National: Tata Power, India's largest integrated power utility, has achieved a new milestone by signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tata Motors to commission India’s largest carport. With 6.2MWp capacity, the project is expected to reduce 1.6 lakh tonne of carbon emissions for Tata Motors in its life time.
The grid-connected carport plant requires high-level engineering and customised designing to assemble the massive carport structures. Furthermore, advanced technology and intricate planning, which is Tata Power’s strength, will facilitate to execute the project.
Speaking on the project, Praveer Sinha, CEO and MD, Tata Power, said, "A One Tata initiative, we are excited to partner with Tata Motors to set up the largest carport in India. We are confident that this PPA will complement our efforts to lower the carbon footprint and we look forward to exploring new ways to harness clean resources and implement them in our business operations."
On the new installation, Rajesh Khatri. vice president, PV Operations, Tata Motors, said, “We are looking forward to setting up India’s largest solar carport with Tata Power as this will help us reduce our carbon emissions. We are extremely excited about the eco-friendly future operations and energy consumption.”
Solar carports continue to prove themselves as excellent examples in terms of ‘efficient use of space’ for solar installations and are expected to demonstrate their potential by being a source of growth for the rooftop sector in the future.
Tata Power’s solar arm, Tata Power Renewables, comes with a successful background of executing the world’s largest solar rooftop at a single location at RSSB, Amritsar, 16MW; a 2.67MW project at Cochin International Airport; the world’s largest solar-powered cricket stadium at the Cricket Club of India with 820.8kWp capacity; the unique installation of a solar vertical farm at Dell, Bengaluru, 120kW; a 1.4MW floating solar plant at Tata Chemicals, Nellore, and many such landmark projects. In addition, Tata Power Solar is also carrying out an extensive residential rooftop programme across the length and breadth of the country to make people aware of the benefits of saving through solar.
