Context :
Rooftop
solar scheme: 100,000 hands to be trained to put solar panels in homes .. ET .. 12 May 2024
Extract :
The government
is working on readying a 100,000-strong
workforce skilled in installation and management of solar panels to support its plan of helping 10
million homes run on solar energy.
People aware
of the development said the ministries of renewable energy and skill development and
entrepreneurship have jointly framed a “skilling plan”
for the ‘PM Surya Ghar: Muft
Bijli Yojana’, a
government rooftop solar project that aims to help households generate 300 units of electricity through grid-connected solar
panels.
The scheme, launched in February this year,
offers subsidies of up to
Rs 78,000 to those willing to install the solar power generating units.
“The number of people to be trained may be increased, depending upon the
requirement,” one of the persons cited earlier, said, adding that
state-owned REC Ltd, which is also the nodal agency for the
revamped rooftop solar programme, is likely to collaborate with centres like
the National Power
Training Institute and
the National Skill
Development Corporation for
this.
Besides
trained manpower, another challenge for such a scale of implementation would be
the need for a large number of
vendors. An official said the government is also looking to train 50,000 vendors for entrepreneurship.
According to the official, more vendors are
expected to register on the national rooftop solar portal, unlike the current system of registering with the
distribution companies.
The renewable energy
ministry recently
shifted to a new portal and will soon start the national vendor registration
process.
The PM Surya
Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, which has an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore, entails implementation
through power distribution
companies and
vendors with rationalised subsidies and collateral-free loans. Registrations
under the scheme crossed the 10-million
mark within a month of its launch.
Of the
registered consumers, almost 800,000
have applied for installations.
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Outstanding
news! In about a month since it was launched, over 1 crore households have already registered themselves for the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana.
Registrations have been pouring in from all parts of the nation. Assam, Bihar,
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh have seen over 5
lakh registrations. Those who haven’t registered yet should also do so at the earliest.
https://pmsuryaghar.gov.in
My Take :
( A )
A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an
enigma ?
On PM SuryaGhar
portal
, even today , there is NO MENTION of :
Ø No of people who have already “ Registered “ ( Step # 1 )
Ø No of people who have “ Applied “ for installation ( Step # 2 )
Ø No of these “ Applications “
which are “ Accepted ( found OK , having submitted
all required documents ) “ ( Step # 3 )
Ø No of such “ Accepted
Applications “ for which concerned DISCOM has carried out “ Feasibility Study “( Step # 4 )
Ø No of Applicants for whom “ Feasibility Study “ is Okayed by the DISCOM ( Step # 5 )
Ø No of Applicants for whom a
Vendor has actually COMPLETED
the installations (
Step # 6 )
Ø No of such “ completed
installations “ for which DISCOM has installed “ Net Metering “ by connecting to the GRID ( Step # 7 )
Ø Upon receipt of “ Commissioning Report “ , No of applicants who have
submitted bank details ( Step # # 8 )
Ø No of such installations in
respect of whom, subsidy
has been CREDITED in
their banks ( Step#9 )
( B ) Buiding
Castles in the Air ?
# Despite their very best intentions, I do not
see any way in which those
Ministries concerned can train 100,000 persons in
Installation/Management of Solar Panels , even by March 2027 ( when
the Scheme ends )
# As of
now , we have only 2979
Solar Panel installers in
India. It is
unlikely to raise this number to 50,000 vendors by March 2027
#
Entire current process ( consisting of 9 steps listed earlier ) is TOO
ELABORATE and TIME CONSUMING.
This will become clear if SuryaGhar portal was to publish step-wise
data of the STATUS of the scheme, as suggested by me above . I
cannot escape the feeling that the completion of the whole process
would take , on an average , 6 MONTHS from registration
#
These considerations made me to predict that , as against the target
of 30
GW and 10 million households , we may end up with no
more than 10 % of this target by March 2027
( C ) Is there any
alternative way by which we can achieve this target ?
Yes
I have described in detail my
proposal in this regard at :
My proposal consists of enabling 10,000 “ Co-operative Solar Farms “ to
come up , as originally Proposed in my following e-mail to our Cabinet
Ministers :
A
Tale of Two States ……………………………………….. 28 Oct 2020
Is there any working example of your
proposal ?
Yes .
Take a look at
> https://www.sundaygrids.com/
> https://www.sundaygrids.com/how-it-works
How long does it
take to REGISTER on Sundaygrid – and start getting CREDITS
for “ Your Booked Capacity “ of Solar Panels ?
No more than 10
MINUTES
I registered at around 6 PM on 02 May 2024 ( from my mobile ) for 1.7 Kw , for
an investment of Rs 84,000 ( ie: approx.. Rs 50,000 per Kw )
By morning of 12 May 2024 ( ie: 9 Solar days
) , I have earned :
Ø # Credit
……………. Rs. 322.64
Ø # Kwh
……………….. 62.648 ( ie; ave of 7 Kwh / day = 210 Kwh / month )
Following is a copy of
Sundaygrid Dashboard today ( 12 May 2024 ):
Capacity Reserved.........1,707 W
Energy Produced..........64.637 KWh
Credits Earned.............₹332.88
Credits Estimated ( for month )....₹1,158 - ₹1,567
( assuming ave of Rs 1200 / month, this amounts
to credit of Rs 14,000 / year )
And this data pertains to
a 30 days FREE trial ( - at the end of which, I may make
online payment if
happy with the solar power generation statistics )
This means I recover my
investment ( Rs 84,000 ) in approx. 6 years
How would these figures
look if I were to book 3kwh
capacity ?
Ø Initial
investment ……Rs 1.2 lakh
Ø Ave
Kwh …………………10
Kwh /day(300 Kwh / month : same as Suryaghar Yojna )
Ø Credits…………………… Rs 51 / day ( approx.. Rs 19,000 / year )
Ø Payback
Period ………120,000 / 19000 = About 6 years
However , in my e-mail of
06 May 2024 ( Dawn of a Solar Economy :
SETI ) , I
have suggested that the subsidy must also be made available to those consumers
who ( because of constraint of
insufficient roof area ) are “ booking “ generation
capacity in “ Co-op Solar
Farms “ ( Sundaygrid type )
If this suggestion gets
accepted then , against my investment of Rs 120,000 ( for
3 Kw capacity ) , I
should get subsidy of Rs 78,000 , bringing down my own cost
to Rs 42,000
If so , my payback period
will be > Rs 42,000 / Rs 19,000 = Approx 2 YEARS
only !
Do you see what makes my
proposal “ UNBEATABLE –
IRRESTIBLE “ ?
Ø Payback
period ……………………………. 2 YEARS
Ø Online
“ Capacity Booking “ ……….. 10 MINUTES
Ø Power
( credits ) start flowing…….. 15 MINUTES
Ø Subsidy
receipt in ……………………… 48 hours
Ø Roof
Area required ……………………. NIL sq. ft
Ø Maintenance
Issues……………………… NONE ( taken care by Co-op
Solar Farm )
Ø Production
/ Credit Data……………… Instant ( through online app / dashboard )
Ø Donating
power under CSR………… Possible ( Corporates
invest in Farms for poor
recipients )
Last – and the most important :
10,000 “ Co-op Solar Farms “ will come up within
ONE year – and each will train
/ employ 100 “ Panel Installers “ ( 10 lakh persons ) . No need for Ministries to
undertake any training
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.HemenParekh.ai / 13
May 2024
Related Readings :
Ø > https://www.mercomindia.com/first-solars-thin-film-modules-dcr
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