Passed in February, a massive subsidy program to help Indian households install rooftop solar panels in their homes and apartments aims to provide 30-gigawatt hours of solar power to the nation’s inventory.
The scheme, called PM-Surya Ghar, will provide free electricity to 10 million homes according to estimates, and the designing of a national portal – a sort of Healthcare.gov for solar panels – will streamline the process of installation and payment.
In 2022, Indian rooftop solar power generation topped out at 11 gigawatts, which was 29 gigawatts under the national target set a decade ago.
