PANAJI
The Goa government has revised the scheme to promote solar energy generation and linking to the State's grid to sync it with policy changes made by the Centre.
Under the revised scheme, the State's subsidy is restricted to 30% for residential, group housing societies/residential welfare associations and up to LT level having solar plants of maximum capacity of 90kW.
The equipment will have to be purchased and installed only through empanelled vendors and the scheme is being implemented through the Goa Electricity Development Agency (GEDA) which will arrive at a benchmark cost through a tendering process.
Domestic consumers will be eligible for up to 50 per-cent subsidy on capital costs but installations can be up to 10KW capacity.
For group housing or residents welfare associations the maximum capacity of the installations to be eligible for the subsidy will be up to 500kw and calculated at the rate of 10 kw per residential unit.
Educational institutions and commercial/industrial establishments can set up solar power generation of up to 90 kw capacity and will get up to 20 per-cent subsidy on the capital cost.
The earlier scheme was notified in August 2020 and as many as 100 individuals had set up solar power generation units thus far collectively accounting for a generation of nearly one megawatt of power.
