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Tata Power to back North-West

India renewables development

INDIA INDIA’S leading power producer, Tata Power, who are committed to make a positive impact
has announced plans to develop in the region on the environment of our planet Earth.”
of 10 GW of renewable energy installations in At the summit in India’s north-west, he went
India’s north-western state of Rajasthan over the on to add: “(W)ith its already strong footprint
next five years. in the state, Tata Power is fully poised to make
In doing so, it is understood that Tata will be Rajasthan future-ready and to realise its full
using the energy produced to put in place exten- potential and emerge as a green powerhouse
sive infrastructure to eventually support an of the country. We will continue to build on all
increase of electric vehicle (EV) use across the three businesses – engineering, procurement
country. The company would also be investing and construction (EPC), solar pump and solar
heavily in solar pumps in Rajasthan, a company rooftop – to the benefit of farmers, industries
source indicated. and common citizens of this frontier state”, in a
One of the lowest density population areas in reference to Rajasthan bordering Pakistan to the
the nation of 1.4bn, as India’s largest state, Rajast- north, across the Great Indian Desert.
han is home to just 68mn people. The renewables arm of Mumbai-based Tata
It has long been targeted by both domestic Power has already started to develop a state-wide
and foreign developers intent on developing portfolio of almost 5 GW, with 2.06 GW com-
large-scale solar farms in the region. missioned in the state and a further 2.87 GW of
At a recent event aimed at attracting business solar sites now at different stages of construction.
to the state named ‘Invest Rajasthan’, the Tata All sites are on track to be fully operational by
Power CEO and managing director highlighted the end of 2024, at the latest.
plans to develop around 8 GW in utility-scale Tata has also positioned 65 MW of roof-
solar projects in addition to a further 1 GW in top solar at a number of sites across the state,
regional rooftop solar. including 20 MW at sites directly linked to one
Praveer Sinha said in a statement released to of Rajasthan’s most important industries, stone
the media that “both in terms of potential and cutting and crushing.
what has been done so far, Rajasthan has today “With the support and favourable policies of
emerged as a role model to produce green energy the Government of Rajasthan, we are looking
through solar power. I am happy to be here (at forward to opportunities of power distribution
the) Invest Rajasthan Summit.” in various other cities in the state under the
Just days earlier, Sinha had also spotlighted collaborative public private partnership (PPP)
his firm’s continued efforts at boosting flagging model and to serve the citizens of Rajasthan
efforts nationwide to reach 500 GW of renewa- with quality power supply,” a statement from the
bles by 2030, and in the process move towards company said.
nationwide net zero, saying: “Tata Power is As part of this “quality power supply” the
proud to host the first ever ‘Act for Biodiver- company has to date installed the beginnings of
sity Conclave’ to create awareness on biodiver- EV infrastructure in the form of 100 public and
sity conservation and to promote responsible over 1,100 home charging points for EVs.
actions to achieve a sustainable future. (At) Tata In the next few years the company has plans
Power we look forward to collaborating with to increase the number of public EV charging
change-makers and like-minded corporations points to around 10,000, the CEO said.™

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