April 2020

MNRE To Treat Lockdown Due To Covid-19 as Force Majeure

By |2020-04-22T12:31:51+05:30April 21st, 2020|

"With the MNRE lockdown extension, all the solar rooftop customers of Bescom in Bangalore whose projects were stalled due to Covid, could be relieved from not being able to complete the projects with the deadlines as per their Power purchase agreement. ” Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ( MNRE ) has issued a [...]

EcoSoch and Electric Mobility

By |2020-04-21T17:52:04+05:30April 11th, 2020|

With Electric Vehicle transportation evolving, it is quite frequent these days to meet our prospective customers and end up having discussions on the future of mobility and not just solar. And most of the times the purchase of solar system just become a formality. With talk going about various electric vehicles, batteries and charging [...]

September 2019

Karnataka(BESCOM) Solar Rooftop Policy for 2019-20

By |2019-09-17T02:54:58+05:30September 16th, 2019|

Finally, after a long wait of more than four and half months, Solar Rooftop Policy is out in Karnataka State for the year 2019-20. Before we go through the total content about the policy, let's go through the important points in the new policy: For grid connected megawatt scale solar power projects of less [...]

June 2019

5% hike in electricity tariff under BESCOM

By |2019-06-01T18:29:50+05:30June 1st, 2019|

Bengaluru Energy Supply COMpany (BESCOM) hiked the electricity tariff by 5%. It's not just the temperature that's increasing but also our electricity tariff! There will be an increase of 33 paisa per unit of energy for BESCOM jurisdiction customers. This is applicable to eight districts in Karnataka - Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Chikkaballapura, Kolar, Davanagere, [...]

October 2018

August 2018

May 2018

New BESCOM tariffs 2018-19 & its impact

By |2018-05-15T15:20:11+05:30May 15th, 2018|

With the delay on an on due to Karnataka State Assembly elections for the new electricity tariff of BESCOM is now out finally.! Here are new BESCOM (Bengaluru Electricity Supply COMpany) charges for different categories,  Approved tariff for Domestic Consumers Category (LT2 (a)):  Applicable to areas under Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Municipal corporations & [...]

February 2018

December 2017

What’s the relation between Solar Rooftop design and December 21

By |2018-01-17T18:20:52+05:30December 21st, 2017|

The relation between solar energy generation and seasons are pretty much interlinked. Solar Rooftop is always designed in such a way that we have the maximum generation on the shortest day of the year. And the shortest day of the year is December 21st. Which eventually helps us in getting long generation hours on other days [...]

All Railway Stations be 100% LED lit by April 2018 : Indian Railways

By |2017-12-20T17:43:02+05:30December 20th, 2017|

Indian railways went a step ahead by announcing that all the railway stations will be 100% LED lit by end of March 2018. This move by Indian railways helps in decrease their energy requirement by 10% in their non-traction usage. This is a whopping 240 million units of energy conservation. They are also planning to [...]

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