The Delhi government has released a draft solar policy in September 2015. The policy would remain valid from 2015-2020. As of August 2015, Delhi has around 7 MW of installed rooftop solar capacity.
The draft focuses on promotion and deployment of rooftop solar plants by way of mandates, incentives, and amendments in regulations.
The policy seems to build a comprehensive framework around rooftop solar generation and net metering. Delhi already has working net-metering (refer) in place but this policy goes a step further by facilitate aspects such as allowing building to export more than they consume, allowing multiple power consumers to have a single solar installation and allowing virtual net-metering, i.e., consumers can use rooftop space that is not a part of the same building as the power consumption. These steps will increase the addressable market size considerably.
A number of incentives have been mentioned in this policy such as exemption of electricity tax, open access charges, VAT, Entry taxes, CSS, Transmission, Wheeling and Banking charges.
Power consumers in Delhi can save their energy bills by more than 20% by going solar.
Alphaloop Solar LLP, through its brand, ‘Delhi Solar', is ideally placed to help power consumers in Delhi. The company offers free site assessment for residents and businesses in the city for going solar.
The company also helps educate the consumers about how and what to install and backs that up with a turn-key solution.
All that the power consumers in Delhi need to do is to fill out a form on www.delhi-solar.com to get this service.
