India has huge potential for solar energy which needs to be fully harnessed for reducing pollution from diesel, cola and other fuels as also for saving precious financial resources. Further development of 40 GW Rooftop Solar (RTS) is part of India’s commitment before United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). RTS projects have distinct advantage over ground mounted projects as they don’t required pooling of land or dedicated transmission lines. Hence Government of India has been stressing on undertaking RTS projects on rooftops and surplus areas of all Government/PSU buildings and premises.

The guidelines for the Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants Programme under “Off Grid and decentralized Solar applications” have been released by MNRE vide their scheme vide no. 30/11/2012-13/NSM dated 26th May 2014 and 26th Jun 2014 & 03/88/2015-16/GCRT dated 04th March 2016. Further, in order to promote the Grid Connected Rooftop Solar and Small Solar Power Plants for Government/PSUs building, MNRE has issued Achievement-Linked Incentive and Awards vide letter no. 03/88/2015-16/GCRT dated 04th May 2016.

To achieve the target of 40 GW in this sector, on the initiative of Cabinet Secretariat, MNRE has collated data about RTS projects on Rooftops and surplus areas of Government/PSU building premises and round of meetings have been conducted at various levels to implement the guidelines/scheme smoothly.

In the process, MNRE has developed a panel of expert PSUs for facilitating Departments to undertake assessment of area available with them to identify the potential of Solar installation and will prepare the feasibility reports and helping in the bidding process to the departments. Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited (REIL) having rich experience in SPV technology, has been assigned as such CPSE by MNRE for few ministries vide letter no. 3/88/2015-16/GCRT dated 11th May 2016 of Secretary, MNRE.

Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd., Jaipur (REIL) is an ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001: 2004 and “Mini-Ratna” Public Sector Enterprise under administrative control of Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise, Govt. of India, New Delhi. The Company has a consistent track record of professional management and profitable operations since its inception in year 1981 with sustained growth.The Company has recorded a growth of 125% for the last five years (audited) and has received excellent MoU performance rating for the corresponding years. This growth vision is carried through product enhancements, cost reductions, larger markets through wider geographical reach, diversifications, absorption of new technologies and corporate governance.

REIL is also into consulting, designing, manufacturing & deploying Solar Photovoltaic solutions for last three decades and has wide exposure and rich experience. The Company has emerged as Largest Off Grid Solar Solutions provider and has spread its business across the country by deploying more than 2.85 Lac SPV solutions, with an aggregative capacity of more than 50 MW, covering 1.5 Lac villages, benefiting more than 50 Lac citizens.

REIL has executed prestigious projects of National repute and has expertise of completing activities in Product to Project Mode across the Country. The company has undertaken Solar Power projects for various sectors namely Railways, Education, Agriculture, Defence and Medical etc. REIL uses Information Technology extensively for project implementation and monitoring while taking ownership for 5 years support with real time 24x7 working. In order to fulfil the commitment towards National Solar Mission, REIL has recently installed Automatic SPV Module manufacturing line enhancing its capacity to take-up projects up to hundreds of MW by enhancing the module manufacturing capacity or through contract manufacturing.

The following ministries have been assigned to REIL for installation of Roof top Solar Projects:

Under the current scheme as per directives of MNRE, initially, REIL will approach the assigned ministries through its dedicated team for assessment of potential for Solar Installation based on the data available with them and will have further discussion with official regarding finalization of business model for its installation i.e. CAPEX and RESCO, enabling the Secretary of the concerned ministry to submit commitment certificate to the Cabinet Secretary during National Workshop of Roof Top Solar being organized on 7^th  June 2016 at Delhi.

REIL will involve its team for site survey of all the available locations for assessment of final Roof Top Solar potential and submit the feasibility reports to the ministries. The team@REIL will prepare the documents for bidding on the basis of model tender developed by SECI and then act as PMC for the ministries for this project.

TEAM@REIL