Diversified business conglomerate ITC Limited has commissioned its first off-site solar plant in Tamil Nadu set up at an investment of Rs 76 crore, the company said on Tuesday.
The 14.9 MW solar plant in Dindigul about 450 km from here, would help reduce the carbon dioxide emissions over the course of the time and it has already helped ITC to achieve the feat of meeting 90 per cent of its electricity requirement, a company statement said, here.
The project, in line with ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri’s ‘Sustainability 2.0’ Vision, under which ITC plans to meet 100 per cent of the entire grid electricity requirements from renewable sources by 2030 and contribute to combat the threat of climate change.
