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Financial Assistance (CFA) for "Off-grid and Decentralized Solar Applications Programme"

CFA for SPV Lighting System, SPV Water Pumping System & SPV Micro/ Mini Grid

November 04, 2014. By Moulin

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) announces Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for "Off-grid and Decentralized Solar Applications Programme" for the year 2014-15.

Central Financial Assistance (Rs/Wp) for SPV Lighting System:

				Rs. Per Wp
Sno.	Category		Capacity	General Category States	Through NABARD	NE States, A&N, Lakshadweep Islands		Special Category States		Channel Partners
						@ 30%	@90%	@ 30%	@90%
1.	Solar lighting System- street lights, home lights, lanterns	CFL	Up to 74 Wp	Rs.75	Rs.100	Rs.82	Rs.247	Rs.75	Rs.225	NA
2.		LED	Up to 40 Wp	Rs.120	Rs.160	Rs.132	Rs.396	Rs.120	Rs.360	NA

Central Financial Assistance (Rs/Wp) for SPV Lighting System:

			Rs Per Wp
Sno.	Category	Capacity	General Category States	Through NABARD	NE States, A Lakshadwee	&N, p Islands	Special Category States		Channel Partners
Sno.	Category	Capacity	General Category States	Through NABARD	@ 30%	@90%	@ 30%	@90%	Channel Partners
1	Solar power packs/ SPV Power Plants (with battery bank @ 9.6 VAh/Wp)***	Up to 300 Wp	Rs. 75	Rs. 100	Rs. 82	Rs. 247	Rs. 75	Rs. 225	NA
		>300 Wp to 10kWp	Rs. 45	Rs. 45*	Rs. 49	Rs. 148	Rs. 45	Rs. 135	Rs. 43**
		>10 kWp to 100 kWp	Rs. 39	NA	Rs. 43	Rs. 128	Rs. 39	Rs. 117	Rs. 37
2	SPV Power Plants (Without Battery)	Up to 500 kWp	Rs. 24	NA	Rs. 26	Rs. 79	Rs. 24	Rs. 72	Rs. 21
3	Street Lights through SPV power Plant	Up to 100 kWp	Rs. 75	NA	Rs. 82	Rs. 247	Rs. 75	Rs. 225	Rs. 71

*Capital subsidy limited to 1 kWp system through NABARD

** Capital Subsidy applicable for systems above 1 kWp in case of channel partners.

*** In case battery bank is of lower capacity in project proposal than mentioned in category above then it will be treated as battery less system

Central Financial Assistance (Rs/HP) for SPV Water Pumping System:

			Rs per HP
Sno.	SPV	Capacity	General Category	Through NABARD	NE States, A&N,	Special Category	Channel Partners
	System		States		Lakshadweep Islands	States
1	DC Pumps	Up to 2 HP	Rs. 43200	Rs. 57600	Rs. 47520	Rs. 43200	Rs. 41000
		>2HPto5HP	Rs. 40500	Rs. 54000	Rs. 44550	Rs. 40500	Rs. 38500
2	AC Pumps	Up to 2 HP	Rs. 37800	Rs. 50400	Rs. 41580	Rs. 37800	Rs. 36000
		>2HPto5HP	Rs. 32400	Rs. 43200	Rs. 35640	Rs. 32400	Rs. 30700
		>5 HP to 10 HP*	Rs. 28800	Rs. 38880	Rs. 32076	Rs. 29160	Rs. 27630

*SPV water pumping system over 5HP may avail subsidy under State Government Schemes where ever applicable. MNRE subsidy will be limited to 5 HP

only even for higher capacity pumps till any revision in the Scheme.

Central Financial Assistance (Rs/Wp) for SPV Micro/ Mini Grid:

			Rs per Wp
Sno.	SPV System	Capacity	General Category States	NE States, A&N, Lakshadweep Islands	Special Category States	Channel Partners
1.	Micro Grid	Up to 10 kWp	Rs. 105	Rs. 115	Rs. 105	Rs. 100
2.	Mini Grid	>10 to 500 kWp	Rs. 90	Rs. 99	Rs. 90	Rs. 85

Micro/ Mini Grid Solar PV System shall consist of the following:
- S Solar PV Panel of specified capacity with suitable mounting structure
- S Power Conditioning Unit (PCU) with suitable capacity of Charge Controller and Inverter as required S Battery Bank (Minimum Capacity @9.6 VAH / Wp) with suitable Battery Racks S Junction Boxes, D.C.D.B. / A.C. D. B. and Cables as per site requirement S Poles, ACSR conductor/ armored cable as per site requirement S Luminaires (Minimum two numbers per house hold)
- S Individual Meters (if required)
- S Lightening Arrestor and Earthing as required S Control Room/ Battery Room S Five years warranty
All components and sub systems of the plant should conform to the "Minimal Technical Requirements / Standards" specified by MNRE, for SPV systems / plants.
Part of the energy generated by the PV System may be utilized to power some commercial / other loads; however, minimum 30 % of Total PV Capacity should be utilized for domestic load.

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