Vikram Solar
joins hands with McLeod Russel India Limited for
execution of 100 Kw Off-Grid Solar Power Project
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| Mr. Gyanesh Chaudhary, Managing Director & CEO, Vikram Solar |
Mumbai March 7th 2014(Sailesh Gandhi): Vikram Solar,
the Kolkata headquartered global specialist in manufacturing photovoltaic
(PV) solar modules has tied up with McLeod Russel India
Limited, one of the oldest & the largest Tea Plantation Company in
the world for the execution of 100 Kw Off-Grid Solar
Power Project at Attareekhat Tea Estate, Tangla, Assam. This
is the first of its kind initiative wherein Vikram Solar is
extending its reach to a tea estate, thereby encouraging the use
of solar energy for a cleaner environment. This initiative will open
the way for other plants to come up on the vast stretches of land in and around
tea estates in Assam.
The
aim behind the project is to minimize the diesel generator set uses
.This solar system with battery back-up has received 30%
subsidy from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government Of
India.
Mr. Gyanesh Chaudhary, Managing Director & CEO,
Vikram Solar stated, “By setting up this plant with McLeod
Russel, Vikram Solar has expressed its confidence in bringing Solar Power
to north-east India and eradicate the
myth that north-east India is not suitable for Solar Power
plants.”
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