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Procedure to get subsidy on Solar PV Systems through NABARD in India  As on January 2016, Government has released a priority list for processing subsidy claims. Schools, public institutions, etc are higher up on the priority list and residential projects are lowest in priority list. And thus getting subsidy on residential projects is getting increasingly difficult. NABARD has stopped the subsidy scheme in March 2015:  https://www.nabard.org/uploads/Lighting%20circulat%2023%20March%202015.PDF Supply of electricity is quite unreliable in most parts of India. Due to increased scheduled and un-scheduled power cuts in most of the cities in India, interest in using electricity generated through alternate sources has also increased. However, high capital cost of setting up systems to tap energy through renewable sources is deterrent in taking up large-scale deployments of the same. To promote electricity generation using  solar  energy Government of India launched ...

There has been an unexpected shift in the thinking of the  MNRE  (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) about subsidies. In the past few (recent) meetings, MNRE hosted for its channel partners it was apparent that the subsidy would be withdrawn completely for all customer segments in the Grid-connected Rooftop Solar segment. It was obvious by looking at their moves as well. Move 1: Subsidy for all: Commercial & Industrial, Residential, Institutional, Government and Social sector Quantum: 30% Move 2: Subsidy removed for Commercial & Industrial segment Move 3: Reduction of subsidy for the Residential segment, Institutional, Government and Social sector Quantum: 15% ( refer ) But then, no matter how much customers hoped for it, the following move was not foreseen. Surprising Move 4 (Nov 19 th , 2015): 30% subsidy for Residential, Institutional, Government and Social sector. A whopping 70% subsidy for the states: Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pr...

Grid Connected SPV Rooftop Systems Policy and Regulatory Framework in Various States (As on 14.11.2014) Sl. No. State (Issuing Authorities) Solar Rooftop Target Metering Mechanism Present Solar Tariff (Rs.) Policy/ Tariff * Validity Capping of System Capacity/ generation Eligibility Incentives Remarks 1 Karnataka (Govt. of Karnataka & KERC) 400 MW by 2018 Net  metering (excess electricity to be billed as per solar tariff) Rs.9.56 (without subsidy), Rs.7.20 (with subsidy) 01.04.2013 upto 31.03.2018 Not mentioned All consumers Wheeling, Banking and cross subsidy surcharge exempted for 10 years — 2 West Bengal (Govt. of West Bengal & WBERC) 34 MW by 2018 Net metering Consumer tariff as applicable for net energy supply Projects commissioned till 2015-16 Injection not more than 90% of the consumption from the licensee’s supply in a year. All consumers Wheeling, Banking and cross subsidy surcharge as applicable — 3 Chhattisgarh (Govt. of Chhattisgarh & CSERC) 500-1000...

Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (Anert) has already introduced rooftop solar power plant programme.  Anert to provide solar energy to 25,000 more houses.  Cost of producing 1 KW of solar energy comes to around `2 lakh. Of this, `92,262 will be provided as subsidy from the Union and State governments. The solar energy policy will be extended to other industrial consumers in a phased manner. The policy is to mandate 100 litres solar water heater and 500 W solar photovoltaic systems for domestic building with floor area of between 2,000 sq ft to 3,000 sq ft. All buildings above 3,000 sq ft will have to install a 100-litre solar water heater and at least 1,000 W solar photovoltaic system. In case of residential flats and apartments, 5 per cent of the energy usage for common amenities should be from solar power How much land is required to setup a 1MW solar power generation Unit ? The land required for a 1 MW power plant setup is arou...

The simplest form of subsidy is 30% capital subsidy by MNRE. Following are the basic MNRE guidelines for this - Project should not exceed 100 kWp installation (single location). Project could be off-grid or grid-synchronized. Power cannot be fed to the grid i.e. it has to be for captive consumption only. Battery backup is optional. The subsidy for projects with and without battery is different - MNRE adjusts subsidy amount for higher project cost due to battery. Project should be preferably executed by MNRE empanelled vendor. INR 5.0 per kWh has been considered as the present grid price. In most of the cases across India this is true and INR per kWh for Grid Power is in the range of INR 6.0 to INR 7.0 as well. In some rare cases it can be lesser than INR 5.0 per kWh. For a plant using Grid + D.G. Set the landed cost will be certainly much above INR 5.0 per kWh.

Net metering is a billing method that credits solar system owners for electricity exported onto the electricity grid. Under the simplest form of net metering, a utility customer’s billing meter runs backward as solar electricity is generated and exported to the electricity grid, and forward as electricity is consumed from the grid. At the end of a billing period, the customer receives a bill for net electricity, which is the amount of electricity consumed minus the amount of electricity produced and exported by the utility customer’s photovoltaic (PV) system. This policy allows PV system owners to offset electricity purchases from the utility with every kilowatt-hour of solar electricity a PV system produces. The policies in this differ a lot from region to region. There are two main benefits of net metering: 1. Feed Extra in to Grid: Whatever extra energy you produce, can be fed into the grid. This basically is significantly important because it allows you to bypass using bat...

To set up Roof-top Solar PV Power Plants required documents:- (1) Details of Roof Area, with location / site for setting up Roof-top Solar PV Power Plants. It includes lease agreement, copy of building ownership, etc. (2) Estimated project cost, with detailed break-up; (3) (a) Application / BoM duly signed by the Officer of the project; (b) Application / BoM duly certified by the Chartered Engineer (4) Detailed Project Report (DPR) (5) Copy of EPC Contract or Agreement (6) Single Line Diagram (SLD)/ Detailed Drawings with justification of requirement of cable; Module mounting structures, Inverter, etc. (7) One Affidavit in the MNRE prescribed format The Bill of Material (BOM) shall be submitted to MNRE online. In case, the project developer or organization has received capital subsidy for setting up a Roof-top Solar PV Power Plant, they will furnish copy of the approval letter sanctioning subsidy for that plant.