Tata Motors, Tata Power jointly inaugurate India’s biggest solar carport in Pune
Pune (EPT) : and Tata Power on Friday jointly inaugurated India’s biggest grid-synchronized, behind-the-meter solar carport at the Tata Motors car plant at Chikhali in Pune.
The 6.2 MWp capacity solar carport deployed by Tata Power will generate 86.4 lakh kWh of electricity per annum and is estimated to scale back 7,000 plenty of carbon emissions annually and 1.6 lakh tons over its lifecycle, a regulatory filing said.
“In line with Tata Group’s ethics to promote green manufacturing, Tata Motors and Tata Power jointly inaugurated India’s largest grid-synchronized, behind-the-meter solar carport at the Tata Motors car plant in Chikhali, Pune,” it added.
Spanning over 30,000 square meters, this carport won’t only generate green power, but also will provide covered parking for finished cars within the plant.
“We have always been aware of the necessity to conserve energy and are committed towards achieving 100 per cent renewable energy sources for all our operations. Our partnership with Tata Power to deploy India’s largest solar carport at our car plant in Pune may be a step therein direction,” said Shailesh Chandra, President, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors.
Envisioned as a part of its net zero carbon goal for 2039, Tata Motors had entered into an influence purchase contract (PPA) with Tata Power on August 31, 2020.
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, both companies successfully managed to develop this massive carport infrastructure during a record time of 9.5 months.
“Our partnership may be a testament to our collective efforts to lower the carbon footprint and supply innovative and future-focused green energy solutions. we’ll still explore new ways to harness clean resources and offer them to our partners and customers,” Praveer Sinha, CEO & MD, Tata Power said.
Being a signatory of the RE100, Tata Motors is committed to use 100 per cent renewable power and has taken several strides towards achieving this goal by progressively increasing the proportion of renewable energy utilized in its operations. In FY20, the corporate generated 88.71 million kWh of renewable electricity which is over 21 per cent of its total power consumption (up from 16 per cent in FY19).
This helped prevent the equivalent of 72,739 metric plenty of CO2 (CO2) emissions.
The company further intends to source renewable energy more rigorously to satisfy its aspiration of sourcing 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030.
Tata Power has executed multiple large solar solutions including the world’s largest rooftop (16MW) at one location at Radhasoami Satsang Beas (RSSB), Amritsar; 2.67MW at Cochin International Airport; world’s largest solar powered cricket stadium-Cricket Club of India (CCI) with 820.8 kWp capacity; unique installation of solar vertical farm (120kW) at Dell Technologies at Bangalore and 1.4MW floating solar at Dell Technologies at Bangalore and 1.4MW floating solar at Tata Chemicals Nellore.