PANAJI
With more than 3500 applications received for the State’s ambitious ‘Goem Vinamulya Vij Yevjan’ scheme -- an initiative aligned with the Prime Minister’s Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana -- the Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA) has initiated process to empanel vendors for the rooftop solar installations.
The scheme encourages free rooftop solar installation upto 5kW for household users who consume 400 units or less per month. Apart from the Centre’s total outlay of Rs 75,000 crore, Goa government, with an initial investment of Rs 35 crore, will bear the entire cost of installation up to 2026-27.
Also, under the scheme, the beneficiaries will get 300 units of free electricity and would be charged thereafter.
Sources informed that the rooftops would be installed only though the registered vendors. The process to get the vendors empanelled has already commenced and once that is done, the applications would be scrutinized.
Since August till date, a total close to 3500 applications have been received under the scheme, which was launched on July 27.
“The vendors will verify the feasibility of each consumer, who has applied under the scheme, to install solar. Under the central scheme, the installation is partially free but under Goa government’s scheme, the entire installation is free,” a senior official said.
The official explained that to get the benefit under the scheme, the consumer should have consumed 400 units or less for every month in the last calendar year.
Meanwhile, the overall data shows that as on date, total 1,291 solar rooftops have been installed in the State with a total power generation capacity of 60.12 MWp.
