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CEED Organised Conference on ‘Rooftop Solar Power Generation’ in Collaboration with Department of Energy Engineering, CUJ

Ranchi, August 10, 2018: Center for Environment and Energy Development organised a conference on “Assessment of Solar power potential of Ranchi and Jamshedpur” in collaboration with Department of Energy Engg., Central University of Jharkhand on 10th August 2018 at Hotel BNR Chanakya, Ranchi. The conference focussed on the potential of solar roof top power and the problems in the way along with the measures to eliminate the shortcomings.

JREDA Director Niranjan Kumar conveyed that the agency (JREDA) is working to switch to RESCO model, approved by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy” as contribution and acceptance of solar power generation is low than as expected. He further added that the RESCO model is basically to free the customers or households willing to install rooftop solar power plants from arranging the required investment and also from taking care of the unit installed at their places. Instead what the consumer need to just provide the space for installing rooftop solar plates to a company and get power supply in return at the rate agreed. “JREDA has achieved success in installing rooftop solar plants at Government premises in the state. Over 500 Government building and eight civil courts besides hospitals, kasturba schools etc. are running through solar power. But the success has not been replicated into private houses since issues like hefty investment, delayed subsidy and lower rate of excess power which has to go back to greed are involved. JREDA is working on a RESCO model where the agency identified would take care of investment coming and maintenance of the plant. There would be an agreement between the owner and the agency on tariff based power purchase which would surely be lesser than what the consumers pay for drid based electricity”, he concluded.