Speciality Glass Manufacturer Schott In 5.5 MW Energy Deal With CleanMax

Mar 22, 2023 07:43 PM ET
  • This Power Purchase Agreement to acquire 5.5 MW is part of the GermanTechnology Group SCHOTT's international dedication to achieve climate neutrality by 2030
  • The Agreement is signed for twenty years, which will dramatically minimize carbon
  • emissions in an otherwise energy-intensive glass manufacturing center.

The international modern technology group SCHOTT has participated in an agreement with CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions, the leading C&I renewable resource business for buying green energy from a 5.5 MW renewable resource (Wind-- Solar hybrid) project in Babra, Gujarat, India.

The green energy will be made use of to run SCHOTT's operations at its glass tubes factory in Jambusar, Bharuch, Gujarat. This agreement comes under the aegis of SCHOTT's dedication to ending up being environment neutral throughout its manufacturing by 2030. To change its electricity supply to 100% green energy, SCHOTT is also depending on power purchase agreements (PPAs). PPAs are contracts with operators of renewable resource plants, such as wind or solar farms.

CleanMax will certainly set up and run a hybrid power plant with a capacity of 3.6 MW Wind and also 1.9 MW Solar and supply power to SCHOTT's glass facility in Jambusar, Gujarat (India). The PPA is for a duration of two decades. Kuldeep Jain, MD CleanMax, claimed, "CleanMax makes every effort to be the sustainability companion of option for corporates and also firms. This PPA with Schott Glass is one more feather in our cap as well as we are proud to assist the sustainability efforts being taken on at Schott Glass."

Pawan Shukla, Managing Director SCHOTT Glass India, said, "We are very pleased to have authorized this PPA with CleanMax as a part of our international dedication to end up being environment neutral. In addition to the fact that this will certainly minimize our energy expense by a considerable percentage, it is our valuable payment to India's goal to minimize carbon emissions by 45% by the end of 2030".

The 5.5 MW Wind-- Solar hybrid project is part of a larger wind solar hybrid farm being created by CleanMax in Babra, Gujarat. The total capacity of the CleanMax wind solar hybrid farm will certainly stand at 400 MW, resulting in carbon abatement of greater than 870,000 heaps CO2 comparable each year.


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