The state's first roof-top solar energy project in Gandhinagar that
started operating this year has so far generated a total of 1.2 million
units of solar power.
In the first six months of operations, nearly 260 small
residential households participated in the first phase of the project in
Gandhinagar with a total generation potential of one megawatt,stated an
official release from Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) which is
in-charge of developing and implementing the rooftop solar concept in
Gujarat.
To facilitate this partnership, Gujarat Power Corporation has
opened a facilitation centre at Gandhinagar where households willing to
offer their roof can enroll for an initial assessment of the technical
suitability of the rooftops. Till date over 760 KW of residential leases
have been signed by the developers with 260 residents in Gandhinagar.
The rooftop owners get at least Rs. 3 per unit of energy generated as a
rooftop rental. So far, about 3.2 MW of solar rooftopsystems have
already been installed in the state's capital.
"The total installation capacity under the Gandhinagar project is
five megawatts. Out of this, four megawatts will be installed on
government buildings and a total of one megawatt will be installed on
private residential homes. We are now taking this successful program to
Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Mehsana and Vadodara in the second phase where
we plan to generate 25 megawatt of energy", says Gujarat minister for
Energy, Saurabh Patel.
80 per cent of the capacity for the Gandhinagar Project will be made
available from government buildings while the balance 20 per cent of the
capacity will be installed on residential premises.
Selected after a competitive bidding process, two experienced
companies -Azure Power and Avantha Sun Edison are developing the project
inGandhinagar.
The two companies are now installing and maintaining solar
photovoltaic systems on rooftops of homes and government buildings. The
solar photovoltaic systems convert direct sunlight into electricity
which is fed into the electrical grid.Under this model, the solar power
generated by rooftops is sold by Azure and Sun Edison at a competitively
determined tariff to Torrent Power - a private distribution company
that operates the electricity grid in the capital city.
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