J&K Government Initiates Rooftop Solar Projects For 40,000 Buildings By 2025

In Jammu and Kashmir, the government has initiated multiple projects to install rooftop solar power plants in over 40,000 buildings in the Union Territory, both government and residential, by the end of 2025. 

The new initiative has the potential to generate an additional 270 MW of solar energy in J&K by December 2025. It would cover 20 thousand households and at least 22,494 government structures. Currently, 38 hundred residential and 3825 government buildings in J&K have been solarised, with a total capacity of 60 MW. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA) is the primary executing department. Notably, as part of the clean energy goal, the Ministry of New and



Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set a target for the J&K government to generate 500 MW of solar energy in the area by 2030.

Furthermore, the UT must generate 1500 MW of solar energy by 2047. In the budget released this week, the Centre proposed Rs.150 crore for the installation of solar rooftops and solar pumps in Jammu and Kashmir. It also proposed to replace 4 thousand AC agriculture pumps with Solar Pumps under the PM-KUSUM scheme. In addition to the solar power plants, 5 thousand improved biomass cookstoves will be provided in the tribal areas to reduce indoor air pollution and fuel use. Besides, solarization of all routes and camps of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra.