Commercial and Industrial Solar EPC in Noida

Solar for Noida’s factories, offices and institutions

Noida was planned as an industrial township, and it still works like one. Manufacturing runs through the three industrial phases: Phase I in Sectors 1 to 11, Phase II around Sectors 80 to 85 and the Hosiery Complex, and Phase III in Sectors 57 to 65, 67 and 68. Around them sit office and IT buildings, hospitals, colleges and institutional campuses, many of them running heavy daytime loads that line up well with a solar plant’s output.

We have built solar in Noida, and the lesson from those sites is that a Noida project is not a Greater Noida project with a different address. The electricity supplier is usually different, the roofs are often different, and the approval runs through a different office. This page covers what that means for your site.

Noida is not Greater Noida, and that matters for solar

The two cities sit side by side in the same district, but three things change the way a solar project is planned.

1. A different electricity supplier

Most of Noida’s sectors are supplied by PVVNL (Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd), the state distribution company for western Uttar Pradesh. Greater Noida is supplied by NPCL, a private licensee. Both are regulated by UPERC, but the application, the local office and the paperwork are different. Coverage can vary by locality, so the name at the top of your bill is the reliable answer. Our own plant at the Air Force CSD Canteen in Sector 21 is on PVVNL.

2. Crowded RCC terraces, not just factory sheds

Many Noida buildings are multi-storey RCC structures whose terraces already carry water tanks, air-conditioning units and lift rooms. That leaves shaded, broken-up space that a standard layout cannot use well. Our answer is often an elevated steel structure that lifts the array above the obstructions. At Steadfast Limited in Sector 85 the panels sit on a raised shed about 15 to 18 feet above a fifth-floor terrace, with a godown underneath.

3. DG sets and daytime loads

Offices, hospitals and institutions use most of their power in daylight, which suits solar, and many run a DG set for outages. A standard on-grid plant stops when the grid fails. With a DG synchronisation controller the plant keeps generating alongside the DG, which cuts diesel use during outages. Where the load cannot drop at all, a hybrid system with battery storage is the better fit.

The PVVNL and CEIG approval path, handled for you

Paperwork is where commercial solar projects stall. In Noida the two approvals that matter are the DISCOM application with PVVNL and electrical safety clearance from the Chief Electrical Inspector to Government, Uttar Pradesh.

• The right metering arrangement: UPERC’s rooftop solar regulations allow net metering, net billing or gross metering depending on your connection category and plant size, and they have been amended several times since 2019. We confirm which applies to your connection first, and build your savings figure on it.
• PVVNL application: feasibility, technical checks, the agreement and the meter, prepared and followed up by us.
• CEIG UP safety approval: drawings, earthing and protection compliance and inspection before the plant is energised.
• Included in our on-grid scope: your team does not chase files. This is part of why our on-grid price is quoted as all-inclusive.

How a Noida project runs

1. Bill review and site surveyTwelve months of bills, your sanctioned load and a walk of the roof or terrace, including a shading map of tanks, AC units and neighbouring buildings.
2. Structural check and designWhether the roof can carry the array, or whether an elevated structure is needed, followed by the single line diagram, protection design and a yield estimate for your exact site.
3. ApprovalsPVVNL and CEIG UP, handled end to end.
4. Installation around your working hoursPlanned around production or office hours, including weekends. Zero disruption is written into the contract.
5. Commissioning and handoverTesting, thermography, as-built documents and a monitoring dashboard from day one.
6. Operation and maintenanceOptional AMC and CAMC packages so the plant still performs in year ten.

Indicative pricing

Starting prices for typical configurations, so you can judge the investment before you call. Your final figure depends on your site, which we confirm after a free survey.

What these prices assume, and what can change them

• Non-DCR modules: modules made with globally sourced cells, the cost-effective choice for a straight commercial CAPEX plant. DCR modules (Domestic Content Requirement, cells and modules made in India) are needed only when a government subsidy or scheme mandates them, and they cost more. A DCR plant is quoted separately.
• Site conditions: an elevated structure over a crowded RCC terrace, structural strengthening of an older roof, or a long cable run to the LT panel all add cost, and are priced after the survey.
• Market prices: module, inverter and battery prices move with the market, so the final price is fixed only in your written quotation.
• Your proposal is the binding figure: system size, price, savings and payback for your unit are confirmed in writing after a free site survey.

On the commercial case: a 25-year levelised cost of about Rs 2.18 a unit for an on-grid plant, a typical CAPEX payback of about 3.5 to 4 years at NCR industrial tariffs, and accelerated depreciation for companies (confirm the current rate with your accountant). These are typical figures, not a guarantee: your actual savings and payback depend on your tariff, your consumption pattern, the metering arrangement your connection qualifies for and your roof. If you would rather not invest capital, the zero-investment RESCO route lets a financing partner own the plant while you buy the power below your DISCOM rate.

Support from down the expressway

A solar plant earns its money over 25 years, and most of the plants that lose output are the ones nobody can reach quickly.

Our base is at Kasna Site 5 in Greater Noida, a short drive down the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway from most Noida sectors. That is why we still look after the Air Force canteen plant we commissioned in 2019: when something needs attention, our team is on site in hours. For planned upkeep, our AMC and CAMC packages cover cleaning, monitoring, thermography and performance reporting.

Questions Noida businesses ask