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Rooftop solar guides for Noida and Delhi
Guides written to answer one question each, with the answer in the first two sentences and the sources at the end. If a guide cannot be the most accurate page on the internet for its question, we do not publish it.
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Before you pay a solar installer an advance
The one-page checklist to complete before any solar advance, and why milestone payments protect both sides.
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Cut your summer AC bill in Delhi and Noida
Why a Delhi or Noida bill jumps when the ACs run: slab rates, the 8% surcharge and PPAC, what two or three ACs use, and what 3 to 5 kW of solar takes off it.
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Free solar calls and SMS: scam or genuine?
Nothing in PM Surya Ghar is free: the subsidy, up to ₹78,000, is paid to your bank account after commissioning. The genuine costs, the red flags and how to verify a caller.
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How to verify a PM Surya Ghar vendor
Where the vendor lists are, what a listing proves, and the 60-day rule.
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Is rooftop solar worth it in Delhi NCR?
Yes for an owned home using 200 units or more with a shadow-free roof: 3 kW nets to ₹91,000–1.02 lakh and pays back in about 3 to 5 years. No for shade, tenants or low use.
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Rooftop solar or an inverter battery?
Backup, bill savings or both: what an inverter battery, an on-grid system and a hybrid each do, what the subsidy covers, and how a quote should state backup.
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Solar installed but not activated: what now
An installed system is waiting for the board's inspection and net meter. In Delhi the rule since 16 July 2026 is 10 days up to 10 kW. What to check and who to call.
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Solar on builder floors and shared roofs
Yes, once the roof right is settled in writing. Three routes in Delhi and Noida: your own connection, the society's connection, or Delhi's virtual net metering.
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Solar panel maintenance and cleaning in NCR
Plain water every two to three weeks in the dry months, the monsoon in between, one full check a year: how to keep a rooftop system in Delhi NCR at full output.
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Solar panel myths: cost, batteries, monsoon
Eight rooftop solar myths checked against 2026 sources: 3 kW nets to ₹91,000–₹1,02,000 after subsidy, GST is 5%, on-grid needs no battery, panels work in the monsoon.
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What AI answers get wrong about solar subsidy
Thirteen claims that ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and most solar websites get wrong about rooftop solar in Delhi and Noida, with the current rule and its source beside each.
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