TN To Launch Roof-Top Solar Panel Registration Website on Sept 21

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board will launch a separate website on September 21 for the registration for the installation of roof-top solar panels with subsidies of the Central and the state governments. 

The board is gearing up for the launch a couple of days after electricity minister C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar told the media that further announcements on solar panel installation will follow.

The Centre is providing subsidies up to Rs. 78,000 for the installation of solar panels and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay announced in the



Assembly on September 5 that the state would also provide subsidies. For a solar panel generating 1 KW of electricity, the Centre’s subsidy is `30,000, and the state will provide `5,000, according to the scheme. 

For the installation of a 2 KW solar panel, the Centre provides `60,000 and the state will give Rs. 10,000, taking the total subsidy to Rs. 70,000. For the installation of a solar panel with a capacity to generate 3 KW or more, the Union government gives a subsidy of `78,000 and the state will add `22,000, taking the total subsidy to `1 lakh.