Solar plant at TSSPDCL office commissioned

Sangareddy: TSSPDCL has taken a lead in adoption, promotion and integration of rooftop solar across their offices. On Saturday, G Raghuma Reddy, its CMD, along with Board of Directors, inaugurated a 100-kW solar plant at Sangareddy Circle Office. Other TSSPDCL buildings across Vikarabad, Siddipet and Sangareddy are being solarised by Freyr Energy Services, a Hyderabad based Solar PV installer. The entire project capacity is 590 kW.

These solar rooftop projects together are expected to reduce 393 tonnes of greenhouse emissions yearly and equivalent of planting 8,500 trees annually, leading to annual savings of approximately Rs. 62 lakhs in their electricity bills.

Saurabh Marda, co-founder of Freyr Energy Services, said, "it is greatly encouraging to see a power distribution company take the lead in recognizing the importance and benefits of solar energy." Freyr Energy is one of the fastest growing rooftop solar companies in India, with presence in Singapore, USA, Nigeria and Ghana. It has installed over 1,200 solar projects across 19 states in India, that include rooftop (residential, commercial, industrial & government), solar water pumps, solar petrol pumps and microgrids.