What Is Solar Drive…

Solar Drive is a project aimed at initiating a revolution in net metering based Solar power generation in Sri Lanka. The project plan to achieve this by eliminating the top barrier against rapid adoption of Solar in Sri Lankan homes and businesses, high prices.

Our prices would be revolutionary while not compromising on the quality!
Duration : 4 months (starting from May 2nd)
Target : 100 Solar PV solutions across country.
Objective : To prove that solar solutions can be provided (for profit) for much lower prices than currently prevailing in the market.

Goal : To initiate a general price reduction in the solar market, which will then make people to adopt solar much rapidly, triggering a steady growth of clean energy generation in the country. Massive growth in the market in this manner will be a win win for consumers and suppliers alike.

Whether you are a consumer, supplier, technician, investor or just a solar fan, you can join hands with us and contribute towards this project which is set to shape our future.

Join us now! Lets do this together.


Frequently asked Questions and Answers

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Is Solar Drive a business or charity ?

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When trying tp reduce established market prices, there could come lot of friction from existing businesses. There are big players already settled in Solar business. Will they let something like this to succeed ?

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How are you actually reducing the prices ?

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Is it really possible to do 100 installations in just 4 months A: With the help of you all, yes we believe we can! Q: How can we help ?

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Is this related to Electric Vehicles ?

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What if other vendors too reduce their prices to match those in the Solar Drive ?

Direct Purchase of Panels and Inverters

  • Poly Crystaline 300W solar panel (American made, 30 year warranty) – Rs 23 000/=
  • Mono Crystaline 300W solar panel(American made, 30 year warranty) – Rs 25 000/=
  • Kaideng 600KW micro inverter (230V, 50hz) – Rs 27 000 /=

1) Prices in this table can be subjected to frequent change based on market price fluctuations, Exchange Rates, Taxes/Levies. Please monitor this page frequently for the most recent prices. For those who register for the project and reserve an installation, prices at their sign up date will be applied.

2) The column ‘Current Bill’ indicates the electricity bill amount of a household for which this solution is most suitable. We do not advocate to zero your electricity bill. First 90 units are very cheap and cost you only around Rs 800 per month. So it’s better to pay that amount to CEB rather than to invest lot of money to save that small figure. Suggested solutions are for save the units beyond 90. Example the 1 kW system above is best for households with 200 units of monthly usage (Rs 4500 bill). The solution will cover at least 110 units of it. Reducing the bill to around Rs 800 per month.

3) If your location is far away from Colombo, (say, around 100km or more) there may be a additional cost for transport.

4) Solar Panels will come with minimum of 12 years product warranty and a minimum of 30 years linear performance warranty. Inverters would come with minimum of 5 years warranty.

Extending the warranty period of an inverter to 10 years will cost Rs 8000/= while extending the warranty to 15 years will cost Rs 12 000/= additionally.