March 2024

Apartment Rooftop Solar: Solutions & Subsidy Opportunities in Bangalore

By |2024-03-26T17:42:35+05:30March 14th, 2024|

Why should Apartments go for Rooftop Solar? Cost Savings: Rooftop solar installations can significantly reduce the common area electricity bills for apartment complexes by generating their own clean energy. With solar power, apartments can offset a portion of their energy consumption from the grid, leading to substantial long-term savings. Additionally, government subsidies [...]

April 2020

Financial Viability Check: Rooftop Solar for Apartments in Bangalore

By |2020-04-18T15:12:12+05:30April 18th, 2020|

Is it financially viable in the long run? In the financial year of 2019-20, the number of apartment associations looking at installing solar rooftop systems as part of their go-green initiatives has dramatically increased. It also helps in cost cutting opportunity for apartment communities.  This blog tries to answer a [...]

May 2017

Understanding Electricity

By |2018-01-17T18:20:53+05:30May 25th, 2017|

What is Electricity?! Electricity is all around us, we use it in different forms throughout our day to day activities. The LED light above my head right now is converting electrical energy to light energy and heat energy. So how do we explain this phenomenon called electricity which is something we use every day but [...]

Impact on Solar with GST

By |2017-08-25T18:06:51+05:30May 24th, 2017|

With the new GST, Solar rooftop will be impacted with an increase of overall cost by at least 5% from the existing cost. What is GST? How does it impact Solar Rooftop sector? GST means Goods and Service Tax which will be one indirect tax for the whole country. GST is a single tax, right [...]

October 2016

Solar Rooftop Power Policy Changes in Karnataka

By |2017-08-25T18:19:11+05:30October 3rd, 2016|

Giving the residents of Karnataka a chance to self consume the Solar power they installed. KERC came up with few changes in their existing Solar Power policy for rooftop. The Hon’ble KERC vide order dtd: S/03/1 dtd: 19.09.2016 has issued Modification to the order 02.05.2016 in respect of determination of tariff and other norms for [...]

May 2016

New Solar rooftop policy for Karnataka (KERC – BESCOM) – 2016 – 2018

By |2018-01-17T18:20:54+05:30May 7th, 2016|

KARNATAKA ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION No.9/2, 6th & 7th Floor, Mahalaxmi Chambers, M.G. Road, Bangalore-560 001 Present: Shri. M.K. Shankaralinge Gowda Chairman Shri. H.D. Arun Kumar Member Shri. D.B. Manival Raju Member In the matter of: Determination of tariff and other norms for Solar Rooftop and Small Photovoltaic Power Plants. ORDER S/03/1 Date: 2nd May, 2016 [...]

November 2014

Solar PV String Inverters Vs Central Inverters

By |2018-01-17T18:20:56+05:30November 12th, 2014|

For more details on String inverters and Central Inverters, please visit the earlier post here: http://ecosoch.com/types-of-on-grid-inverters-micro-string-central/ Many-a-times it’s inherently assumed that the bigger the better and cheaper. So ideally speaking the Central Inverter architecture (small number of very large inverters ) are cheaper and have better performance that that of String Inverter Architecture (large number of [...]

May 2014

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