5 kW solar panel price in Delhi 2026

A 5 kW rooftop solar system in Delhi costs ₹3,25,000 to ₹3,50,000 on Verde Solaire's published price list, and ₹2,17,000 to ₹2,42,000 after the two subsidies: ₹78,000 from PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana and ₹30,000 from the Delhi government, ₹1,08,000 in all. The price covers panels, inverter, mounting structure, net metering, installation and warranty. In Delhi the system makes about 544 units a month, and Delhi pays ₹2 per unit on each of them for five years.

This page is for a Delhi household that has already settled on 5 kW. Every capacity for Delhi is on the Delhi price page, and the same 5 kW system across Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Varanasi is on the 5 kW page. Here the subject is what is particular to 5 kW in Delhi: two rules that change once a system is bigger than 3 kW, and five checks to make before the advance is paid.

Two rules change once you cross 3 kW

The subsidy does not follow the system size. PM Surya Ghar pays ₹30,000 per kW for the first 2 kW and ₹18,000 for the third, then stops; ₹78,000 is the ceiling whether the roof carries 3 kW or 5 kW ^[1]. Delhi's own subsidy is ₹10,000 per kW, capped at ₹30,000 (3 kW), and that cap is also reached at 3 kW ^[5]. So the fourth and fifth kilowatts carry no subsidy at all. Against a published 3 kW price of ₹1,99,000 to ₹2,10,000, the 5 kW range is ₹1,26,000 to ₹1,40,000 higher, and every rupee of that difference is yours to pay.

The second rule is the generation-based incentive (GBI). Delhi pays it on every unit generated: ₹3 per unit for home systems up to 3 kW and ₹2 per unit for systems above 3 kW and up to 10 kW, for 5 years from commissioning, paid monthly against the bill; any excess to the bank account ^[4]. A 5 kW system therefore earns the lower rate on every unit, including the first three kilowatts' worth. It still comes out ahead in rupees, about ₹13,050 a year against ₹11,745 for 3 kW, or ₹65,250 over the five years, because it makes more units. But the incentive arrives month by month against the bill; it is not taken off the price.

Check one: sanctioned load

The sanctioned load printed on your bill is the first thing to read, because a load of 3 kW or 4 kW is smaller than the system you are buying. The application is not refused on that ground. Since the DERC amendment of July 2024, no feasibility study is needed up to 10 kW on the same supply type, and the DISCOM handles any load increase or transformer upgrade ^[12]. In practice the connection is enhanced to match the plant as part of the net-metering application, by the electricity board rather than the installer, and the enhanced load then sets your fixed charge for as long as you hold the connection. Delhi's fixed charges are ₹20 (up to 2 kW), ₹50 (2–5 kW), ₹100 (5–15 kW), ₹200 (15–25 kW) and ₹250 (above 25 kW) per kW per month. A 5 kW load stays in the 2 to 5 kW band; a 6 kW load asked for as headroom moves you into the next band at double the rate per kW. Ask the board what the enhancement itself costs, since it is not part of the published price. Verde Solaire reads the sanctioned load from your bill during the free site evaluation and matches the application to it.

Check two: the roof

Verde Solaire's published planning figure is 300 to 350 square feet of shadow-free roof for 3 kW ^{[vs-post-138]}; scaled to 5 kW that is roughly 500 to 580 square feet. With the 530 to 545 Wp modules used on the company's recent Delhi homes, that is ten panels. Delhi terraces are rarely clear rectangles. A builder-floor roof is shared with water tanks, a lift room and the stair head, and an independent house may have a neighbour's upper floor throwing shade in winter, when the sun sits low. The survey therefore counts panels rather than square feet, and a raised structure lifts the array above tanks and walkways so the terrace stays usable. A Janakpuri customer, Navin Verma, wrote that he "used Vikram solar panels and KSolare inverters with an elevated module mounting structure" and that the installation "was of very good quality". Whether ten panels fit or eight do is settled on the site visit, not on the phone.

Check three: the panels and the inverter

For a subsidised system, both the modules and the cells must be made in India, and for net-metering systems commissioned from 1 June 2026 the cells must appear on ALMM List-II, the approved list of cell makers ^[27]. GST on solar cells, modules and devices is 5% (since 22 September 2025, down from 12%) ^[29], and it is already inside the published range. A 5 kW system pairs ten modules with a 5 kW on-grid inverter; there is no battery, so it does not run the house during a power cut. Verde Solaire's Delhi installations have used Adani and Vikram modules with KSolare inverters, and its July 2025 price posts state 25-year performance warranties on all three panel types ^{[vs-post-143]}. Ask for the make, model and wattage of both panel and inverter in writing before paying the advance, and check them against the approved lists.

Check four: monthly units

about 544 units a month is the planning figure for 5 kW in Delhi: Verde Solaire's published Delhi yield of 1,450 units per kW a year, less a 10% allowance for dust and the monsoon, which comes to about 6,525 units a year. April to June run well above that average and the monsoon and midwinter well below it. The official sizing guide is 0–150 units a month: 1–2 kW · 150–300 units: 2–3 kW · above 300 units: above 3 kW, and 5 kW sits in its top band. Size to the twelve-month average, not the June bill. Under Delhi's net metering, credits roll over month to month, and any surplus left at the end of the financial year is paid at the DISCOM's average power purchase cost ^[4], and that cost is well below the slab rate you pay, so a system sized to the summer peak gives its winter surplus away cheaply.

Check five: the electricity board

Delhi has three distribution licensees, BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna and Tata Power-DDL, and the one printed on your bill is the one you deal with. A subsidised system is applied for on the PM Surya Ghar portal, where you choose the vendor; the board inspects the installation and fits the net meter, and the Delhi subsidy and the GBI are claimed on the state solar portal ^[4]. Under the DERC guidelines amended on 16 July 2026, a domestic connection up to 10 kW is to be made within 10 days, and there is no application fee ^[13]. That is the rule; the meter has in practice been the slow step. Arun Sibal, whose New Delhi house was fitted within days of payment, wrote that "Verde people always kept me in the loop regarding the net meter status" while the meter itself waited on BSES. Verde Solaire files the portal application, attends the inspection and follows the meter through to activation; the Delhi net-metering guide lists the documents and the steps for each board.

What a 5 kW home's bill looks like afterwards

Delhi's domestic energy charge, on the FY 2021-22 DERC schedule that is still the last published order, is ₹3.00 (0–200 units), ₹4.50 (201–400), ₹6.50 (401–800), ₹7.00 (801–1,200) and ₹8.00 (above 1,200) per unit. On top come the fixed charge from check one, a regulatory surcharge of 8% and a fuel surcharge the boards revise every month. A home using 550 units a month pays the third slab on everything above 400 units; netting off about 544 units a month removes nearly all of the energy charge and the surcharges levied on it. What remains is the fixed charge on 5 kW of load, so the bill becomes small, not zero.

Delhi's free-power subsidy is reported as 0–200 units a month free; 201–400 units at 50% off, capped at ₹800 a month; you must opt in, and with solar it is worked out on net units, that is import minus export. A household already under 400 units gains less from solar than the tariff alone suggests; a household above 400 units sits outside that subsidy and gains the most, which is the household 5 kW is for. The bill calculator runs your own units and sanctioned load through the slabs.

Not yet official. Trade and news reports; no DERC or GNCTD order was cited.

Paying for it, and the scheme that does not apply

The PM Surya Ghar loan is collateral-free from nationalised banks at repo rate plus 0.5 percentage points, which was 5.75% on 28 July 2026, over 10 years ^[3]. Financing the whole net price of a 5 kW system at that rate and tenure gives an EMI in the region of the energy charge a 500-unit home pays today. Verde Solaire has tie-ups with SIDBI, SBI and other NBFCs for collateral-free solar loans and prepares the application with you. The subsidy itself is credited to your bank account after commissioning, officially "within 30 days" of the claim; about 15 days on average.

Delhi's zero-upfront scheme, Cabinet-approved on 1 September 2026, is reported as up to 3 kW at zero upfront cost, "subject to technical feasibility" for households that averaged 400 units a month or less in FY 2025-26. Both limits leave a 5 kW buyer outside it: the offer stops at 3 kW, and a home that needs 5 kW usually averages more than 400 units. The paid route on this page is the one that applies. PM Surya Ghar itself runs to 31 March 2027 ^[27], and the subsidy is claimed on commissioning, so allow for the survey, the board's inspection and the meter before that date.

Not yet official. Cabinet-approved on 1 September 2026 and reported by the press; the notification and operating rules had not been published when we checked on 16 September 2026. The official Delhi portal still shows the July 2025 figures.

Assumptions and sources

• Prices are Verde Solaire's published July 2025 range for Delhi ^{[vs-post-143]}; the written quote after a site visit is the price.
• Central subsidy per the PIB Cabinet note of 29 February 2024 ^[1] and the BSES Rajdhani FAQ of September 2025 ^[4]; Delhi subsidy and GBI per the Delhi Solar Portal ^[5], checked 18 September 2026.
• Generation uses 1,450 units per kW a year for Delhi with a 10% derate, which is our assumption; ten panels assumes 540 Wp modules; roof area scales the published 300 to 350 square feet for 3 kW ^{[vs-post-138]}.
• Sanctioned-load handling per the DERC First Amendment Regulations 2024 ^[12]; the cost of an enhancement is set by the electricity board and is not reproduced here.
• Net-metering timeline and fee per the DERC Second Amendment Guidelines of 16 July 2026 ^[13]. Tariffs are the DERC FY 2021-22 schedule; the monthly fuel surcharge is not included in this page's figures.
• Scheme end date 31 March 2027; ALMM List-II date and GST rate per ^[27] and ^[29].