How to Set Up the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Incentive in OpenSolar

Summary

This article walks you through the process of adding the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Incentive in your proposals.

PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana is a flagship initiative launched by the Government of India in 2024 to provide up to 300 units of free electricity each month to 1 crore households through rooftop solar installations. The scheme offers direct subsidies for solar installations, promotes clean energy, and aims to reduce electricity costs and carbon emissions.

How to add the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Incentive:

• Go to Control > Other > Incentives
• Click Add New Incentive.
• Select Size Based Incentive as the Incentive Type.
• Select PV System DC Capacity (kW) as the Size Based Incentive Type.
• Toggle on Scale Incentive Value by System Size / Capacity. This is where you define the value per unit depending on the size/capacity of the system. To do so, set the following:

• Set the Cap Amount to ₹78,000.
• Click Save.

Have an existing project but the incentive is not showing?

Once set up, you will need to manually recalculate any relevant in-flight projects to update pricing.