Mumbai : Tata Power Renewable Energy on Thursday said it has commissioned a 100 MW solar project for Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company in Maharashtra.
“Tata Power Renewable Energy, one of India’s largest renewable energy companies and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has commissioned a 100 MW/138MWp project for MSEDCL in Partur, Maharashtra,” the company said in a statement issued here.
The company said that the installation comprises over 4,11,900 numbers of monocrystalline PV modules and is expected to reduce around 234 million tons of CO2 annually. The project was executed by Tata Power Solar Systems, an EPC arm of Tata Power, within the stipulated timeline of 3.5 months in 600 acres of land.
“Commissioning of MSEDCL project in such a short timeframe is a testimony to Tata Power’s extraordinary project execution capabilities. It would help Maharashtra contribute to India’s ambitious renewable energy ambitions by increasing the share of renewable energy in the state’s overall energy mix,” said Praveer Sinha, CEO and MD, Tata Power.
With this addition of 100 MW, the renewables capacity in operation for Tata Power now stands at 3,620 MW with 2,688 MW of solar and 932 MW of wind. Tata Power’s total renewable capacity is 4,920 MW including 1,300 MW of renewable projects under various stages of implementation.
Source: UNI
