Tata Power will install solar rooftop projects at manufacturing sites of GE located at Durgapur in West Bengal, Pallavaram and Hosur in Tamil Nadu, multi-modal manufacturing site at Pune and upcoming factory at Marhowra in Bihar and maintenance facility at Roza in Uttar Pradesh.
The project would be executed on build-own-operate basis for this Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with GE.
The installation of the solar rooftop projects will help to generate over 1 million kWh of electricity per year, and will lead to an average tariff reduction of around 30 per cent.
India is an important manufacturing base for GE and sustainability is at the core of the business. Generation of solar power at the manufacturing plants will help in reducing carbon footprint. GE will also be able to curb the emission of over 13,000 kg of carbon dioxide per day.