Tata Power Solar partners with Tamil

Nadu Energy Development Agency

(TEDA) to light up rural Tamil Nadu

Highlights:

Location : Tamil Nadu, India Solar Inverter : Hybrid PCU

Impact : Nearly 38,600 families and

System Size : 5 MW - distributed
23,500 street points electrified

Estimated Annual : 5.2 million units/year Co2 Avoided : 380 Tonnes

Production Annually

Tata Power Solar is the only company which has completed a project
of this scale in the defined timeline, impacting thousands of households
across Tamil Nadu

Senior Government Official

Tamil Nadu

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Requirements:
Impact:
The Tamil Nadu government's rural development department set up the visionary
'Solar Powered Green House' scheme, wherein: Today nearly every village in
Tamil Nadu has a Tata Power
Three lakh solar powered houses are constructed in rural areas having limited grid Solar lighting system installed.
connectivity Savings:
Each house to have a provision to run five lights from solar power The home and street
Solar community / street lighting to empower the rural communities. lighting systems
generate a cumulative
To install solar-power systems for these green houses TEDA was looking for a reliable 15000-16000 units/day,
partner who could deliver the project in remote rural areas, across the length and which result in a
breadth of Tamil Nadu. substantial cost saving
to each household on a
Project Highlights: consistent basis
This results in a
Tata Power Solar, with its expertise in developing off-grid solar solutions, was chosen reduction of 5.2 million
to custom design and install nearly 38,600 home lighting systems, along with 23,500 units/year of load on the
street lighting systems. distribution system for
the state.
Tata Power Solar has successfully managed and installed an equivalent of 5 MW
Improved quality of life:
distributed power projects, across more than 7850 villages.
The program has directly
Hybrid home lighting solutions: Tata Power Solar custom-designed a home benefitted around
lighting system which can light up to five 9W CFL lamps, for four hours each day. 38,600 families, and the
home lighting systems
The AC system has an intelligent power conditioning unit, with an option of have opened up
using grid, to charge batteries during non-sunny days multitude opportunities
for the beneficiaries
To optimize battery life, the system is designed for use between 6:00pm to
10:00pm. Street lights are a vital
necessity for security
India's largest solar street lighting program, with grid backup & optimal power use: and these intelligent
Set up specifically in remote locations which have zero access to electricity, these lighting installations
street lights provide uninterrupted power and have become a lifeline for people across 23,500 street
points have given the
who can now use the streets even after dusk.
community night long
access to mobility.
Tata Solar Street predominantly runs on solar energy and is designed to have
TM

a grid-backup provision for non-sunny days Employment for the local

community:
Unique to this project is the mass implementation of an intelligent electronic
system which controls the illumination of light with time, ensuring optimum Nearly 250 people have
utilization of solar power, giving independent and complete dusk to dawn been employed from the
local community, who
operation
worked for almost a year
7:00pm - 11:00pm the lights run on higher intensity brightness; 11:00pm- on the installations
5:00am the system intelligently switches to dim lighting; and again from
To ensure that the
5:00am - 6:00am switches back to higher intensity brightness. systems are up &
To ensure the benefit of the scheme is sustained, the program also includes a five year running, an additional
100 people have been
maintenance support through a complaint management call center, which has been
deployed for regular
setup by Tata Power Solar. service & maintenance
of the equipment.

About Tata Power Solar

Tata Power Solar, with 25 years of deep domain expertise, is India's largest
specialised EPC player and one of the pioneering solar manufacturers in the world.
Recently ranked the #1 EPC player in India* by Bridge to India for 2014, we have
completed more than 175 MW of ground-mount utility scale and 43 MW of
rooftop and distributed generation projects across the country. Tata Power Solar
has commissioned around 100 MW of projects in 2014, which include 50 MW for
NTPC, 3 MW for Andhra Sugars, 1.2 MW for GEDA and 750 kW for SMC.
Headquartered in Bangalore, Tata Power Solar operates world-class
manufacturing units in Bangalore, with a production capacity of 200 MW of
modules and 180 MW of cells.
* India Solar Map 2014

TATA POWER SOLAR SYSTEMS LIMITED

Head Office: 78, Electronics City, Phase I, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 100.
Tel: +91 80 6777 2000 | Fax: +91 80 6777 2252 | Email: info@tatapowersolar.com
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