This is just the start of rooftop solar revolution: Gyanesh Chaudhary, Vikram Solar

With near-buoyancy in solar power development, solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers have been gearing up for a spike in demand for quality products made domestically. The challenge to most such manufacturers come from Chinese PV units that are cheaper. FE’s Sumit Jha spoke to Gyanesh Chaudhary, CEO and MD, Vikram Solar, on the solar market and the company’s plans. Excerpts:Q-Does solar power generation carry an inherent risk of being unaffordable, considering the poor state of discoms?A-Every business should make commercial sense and in that sense the apprehension (of solar power being hard to sell) is right. But given that the cost of solar power is coming down and its being funded all across the world, solar is likely to be a sustainable.....