Residential colonies and commercial establishments could reduce the burden of their electricity bills if a study currently being carried out by Tata Power Delhi Distribution finds rooftop solar power generation projects feasible and the city joins the club of such power producers that includes Gujarat.
According to estimates, 33 km of Delhi’s total area of 1,483 sq km can be used for rooftop solar photovoltaic projects to install 2,557 mw of capacity. However, Delhi’s potential to produce solar power has not been exploited yet, even as power demand touches new heights almost every successive summer, which is the most productive season for solar power installations.
Tata Power Delhi Distribution – which has already installed capacity of 1.8 mw of rooftop solar power generation at its establishments – has said that due to dust across the city the performance of the set-up is about 15%, compared with 20-25% in large-scale projects that have come up on wasteland in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Source: http://indianpowersector.com/home/2014/06/solar-rooftops-project-to-reduce-delhi-power-burden/
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