MNRE sets new compliance rules for rooftop solar inverters
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued draft guidelines for inverter communication systems under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana. All inverter communication devices must now transmit data only to government-owned servers located in India. Use of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) SIMs is mandatory for secure transmission. The data will be monitored through a national software platform managed by MNRE, which will prevent original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) from using third-party servers to access…