Estimate

Two numbers for the same roof.

The left column is how this industry quotes. The right is what we think your roof will actually do. Same system, same subsidy, same bill — the difference is entirely in the assumptions, and we have written every one of ours down.

Monthly consumption350 units

Off your last bill. Use an average of six months, not the January one.

System size3 kW

This is the size we would recommend for 350 units.

Sanctioned load on your connection4 kW

Printed on your bill. The DISCOM approves capacity against this, not against your roof.

What is on your roof1.4% lost

The single most common shading object on an Indian roof, and it sits in the worst possible place.

Industry standard

What you will be quoted

Ideal yield, no dust, no ageing, and every generated unit assumed to replace one at your top slab.

3.7years to pay back
4,950kWh in year one
1,650 kWh/kWthe irradiance figure, with no system losses taken off
0% soilingas though nobody's roof in Ahmedabad gets dusty
0% degradationas though a panel in year 25 makes what it made in year 1
100% self-usedas though you are home at noon using every unit as it is made
No inverter replacementin twenty-five years
Ours

What we think will happen

Our measured median yield, this roof's shading, a fortnightly wash, and the way net metering actually settles.

4.2years to pay back
4,039kWh in year one
−12% systeminverter, cable, mismatch, and a panel at 62 °C
−4% soilingwith a wash every fortnight; it is 13% if you never go up
−1.4% shadingwater tank, south-west
−0.5%/yrmodule degradation, after 2% in the first year
62% self-usedthe rest is exported; surplus beyond your own annual use settles at ₹2.25
The gap

0.5 years, and ₹119k over twenty-five.

That is the entire difference between the two columns, and none of it is a matter of opinion — it is dust, heat, ageing, and the settlement rate for units you export and do not use. Every one of those is measurable and every one of them is left out of a standard quote.

4.2years

Honest payback

Your bill350 units/month · 3 kW

Where the money actually moves.

Bill today₹1,969/month
Bill after₹118/month

Fixed charges and electricity duty do not go away. Solar removes energy charges, not your connection.

Generated, year one4,039 kWh

Of which about 2,504 kWh is used in the house as it is made and 1,535 kWh is exported.

System cost₹1,65,000

300 sq ft of clear roof at 100 sq ft per kW.

PM Surya Ghar subsidy− ₹78,000

₹30,000 per kW for the first 2 kW, ₹18,000 for the third, capped at ₹78,000. Paid to your bank account, never to ours.

You pay₹87,000
Inverter replacement, year 12− ₹21,000

In the twenty-five year figure on the right. It is not in anybody else's.

Net, twenty-five years₹3,85,141
4039kWh year 1

Generation

1851₹/month saved

Off your bill