Last Updated: 14 July 2025

TARGET: Reduce the financial burden of the electricity bills of Government departments by 40-50%^[1]
-- SAVE 1000s of crores Govt expenses
-- Adds to Punjab's Green Energy capacity

4,238 state government-run schools^[2] got solar panels
-- 21.19 MW power generated by just Schools and producing 2.89 crore units clean electricity annually^[3]

1,098 other government buildings already equipped with 7.7 MW Solar panels^[4]
-- will install 30 MW of rooftop solar power systems on 390 government buildings by March 2026^[5]

In Progress: 53,700 buildings across the state for solar panels installation^[2:1]
-- Tendering process on for 20+k already

¶ Enery Conservation & Efficiency^[4:1]

• 2.16 lakh enery efficient 4-star rated agriculture pump sets have been installed
• 750 buildings are Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) compliant

References:

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1. https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/punjab-to-install-solar-power-panels-in-all-government-buildings/96790848 ↩︎

2. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-govt-plans-to-raise-1-800-cr-loan-for-repair-of-rural-roads-says-khudian-101740426431668.html ↩︎ ↩︎

3. https://yespunjab.com/punjab-powers-4238-govt-schools-with-solar-energy-aman-arora/ (Punjab Govt Press release) ↩︎

4. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/6800-mw-in-1-000-punjab-govt-buildings-shifted-to-renewable-energy-says-minister-arora-101734810836592.html ↩︎ ↩︎

5. https://yespunjab.com/punjab-to-install-30mw-rooftop-solar-on-390-govt-buildings-by-2026-saving-₹15-cr-annually/ (Punjab Govt Press release) ↩︎