Vagdevi Vilas School and Tata Power solar partner to set-up 100 kW rooftop solar project
Bangalore, India; 5th June, 2015: Vagdevi Vilas School, one of Bangalore’s premier educational institutions, today announced the successful completion of a 100 kW rooftop solar plant in their school campus. Located in Marathalli, Bangalore, the plant was inaugurated by Shri. Y. B. Ramakrishna, Executive Chairman, Karnataka State Bio-Fuel Development Board, as part of the institution’s World Environment Day celebration. The school has partnered with Tata Power Solar, India’s largest specialized solar EPC player, for the implementation of this project.
Speaking on the project, Shri. K. Harish, Chairman, Vagdevi Vilas School said “We are proud to be a pro-Green institution, by setting up one of the largest rooftop projects for a school in India. This project will help our school completely meet its energy requirements, in a clean and green manner. We are glad to have partnered with Tata Power Solar for our first renewable energy project.”
Constructed over a single rooftop, the power generated by these solar panels will be enough to fulfil the school’s entire needs by 100%. This plant will be able to generate upto 1.6 lakhs kWh energy annually, and reduce the carbon footprint by almost 125 tonnes per year. The plant also comes with a grid type invertor, contributing towards better efficiency of the panels.
“We, at Tata Power Solar, are proud to be associated with a revolutionary educational intuition to help them harness their power requirements through solar energy. Solarizing India will require the combined effort of the community and such initiatives by educational institutions set the right example for everyone to follow. It will also help bring in consciousness among school students on green energy and they will act as our brand ambassadors in harnessing solar power for the country’s development.” said Ashish Khanna, ED & CEO, Tata Power Solar.
To help monitor the performance of the plant installed at the school, a remote monitoring system has been installed to ensure minimum disruption of power.
About Vagdevi Vilas Institution:
Vagdevi Vilas Institutions, Bangalore, one of the pioneers in the field of education under the leadership of its Chairman Sri K Harish have taken a major leap in Conservation and Management of energy resources by installing a 100KWp roof top solar power system in its Marathahalli Campus.
The School with its picturesque campus is already credited with a Biogas plant, Paper recycling unit, Vermicompost unit, Science Tech park, Mineral house, wind mills and a Rain water harvesting with a storage unit with a capacity of 2 lakh litres.
Through this initiative the school intents to revolutionize and capitalize the young minds towards the importance of effective energy consumption for better and safer tomorrow.
