Aiming to generate solar power through rooftops of buildings in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) limits, the civic body Monday inked an MoU with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
By Baishakhi Dutta
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) engaged SECI, a central public sector undertaking under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), for setting up solar power plants on the rooftops of the residential, educational, commercial and industrial buildings in Smart City Surat.
The MoU was signed by Surat Municipal Commissioner Milind Torwane and SECI managing director Ashvini Kumar on Monday afternoon at SMC headquarters at Muglisara. After signing the MoU Commissioner Milind Towane opined that they have signed an MoU with SECI and are hoping to start the process of inviting applications from those interested soon.
It will also coordinate with local discoms in association with SMC for net metering of the generated solar power as per the prevailing regulation of the state government. The life span of the solar plant is 25 years while maintenance and installation work will be entrusted to a third party agency, said sources in SMC.
All residential buildings opting for this will get 30 per cent and 10 per cent subsidy from the Central and state governments, respectively. The union government will give 30 percent subsidy for hospitals and educational institutes while Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO) will give 30 percent subsidy for commercial and industrial complexes.
