Punj Lloyd builds 1.2 MWp solar rooftop power plants in Chandigarh.

A 200 kWp SPV Grid Interactive multi rooftop single point integration power plant, designed and commissioned by Punj Lloyd, the global EPC conglomerate, was inaugurated recently by Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology Promotional Society (CREST) at the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) Complex in Chandigarh, taking Punj Lloyd's cumulative installed solar energy capacity to over 1.2 MWp in Chandigarh.

Punj Lloyd has earlier completed a 495 kWp and a 435 kWp SPV Grid Interactive multi-rooftop single point integration power plants in the Government Colleges of Girls and Boys respectively.

Chandigarh has been identified as the Model Solar City by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in its Solar City Programme. CREST is the nodal agency for executing solar projects in Chandigarh. Besides contributing to the Ministry's mission of creating solar cities, these rooftop projects, developed by the Group's renewable arm, Punj Lloyd Delta Renewables will be instrumental in reaching the Governments target of 100GW by 2022, said a company release.

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