of the fastest-blooming energy sectors that yields results after a long period of time. The goal of this research is to rank the most significant barriers to the establishment of solar power plants in India. This paper follows the process of doing extensive research on the factors that affect the most when setting up a solar power plant in India, classifying those factors into major factors and sub factors that are grouped into each major factor, and then ranking those factors to produce a ranked list that gives us the outcome of which factors are impediments when a solar power plant is installed in India. The 24 most influential factors were identified and classified into six major categories: finance, government and politics, resources, market, environment, and technology. These factors were ranked using the fuzzy AHP model, which can assist decision-makers in understanding the weight of the barriers they face during establishment, particularly in India. The finance factor proves to be the most critical factor, which proves to be a major hindrance in establishing a solar power plant in India. This includes how the budget of the project affects the progress of the creation of a solar power plants.