Noida: 9 kW residence

Verde Solaire installed a 9 kW rooftop solar plant at a house in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, using Adani bifacial half-cut mono PERC modules, and posted the installation on 19 August 2023 with a note that it was helping the owner apply for the solar subsidy. The owner's review on Verde Solaire's testimonials page describes the team as cooperative throughout the work and the workmanship as good.

The 9 kW system combines Adani bifacial modules with an elevated structure, giving the home a larger array while keeping the terrace practical to use.

At a glance

System detail	Project information
Owner	Private residence
Location	Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Rated system power	9 kW
Modules	Adani bifacial half-cut mono PERC
Subsidy	Verde Solaire wrote that it was helping the owner with the subsidy application
Posted	19 August 2023

The photograph published with the post shows the modules on a raised steel structure well above the terrace, which leaves the roof usable underneath. A bifacial module takes light on both faces, so on a raised array the light reflected off the terrace adds to what the front face collects. Verde Solaire used the same make of module on its 10 kW bifacial installation in Greater Kailash, Delhi, where the customer wrote that the company supplied the bifacial panel without charging extra. The solar panels page explains what half-cut and mono PERC mean.

What 9 kW means for a Noida home

Verde Solaire's published planning figure for Noida is about 338 units a month from a 3 kW system. Scaled three times, a 9 kW system comes to about 1,013 units a month after the derate for dust and monsoon that the site's calculators apply. That is a large house with several air conditioners running through the summer.

The subsidy does not scale the same way. This plant was posted before PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana was launched in February 2024, so the rules below are today's, not the ones the owner applied under. The central subsidy is ₹30,000 per kW for the first 2 kW plus ₹18,000 for the third, capped at ₹78,000 for any system of 3 kW or more. Uttar Pradesh adds ₹15,000 per kW, capped at ₹30,000 per consumer, on top of the central subsidy. A 9 kW system therefore draws exactly the subsidy a 3 kW system draws, and the six kilowatts above the cap are paid for in full. The Noida price page has the published prices up to 5 kW; larger systems are quoted per site after a survey.

Noida city's electricity distributor is PVVNL (Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, a UPPCL company), not NPCL, which serves Greater Noida. The Noida net-metering page covers the application stages and the documents.

Not yet official. From a secondary source; confirm against your electricity bill.

The owner's review

The review is published under the heading "Solar power plant at residence" rather than the owner's name. It opens by saying that a 9 kW plant was installed by Verde Solaire at the owner's Noida residence, and continues:

"Verde and its people were very cooperative throughout the work and actively got the work done. I am very happy with the installation processes and workmanship of Verde and would recommend them for good quality solar plant installation."

Solar power plant at residence, Noida

It is one of several reviews from Noida homes on the company's testimonials pages, alongside a 4 kW system in Sector 25, a 7 kW system in Sector 41 and a 20 kW system. The Noida installation page describes the process a Noida house goes through, and reviews lists the reviews in full.