According to Hindu Business line, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will soon announce a policy to facilitate the setting up of 10 MW solar photovoltaic power plants on rooftops of buildings.
B. Venkateswara Rao, General Manager, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), disclosed the matter during SolarCon 2012, a conference cum expo.
The Project is expected to be utilizing rent a roof concept, which was already successfuly implemented in the state of Gujrat.
Gujarat Model:
The first rent a roof model rooftop programme was brought out by the Gujarat government, which awarded 2.5 MW each to two developers; SunEdison and Azure Power. Under the State’s programme, these two developers would sell the power to the Gujarat distribution utility at fixed tarriffs.
