Mumbai: Vikhroli building gets 525kw/day solar power facility in 45 days
MUMBAI: Around 150 workers commissioned one of the biggest solar energy facilities over a 40,000 sqft roof of Embassy 247 Park building, a commercial complex in Vikhroli, by installing 1,591 panels in only 45 days.
It will have 525kw power generation capacity per day, the highest, which is 25kw more than a similar system atop HDIL Dheeraj Dreams in Bhandup, commissioned last year. Mumbai Metro One, an infrastructure project, tops in generation capacity at 612kw.
Embassy building is the largest self-generator of green energy among building structures in the city, translating into a huge green impact equivalent to plantation of 25,000 teakwood trees annually, said solar energy expert Gautam Das, an IIT-B alumni and CEO of Oorajn Solar, that led the mammoth task.
He said the project will help reduce 16,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emission by avoiding consumption of thermal power, besides saving Rs 70 lakh on electricity bills every year.
