A Porbandar roof gets strong sun and constant sea air, so the system must be sized for one and built for the other. Heaven Green Energy is an authorised channel partner of Adani and a PM Surya Ghar empanelled vendor. We read your PGVCL bill, design a coast-grade install, file net metering and claim the ₹78,000 subsidy.
Share a photo of your latest PGVCL bill and your pin code. An engineer calls back with a system size, a cost band after subsidy and a payback range, normally within 2 working hours.
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The short answer
A 3 kW rooftop solar system in Porbandar costs roughly ₹1.80 lakh to ₹2.25 lakh before subsidy. Once the ₹78,000 PM Surya Ghar amount is credited, the cost falls to ₹1.02 lakh to ₹1.47 lakh. It produces 4 to 4.5 units per kW per day. Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) processes net metering through its Porbandar circle, and a home system usually repays itself in three and a half to five years.
Last reviewed 2 October 2026 · Heaven Green Energy engineering team
Here is the money question answered first. Pick the row whose bill band matches your last few PGVCL bills, then read across for generation, roof space, payback and cost before the subsidy is deducted.
| Your monthly bill | System | Generates | Roof needed | Cost after subsidy | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to ₹1,800 | 2 kW A flat or small house in the bazaar lanes near Manek Chowk with fans, a fridge and one AC | 240–270units/month | ~200 sq ft | ₹65,000 – ₹95,000 ₹1.25 lakh–₹1.55 lakh before ₹60,000 subsidy | 3.5–4.5 years |
| ₹2,000–₹3,500 | 3 kW Best value Most family homes in Kamla Baug or Wadi Plot, and the size that collects the full ₹78,000 | 360–405units/month | ~300 sq ft | ₹1.02 lakh – ₹1.47 lakh ₹1.80 lakh–₹2.25 lakh before ₹78,000 subsidy | 3.5–4.5 years |
| ₹3,500–₹6,000 | 5 kW Two-storey bungalows in Kadiya Plot or Khijadi Plot running two ACs through the humid monsoon | 600–675units/month | ~500 sq ft | ₹2.07 lakh – ₹2.67 lakh ₹2.85 lakh–₹3.45 lakh before ₹78,000 subsidy | 4–5 years |
| ₹6,000–₹13,000 | 10 kW Large joint-family homes, clinics, coaching centres and hotels near Chowpati | 1,200–1,350units/month | 700–1,000 sq ft | ₹4.42 lakh – ₹5.52 lakh ₹5.20 lakh–₹6.30 lakh before ₹78,000 subsidy | 4–5 years |
| Above ₹13,000 | 25 kW+ Ice factories, fish cold stores and net-making units in the GIDC estates | 3,000–3,400units/month | Site-specific | ₹10.75 lakh – ₹13.50 lakh ₹10.75 lakh–₹13.50 lakh, no subsidy | 3–4.5 years |
These figures are indicative Porbandar market ranges for 2026, not a Heaven Green quotation. They assume Tier-1 modules, a branded inverter, a galvanised structure, protection gear and installation on a reachable roof. A sea-facing site may need a heavier coating specification, which we price in writing at survey. Subsidy figures are the central PM Surya Ghar amounts from pmsuryaghar.gov.in. Generation assumes an unshaded roof facing roughly south.
Read the units line, not the total. Your PGVCL bill shows units consumed and an amount payable. Size the system on units, because the rupee figure also carries fixed charges and fuel adjustment that a solar array does not touch. Bring three or four bills if you can, since a Porbandar household that runs ACs from April to October will look very different in January.
Why 3 kW sits at the sweet spot. The central scheme pays ₹30,000 per kW for the first two kilowatts and ₹18,000 for the third. Nothing more is paid beyond 3 kW. On a 3 kW system the subsidy covers about a third of the price; on 10 kW it covers far less in proportion. If your bill is on the border between two sizes, the smaller one often gives the better return per rupee.
On the coast, the hidden cost is corrosion. Two quotes for the same kW can differ by a lakh. In a sea town the gap usually sits in the structure coating, the grade of nuts and bolts, the cable and the earthing. Ask for a Bill of Materials naming make, model and quantity for every item, including fasteners. A cheaper quote with plain steel bolts will show rust streaks within a couple of monsoons.
We have left a rupee-saving column out of the table on purpose. What a solar unit saves you depends on your own tariff slab and connection type. A domestic meter in Bhojeshwar Plot is billed differently from a shop on M G Road or a workshop in the GIDC. At the free survey we take your actual PGVCL bills and work out the saving with you, line by line, so the number you see belongs to your connection. Prefer to work it out yourself first? Put your bill into our solar savings calculator. No phone number required.
Heaven Green Energy installations across India. Not stock photography, and not renders. Your Porbandar system is built to the same specification.
PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana
Maximum central subsidy for a residential rooftop system.
Porbandar gets the same PM Surya Ghar money as every other Indian town, no more and no less. The state adds no top-up. What is local is the paperwork route, which runs through PGVCL and the Porbandar circle.
Registration happens on pmsuryaghar.gov.in using the consumer number from your bill, your mobile number and Aadhaar details. We check that the name and address match PGVCL's records first, because a mismatch after a house sale or inheritance is what holds up older Porbandar connections.
PGVCL reviews your sanctioned load and the local transformer, then approves feasibility. You select an empanelled vendor on the portal. Heaven Green is on that list, so the application links to us directly.
Nothing goes on the roof until feasibility is approved, because an early installation can disqualify the claim. We then fit Adani modules with recorded serial numbers and Qbits inverters, and give you the Bill of Materials and warranty papers at handover.
An officer from your PGVCL sub-division inspects the system and a bidirectional meter is fitted. The commissioning report then appears on the portal. Our engineer is present for the inspection to answer technical questions on site.
We submit the claim as soon as commissioning is recorded. The central government pays the amount directly into the bank account linked to your application. It never routes through the installer, so be wary of any vendor who asks you to sign it over.
PM Surya Ghar covers residential connections only. A fish processing unit, an ice factory, a hotel or a shop in Porbandar cannot claim it. Businesses claim accelerated depreciation on the solar asset instead, and for a profitable firm that tax benefit is often worth more than the household subsidy.
Porbandar is PGVCL territory, and the file goes to PGVCL's Porbandar circle. Get that right on day one and the rest of the process is routine.
Power in Porbandar and Chhaya, and in the villages of Porbandar, Ranavav and Kutiyana talukas, is distributed by Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL). PGVCL is the state-owned GUVNL company for Saurashtra and Kutch, with its corporate office in Rajkot. It runs a Porbandar circle, listed among its circles on pgvcl.com alongside Jamnagar, Junagadh and Rajkot. The PGVCL Disaster Management Plan 2025 splits the circle into two divisions. The Porbandar City division covers the town through four sub-divisions: Kirtimandir (spelt Kirtimadir in the plan's table), Kamlabag, Udhyognagar and Coastal. The Porbandar Rural division handles the surrounding villages. The sub-division printed on your bill is the one that takes your application.
Porbandar has no Torrent Power licence area and no SEZ distribution licensee. MGVCL, DGVCL and UGVCL serve other parts of Gujarat. If a quotation names any of them for a Porbandar address, the paperwork will be misdirected.
The rules come from the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC), not from PGVCL or the installer. Under GERC's rooftop solar framework the system is tied to your sanctioned load, and exported units are set off against imported units on the bill rather than paid as cash. Check the sanctioned load on your bill before you settle on a size. If it is too low, a load increase goes in before the solar application.
Consumer details, sanctioned load, system rating, single-line diagram and roof layout go to your PGVCL sub-division along with the prescribed fee.
Filed by usPGVCL checks the distribution transformer and line loading near your property and issues feasibility, after which installation can legally begin.
PGVCLWe complete the installation, test insulation and earthing, and submit the completion documents so that PGVCL can schedule the inspection without asking twice.
Filed by usPGVCL inspects with our engineer on site, then fits the bidirectional meter. Export credits show from the following billing cycle.
Us, then PGVCL
Porbandar's working economy is the sea and the limestone under it, and both create electricity loads that solar can carry during daylight.
The fishing harbour drives a chain of businesses that run refrigeration all day: ice factories, fish and prawn processing units, fish cold stores and net makers. The district industries profile from the MSME ministry lists exactly these in the GIDC estates at Porbandar, Vanana and Miyani and at Dharampur in Ranavav taluka. It also names fishing products as the district's main export. Compressors that work hardest between ten and four are the textbook match for a solar array. Mineral industry sits alongside: Saurashtra Cement at Ranavav, limestone quarrying, and the soda ash works at Birla Sagar, now a division of Nirma. Cotton ginning units, hotels near Chowpati, hospitals and schools complete the commercial list.
None of these can claim PM Surya Ghar. A business instead claims accelerated depreciation on the solar plant. It can pair this with a zero down payment arrangement that keeps the monthly instalment close to the bill it replaces.
Farmers in the taluka villages have a separate route. A farmhouse on a domestic connection can use PM Surya Ghar like any home, but an irrigation pump on an agricultural connection cannot. For pumps, read our guides to PM-KUSUM and the Gujarat KUSUM process through GEDA.
Heaven Green Energy has installed rooftop systems since 2017 and has passed 10,000 installations across Gujarat. Here is what that experience means for a roof on this coast.
Heaven Green Energy is headquartered at Mota Varachha, Surat, and that is our only office. We serve Porbandar and the wider Saurashtra region through our channel partner network and field engineering team, who carry out surveys, supervise installation and handle PGVCL coordination on the ground. Heaven Green has no branch, address or local phone line in Porbandar, and we say so before you sign rather than after.
Getting from a first call to export credits on your PGVCL bill takes four steps. The durations are typical for Porbandar, not guarantees.
Send your PGVCL bill. We note units, tariff category and sanctioned load and give you an indicative size and price band before anyone visits.
Same dayAn engineer measures shade-free area, checks slab condition or shed purlins, notes salt exposure and plans cable routes and an inverter spot out of direct sea wind.
1–3 daysPortal registration, the PGVCL application and feasibility. The time depends on your sub-division's queue, and we report progress instead of going silent.
2–5 weeksStructure, modules, inverter, earthing and protection are installed, followed by the PGVCL inspection and the meter change. Generation begins that week.
2–4 days on sitePorbandar sits almost at sea level on the Arabian Sea. The airport's long-run records describe a town that is milder than inland Saurashtra, saltier than it, and subject to some of the most unpredictable rainfall anywhere. Each of those changes a design choice.
Sea air carries salt across the whole town, and it reaches Chhaya, the GIDC and the harbour sheds first. Salt eats thin zinc coatings, plain steel bolts, open earthing joints and unsealed DC connectors. We use hot-dip galvanised or aluminium structure, stainless fasteners and sealed glands. Municipal water is tight here too, so we plan cleaning around soft brushing and a light fresh-water rinse, never a daily hosing.
IMD normals for Porbandar airport show average daily highs below 35°C in every month, with October the warmest at about 35°C and January the coolest at about 29°C. Cooler cells lose less output to heat than they would inland. Humidity rises to about 78% in July and August, so inverter placement focuses on ventilation and keeping moisture out rather than on extreme heat.
The long-run average is about 700 mm a year over roughly 28 rainy days, with July the wettest month at around 280 mm. The total varies wildly from year to year, and the October 1975 cyclone pushed a storm surge of about 4 m. That calls for a structure calculated for wind load, anchored properly into the slab, with sealed roof penetrations. Installation shortcuts show up in the first big storm.
We cover Porbandar and Chhaya, the GIDC and Birla Sagar side, and the villages of Porbandar and Ranavav talukas. Pin codes below come from India Post. If your area is missing, send your pin code and we will confirm coverage the same day.
Manek Chowk · Kirti Mandir area · Kasturba Road · M G Road · Sudama Chowk · Hanuman Gufa · Mill Pura · Chowpati · Panch Hatdi
Kamla Baug · Bhojeshwar Plot · Wadi Plot · Kadiya Plot · Khijadi Plot · Chhaya Plot · Kamdar Chowk
Chhaya · Porbandar GIDC · Birla Sagar · Bokhira · Khapat · Navibandar · Odadar · Ratia · Gosa
Bhad · Erda · Garej · Mitrala · Degam · Bakharla · Visavada · Miyani · Ratdi · Kuchhdi · Bagvadar · Modhvada · Advana · Ranavav · Dharampur · Ranakandorana · Adityana
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