SCHOTT Purchases Wind Solar Hybrid Energy
The green energy will be utilized to run SCHOTT’s operations at its glass tubing factory in Jambusar, Bharuch, Gujarat. This agreement comes under the aegis of the company’s commitment to becoming climate neutral across its production by 2030. A 20 year power purchase agreement (PPAs) has been made with CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions an operator of wind or solar farms.
CleanMax will set up and operate a hybrid power plant with a capacity of 3.6MW wind and 1.9MW solar and supply power to SCHOTT’s glass facility in Jambusar.
Welcoming this move, Pawan Shukla, Managing Director SCHOTT Glass India, said, “We are very proud to have signed this PPA with CleanMax as a part of our global commitment to become climate neutral. Apart from the fact that this will reduce our energy cost by a significant percentage, it is our valuable contribution to India’s aim to reduce carbon emissions by 45% by the end of 2030.”
The 5.5MW Wind/Solar hybrid project will lead to carbon abatement of approximately 16,000 tons CO2 equivalent annually. This project capacity is part of a larger wind solar hybrid farm being developed by CleanMax in Babra, Gujarat. The overall capacity of the CleanMax wind solar hybrid farm will stand at 400MW, leading to carbon abatement of more than 870,000 tons CO2 equivalent annually.
