Car parking built on Unity One in association with DMRC will provide 300KWof solar electricity
Tata Power Solar, India’s largest integrated solar company, sets another landmark by commissioning an unprecedented rooftop project in India -a solar carport on the rooftop of the sprawling 70,000 sq.mtrUnity One mall, aUnity Group endeavor in Rohini.The unique rooftop carport is estimated to set off 438 Tons of carbon emission annually. Tata Power Solar won the bid in the open tender process fielded by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for multi-level car parking. The carport was inaugurated by Mr. Satyender Jain, Minister of Power, PWD, Health & FW, Industries and Gurudwara Elections, Govt of NCT Delhi.
The project has been envisaged under net-metering scheme enabling self -reliance in the energy consumption and production cycle. It enables the mall to receive real value of theenergy produced by earning on the unused and excess solar electricity produced. It also cuts down the need to install a second meter or an expensive battery storage system as it is directly connected to the local power grid.
Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Ashish Khanna, ED and CEO, Tata Power Solar said, “We feel proud to be associated with yet another milestonesolar project for India. It has been achieved byour excellent engineering skills and project management capabilities. After earning the distinction of executing world’s largest rooftop at a single location and India’s largest carport at Cochin, we feel proud to accomplish India’s first carport on a rooftop.”
Tata Power Solar has been consistently ranked number one rooftop player for four years inrunning (Bridge to India). It is rated tier-1 module manufacturer by BNEF (Bloomberg New Energy Fund). It hasshipped 1 GW modules to over 30 countries -the first Indian company to achieve this milestone.
About Tata Power Solar:
Tata Power Solar, with 27 years of deep domain expertise, is one of the pioneering solar manufacturers in the world and India’s largest specialised EPC player. Founded in 1989, the company was originally formed as a joint venture between Tata Power and British Petroleum Solar (BP Solar). As a pioneer and market leader in the solar space, headquartered in Bangalore, Tata Power Solar now operates independently as a whollyowned subsidiary of Tata Power.
As one of the largest solar manufacturers in India, Tata Power Solar operates world-class manufacturing unit in Bangalore, with a production capacity of 400 MW of modules and 300 MW of cells. It has completed more than 605MW of ground-mount utility scale and 140 MW of rooftop and distributed generation projects across the country till date. diverse line of solar solutions for both urban and rural markets –these include rooftop solutions, solar pumps and power packs among others. Tata Power Solar is committed to enabling solar everywhere and aims to provide energy access to millions of people across the country via its integrated solar solutions. For more information visit: www.tatapowersolar.com
