Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Status Of Solar Roof Top Program in Gujarat, Relevant
Policies and Regulations
Presented By:
Jatin Upadhyay, DE (R&D), GPRD Cell, GUVNL
17th September’2019
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Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Out Line
State Government Solar Policies
Regulations
Introduction of the SKY Scheme for its various key concerns.
Introduction to KEY components for SKY: Metering Console and Watch
Dog Transformer/Device.
Introduction to Monitoring software: Solar Energy Data
Management(SEDM)
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Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Solar Policies & Regulations
State Government had introduced ‘Gujarat Solar Policy-2009’ in
January, 2009 and achieved more than 1000 MW Solar Installation in
short span of 5 years.
On expiry of 5 Year Period, Government has introduced Solar Policy-
2015 to scale up the Solar Power Generation in a sustainable manner;
which is operative since 31st March-2020
Introduced Roof Top Solar PV with Net Metering on Government,
Residential, Commercial, Industrial Building
Net Metering Regulation -2016
Gujarat Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Policy
Policy for development of Small Scale Distributed Solar Projects-2019
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Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Highlights of Gujarat Solar Policy 2015
Objective to encourage Solar Roof Top up to 1KW capacity
Encourages participation from the investor in MW projects with Solar PVand Solar Thermal
Applicable for existing Residential, Government, Industrial, Commercialconsumers
Equally applicable for other solar projects with various objectives likeCaptive Consumption, Sale of Power to DISCOMs, with RECmechanism, NSM objective
For Agriculture Solar Pumps, Canal Top and Canal Bank Power Projects
Standardized Grid Connectivity and norms for Evacuation, Metering &Energy Audit
Fixing of GEDA as State Nodal and GPCL as Facilitating Agencies.
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Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Highlights of Net Metering Regulations 2016
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Min. & Max. (kWp) >=1 kWp & <1MW
% of Consumer Connected Load 50% of Sanctioned load
% solar capacity allowed at DTR 65% of Peak Capacity of DTR
Treatment of excess solar energy Banking of Energy allowed within one billing cycle
Treatment of solar energy supplied during
peak hours
As per tariff specified by GERC
Price for Financial Settlement APPC rate determined by SERC for the Year in which SPV
commissioned ( e.g. for the Rooftop Solar PV System
commissioned during 2016-17, the APPC rate determined by
the Commission for FY 2015-16 shall be applicable.)
Settlement period One Billing Cycle
Glimpse of Net-Metering (First Amendment) Regulations, 2017, Notified on 6th October, 2017% of Consumer Connected Load (in case
of other than Residential Consumer
50% of Sanctioned load
% of Consumer Connected Load (in case
of Residential Consumer)
irrespective of their sanctioned load/contract demand
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Solar Roof Top Installation in Gujarat as on Aug-19
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Category System Commissioned
Nos. KW
Residential 53567 197.98
Industrial 870 114.24
Commercial 1020 17.71
Others 615 15.55
Government 1343 51.83
Total 57415 397.314
Total 57415 Nos of
Solar Roof Top with 397.3 MW of
Solar PV Installed Capacity
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Highlights of SURYA- Gujarat Roof Top Yojna-2019
Target to cover 2.00 Lacs Residential Consumers for 600 MW SolarGeneration by 2020 and applicable till 2022
Subsidized on the guideline of MNRE on the maximum discovered ratethrough EoI procedure for PV installation
40% subsidy for system up to 3.0 KW and 20% more subsidy up to10.0KW system
Supported by FIT of Rs.2.25 per Unit up to agreement period of 25 years
Freedom for selection of empaneled agency
On Line Transparent procedure for participation
GUVNL is the State Nodal Agency for implementation
Provision for Third Party Inspection of Solar PV Installation
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Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Agriculture Consumption V/S Revenue
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Agriculture
17,521 MU
(28%)
Other Category
48,153 MU
(72%)
Agriculture: Connections and Demand
Total Agriculture
Connections as on 2016-17
: 13.86 Lakh
Average Contract
Demand
: 11.48 HP
Govt. Subsidy
13.5%
Farmers
3%
Cross Subsidy
11.5%
Others
72%
Agriculture : Electricity Bill Recovery
Farmers : Rs. 1,103 Cr.
Government subsidy : Rs. 5,088 Cr.
Cross subsidy : Rs. 4,358 Cr.
TOTAL : Rs. 10,891 Cr.
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Implementation Profile
Scheme applicable for Grid connected Farmers i.e. the existing Agriculture consumers.
At least 70% of the existing consumers of the individual distribution feeder should participate in thescheme.
The capacity of grid Connected Solar PV would be 1.25 times of Contract Load in HP. Farmer canalso install additional Solar PV Capacity with limited scheme benefit
e.g. 10 HP AG Connection 12.5 KW Solar PV System
The selected feeder shall be provided 3-Phase Power Supply from for 12 Hours during Day time from
sunrise to sunset
Capital cost sharing
• 30%, CFA
• 30%, GoG Loan
• 35%, GoG Loan on behalf of farmer, Loan period is for 7 years.
• 5%, Farmer Upfront Payment
Farmer Revenue on net generation (i.e. generation minus consumption)
• Rs. 3.50 /kWh, Feed-in Tariff by DisCom on net generation
• Rs. 3.50 /kWh, Evacuation-based Incentive (EBI) as Govt. of Gujarat Subsidy, for 7 years, up to 1,000kWh/KW/yearNote: EBI is a generation-based subsidy by Govt. of Gujarat to match MNRE’s 30% capital subsidy.
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Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Benefits To Farmers
The ownership of Solar System is of Farmer after Loan period
completion
Permanent Income to Farmer for injecting surplus energy into grid.
12 Hours of power supply during day time with Grid support
It is possible to grow crop under the solar panel as well.
Social Empowerment of farmer
Consolidation of Rural Economy by Local employment generation
opportunity
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Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Benefits To Society And Environment
One third reduction of generation of electricity through Non-
Renewable sources and preservation of Environment.
Due to distributed solar generation, land requirement for solar parks,
expensive infrastructural modifications could be avoided.
Maximum utilization of installed distribution network.
Reduction in Transmission and Distribution Losses.
Reduction in burden of agriculture subsidy.
Reduction in cross subsidy to other consumers
Conservation of Energy and Water
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Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Data Base for Pilot Project for 137 AGDOM feeders
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Sr. DisCom No. of
Feeders
Avg.
Consumers
/Feeder
Avg. ‘HP’
/Consum
er
Avg. ‘kW’
/Consumer
Total Pilot
Cost
(Rs. Crore)
Metering
Console
Qty
WDD Qty
1. DGVCL 21 118 6.31 hp 7.89 kW Rs. 106.94 1663 683
2. MGVCL 33 85 11.01 hp 13.76 kW Rs. 193.40 2466 843
3. UGVCL 23 49 22.11 hp 27.64 kW Rs. 144.07 921 345
4. PGVCL 60 99 11.86 hp 14.86 kW Rs. 423.95 5160 1807
TOTAL 137 91 11.49 hp 14.36 kW Rs. 868.37 10210 3678
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Technical Connection Scheme
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AgricultureField
Pump
ConsumptionMeter
AgricultureField
Pump
PV Inverter Solar Meter
ConsumptionMeter
Net-Meter
11 kV
11 kV / 433 V
433 Vac, 3-ph, 50 Hz
11 kV 433 Vac, 3-ph, 50 Hz
Be
fore
Aft
er
11 kV / 433 V
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Farmer-level Metering Scheme
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433 Vac3-ph, 50 Hz
FROM/TO GRID
IoT Based DCU• Monitoring
• Billing
• Analytics
To Pump From PV
Power Cable
Meter Telemetry
RS-485 Data
NET METER
CONSUMPTION METER
GENERATIONMETER
METE
R B
OX
INVERTER-1
INVERTER-2
LEGEND
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Watchdog Device
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•Schedule Operations without manual intervention
•Remote Load Disconnect /connect in case of irregularities
•Overload & Voltage Protections
•Demand Side Management
•Power Quality Analysis
•Energy Auditing
•Pump Running Hours
•SAIFI , SAIDI at Transformer
•Electrical Parameters
•Load and Consumption Pattern of Transformer
•Single/Three Phase Status
•Three Phase Output Status
•Pump Status Measurement & Monitoring
Audit & Analysis
Smart Control Commercial
Loss Reduction
Protections
&
Operations
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL, Gandhinagar
SEDM-Solar Energy Data Management System
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Dash Board – Feeder Status• Consumer Summary
• Communication Summary
• Input Status Summary
• Power Summary
• Voltage Summary
• Output Status Summary
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL, Gandhinagar
SEDM-Solar Energy Data Management System
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Map View and Grid View
• Geo Location of Consumer
• Separate Indication based on Current Status
• Consumer Details
• Consumer Type & Ratings
• Communication Status
• Power Status
• Output Status
• Voltage Status
• Hyperlink for Detail Analysis of Individual Consumer
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL, Gandhinagar
SEDM-Solar Energy Data Management System
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Map View
• Longitude, latitude of actual installed
location has been mapped
• Identification of System based on Current
Status
o Not Live
o Live, Generation Off, Pump Off
o Live, Generation Off, Pump On
o Live, Generation On, Pump Off
o Live Generation On, Pump On
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL, Gandhinagar
SEDM-Solar Energy Data Management System
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Consumer wise all four Meter Instantaneous Data & Trend Analysis
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL, Gandhinagar
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Consumer and meter wise Power Trend and Export energy Chart
SEDM-Solar Energy Data Management System
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL, Gandhinagar
SEDM-Solar Energy Data Management System
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WDD/WDT Consumer Monitoring
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL, Gandhinagar
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SEDM-Solar Energy Data Management System
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL, Gandhinagar
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Real Time Monitoring Reports
Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL, Gandhinagar
Satisfied SKY Consumers
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Gujarat Power Research and Development Cell, GUVNL,
Thank You
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