THE APM Terminals Mumbai, the busiest container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), has installed solar panels on rooftops it hopes will supply 15 per cent of the facility's electric needs at full build-out.
In the project's first phase, now underway, the roof-top solar panels will generate electric power of up to 361,000 kilowatt hour (kWh) units per year to help operate the terminal.
"The Mumbai solar panel project reaffirms our commitment to green power and caring for the Indian environment," said the terminal's chief operations officer Ravi Gaitonde.
A feasibility study was completed by the terminal in 2015 on the possibility of generating solar power to reduce conventional electrical power consumption at the facility that handled two million TEU in 2015.
Phase one included the installation of solar panels on the roofs of the terminal's workshop and central gate complex.
Phase two will see the installation of solar panels on the roof tops of the ship-to-shore crane machine houses, with the expected completion date of June 2016.
In the project's first phase, now underway, the roof-top solar panels will generate electric power of up to 361,000 kilowatt hour (kWh) units per year to help operate the terminal.
"The Mumbai solar panel project reaffirms our commitment to green power and caring for the Indian environment," said the terminal's chief operations officer Ravi Gaitonde.
A feasibility study was completed by the terminal in 2015 on the possibility of generating solar power to reduce conventional electrical power consumption at the facility that handled two million TEU in 2015.
Phase one included the installation of solar panels on the roofs of the terminal's workshop and central gate complex.
Phase two will see the installation of solar panels on the roof tops of the ship-to-shore crane machine houses, with the expected completion date of June 2016.