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SCCL commissions 1.23 MW rooftop solar plants at Kothagudem
SCCL (Singareni Collieries Company) on Friday commissioned 1.23 MW rooftop solar plants on its corporate buildings in Kothagudem. Chairman and managing director Dr Buddha Prakash Jyoti inaugurated the plants and formally connected…
The Story in Brief
SCCL (Singareni Collieries Company) on Friday commissioned 1.23 MW rooftop solar plants on its corporate buildings in Kothagudem. Chairman and managing director Dr Buddha Prakash Jyoti inaugurated the plants and formally connected a 100 kW segment on the head office building to the grid.
Dr Jyoti said the coal miner is expanding into solar and floating solar power alongside its thermal business. SCCL has already installed 245.5 MW of solar capacity at vacant sites across its premises. Additional solar projects will be set up in line with directions from the central and Telangana governments to meet energy requirements, he added.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative that a coal company cannot genuinely embrace renewables is lazy. SCCL's 1.23 MW rooftop addition and 245.5 MW of prior solar capacity show a real, if modest, diversification. The test will be whether its solar output ever matches a meaningful fraction of its coal-fired generation, and whether the company sets a timeline to reduce coal reliance. Until those numbers emerge, scepticism is fair but dismissal is not.
Sources (2): telanganatoday.com, deccanchronicle.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
