‘TN rooftop solar execution issues to be sorted soon'
The trouble shooting will soon make the scheme more inviting to consumers, they added.
At the stakeholders' coordination meeting held in the city, they discussed difficulties at the application stage, problems at effecting services phase, and challenges in getting subsidy to post-installation problems. The meeting was organised by the Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group in coordination with TNPDCL.
TNPDCL executive engineer Karthikayini, coordinator for the rooftop solar scheme, said, "Vendors should be careful in entering the consumers' data on the portal.
Wrong data would delay the release of the subsidy." Under the PM Surya Ghar scheme, the Union govt gives 30,000 as a subsidy for every kW of rooftop solar system up to 3kW. Above this, there is a subsidy of 18,000 for every kW up to 10kW.
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TN Solar Energy Developers Association treasurer L R Venkatesh said banks must fund residential welfare associations to install rooftop solar systems for common supply services in apartments.
Anna University's Institute of Energy Studies former professor R Sethumadhavan said that several rooftop installations in primary health centres in districts cannot be used because they don't have a three-phase power supply.
"Despite spending lakhs, the systems are not put to use. Uncontrolled high voltage, and net feed-in tariff in place of net-metering tariff are some problems that discourage people from installing rooftop solar systems," he said.
Union renewable energy ministry's nodal officer Ramesh Babu said 236 crore was disbursed as a subsidy to TN as a part of rooftop solar scheme so far. "Those who applied for rooftop services before Feb 2024, and did not get the services, can reapply soon," he said.
R Somesh Saravana, lead district manager from Indian Overseas Bank for Chennai district, said that many banks combine loans for rooftop solar systems along with new and existing housing loans. They do not insist on documents for up to 3kW, he added.
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