Review of literature on the scope of solar photovoltaic in India Kunnath Sara*, Bagrecha Chaya** *Research Scholar, Jain University, Bengaluru, India. Email id: Sarakunnath@gmail.com **Professor and HOD, Adharsh Institute of Management and Information Technology. Bengaluru, India. Email id: chayagandhi@gmail.com Online published on 10 October, 2018. Abstract Energy security, economic growth and environment protection has become policy drivers for all countries around the world. Promoting renewable energy technology is the way to address these concerns. Solar photovoltaic is considered as the answer to bridge the gap between demand and supply of energy in India. This study presents the significance and status of research on renewable energy in the Indian and International context. The major focus is to understand the direction of energy research in grid connected solar photovoltaic in consumer behaviour context. There is considerable literature on consumers like residential, industrial, commercial and educational installations in the international context but it is observed that Indian market is yet to be well researched academically in the consumer segment. Hence a rich consumer based research is imperative in understanding the requirements, opportunities, challenges and sustainable benefits of solar photovoltaic. This paper reviewed forty articles in categories namely literature review, empirical studies and qualitative and quantitative studies to compile information gained in the past two decades. Top Keywords Solar Photovoltaic, Sustainability, Conventional Energy, Renewable Energy, Government Policy. Top |