Now,generate and sell solar power in Amritsar,Ajitgarh

“ There will be a two-way metre installed in the building where these solar panels are erected. One can either sell the generated power to PSPCL as the unit generating power will be linked to the grid. If one wants to consume the power during any time of the day,it can be bought back from the corporation at the same rate one has sold it to PSPCL,” an officer said.

Sources said the Punjab Energy Development Authority (PEDA) and PSPCL will initially identify three sectors in Mohali and a few localities in Amritsar,where people can put up these solar panels. Later,the whole cities will be covered. The Centre will pay the state government Rs 2.50 crore initially for each of these two cities in the state. The ministry for renewable energy will provide a 30 per cent grant for the setting up of these solar panels,while the rest of the amount will have to be borne by the individual.

Principal secretary,science and technology,Punjab,Karan Singh,said: “ We at present generate 10 mega watt of solar power and expect to increase it to 45 mega watts in the next three years”.