Gujarat: DGVCL targets 25MW rooftop solar power generation by March

Surat: The Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited (DGVCL) has set the target of generating 25 mega watt (MW) of rooftop solar power in south Gujarat region by March 2020.

Official sources said that about 16,700 applications have been received from consumers, mainly from the residential areas, under the solar rooftop scheme of the state government since September 2016. About 9,700 have already submitted the application with their initial payments for setting up of the rooftop solar plants at their facilities.

At present, there are about 1,400 rooftop solar installed in Bharuch, Surat, Valsad and Navsari districts falling under the jurisdiction of the DGVCL. The per day solar energy generation is pegged at 5MW.