Welspun Renewables’ extends Solar Capacity in Punjab By Saur News Bureau/ Updated On Sat, Mar 5th, 2016 Welspun Renewables is reported to have extended it solar capacity in Punjab by 4 MW (AC). Evaluating Punjab to a green energy run, the latest addition comes is thenceforth of its 32 MW (AC) Bathinda solar project. The two projects combined together will be annually feeding 54.37 million units of clean energy to the grid. Consequent to this, Welspun Renewables will be offsetting 1,481,525 tonnes of CO2 emissions over the next 25 years. Commenting on the development, Vineet Mittal, Vice Chairman Welspun Renewables said, “We believe that it’s our responsibility to help India meet her development needs by integrating ecological sustainability. Sustainable development of the people can only be ensured if we focus on clean energy and move away from polluting energy sources. With each project the organization commissions; we are helping the country move closer to meeting its clean energy targets. Like all our projects before, this latest capacity addition too was commissioned well before the committed timelines. Given our engineering expertise, I am confident this project will be performing optimally”. Earlier this financial year, Welspun Renewables had commissioned state’s largest solar project of 32 MW (AC) capacities. In line with the government’s renewable energy initiatives, Welspun Renewables is well on target to commission 1000 MW of solar and wind power projects by the end of this financial year. Tags: Bikram Singh Majithia, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, MNRE, PUNJAB, Solar Energy, Solar News, Solar Panels, Solar Power, Welspun Renewables