Chandigarh: Admin seeks report from CREST on solar power plants
The UT administration has sought a report from Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest) about the installation of solar-energy plants in the city.
Crest, project’s nodal agency, is on with a survey to check the demand for rooftop units of the Resco (Renewable Energy Service Company) model, which was brought on with UT administrator V P Singh Badnore’s approval as residents were wary of the initial capital investment.
Under the scheme, the agency will install 2,400-odd rooftop SPV power plants on the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model on a first come first serve basis. The details and the application form are on www.solarchandigarh.com. The plant’s capacity will be 5 to 10kWp (kilowatts peak) for the residential sectors.
Under the Resco model, private companies will install solar-energy plants on private property, and in return, charge the building owner a much lower tariff (Rs 3.44 per unit) than the normal electricity rate (Rs 2.75 to Rs 5.20) for about 15 years (or whatever period is agreed in the tender). Thereafter the house owner will get the plant.
The building owner and the private company will sign a deal. The plant will be installed under the net metering mode, whereby a solar-energy unit is connected to the building’s electricity system and the solar energy exported to the grid is adjusted in terms of units imported from the electricity department during a billing cycle.
