Metro Phase 3 to be fully solar powered

NEW DELHI:The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today signed three power purchase agreements and unique co-ordination scheduling agreement for 25 years period with Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited, a joint venture of Solar Energy Corporation of India and Government of Madhya Pradesh, Solar Power Developers (Mahindra, ACME Solar and Solenergi) and MPPMCL, spokesperson for the DMRC said.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today signed three power purchase agreements and unique co-ordination scheduling agreement for 25 years period with Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited, a joint venture of Solar Energy Corporation of India and Government of Madhya Pradesh, Solar Power Developers (Mahindra, ACME Solar and Solenergi) and MPPMCL, spokesperson for the DMRC said.

The DMRC has become the first metro to procure solar power, he said.

M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development, Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (independent charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines and Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, were present on the occasion.

The DMRC also has a target of commissioning 20-MWp rooftop solar plants by end of 2017 on its premises and has successfully commissioned 16-MWp capacity till date.

Source: The Tribune