International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE) ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-9 Issue-6, April 2020 912 Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Retrieval Number: F3758049620/2020©BEIESP DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.E3758.049620 Abstract : India is having large potential of renewable energy for which Govt of India has a plan to develop 100GW solar generation. Out of which commissioning of 60 GW Distributed RE generation has been the beginning of an era of de-licensed generation. Paper emphasis on the need for active involvement of distribution companies (DISCOMS) for strong scalability of pilot projects concept under clustered solar agriculture feeder in rural areas and its power evacuation with high degree of performance indicators. In this paper we have discussed various issues regarding grid connected ground mounted solar plant with its energy generation, solar insolation, project sizing/designing tools like PV SYST & HELIOSCOPE software with simulation analysis. Paper covers analysis of above software results for critically study annual energy generation & to mitigate its challenges. Keywords: RE, DER, DG, SLDC, MSEDCL, MSPGCL,CEA ,MERC, PV SYST, DISCOMS, HELIOSCOPE I. INTRODUCTION In today’s changing scenario of development of power market, integration of Renewable Generation and increase in transmission congestion, there is a need for active involvement of distribution companies (DISCOMS) in Transmission Planning process, keeping in view the spirit of National Electricity Plan and National Tariff Policy. A change is taking place, or will to take place from large power generation units towards small generation connected to distribution areas. The term "distributed generation" (DG) is being used to refer to this small generation. The paper example is referred to as "centralized generation". Electricity consumption by agriculture consumers constitutes almost 1/5th of total electricity consumption in India. In most of the agriculture dominant states, the sale of electricity for agriculture is reported to be in the range upwards of 30%. The per unit gap (ABR - ACoS) for AG consumer is in excess of Rs. 2 per unit in most of the states, thus appropriate Revised Manuscript Received on March 30, 2020. Correspondence Author Nilesh B. Rohankar , Power Electronics and Drives, AISSMS’s IOIT, Pune, India Email: nileshrohankar@gmail.com Jithin C.J, Power Electronics and Drives, AISSMS’s IOIT, Pune, India. Email: jithincj1994@gmail.com Shashikant Madhukar Bakre, Professor in Electrical Engineering Department at AISSMS’s IOIT, Pune. India Email: shashikant.bakre@aissmsioit.org Sachin V. Shelar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at AISSMS’s IOIT, Pune. India Email: sachin.shelar@aissmsioit.org Ashpana Shiralkar, is Head of Department, Electrical Engineering, AISSMS’s IOIT, Pune, India Email: shiralkarashpana@gmail.com accounting of energy catered to AG consumption has great influence on the financial health and on the cash flows of the distribution utility. Agricultural demand for electricity is one of the largest burdens on India’s power sector as irrigation systems are largely undeveloped, and farmers are dependent on electricity to power the pumps. Solar can mitigate this entire portion of demand by generating power at the source and converting users into suppliers. In India as a vital part of all schemes, rural electrification which bringing electricity to remote and rural areas, results into the development of the rural areas. So to cater Challenges head-on, looking at past challenges, and creating opportunities, govt. of Maharashtra has launched project for MSEDCL consumers which feeds electric power to agricultural pumps consumers and some rural domestic consumers. P ilot project scalability under solar PV based agriculture feeders policy can also be helpful for newly launched Central government scheme KUSUM for farmers. Farmers can development solar power projects on their barren land and can utilise the generated energy. For that subsidy will be provided by government. Farmers can also sell the excess power to local discoms through grid to generate additional income. Paper consist of five sections. Section I comprises of Introduction, Section II of 1.6MW Solar Plant & its Evacuation/ Grid Connectivity ideaology, section III discusse Photovoltaic array modeling & manual analysis of performance indicators, Section IV is all about PV SYST V6.81 Software designing & simulation, Section V discusses HELIOSCOPE Software designing & simulation results, Section VI tells us about conclusion. “Designing and Simulation using Software’s PV SYST & HELIOSCOPE for Mitigating Challenges of Grid Connected PV Based Solar Plant” Nilesh Rohankar, Jithin C.J, Shashikant Bakre, Sachin Shelar, Ashpana Shiralkar