Rooftop solar installation project I-SMART launched in J&K

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and US-based CADMUS group has launched the Indian Solar Market Aggregation for Rooftops (I-SMART) programme in Jammu & Kashmir.

Supported by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy andthe Deutsche “Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, thisdemand aggregation programme is a part of Indo-German Solar Energy Partnershipand aims to accelerate the rooftop solar market in India. So far, India hasachieved only 3.85 GW out of its 40 GW rooftop solar target by 2022,” read astatement by TERI and CADMUS.

   

In this connection a meeting was held in Civil Secretariat,Srinagar, which was chaired by Secretary Science & Technology Department ofJ&K Government, Sheikh Fayaz Ahmed, according the statement.

The meeting was attended by Shirish Garud, Senior Fellow,TERI; Anand Upadhyay, Fellow, TERI; Arpo Mukherjee, Associate Fellow, TERI;Khalid Mehmud, Executive Engineer, JAKEDA (Jammu and Kashmir Energy DevelopmentAgency); Kacho Ahmed Khan, Project Director/CEO, KREDA (Kargil Renewable EnergyDevelopment Agency). 

The promotion of rooftop solar would create new jobs,thereby contributing to economic, social and environmental development, thestatement said.

Anyone interested in setting up a rooftop solar PV powerplant can visit the single-window web portal of I-SMARThttp://ismartsolar.in/  and submit anonline request for rooftop solar installation.

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