India is a country blessed with enormous amounts of sunlight throughout the year. The increasing innovation in the solar industry and the hazardous effect of fossil fuels for power generation are encouraging more people to go solar. However, people need to follow certain rules laid out by the government to install a solar power plant.
You can choose either a rooftop solar power plant or a ground-mounted solar plant to generate sustainable electricity. Both these systems have different approval and permit requirements. Moreover, people need to deal with government agencies who guide them throughout the installation process.
Here are the major approvals and permits people need to install solar power plants. Approvals for Rooftop Solar Power Plants
The permits needed for installing rooftop solar plants vary with state laws, the capacity of the solar plant, and the building sector, such as industrial, commercial, or domestic. However, in most Indian states, people need peppermint in two folds. These include the following:
- Submitting the application form to DISCOM along with the application fee.
- After reviewing the application, the authorities decided to give approval for the applied capacity of the solar plant.
- In the next step, the rooftop owner registers for installing solar power plants with the required documents and makes the payment of registration charges. Here people also need to apply for the net metering facility for their solar plant.
- Following this, the customer signs the connection agreement with DISCOM for the initiation of the installation process.
- Once the installation of the solar plant completes, DISCOM officials evaluate the standard compliance and sanction the project.
Approvals for Ground-Mounted Solar Plant
The permission procedure for ground-mounted solar projects also depends on the state in which it is installed, similar to the solar power plants on rooftops. In addition, people need the following permissions for the ground-mounted solar power plants as a form of standard registration procedures:
- After the feasibility analysis of the site from the local substation to ensure the ability of the grid to handle the power level of the solar power plant, people need to get a permission letter for power evacuation from the DISCOM.
- Requirement of a land conversion certificate when using agricultural land. This certificate is necessary to prove that the land will no longer be used for agricultural purposes.
- License for contract work issued by the labour department.
- Approval for sewage treatment facilities.
- Permit of the environment clearance by the pollution control board.
- Fire department’s certificate of fire safety.
- Clearance permit from the forest department.
- Chief Electrical Inspector’s approval for project commissioning.
- MNRE approval for the solar power project’s tax exemptions.
Conclusion
SWRE is a leading solar EPC solution provider, which has succeeded in setting up large solar power plants throughout the globe. The company initially started as a combined effort of Shapoorji Mistry Sr. and Mehervan Daruvala. By 1920, Wilson Electric Works managed the electrical contracts at Shapoorji Pallonji Construction. Later in 1971 Wilson Electric Works got investments from Sterlings (Shapoorji Pallonji Group) and took up large projects in the Middle East, the Asian subcontinent, and several other countries.
Looking at the rising demand for solar energy, SWRE started its operations in this industry in 2017 and became the leading service provider at the global level. Through the years it has bagged multiple awards with the latest recognition from RenewX as Leading EPC in 2022.
Originally published at http://realestateandepc.wordpress.com on October 28, 2022.
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