In Sulur, a residential colony had nearly 45 houses and all the houses had solar energy systems. Nearly 22 MW of rooftop solar energy systems have been installed by High Tension consumers, which are mostly large industries. These are solar energy systems that are installed and commissioned. Residents of Coimbatore, who suffered long hours of power cut a few years ago, have started tapping solar energy to meet the power requirements. In the case of solar rooftop systems with subsidy, the customers went in for one kw capacity systems and those without the subsidy went in for two kw to 10 kw systems.

Source: The Hindu June 13, 2016 00:03 UTC