STATE
Bihar, with a population of 104 million, has 80% of the population employed in agricultural production.It has a large base of industrial labour, making it attractive for industries such as food processing, dairy, sugar, manufacturing and healthcare.
Installed Solar Capacity
Electricity Generation from Solar
Net Metering Policy
  • Year of release
    2018
  • Range allowed
    1 kW–up to sanctioned load
System size and grid integration
  • LT single phase
    < 7 kW
    LT three phase
    < 100 kW
    HT
    100 kW–1 MW
  • Maximum capacity w.r.t sanctioned load
    100%
  • Export of electricity w.r.t consumption
    Above 100%
  • Compensation rate for surplus
    Tariff by BERC
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Key Players
  • Acme Solar Holdings
  • Adani Green Energy
  • Avaada Energy
  • Azure Power
  • Greenko Energy Holdings
  • Hero Future Energies
  • NLC
  • NTPC
  • Renew Power
  • Tata Power
  • Amplus Solar
  • Azure
  • Cleanmax Solar
  • Fourth Partner
  • Oakridge Solar
  • Renew Power
  • SunSource
  • Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd.
  • Think Energy
  • Vivaan Solar
  • DBS
  • ICICI Bank
  • IDFC
  • IREDA
  • PFC
  • Punjab National Bank
  • SBI Caps
  • State Bank of India
  • Sunvest Capital
  • Yes Bank
  • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)
  • Actis
  • APG Asset Management NV
  • Canadian Pension Fund
  • Engie SA
  • GIC Private Limited
  • JERA, Japan
  • Piramal Enterprises
  • Emmvee Photovoltaics Private Limited
  • Goldi Green Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  • Mundra Solar
  • Navitas Green Solutions Pvt. Ltd
  • Renewsys
  • Satvik Green Energy Pvt Ltd
  • Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd.
  • Vikram Solar
  • Waaree Solar
  • ABB LTD
  • Bosch
  • First Solar
  • L&T ECC
  • Mahindra Susten
  • Moser Baer Ltd
  • Punj Lloyd Delta Renewables Pvt Ltd
  • Sterling & Wilson
  • Sunsure
  • Vikram Solar
  • Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB)
  • Delta Electronics India
  • Fronius India Pvt Ltd
  • GoodWe
  • Huawei
  • SMA India
  • Sofar Solar
  • Solis
  • Sungrow
  • Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC)
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Key Indicators
  • State solar target
    2493 MWp
    By MNRE for 2022
  • Installed solar capacity (November 2020)
    153 MW
    Ranked 16th in India
  • Solar projects installed in 2019-20
    9 MW
    Ranked 17th in net addition
  • Share of state in 2019-20
    0.3 %
    in electricity generated from solar in India
  • Installed capacity of grid connected rooftop
    13 MW
    as of March 2020
Applicable GST Rates
  • Solar power projects
    8.9%
  • Solar cells and modules
    5%
  • Electrical transformers
    18%
  • Inverters
    5%
  • Cables
    18%
Indirect Taxes
  • Safeguard duty on solar cells and modules
    14.9%
    to reduce to 14.5% from Feb 2021 to July 2021
  • Anti-dumping duty on EVA backsheet upto
    1559 USD/MT
    on imports from China, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Thailand
  • Anti-dumping duty on textured tempered glass upto
    136 USD/MT
    on imports from Malaysia and China
BIS Certified Solar Modules
  • India (50)
  • China (39)
  • Vietnam (9)
  • Malaysia (2)
  • South Korea (2)
  • Thailand (2)
  • Singapore (1)
  • Taiwan (1)