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Delhi: Delhi Metro will soon be one of the most sustainable modes of transport in the country. The  Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will soon switch to using green power. India’s biggest metro rail system will get its electricity supply from Rewa Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh. The solar park is all set to begin supplying electricity to DMRC . This news comes in less than a year and a half with the 750 MW project making waves in the market. The solar project promises to sell electric power at than INR 3 (4 US cents) per unit. The Rewa project will in due course meet 90% of the power requisite of the Delhi Metro. The solar project that created history of sorts in renewable energy is the country is now operation. As reported earlier that the bidding of Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park in February 2017 culminated in record low solar tariffs. These were the lowest possible ever awarded to a solar project in India during the bidding procedure at that time. The park has started gener...

Kochi: The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) on Monday signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with AMP Solar India Private Ltd. The power generated by the plant will be connected to the power distribution system of KMRL. According to the agreement, AMP Solar India will set up a ground-mounted solar plant on the land available in KMRL’s Muttom depot. The agreement is on condition that KMRL will purchase solar power at the lowest rate quoted by the successful bidder for the next 25 years. The PPA was signed by KMRL Director (Projects) Thiruman Archunan and AMP Solar Director (Distributed Generation) Shriprakash Rai, in the presence of KMRL MD A P M Mohammed Hanish. “KMRL has always taken the effort to make Kochi metro the most environment-friendly, green metro in the country, and we are committed to taking up all possible measures towards this goal. Today, we are very happy to add 2.3 MWp more by erecting solar panels in the vacant space at our Muttom yard. We are on the lookout fo...

Kochi: The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) on Monday signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with AMP Solar India Private Ltd. The power generated by the plant will be connected to the power distribution system of KMRL. According to the agreement, AMP Solar India will set up a ground-mounted solar plant on the land available in KMRL’s Muttom depot. The agreement is on condition that KMRL will purchase solar power at the lowest rate quoted by the successful bidder for the next 25 years. The PPA was signed by KMRL Director (Projects) Thiruman Archunan and AMP Solar Director (Distributed Generation) Shriprakash Rai, in the presence of KMRL MD A P M Mohammed Hanish. “KMRL has always taken the effort to make Kochi metro the most environment-friendly, green metro in the country, and we are committed to taking up all possible measures towards this goal. Today, we are very happy to add 2.3 MWp more by erecting solar panels in the vacant space at our Muttom yard. We are on the lookout fo...