Government of India has taken an ambitious targets of 100,000 MW of solar power by 2022 out of which 40,000 MW is to be achieved through Rooftop Solar (RTS) power plants as per the clean climate commitments. Realizing our immense RTS potential and the ambitious targets, MNRE had launched Grid Read more…
As no Central financial subsidy is now available for commercial and industrial sectors, MNRE initiated the proposal for multilateralconcessional loans from the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and New Development Bank (NDB) to support RTS project developers. All the three multilateral banks have approved proposal for$1370million concessional loans Read more…
MNRE is also focusing on upcoming buildings/new construction so that these have RTS installation as a mandatory requirement. ULBs play a pivotal role in accelerating the RTS in new construction in their area byimplementing Model Building Bye-laws. To enable RTS development from planning stage, Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has Read more…
SECI has undertaken competitive bidding at national level for 50 MWp grid connected rooftop projects in RESCO mode on buildings of Central Public Works Department. In this scheme Power Purchase Agreements havebeen signed between CPWD and various developers on the basis of allotment and installation is into progress
SECI has undertaken competitive bidding at a national level for 500 MWp grid-connected rooftop projects. CFA (subsidy) of 30% of the benchmark cost for residential, institutional and social sector will be provided through SECI under this scheme. A total of 122 developer/Installers have been selected forRTS installations across the country. Read more…
Following the Paris Club Agreement, India took up an ambitious plan of adding 175 GW of renewable power. Of this, solar energy (100 GW) comprises a major part of 175 GW target followed by wind (60 GW), biomass (10 GW) and small hydroelectric (5 GW). The target of 100 GW Read more…
MNRE provides Central finance assistance (CFA) of 30 per cent of the benchmark cost for grid-connected rooftop projects. (The benchmark cost for 2019-20 for systems up to 10 kWp is INR 54,000 per kW; for >10–100 kWp it is INR 48,000 per kW; and for >100–500 kWp is 45,000 per Read more…
The limit on the capacity of an individual solar rooftop system variesacross states. A consumer in Delhi can install a system of a capacitymatching his sanctioned load; in Madhya Pradesh, the maximum capacityof the system can only be 50 percent of the load.
1- Grid-connected solar rooftop PV systemA grid-connected solar rooftop PV system is, as the name suggests, a plant connected to the grid through net or gross metering without any battery backup. Most of the state governments and the Central government are promoting this type of rooftop system. 2- Hybrid plantA Read more…
In 2016, Government of India released model building bye-laws and issued an amendment in the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 in order to promote and encourage solar rooftop systems in the building sector.The EIA Notification (which states are required to integrate with their building bye-laws) mandates all buildings spread Read more…