Incentive for Rooftop Solar Projects

Delhi Government also have the plans to give incentives for rooftop solar projects which is really a good initiative for popularizing Green Power. 

If you generate power from a rooftop solar project, the Delhi government will soon incentivize your efforts. A new solar policy upholds "production-based subsidy" which means that the government will pay you for the units of energy you save by using solar power. As of now, there is a "capital subsidy" scheme which involves a rebate of a fixed sum on installation of solar water heaters in Delhi. As per a govt. official, the consumer is paid for the units that he generates in excess. Over and above the feed-in tariff, the Delhi government is planning to give a small subsidy to producers of solar power. It will be a nominal subsidy over what they get by feeding in excess power.

The highlight of the policy will be production-based subsidy where customers will be reimbursed based on the units of energy saved. This will motivate customers to invest in solar rooftop projects and solar water heaters and also to maintain them. Normally people don't maintain the solar water heaters and stop using them after a point. If the subsidy is generation-based and customers are reimbursed every month for it, they will maintain their systems.

Such a policy in which the consumer is paid every month for the energy saved will keep him motivated and engaged in maintaining their solar power generation systems as the payment in the form of Capital Subsidy is not being very much effective.