Tata Steel and Tata Power, the two flagship companies of the Tata Group, have come together to develop a grid-connected solar project in Jharkhand and Odisha.
The two companies have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a duration of 25 years to set up 41-mw worth of solar power capacity, which will be a combination of rooftop, floating and ground mounted solar panels.
Under the project, Tata Power will develop solar photovoltaic capacities for Tata Steel at Jamshedpur (Jharkhand, 21.97 MWp) and Kalinganagar (Odisha, 19.22MWp).
Under this PPA, at Jamshedpur, Tata Power will develop rooftops PV with 7.57 MWp capacity, while floating and ground mounted capacity would be 10.80 MWp and 3.6MWp, respectively. The ground mounted PV will be installed at Sonari Airport, Jamshedpur. Kalinganagar will have 9.12 MWp rooftop PV capacities, and floating PV will constitute 10.10 MWp.
The estimated energy generation through 41.19MWp solar project is 6, 02, 80,095 kWh for the first year. During its lifetime (i.e. for 25 years), the total energy generation would be 1,40,93,61,488 kWh. The project will help save 45210 tonnes of CO2 per year and 1057021 tonnes during its lifetime (25 years).
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Earlier collaborations
In March 2021, the two companies had announced to develop a 15MW solar project at Jamshedpur. This project would generate an average of 32 MUs of energy per year. It will help in offsetting approximately average 25.8 million Kgs of CO2 annually. Earlier in 2017, Tata Power Solar had commissioned a 3-mw solar PV power plant in Tata Steel’s Iron Ore Mine at Noamundi. This was the first solar power plant of its kind at any iron ore mine in the country.
Featured photograph shows overview of Tata Steel’s Kalinganagar steel complex in Odisha.