EESL, Govt. of Maharashtra explore installing solarrooftops in 5,000 energy efficient public buildings.

- Buildings that install solar rooftops likely to be chargedlevelized electricity tariffs significantly lower than that of the grid for 25-yearterm.

- EESL’s BEEP programme has made public buildings inMaharashtra achieve 39 percent energy savings.

Energy Efficiency Services Limited, during theirrecent stakeholders’ workshop along with KfW, addressed senior functionaries ofkey departments of Government of Maharashtra about deployment of grid-connectedsolar rooftop solutions in up to 5,000 buildings across the state within thenext 2-3 years. EESL is already retrofitting Government buildings in Maharashtrawith energy efficient appliances, investing `325-crores to enable them toachieve 39 percent savings in annual energy costs. The solar rooftop solutionswill significantly reduce the lifetime energy costs of these buildings, as theywill avail electricity at lower tariffs that will be determined at levelized ratesover the next 25 years.

Said Chandrakant Dada Patil, Minister of Revenue,Relief and Rehabilitation, and Public Works, Government of Maharashtra, “Nearly32 per cent of India’s total electricity consumption is derived fromresidential and commercial spaces. As India continues to urbanize, we canwitness a rise in this figure. The state government has already initiatedseveral commendable measures to effectively manage the energy demand from its buildings.We are glad to be able to explore opportunities that build on these efforts andcontribute to the expansion of the significantly green footprint already establishedin the state.”

Engaging with leaders of Departments of Public Works,Education, Urban Development, Irrigation, Power and Energy, and other publicsector entities under the Maharashtra Government, representatives from EESL,KfW and Idam Infra shared best practices and case studies in solar rooftop financingand deployment in government establishments and hospitals, while alsoidentifying advantages and benefits for proposed interventions for selectbuildings across the state.