ITC commissions 14.9 MW solar plant in TN

CHENNAI: Diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd on Tuesday said it has commissioned a 14.9 MW solar power plant in Dindigul.

According to the company, the 14.9 MW solar power plant was built at an outlay of Rs 76 crore thereby meeting 90 per cent of the company’s power needs in Tamil Nadu from renewable sources.

ITC plans to meet 100 per cent of the entire grid electricity requirements from renewable sources by 2030 and contribute meaningfully to combat the threat of climate change, the company said.

Spread over 59 acres, the Dindigul solar plant will generate over 22 million units of renewable energy annually for ITC’s hotels, food manufacturing plants, paper manufacturing facility, and printing and packaging factories in Tamil Nadu.

“At ITC, we have relentlessly pursued a mission for environmental stewardship through a gamut of large-scale endeavours that comprehensively address the threat of climate change. Our largescale investments in renewable energy assets are an integral part of our low carbon strategy aimed at making a meaningful contribution to a net zero economy,” Sanjiv Rangrass, Group Head - ITC Life Sciences & Technology, Central Projects, EHS & Quality Assurance said.

ITC’s renewable portfolio comprises 138 MW of wind power plants and 14 MW of solar plants with 53MW of additional solar capacity under execution.

Currently, projects are also underway in other sources of renewable energy like biomass boilers. The company has made investments of over Rs 1,000 crore in renewable energy assets to date.

Renewable energy powers 20 factories, nine hotels, and six office buildings of ITC in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Haryana, West Bengal, and Punjab.