Living in a high-rise apartment does not necessarily mean you have to miss out on rooftop solar. However, solar for apartment residents in Hyderabad works differently from solar for an independent house or villa.

The biggest difference is simple: an individual flat owner usually does not have exclusive ownership of the entire rooftop.

The terrace may be a common area, the available roof space may need to serve many apartments, and the building’s electrical system may involve individual flat meters as well as common-area connections.

That means installing a few solar panels above your flat and connecting them directly to your electricity meter is not something an apartment owner should assume is automatically possible.

Instead, apartment residents need to understand the available individual flat solar, society rooftop solar and shared-metering options before deciding what is practical.