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India's first solar housing complex Rabi Rashmi Abasan

Rabi Rashmi Abasan (meaning a solar housing complex), India's first solar housing complex has been conceieved by WBREDA (West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency) and is located at New Town Kolkata and spread over an area of 1.76 acres. Each house owner within the complex will produce his own power for domestic use and feed any surplus power into the local grid. He can also draw power from the grid as and when needed. The utility will pay the house owner and vice versa on net monthly metering.