Solar panel installation in Panvel.

We design, install and commission rooftop solar across Panvel, from the old town to New Panvel, Kamothe, Kalamboli and the airport corridor. Your distribution licensee here is MSEDCL, not one of the three Mumbai licensees, and we file every net-metering and PM Surya Ghar paper with it on your behalf.

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Distribution licensee
MSEDCL (Mahavitaran)
Not Adani, Tata Power or BEST, which are Mumbai licensees
Regulator
MERC
Sets the net-metering framework for Maharashtra
Solar resource
About 4.8 peak sun hours
Konkan coast, tempered by a long monsoon
Generation
3.8 to 4.2 units per kW daily
Annual average across all seasons
Central subsidy
Up to ₹78,000
Residential, 3 kW and above
Typical payback
3.5 to 5 years
Residential on-grid system

The short answer

Rooftop solar in Panvel costs about ₹2.00 lakh to ₹2.50 lakh for 3 kW and ₹3.10 lakh to ₹3.80 lakh for 5 kW before subsidy. After the ₹78,000 PM Surya Ghar subsidy, 3 kW nets ₹1.22 lakh to ₹1.72 lakh. Each kW generates 3.8 to 4.2 units daily here. MSEDCL, not a Mumbai licensee, handles Panvel net metering. Payback runs three and a half to five years.

Last reviewed 18 September 2026 · Heaven Green Energy engineering team

Price, size and savings

Find your bill. Read across.

Find your monthly bill in the left column and read across. That single row gives you the system size, what it generates on a Panvel roof, the shadow-free area it needs, the subsidy it earns and what it costs. No form stands between you and the number.

Indicative Panvel market ranges, 2026
Your monthly bill System Generates Roof needed Cost after subsidy Payback
Up to ₹1,800 2 kW 1–2 BHK, one AC used sparingly 225–250units/month ~200 sq ft ₹80,000 – ₹1.15 lakh ₹1.40 lakh–₹1.75 lakh before ₹60,000 subsidy 3.5–4.5 years
₹2,000–₹3,500 3 kW Best value The largest system that still earns the full ₹78,000 340–375units/month ~300 sq ft ₹1.22 lakh – ₹1.72 lakh ₹2.00 lakh–₹2.50 lakh before ₹78,000 subsidy 3.5–4.5 years
₹3,500–₹6,000 5 kW 3 BHK running two ACs through summer 565–625units/month ~500 sq ft ₹2.32 lakh – ₹3.02 lakh ₹3.10 lakh–₹3.80 lakh before ₹78,000 subsidy 4–5 years
₹6,000–₹13,000 10 kW Bungalows, clinics, shops, coaching institutes 1,130–1,250units/month 700–1,000 sq ft ₹4.87 lakh – ₹6.12 lakh ₹5.65 lakh–₹6.90 lakh before ₹78,000 subsidy 4–5 years
Above ₹13,000 25 kW+ Commercial connections, on accelerated depreciation 2,825–3,125units/month Site-specific ₹11.50 lakh – ₹14.50 lakh ₹11.50 lakh–₹14.50 lakh, no subsidy 3–4.5 years

These are indicative Panvel market ranges for 2026, covering Tier-1 modules, a branded inverter, galvanised structure, protection and installation. They are not a Heaven Green Energy quotation. Subsidy figures are the central PM Surya Ghar amounts published on pmsuryaghar.gov.in. Generation assumes a shadow-free, roughly south-facing roof.

The 3 kW cliff decides most Panvel purchases. PM Surya Ghar pays ₹30,000 per kW for the first two kilowatts and ₹18,000 for the third, then nothing. So the subsidy covers roughly 31 to 39% of a 3 kW system and only 11 to 14% of a 10 kW one. If your bill sits on the border between 3 kW and 5 kW, 3 kW almost always returns more rupees per rupee spent.

A cheap quote is cheap in the steel, not the glass. Galvanising thickness, fastener grade, cable size, earthing and surge protection separate the bottom of each band from the top. On the Konkan coast those are the exact items that decide whether an array is still bolted down after a July squall. Ask for a written Bill of Materials naming make, model and quantity.

Panvel has a society problem the price table cannot show. Much of New Panvel, Kamothe and Kalamboli is CIDCO-planned flats, where the terrace is common property. A quote is meaningless until you know whether you are installing on a private bungalow roof, a society common terrace under a resolution, or a shared-metering arrangement. Settle that first, then compare prices.

Access costs money in Panvel and honest quotes say so. Lifting galvanised structure and modules to the terrace of an eight-storey New Panvel building is not the same job as carrying them up a bungalow staircase in the old town. Hoisting, scaffolding, society-approved working hours and monsoon-window scheduling all sit inside the installed price. A quote that ignores your building height has either not seen your roof or intends to renegotiate later.

Why there is no rupee saving in that table

There is no rupee saving in that table, and that is deliberate. The rupee figure depends on the tariff slab you personally reach on your MSEDCL bill, which differs from your neighbour's and changes with consumption. We will not guess it to make a page look better. Bring your last bill to the free survey and we will work your exact number out in front of you. We use your own tariff and your own twelve-month consumption rather than a national average. Prefer to work it out yourself first? Put your bill into our solar savings calculator. No phone number required.

This is what we actually build.

Heaven Green Energy installations across India. Not stock photography, and not renders. Your Panvel system is built to the same specification.

Rooftop solar array photographed against a city skyline at sunset
Residential rooftop
Long row of solar modules on a commercial building rooftop photographed at sunrise
Commercial rooftop
Elevated solar canopy structure mounted above a terrace, leaving the floor below usable
Elevated structure
Wall of dozens of string inverters mounted in neat rows at a large solar installation
Electricals

PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana

₹78,000

Maximum central subsidy for a residential rooftop system.

  • ₹30,000 per kW for the first 2 kW
  • ₹18,000 for the 3rd kW
  • Nothing paid above 3 kW
  • Credited directly to your bank account
  • We file the entire claim for you
How the subsidy works

Five steps, and we run four of them.

There is no separate Panvel subsidy, and no separate Maharashtra top-up for residential rooftop under this scheme. PM Surya Ghar is central, so the amount is identical in Panvel, Pune and Patna. What changes by city is which licensee processes your file, and here that is MSEDCL.

1

Register on the National Portal

You register at pmsuryaghar.gov.in with your MSEDCL consumer number, mobile, Aadhaar and address. We sit with you for this step, because a consumer number that does not match MSEDCL records is the commonest reason a Panvel application stalls for weeks.

2

Apply for feasibility, then pick your vendor

MSEDCL checks the application against your sanctioned load and the local distribution transformer. You then select an empanelled vendor from the portal list. Heaven Green Energy is empanelled, so we map straight onto your application.

3

Install only after approval

Installation starts once feasibility clears, never before. We supply Adani modules with traceable serial numbers, and hand you a Bill of Materials plus the warranty schedule on completion. Installing ahead of approval risks both the subsidy and the net meter.

4

Inspection and net meter

MSEDCL inspects the installation and fits the bidirectional meter, then issues the commissioning certificate on the portal. Our engineer attends the inspection so that any observation is closed on the spot rather than by post.

5

Claim and credit

We file the subsidy claim once the certificate issues, and the government credits the money directly to your bank account. It never passes through us. Treat any Panvel vendor offering to collect the subsidy on your behalf as a warning sign.

If you are a business, this section does not apply

PM Surya Ghar covers residential consumers only. A warehouse in the Kalamboli steel market, a unit in Taloja MIDC or a shop in New Panvel cannot claim it. Businesses claim accelerated depreciation on the asset instead, which for a taxpaying firm often returns more than the residential subsidy would have paid.

MSEDCL (Mahavitaran)

Net metering: who you actually file with.

Net metering is where Panvel pages get it wrong most often, and the error is always the same: treating Panvel as part of Mumbai's supply area.

Panvel is served by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), trading as Mahavitaran, the state-owned licensee that covers almost all of Maharashtra outside the island city. It is not served by Adani Electricity Mumbai, Tata Power or BEST. Those three are Mumbai licensees, and Panvel sits in Raigad district under the Panvel Municipal Corporation, across the creek from their area. A page that sends a Panvel consumer to an Adani or BEST portal has sent them to a utility that cannot process their file.

The neighbouring cities do not all share one answer either. Navi Mumbai next door is MSEDCL, so the process there matches Panvel. Thane is mostly MSEDCL with a Torrent Power franchise at Bhiwandi. Getting the licensee right is the first test of whether a vendor has actually worked in your area.

Commercial terms come from the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), not from MSEDCL and not from us. Under the MERC framework your rooftop system is capped at your sanctioned load, every consumer category may apply, and surplus units you export are credited against units you draw later. That is what turns a sunny March in Panvel into a smaller bill in a wet July.

1

Application

Consumer details, sanctioned load, system rating, single-line diagram and equipment datasheets go to MSEDCL under your consumer number.

Filed by us
2

Technical feasibility

The licensee tests whether your sanctioned load and local distribution transformer carry the proposed capacity. Oversized systems fail here, which is why we size against sanctioned load on the first visit.

MSEDCL
3

Installation and inspection

We install once feasibility clears. MSEDCL then inspects earthing, protection, isolation and metering compliance before anything is energised.

Us, then MSEDCL
4

Bidirectional meter

Your existing meter is replaced with a bidirectional net meter and the commissioning certificate issues. Export credits begin accruing from that date, not from installation day, which is why we chase the meter rather than waiting for a letter.

MSEDCL
Solar panels installed flush on a corrugated metal factory roof with industrial buildings behind
Not a home?

Solar for Panvel's businesses.

Running a warehouse, a factory unit or a showroom rather than a home? The arithmetic is different and this page is written for households.

Commercial and industrial consumers around Panvel get no PM Surya Ghar subsidy. They claim accelerated depreciation on the asset instead, which for a taxpaying business often beats what the residential subsidy pays. They can also avoid capital outlay altogether through OPEX or RESCO structures. Long flat roofs are the reason Panvel works so well for this: a logistics shed has the one thing a flat cannot offer, uninterrupted shadow-free area.

  • Taloja MIDC units, north-east of Kalamboli
  • Kalamboli steel market godowns and the NH-48 highway belt
  • Warehousing along the JNPT and Navi Mumbai International Airport corridor
  • Patalganga and Rasayani process plants, west of Panvel

We deliver turnkey C&I EPC here, with structural design to coastal wind-load standards, MSEDCL registration and long-term operations and maintenance. Sizing for a commercial connection follows contract demand rather than a household bill, so the survey starts with twelve months of your MSEDCL demand data.

Why us

Why Panvel customers choose Heaven Green Energy

We have built solar since 2017 and delivered more than 10,000 installations across India, ranging from single rooftops to industrial plants in the hundreds of kilowatts.

Authorised Adani Solar distributorGenuine Adani modules with traceable serial numbers and full manufacturer warranty. No grey-market stock, and no obscure brand that has left the market by the year you need a claim honoured.
We build our own invertersQbits is our in-house inverter brand. Service on the component most likely to need it runs through us rather than through an importer with a queue and a shipping schedule.
The MSEDCL paperwork is our jobPortal registration, vendor mapping, MSEDCL feasibility, net metering, inspection and the subsidy claim all sit with our team. You sign the forms and attend the survey.
Nothing to pay for the surveyThe survey and written proposal cost nothing and commit you to nothing. You keep the Bill of Materials, generation estimate and payback figure, and you are free to price them against any Panvel rival.

Where we are based

Heaven Green Energy is headquartered at Mota Varachha, Surat. We have no branch office in Panvel and we will not pretend otherwise. We serve Panvel and the wider Konkan region through our channel partner network and field engineering team, who run the surveys, supervise installation and handle MSEDCL coordination on the ground. We state this before you sign rather than after.

How we work

From first call to a spinning net meter.

Four steps from first call to a spinning net meter, including the parts that belong to MSEDCL rather than to us.

01

Free site survey

We measure shadow-free area, check the roof or terrace structure, read your sanctioned load and twelve months of MSEDCL consumption, and log shading from tanks, lift rooms and neighbouring towers.

Day 1–2
02

Written proposal

System size, layout, Bill of Materials with makes and models, generation estimated at Panvel irradiance, your subsidy figure and payback. No obligation attached.

Day 3–5
03

Applications and installation

We file with the national portal and MSEDCL, then install once feasibility clears. A typical Panvel residential roof takes two to four working days.

Day 5–15
04

Inspection, meter, subsidy

MSEDCL inspects and fits the bidirectional meter, the commissioning certificate issues, and we file your claim. The government pays the subsidy into your account.

Set by MSEDCL

What Panvel weather does to a solar system

A system specified for an inland plateau roof is wrong for Panvel. Three local conditions change the engineering here, and a vendor who ignores them quotes you less now and delivers less for twenty-five years.

A 2,700 mm monsoon, concentrated in weeks

Panvel takes about 2,740 mm of rain a year across roughly 91 rainy days, and July alone brings over 1,070 mm of it. That is a brutal load on mounting penetrations, cable entries and junction boxes. Waterproofed roof penetrations, IP-rated enclosures, proper cable dressing and drainage clearance under the array are not upgrades here, they are the baseline.

Salt mist off the creek

Panvel sits on a tidal creek with mangroves to the west, and the sea breeze carries salt inland. Salt attacks the cheap parts of a solar system first: thin galvanising, mild-steel fasteners, unprotected earthing pits and exposed terminals. Ask for the structure's coating specification and stainless fastener grade in writing. On the coast this is what separates a fifteen-year array from a six-year one.

Summer heat and dry-season construction dust

May averages a high near 34°C, with spells close to 40°C from mid-March through May, and module output falls as cell temperature climbs. Airflow under the array is the fix, so refuse a structure bolted flush to the slab. Meanwhile the building work across Ulwe, Kharghar edge and the airport corridor puts construction dust on the glass, and soiling cuts output with no visible fault.

Service area

Areas of Panvel we install in.

We install across the Panvel Municipal Corporation area, the CIDCO nodes around it and the surrounding Panvel taluka villages. That runs from the old town near the creek out to the airport corridor and the Taloja belt. An area missing from this list is not an area we refuse, so call and ask.

Old Panvel and the town core Pin 410206

Panvel City · Panvel Station Road · Khanda Colony · Kalundre · Vichumbe · Dundhare · Maldunge · Pargaon · Adai · Vahal · Vaje · Somatane · Kundevahal · Morbe

New Panvel and Kamothe Pin 410206, 410209

New Panvel East · New Panvel West · Navé Panvel (E) · Navé Panvel (W) · New Panvel Sector 9 · Kamothe · Kamothe Sector 18 · Mansarovar · Khandeshwar · Jui Gaav · Dhakti Jui

Kalamboli, Kharghar edge and Taloja Pin 410218, 410210, 410208

Kalamboli Node · Roadpali · Kalamboli steel market · Taloja Link Road · Kharghar · Taloja · Taloja A.V. · Taloje Panchnand · Rohinjan · Padghe · Koynavale · Wawanje · Devichapada · Tondre

Airport corridor, highway belt and outer taluka Pin 410221, 410207, 410206

Ulwe · Bamandongri · Dronagiri · Palaspe · Shirdhon · Chikhale · Ajivali · Barapada · Poyanje · Sai · ONGC Complex Panvel · Apta · Rasayani · Karnala

Customers

Real customers, real cities.

These are real Heaven Green Energy customers, each shown with the city their system was actually installed in. We do not relabel a customer to match the page you happen to be reading.

★★★★★
My electricity bill dropped from ₹7,800 to less than ₹400 in two months. PM Suryaghar paperwork, DISCOM approval, net meter, they handled everything.
Rameshbhai Patel
Residential · Surat · 5 kW
★★★★★
250 kW industrial system on our chemical plant. Generation has been 8% above estimate every month. Their O&M team is responsive.
Sanjay Joshi
Industrial · Bharuch · 250 kW
★★★★★
80 kW on our hospital rooftop. Diesel backup running time cut by 60%. Heaven Green's structural design cleared all wind-load checks first time.
Nilesh Bhatt
Commercial · Anand · 80 kW
Before you sign

Six things to check on any Panvel quote.

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Questions

Solar in Panvel: every question answered.

17 questions Panvel buyers actually search for, including the ones competing pages leave out. Grouped so you can skip to what you need.

Cost & subsidy

What is the cost of solar panel installation in Panvel in 2026?
Indicatively ₹2.00 lakh to ₹2.50 lakh for 3 kW, ₹3.10 lakh to ₹3.80 lakh for 5 kW and ₹5.65 lakh to ₹6.90 lakh for 10 kW, before subsidy. Structure specification, protection quality, roof height and access drive the spread far more than the panel brand does.
What is the price of a 3 kW solar system in Panvel with subsidy?
Between ₹1.22 lakh and ₹1.72 lakh net, from ₹2.00 lakh to ₹2.50 lakh less the ₹78,000 subsidy. A 3 kW system generates 340 to 375 units a month in Panvel. It is the smallest system that still earns the maximum subsidy, which is why it sells most.
How much solar subsidy can I get in Panvel?
Up to ₹78,000. Per pmsuryaghar.gov.in, PM Surya Ghar pays ₹30,000 per kW for the first 2 kW and ₹18,000 for the third, nothing beyond. So 2 kW earns ₹60,000 and anything from 3 kW upward earns ₹78,000. The government credits it straight to your bank account.
Why is solar slightly costlier in Panvel than in a smaller Maharashtra town?
Access and compliance. High-rise terraces need material lifted, sometimes craned, societies require resolutions and scheduling, and coastal specification pushes structure and fastener costs up. The modules cost the same everywhere. What differs is getting them onto your roof and keeping them there.

Net metering & DISCOM

Which DISCOM serves Panvel for rooftop solar?
MSEDCL, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, trading as Mahavitaran. Panvel is in Raigad district, outside the Mumbai licence areas of Adani Electricity, Tata Power and BEST. Several solar pages list Panvel under a Mumbai licensee, and an application filed there will simply not be processed.
Is net metering available in Panvel, and what happens to my surplus units?
Yes. Under the MERC framework your system may be sized up to your sanctioned load and all consumer categories qualify. Your home uses solar first by day and exports the surplus to MSEDCL as credit against units drawn at night, so the dry-season surplus banks against the monsoon dip.
How long does MSEDCL net metering take in Panvel?
Usually a few weeks from application to installed bidirectional meter, covering feasibility, post-installation inspection and the meter swap. Installation is only days of that. The licensee-controlled steps set the pace and no installer can compress them, so treat a promised one-week net meter as a red flag.
Do I need MSEDCL approval before installing solar in Panvel?
Yes, for any grid-connected system, which covers nearly everyone. The correct order is application, feasibility approval, installation, then inspection and meter. Installing first is how Panvel roofs end up generating with no export credit at all, and how oversized systems get rejected outright.

Sizing & performance

How many units does 1 kW of solar generate per day in Panvel?
About 3.8 to 4.2 units daily, averaged across the year, at roughly 4.8 peak sun hours. That sits a little below inland Maharashtra because the Konkan monsoon is longer and heavier. Output runs well above the average from January to May and well below it through July and August.
What size solar system does a 2 BHK or 3 BHK flat in Panvel need?
A 2 BHK usually lands at 2 to 3 kW and a 3 BHK at 3 to 5 kW, but size against consumption, not floor plan. Take the units figure from twelve months of MSEDCL bills and pick the system that covers your average month, not your worst one.
How many ACs can a 3 kW or 5 kW system run in Panvel?
A 1.5-ton split AC draws 1.2 to 1.5 units an hour while the compressor runs. A 3 kW system making 340 to 375 units a month supports one AC by day plus normal household load. Two ACs through a humid Panvel May needs 5 kW. At night you draw grid power against banked credits.
Will solar work through the Panvel monsoon?
Yes, at reduced output, because panels generate from diffuse light. Panvel takes around 2,740 mm of rain a year, most of it in July and August, so monsoon months genuinely under-produce. Net metering is the answer rather than batteries: dry-season exports bank as credits that cover the wet months.

Installation & service

How long does solar installation take in Panvel?
Two to four working days on a typical residential roof. The whole process, from survey and proposal through the portal and MSEDCL applications to inspection and net meter, runs several weeks, with the licensee steps as the variable. We give you a date range at proposal stage and name which steps are ours and which belong to MSEDCL. Between June and September we also plan installation around the rain, because mounting and wiring a roof in a Konkan downpour is unsafe and produces poor sealing.
What maintenance do solar panels need in Panvel?
Cleaning, plus corrosion checks that inland cities can skip. Construction dust across the airport corridor and township belt soils the glass through the dry months, so clean every two to three weeks from January to May. Inspect earthing, terminals and fastener corrosion twice a year. Our AMC covers both.
Can a housing society in New Panvel or Kamothe install rooftop solar?
Yes, and many do, usually starting with common-area load such as lifts, pumps and corridor lighting on the society's own connection. That needs a managing committee resolution and agreement on terrace use. Individual flat owners can install only where terrace rights are clearly allotted.

About Heaven Green

Does Heaven Green Energy have an office in Panvel?
No. Our only office is our headquarters at Mota Varachha, Surat. We serve Panvel through our channel partner network and field engineering team, who run surveys, supervise installation, handle MSEDCL coordination and provide after-sales service locally. Warranty claims, annual maintenance and module replacement all run through the same team. We would rather you knew that before signing than after, because a vendor claiming a Panvel branch it does not have is a vendor you cannot check.
How do I get a quote for solar in Panvel?
Send your last MSEDCL bill and your pin code through the form on this page. An engineer calls back, usually within two working hours, and books a free rooftop survey. You get a written proposal with a Bill of Materials, generation estimate, subsidy figure and payback, at no cost.
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