Amp Energy Commissions 13.5 MW Solar Power Project in Maharashtra

• The 13.5 MW project will provide solar energy to Orient Cement's production facility in Maharashtra from Amp's open gain access to facility in Gurgaon village, district Osmanabad in the state.
• Orient Cement has actually signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Amp Energy India for the purchase of solar power for 25 years.

New Delhi-based Amp Energy India has just recently appointed a 13.5 MW solar power project for cement maker Orient Cement.

The 13.5 MW project will provide solar energy to Orient Cement's manufacturing facility in Maharashtra from Amp's open gain access to facility in Gurgaon village, area Osmanabad in the state. Orient Cement has actually signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Amp Energy India for the purchase of solar power for 25 years.

With this collaboration, Orient Cement is anticipated to meet 50% of its annual energy requirements and considerably lower its energy bills. The project is also anticipated to help Orient Cement decrease about 15,595 statistics lots of CO2 per annum, a need to for the energy intensive cement supplier.

"Framework market in India is the backbone on which the economic climate grows. In this sector, cement companies like Orient Cement have gone to the forefront establishing best techniques in production and also saving the setting," said Pinaki Bhattacharyya, MD and also Chief Executive Officer, Amp Energy India.

"This partnership will certainly give the right motivation for various other cement business to transition in the direction of 100% renewable energy for minimizing their energy costs as well as fulfilling their sustainability targets. We want to extend our gratefulness to the team at Orient Cement for accepting us specifically in these tough times as well as aid us supply the project within the timelines," he added.

"Switching to solar and various other eco-friendly resources of energy for our manufacturing plants was planned to ensure we considerably lower our carbon footprint according to our sustainability objectives. Eco-friendly power, of which solar remains a vital pillar will certainly remain to grow within our energy mix as we broaden capacity in the years ahead. We are happy to work together with Amp on this project and expect an ongoing organization," Soumitro Bhattacharyya, Orient Cement claimed.

Amp Energy India has developed numerous essential open gain access to projects, such as the largest solar open gain access to project in Maharashtra (30MW), the very first captive solar open access project in Uttar Pradesh (42MW) as well as its third open gain access to project of in Karnataka (30 MW).