Uttarakhand State Solar Policy, 2023
A programme by Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) (Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency)
The state solar policy that names UREDA the nodal and implementing agency for distributed solar projects.
At a glance
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About Uttarakhand State Solar Policy, 2023
The Uttarakhand State Solar Policy, 2023 sets the state's rules for solar power. It names UREDA as the nodal and implementing agency for deploying distributed solar projects, and it says it takes over the existing state-run solar schemes.
What you get
- Incentives declared under the policy for 25 years from the scheduled commissioning date of an eligible plant. The policy text sets them; this page does not list them.
- A single window for clearances, run through the Department of Industries portal.
Who can apply
- Solar power developers setting up plants in the state.
- Consumers who lack adequate rooftop area or have inaccessible rooftops.
- Entities with multiple electricity connections.
- Plants commissioned, or with a power purchase agreement signed, during the policy's operative period.
How to apply: Developers apply through the single window portal developed by the Department of Industries.
Where to apply
Other UREDA programmes
- Family-size biogas plants (NBMMP)Central subsidy for family-size biogas plants under the National Biogas Manure Management Programme, delivered in Uttarakhand by UREDA.
- Institutional biogas-based power generationCentral and state financial assistance for biogas-based power generation.
- Improved Watermill ProgrammeState subsidy for upgrading traditional watermills, paid on top of the central subsidy.
- Solar cooker programme (mid-day meal and individual users)Solar cookers supported with a central subsidy, installed in government primary schools for mid-day meals and given to individual users.
- Concentrating solar systems under the JNSSM off-grid schemeCentral financial support for concentrating solar systems, with a higher share for non-commercial bodies in special-category states.
- Small hydro (micro and mini hydro) programmeUREDA builds micro and mini hydro projects with village User Energy Committees, under agreements with AHEC at IIT Roorkee.
- PAT (Perform, Achieve and Trade) schemeA market-based trading scheme that aims to improve efficiency in energy-intensive industrial sectors.
- MuDSM (Municipal Demand Side Management)A scheme that helps urban local bodies run their operations more energy efficiently.
- AgDSM (Agriculture Demand Side Management)Replaces inefficient agricultural pump sets with BEE 5-star-rated, energy-efficient pump sets.
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