Chennai, MARCH 19:
SunEdision has put up a 100-kW solar plant on roof of building of Scope International in Chennai. Scope is Standard Chartered Bank’s captive BPO and its headquarters is in Chennai.
Spread over 20,000 sq ft of roof space, the plant uses 875 solar panels and will generate 3 million units of electricity over the next 20 years, enough to power 40 average Indian homes annually.
This is the first commercial rooftop solar project, SunEdison India’s Managing Director, Mr Pasupathy Gopalan, said on Monday, meaning that the Scope building will consume the energy produced on its rooftop, paying a price for it. SunEdison has not disclosed the price, but said it was the first commercial PPA rooftop in the country.
The entire project was completed in three months. SunEdison is in talks with other prospects for similar rooftop projects.
source: http://www.TheHinduBusinessLine.com / Companies / by M. Ramesh / March 19th, 2012