Srinagar: The demand for photo voltaic panels has elevated by greater than 30 % in Kashmir this winter.
In line with the electrical energy division, power demand has elevated by greater than 11 %.
The height load elevated to 2900 Megawatts. Presently, KPDCL provides a complete of 1700 MW of electrical energy to the valley.
Folks in Kashmir at the moment are more and more putting in photo voltaic panels on roofs as a backup supply of power.
Showkat Ahmad Bhat, a vendor of a number one photo voltaic panel and inverters model in Baramulla instructed Kashmir Monitor that the demand for rooftop photo voltaic panels is on the rise today.
“If we discuss villages the place electrical energy points are frequent throughout the winter, nearly each house has photo voltaic panels on the roof. The winter, this season, has been principally sunny to date which has helped individuals use these panels,” he stated.
Dar stated that monocrystalline photo voltaic panels have hit the market up to now few years, fixing the electrical energy drawback.
“These monocrystalline photo voltaic panels work even in cloudy climate. Its demand has elevated by 30 %,” he stated.
One other businessman Musaib Ahmad from Srinagar stated that photo voltaic panels, photo voltaic water heaters, and photo voltaic cookers are in excessive demand in Kashmir.
“Photo voltaic water heaters have been promoting like hotcakes for the previous few years. Nearly dozens of manufacturers at the moment are supplying solar-based gear in Kashmir,” he stated.
Final month, the Jammu and Kashmir administration introduced a 25% subsidy on the set up of Rooftop solar energy panels in residential buildings.
“We’ve got developed a number of packages the place subsidies are given to individuals for the usage of photo voltaic panels on the roof. In addition to, persons are additionally inspired to make use of photo voltaic energy-based gear, which incorporates photo voltaic water heaters , cookers, and different home equipment,” stated an official of the Jammu and Kashmir Vitality Growth Company (JAKEDA).
. The federal government has determined to offer a subsidy of 25% of the undertaking price for the set up of solar energy crops in residential buildings in all districts. The undertaking can be accomplished by the tip of November 2023,”
“In areas together with Tangmarg, Pahalgam, and Ganderbal, we have now a big inhabitants lined underneath the scheme,” he stated.
