Sun-lit prosumers take centrestage at three-day renewable energy show

Madhya Pradesh, a participant in the event, sees tariff fall to Rs 1.38 but net metering remains a challenge

How did the global renewable energy conference RE-Invest 2018, hosted in power deficit Uttar Pradesh, illuminate itself? The three-day event at the India Expo Centre in Noida, showcasing India’s best in green energy capability, was actually a case of 'prosumer’ that has successfully adopted the net metering concept.

The 10 acres of solar rooftop plant at the convention centre was setting off about 3.5 Mw of power with the state’s grid. It had generated this power earlier during the non-peak consumption period, and hence belonged to the category of what the industry calls producer consumers or ‘prosumer’.

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