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Chief Ministers Official Residence Microgrid in Bihar India

Current status, energy mix, organizations, suppliers, equipment, controls, reported specifications, and project updates—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations4
System facts13
Sources reviewed10
Evidence reviewed2026-07-20

Bihar's chief minister residence/office complex at 1 Aney Marg in Patna received a building-scale solar and efficiency project initiated in 2012. Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency's official achievement list records a 100 kWp installation, while contemporary reporting says Larsen & Toubro won the national tender and that the project also replaced lighting and equipment with efficient alternatives and added digital monitoring. Later industry/academic compilations instead list 125 kW and Optimal Power Solutions; those later attributions conflict with the official/contemporary record and do not explain whether 125 kW refers to solar, storage power, or a subsequent scope.

Research status
The project was announced and awarded in 2012 and was reported as an operating 100 kW installation by 2014. BREDA still lists the CM House 100 kWp project as an achievement, but no post-2014 generation, maintenance, battery, or outage-performance record was found. The official residence was renamed Lok Sevak Awas and changed occupants in 2026; that administrative change does not establish the current condition of the energy system.
Historical classification
Building
Reported capacity
125 kW
Coordinates
25.59929, 85.10728
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.

Project delivery

Who was involved in Chief Ministers Official Residence Microgrid in Bihar India?

4 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency

State nodal agency that procured and lists the CM House 100 kWp project among its achievements. [3][4]

Organization

Government of Bihar

Project owner/beneficiary for the chief minister's official residence, office, and public-meeting complex. [5][9]

Organization

Larsen & Toubro

Winning contractor selected through the national tender described by BREDA's director in contemporary reporting. [4]

Organization

Optimal Power Solutions

Attributed as project developer/owner or project manager in later 125 kW catalog records; its relationship to the contemporary L&T procurement and the exact rated component are not resolved by those sources. [7][8]

System evidence

Energy mix, capacity, and specifications

Values can describe different project phases, generation sources, storage systems, or other components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Solar
125 [1]
Storage
NA [1]
Official BREDA solar rating
100 kWp at the CM House complex [3][4][6]
Later catalog rating conflict
125 kW in 2019-2020 microgrid tables attributed to Optimal Power Solutions; FICCI notes that rated power refers to storage in most table entries, while the academic review labels it solar, so the rated component and phase remain ambiguous [7][8]
Approved project budget
INR 4.5 crore for solar and energy-efficiency work at the residence/office/public-meeting complex [5][4]
Storage
No reliable public battery energy capacity, chemistry, manufacturer, or model was located [7][8]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Solar generation

Model not publicly disclosed

BREDA lists a 100 kWp system, but the reviewed primary/contemporary sources do not identify PV module or inverter manufacturers or models. [3][4]

02

Energy-efficiency package

Model not publicly disclosed

Contemporary reporting describes LED lighting, five-star air conditioners, efficient fan regulators, and more efficient water pumps as part of the residence overhaul; individual equipment makes and models were not disclosed. [4]

03

Monitoring and controls

Model not publicly disclosed

The planned system used digital technology for generation/delivery optimization and continuous monitoring, but no controller vendor or product name is publicly identified. [4]

Technical record

Architecture, performance, and project updates

Concise technical facts, milestones, operating results, and later developments. Dated notes distinguish historical design claims from current evidence.

  • Project scope

    The 2012 plan covered the chief minister's residence, office, and Janata Durbar/public-meeting facilities at 1 Aney Marg, with the aim of reducing dependence on Patna's unreliable grid. [5][4]

  • Implementation evidence

    A 2014 report on BREDA's larger block-office program describes a 100 kW solar plant already installed at the chief minister's official residence, corroborating implementation beyond the 2012 announcement. [6]

  • Vendor/rating conflict

    Contemporary sources name L&T and 100 kWp. Later tables name Optimal Power Solutions and 125 kW without documenting a retrofit or clearly distinguishing PV from storage power. Both dated records are retained; 125 kW is not substituted for BREDA's official value. [3][4][7][8]

  • Current evidence gap

    No source located through July 2026 reports current generation, solar fraction, islanding behavior, storage condition, controller status, or subsequent equipment replacement. The site's 2026 renaming and occupancy change are not evidence of the power system's condition. [9][10]

Provenance

10 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2021-02-28

  2. [2]
    Microgrids in India

    microgridprojects.com · Archived source · captured 2021-02-28

  3. [3]
    BREDA Achievements

    Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency · Primary source

  4. [4]
  5. [5]
    Bihar CM's residence to be solar powered

    Deccan Herald · Secondary research

  6. [6]
    Solar plants for block offices

    The Telegraph India · Secondary research

  7. [7]
    India's Energy Storage Mission

    Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry / Invest India · Secondary research

  8. [8]
    The implementation framework of a microgrid: A review

    ResearchGate copy of peer-reviewed review article · Secondary research

  9. [9]
    Chief Minister of Bihar official news from 1 Aney Marg

    Chief Minister Secretariat, Government of Bihar · Primary source

  10. [10]
    Bihar CM residence at Aney Marg renamed Lok Sevak Awas

    The Indian Express · Secondary research