Conserve Energy: India gets 140MW of solar power

Sterling and Wilson Pvt. Ltd., a group company of the well-known Shapoorji Pallonji Group and one of India’s leading solar EPC companies with over 350 MW of solar projects spread across 13 states is close to commissioning more than 140 megawatts (MW) of solar power generation plants in India for the financial year 2014 - 2015.

The Solar Photovoltaic power plant projects have been developed by Sterling and Wilson for various private sector institutions across several states that include: Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.

According to company sources, the cumulative power output from the 140 MWs of solar power projects commissioned by them in just a year would be enough to light up 2,00,000 Indian homes or approximately 4 times the number of households in New Delhi.

From an environment perspective, the company has helped in reducing India’s carbon footprint by decreasing its dependency on coal for captive power generation by 70 tonnes per year, which is the approximate amount of coal required to generate around 140 MW of electricity.

Sterling & Wilson has also been ranked the top solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company in India by the Hong Kong-based IHS Research, a market research firm. The India and global lists put the company ahead of leading domestic solar EPC players such as L&T ECC Solar, Mahindra EPC and Moser Baer.

Speaking on the milestone of completing 140 MW of solar power generation plants across India during the last financial year, the company’s president (electrical & solar business) Bikesh Ogra said, “It has been a very exciting year in terms of the solar projects executed by us at Sterling and Wilson. Our superior engineering capability coupled with our astute technical know-how has enabled us to deliver most of our projects in an efficient manner on or before the deadlines set by our clients.

“All our commissioned plants perform at a higher than estimated efficiency level thus increasing the value generated by it for the client on a yearly basis,” he added. “We have also managed to make a positive impact on the country’s commitment towards a sustainable future by setting up Solar Power Plants for various clients from the private sector within a short span of one year.

 “As new environmental norms come into existence for the betterment of society it will be our endeavor to drive value and engineering innovations in the solar business thus further reducing our dependency on fossil fuel generated power,” he said.

Sterling and Wilson, which began its operations in 1927 as Wilson Electric Works, is a group company of the 149 year old US$ 2.5 billion business conglomerate - Shapoorji Pallonji Group, and is one of India’s leading MEP services provider.

Some of the iconic projects accomplished by Sterling and Wilson are First International Financial Centre (FIFC), Terminal 3- Indira Gandhi International Airport, Lulu International Mall, Buddh International Circuit and Ford India to name a few.

Internationally, the company along with its parent SPCL is presently developing a pipeline of solar and MEP projects across India, Middle-east, Central Asia, East Asia and Africa.