The grid connected rooftop solar phase II scheme and integrated rooftop portal was inaugurated here by chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday. Expressing happiness at Dehradun also being marked along with Gandhinagar as a green city, Rawat said that this will be helpful to enhance environmental awareness and developing Uttarakhand as a tourism state.
The CM said that the State is focusing on solar power for electricity generation in government buildings. Stating that this has been started in the government buildings in Dehradun and Haridwar, he exhorted citizens to also use their rooftops for power generation. Under the scheme, one can establish upto 10 KV plant which would cause Rs five lakh with the cost dropping to Rs 3.60 lakh after subsidy. Selling the electricity thus generated through the grid will develop another source of income. The CM further said that currently 268 MW electricity is being generated through solar power in the state while allotment has also been made for 200 MW solar power generation. In addition to this, MoU has also been signed for 200 MW floating solar power generation. Rawat said that under the scheme, for establishing solar power plants in the domestic consumer category 40 per cent grant is being granted for establishing solar plants with one KV to three KV capacity while 20 per cent grant is being provided for plants with four KV to 10 KV capacity. If domestic consumers produce more electricity than their consumption, the additional electricity will be purchased by the department. Non-domestic consumers too can bring about a drop in their electricity bill amounts through net metering after establishing solar plants with upto 80 per cent capacity of their approved power load.
Energy secretary Radhika Jha informed that efforts are underway to take the state ahead in the sphere of green energy. The grounding of projects amounting to Rs 800 crore investments has been done so far. Further, 15 vendors have been empanelled to provide technical assistance to the general public.
UPCL managing director BCK Mishra and energy additional secretary AS Tiwari also spoke on the occasion. The BJP State president Banshidhar Bhagat, MLAs Ganesh Joshi, Sahdev Pundir, Rajkumar Thukral and Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ were also present on the occasion.
