Manivannan, a retired railway staff member living in Sasthri Nagar, Thanigai Nagar 1st Street, Erode, recently completed a rooftop solar project for his family that involved not one but two 3kW solar installations, one for each of his two homes. This 3kW solar installation in Erode was carried out by Groena Solar, and it’s a good example of how a rooftop solar system can be planned around the actual layout of a property rather than treated as a one-size-fits-all setup.

Since Manivannan’s two homes each run on an independent EB connection, the project was designed with two separate systems instead of a single shared one. Here’s a look at how the installation was planned, what was involved, and what it means for a household in a similar situation.