Solar Panel Installation in Kundrathur
Sized against your bill, because credit you never use is settled below retail
On the larger plots around Kundrathur it is tempting to install as much as the roof allows. Before doing that, it is worth understanding what happens to the credit you build up but never use, because that is where oversized systems quietly lose money.
Installing across Chennai since 2020
Two years free maintenance included
Subsidy and TANGEDCO paperwork filed by us
Free site survey and energy audit, no obligation
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Blues Renewables is a solar panel installation company working in Kundrathur and across Chennai since 2020. We install rooftop solar for homes, apartments, businesses and industrial units, handle the PM Surya Ghar subsidy of up to ₹78,000 for households and the TANGEDCO net metering application end to end, and include two years of free maintenance with every installation.
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What happens to credit you never use
Under net metering, units you export are credited against units you import within the billing cycle, and surplus credit carries forward to the next cycle. At the annual settlement, any credit still unused is compensated at a rate fixed by the regulator, which is lower than the retail tariff you pay on imports. That gap is why a system generating substantially more than a household consumes returns less per kilowatt than a smaller one.
How it works through the year
Bi-monthly cycles
TANGEDCO reads domestic meters bi-monthly, and within each cycle exports offset imports directly.
Surplus carries forward
If you exported more than you imported in a cycle, the balance becomes credit toward the next.
Seasonal balancing is the point
A well-sized system builds credit through the clear bright months and draws it down through the northeast monsoon when generation dips. Across a year the two roughly cancel.
Annual settlement compensates what is left
Credit that survives the whole year is paid at the regulator’s rate, which sits below retail.
What that means for sizing
A system matched to your consumption uses its credit at full retail value
A system generating well beyond your consumption accumulates credit that cannot be used and is settled at a discount, so the extra capacity earns considerably less per kilowatt than the first part of the system did. Two other ceilings apply: the PM Surya Ghar subsidy stops rising at 3 kW, and above 10 kW a domestic consumer loses the subsidy and moves from net metering to net feed-in entirely.
So the question is your bill, not your terrace
We size from twelve months of consumption
And will tell you plainly when the roof could take more than you should install. Practically, larger plots here support 4 kW to 6 kW for most households, elevated structures are genuinely workable, and three-phase is required above 4,000 watts of connected load.
Areas we cover around Kundrathur: Kundrathur, Mangadu approach, Somangalam, Gerugambakkam border, Porur side, the layout sectors.
All areas we cover in Kanchipuram →Not sure what your site can carry?
Send us your last electricity bill on WhatsApp and we will come back with an indicative system size and what it would offset. No visit needed for that first answer.
Residential
Solar for Kundrathur homes
Independent houses on larger plots
Typically install 4 kW to 6 kW, sized to consumption rather than roof area.
Elevated structures
Suit the bigger terraces where the space is used.
Layouts and new developments
Benefit from planning generation and lighting in before completion.
Three-phase conversion
Common, and filed alongside the net metering application.
Commercial and industrial
Solar for Kundrathur businesses
Light industry and workshops
On the approaches. Sheet roofs and commercial tariffs.
Retail and showrooms
On the main roads. Evening-weighted and usually leased.
Schools and institutions
Strong term-time daytime match.
Warehousing
Where roof area often exceeds what the load justifies.
What we install
What we install in Kundrathur
The process
How installation works
Free site survey
Shade-free roof area measured across the day, structure checked, connection name and sanctioned load confirmed.
Design and itemised quotation
Sized against twelve months of consumption, with every component named.
Approvals filed
PM Surya Ghar and TANGEDCO net metering, plus load enhancement or phase conversion in parallel where needed.
Installation
One to three days for a residential system, carried out by our own team rather than subcontracted.
Inspection and commissioning
TANGEDCO inspects, both meters go in, the system goes live.
Subsidy tracked to your account
And two years of maintenance included from commissioning.
We check the name on your electricity connection at the survey, because a mismatch stops more applications than any technical issue. See what to keep ready.
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Big roof and tempted to fill it?
Credit left over at annual settlement is paid below retail, so capacity beyond your consumption earns far less per kilowatt.
What happens after you send your details
- We call you within one working day, and an engineer rather than a salesperson attends the site.
- The survey is free. We measure usable area and shading, check your connection and sanctioned load, and photograph the site.
- You get an itemised quotation naming every component and brand, with the subsidy or depreciation position set out.
- No obligation at any point. If solar does not make sense for your property, we will say so.
Common questions
Solar in Kundrathur, common questions
It carries forward from one bi-monthly cycle to the next, and whatever remains at the annual settlement is compensated at a rate fixed by the regulator, which is lower than the retail tariff you pay on imports. That is why capacity generating well beyond your consumption returns less per kilowatt than the earlier part of the system.
Usually not. A system matched to your annual consumption uses its credit against your own imports at full retail value. Beyond that, credit accumulates unused and settles at a discount. The subsidy also stops rising at 3 kW, and above 10 kW a household loses it entirely along with one-for-one net metering.
Because generation peaks in the clear bright months and dips through the northeast monsoon, while consumption follows its own pattern. A well-sized system builds credit through the strong months and draws it down through the weak ones, so the two roughly cancel across the year. That is net metering working as intended.
Six to ten weeks from survey to a live, net-metered system, with TANGEDCO approval and meter installation the main variable. The installation itself is one to three days for a residential system, and longer for a commercial or industrial project.
Yes. We file the PM Surya Ghar application and the TANGEDCO net metering application, follow both through the section office, and track the subsidy to your bank account. We also check the name on your electricity connection at the survey, since a mismatch stops applications more often than any technical issue.
Two years of free maintenance from commissioning, covering panel cleaning, annual inspection of connections and structure, generation monitoring and warranty coordination with the manufacturer.
Long tail coverage
Areas we cover around Kundrathur
Not listed? We survey across Chennai and the surrounding districts. Call and we will tell you straight away whether we can reach your site this week.