Chief minister Eknath Shinde during inauguration of the complete solarisation of the village Manyachiwadi in Satara district. MUMBAI: Maharashtra has finally got its first-ever solar village , with the inauguration of the complete solarisation of the village Manyachiwadi in Satara district by chief minister Eknath Shinde. During the inauguration, Shinde said that zero electricity bills for households in the village, which will now reap the benefits of rooftop solar, are due to the PM Suryaghar Muft Bijali Yojana .
This scheme, established by the Central Govt , aims to provide 300 units of free power to one crore households across the country. MSEDCL director Prasad Reshme said that the entire village, with a population of 420, has been given 102 rooftop solar connections. Of these, 97 connections are for residential use, wherein the consumers can enjoy free power up to 300 MW every month, resulting in zero electricity bills.
Additionally, if the consumers generate surplus solar energy, they can earn extra income by selling it back to MSEDCL. The street lights in the area have also been energised through grid solar, and the public water supply system works on renewable energy. The school, gram panchayat office, and a flour mill in the village also have rooftop solar installations to meet their energy requirements.
MSEDCL managing director Lokesh Chandra said that there is 100% solarisation in the village, and the CM has now set a target of 100 such villages being solarised across Maharashtra. Under the Pradhan Mantri Suryaghar Free Electricity Scheme, domestic consumers in the selected villages will be eligible for a maximum subsidy of Rs 78,000 for installing solar panels with a capacity of up to 3 kW. This will help them generate electricity for their own consumption and potentially earn additional revenue by selling excess power back to MSEDCL at Rs 2.
87 per unit. An MSEDCL spokesperson from Baramati said that Manyachiwadi village has already begun generating surplus solar power, and therefore every resident will earn extra income per month. Farmers in the village can also benefit from daytime and free power as per the govt scheme for solar pumps up to 7.
5 HP. At the event, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that in the next one and a half years, 12,800 MW of solar power capacity will be developed in the state to provide power for irrigation during the daytime. This means that farmers will not be required to visit farms during the night for irrigation, and there will be daytime power for farms for eight to ten hours.
In Maharashtra, the goal is to install rooftop solar in 20 lakh households. So far, approximately 3.5 lakh consumers have registered for the scheme, with 2.
3 lakh applying through the Mahavitaran portal..
