Sunsure Energy Signs Open Access Solar PPA with Dabur India

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Sunsure Energy, a renewable energy producer, has signed an open access solar PPA with Dabur India Limited, a Science-based Ayurveda major. Under this PPA, Dabur will be able to offset a significant part of the total power needs of its Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) factory.

The PPA was signed in the presence of Dabur India Limited Global Head of Operations Rahul Awasthi; Head of Manufacturing at Dabur India Limited, Hrishikesh Ramani and Sunsure Senior Vice President, Vinod Sharma. With this intitaitive, Dabur India maintains that it will be headed towards decarbonization of its operations. Through the PPA, Sunsure Energy will supply over 4 million units of green power to Dabur’s Ghaziabad factory. This will enable them to offset over 3.2 million kgs of CO2 annually for the next 25 years.

Speaking about the PPA agreement, Awasthi said, “We, at Dabur, pride ourselves in being the pioneers in Ayurvedic and natural products. In this journey towards becoming a transnational consumer goods company with the largest natural and herbal products globally, understanding nature has always been at the heart of our initiatives to decarbonize our energy consumption. They hope that by signing this Green Energy PPA agreement with Sunsure Energy would offset a significant amount of our carbon emissions and contribute towards a cleaner and greener future. They hope to inspire other corporations to do the same.”

Shashank Sharma, Founder – Chairman & CEO of Sunsure Energy, said, “We are thrilled to have signed the PPA agreement, officially welcoming Dabur India into our esteemed customer family. We are delighted to collaborate with Dabur, and we take pride in being their chosen power supplier. This agreement stands as a significant stride towards advancing the adoption of green energy in the FMCG sector. Looking ahead, we are dedicated to harnessing our strengths in the renewable energy sector to support Dabur India in reaching their Net Zero goals.

Last year, the FMCG major announced that the firm was planning to induct a fleet of 100 electric vehicles in its supply chain. 

Last month, Sunsure set up three solar power projects for cement manufacturer Dalmia Bharat Cement to help power up the cement major’s operations. The solar power projects are for a cumulative capacity of 23.74 MW.