Punjab National Bank to provide $500 million to finance rooftop PV in India

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The Punjab National Bank (PNB) will finance rooftop PV projects in India through a customized program and will provide up to $500 million in term loans to developers from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). According to consultancy Mercom Capital Group, PNB is targeting sole proprietorship firms, partnership firms including, limited liability partnership (LLP), limited companies, private limited companies, trusts, associations, special purpose vehicle (SPV), non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and registered societies. The financing will be provided in the form of need based term loans of a maximum of up to 15 years. The first-year interest will be 8.35 percent, which will go up by 30 to 50 base points.

Recently, the State Bank of India (SBI) announced it will provide $62.2 million to private developers to finance 100 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects in India. According to Mercom’s India Solar Project Tracker, rooftop installations have crossed 1.2 GW in India as of August 2017.

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