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Article- setting new standards in Renewable industry- First ever Video Media Roundtable 23rd April, 2020
  • 425 MW rooftop projects have been commissioned
  • Portfolio 5.4GW large projects
  • More than 25000 installation of solar water pumps

Tata Power Solar, India’s largest & fully integrated solar power company has completed commissioning of over 425MW rooftop projects, portfolio of 5.4GW large projects, and more than 25000 installations of solar water pumps across the country. Tata Power Solar is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power and it operates in three distinct segments – manufacturing of solar modules, EPC services for solar power projects and creating innovative solar products.

As one of the largest solar manufacturers in India, Tata Power Solar operates world-class manufacturing unit in Bangalore, with a production capacity of 400 MW of modules and 300 MW of cells. With the portfolio of more than 5.4GW of large utility-scale projects across the country till date, Tata Power Solar has been maintaining its leadership position in the EPC segment. Recently, Tata Power Solar has received the Letter of Award to build the 300 MW CPSU-II for NTPC at an all-inclusive price of INR 1730.16 crore. The company has also recently completed commissioning of 300MW Solar Power Plant at Pavagada, 100MW project in Anantapur and 30MWp Solar Power Plant in Lapanga, Odisha. It has also won an auction conducted by Gujarat for 1000 MW of projects to be built at Dholera solar park.

Tata Power Solar provides customized solutions to the solar plants to suit local site conditions ensuring best in class performance and a long sustainable life. Lately, they have commissioned their first floating solar system that built on twin ponds with a capacity of 1.4 MW at Nellore, is a splendid example for the industry. Tata Power Solar also won 105MWp bid of one of the largest floating solar plants in the world to be installed at NTPC Kayamkulam in Kerala

Along with the large projects portfolio, Tata Power Solar is also India’s most trusted rooftop solution provider. Ranked as number 1 solar rooftop EPC player in the country for six years in a row, it has an installed base of over 425MW of rooftop system. Tata Power Solar is the preferred choice of India’s leading corporates, MNCs and institutions. The company has come with a successful background of executing the World’s largest Rooftop at a single location in Amritsar 16MW, India’s largest carport at Cochin International Airport, the World’s largest solar-powered Cricket stadium – Cricket Club of India and India International Centre, a prominent location in Delhi trusted Tata Power Solar for 70-KW solar rooftop installation.

Being a responsible player, Tata Power Solar has joined hands with various banks like SBI, PNB across India to provide financial supports to the various residential rooftop consumers. Basis the project requirements, the financial support are open till 70% from the banks. For 1MW projects, the down payment is up to 30%. The tenure of the payback can be up to 15yrs, as per the lease agreement. The collaterals are planned in line with individual projects.

The company has also initiated a nationwide 100 cities awareness programme to promote the benefit of savings by installing rooftop solar systems. The company has over 27,000 residential customers subscribing to the solutions. The campaign has witnessed a successful launch in 94 cities across the country including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad to name a few and expected to cover 6 additional cities in the coming months with the intent to promote solar energy, as the installation is expected to save up to Rs. 50,000 per 5kW per year.

Tata Power Solar has installed over 25,000 solar water pumps across India. Farmers no longer have to depend on expensive diesel pumps or erratic grid supply. The company has over 38% market share in the Maharashtra project for solar water pumps. Using the power of the sun, the solar pumps ensure dawn to dusk operations with consistent year on year water output. Through grid connectivity, the farmers also enjoy twin benefits of using solar power for agriculture as well as generating income by exporting access power back to the grid. Also solar water pumps help in mitigating issues pertaining to the availability of water for drinking purpose in rural India.

Mr. Ashish Khanna, Managing Director, & CEO, Tata Power Solar and President, Tata Power Renewables said, “As an organisation we have responsibilities towards our community and our country. Hence each initiative taken by Tata Power Solar is in the direction of making India a sustainable dependent country. We are pleased with our journey and commissioned projects so far however, we don’t want to respite rather we want to push ourselves to accomplish many more milestones, enabling our country and future generation to a greener and cleaner environment.”

About Tata Power Solar:

Tata Power Solar, with 31 years of deep domain expertise is one of the pioneering solar manufacturers in the world and India’s largest specialized EPC player. Founded in 1989, the company was originally formed as a joint venture between Tata Power and British Petroleum Solar (BP Solar). As a pioneer and market leader in the solar space, headquartered in Bangalore, Tata Power Solar now operates independently as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power.

As one of the largest solar manufacturers in India, Tata Power Solar operates world-class manufacturing unit in Bangalore, with a production capacity of 400 MW of modules and 300 MW of cells. It has completed more than 5.4GW of ground-mount utility-scale, and over 425MW of rooftop and distributed generation projects across the country till date. It also offers a diverse line of solar solutions for both urban and rural markets – these include rooftop solutions, solar pumps, and power packs among others. Tata Power Solar is committed to enabling solar everywhere and aims to provide energy access to millions of people across the country via its integrated solar solutions. For more information visit: www.tatapowersolar.com

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