The price of a 1 kW rooftop solar power installation has dropped to just about Rs 22,000 (March 2019) making it far more competitive and affordable than EVEN conventional sources of energy, particularly from polluting coal-fired plants.

In the recent tenders floated by the the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), the discovered rate for the installation of these systems (with state government subsidy) has come to about Rs 37,000 ($510)/kWh. With the government providing additional 40 per cent subsidy for systems up to 3 kW, the price of these installations in Punjab has fallen to Rs 22,000, the cheapest in the country.

According to clean energy communication and…