Oil companies offer subsidy to dealers to install solar rooftop systems

Dealers opting for the subsidy would be required to connect the maximum facility with the solar power system

The three state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) are on a solarisation spree, to reduce “consumption of hydrocarbon fuels” and “improve public perception” of themselves.

They are offering a subsidy to their cooking gas (LPG) and motor fuel pump dealers to install solar rooftop systems at their units. There are close to 50,000 petrol/diesel outlets in the country and around 18,000 LPG distributors.

Of the three, Indian Oil has set an initial target of solarising 5,000 locations in 2018. 

“Solarisation has manifold advantages as a source of energy in our retail network. It is not only a green alternative for power generation vis-à-vis the