With a view to saving the cost of Energy Usage and be a part of India’s Green Energy growth story, MBA Foundation Airoli Navi Mumbai had ventured into building a 25 kWp Rooftop Solar Power Plant in Feb – Mar 2024 with the help of Mumbai based VISOL Renewable Energy Solutions LLP.
It was a very innovative way of creating additional sheltered terrace space for various activities for our Trainees, and at the same time generate power from Solar Panels pasted on the rooftop.
The Net Metering System which is tested and certified by Electricity Authorities, will record & deposit excess power given to the Grid in a Power Bank and pay for the power deposited at the end of each year – a drive beneficial to both the Electricity Board as well as MBA Foundation.
Frequent power-cuts are being encountered on a regular basis, particularly in Airoli, and this becomes more severe during summer months. This not only causes disruption in our office working but also gave rise to severe discomfort to the inmates. At times, the power cuts even continue overnight which causes too much discomfort to our residential life care beneficiaries.
In order to overcome the above situation, a need was felt to procure a DG Set which can auto-start whenever there is a power failure. Taking into account minimum load requirement of the Centre, plus 25% reserve capacity; a suitable Genset of Cummins Make 58.5 kVA range has been selected. The total cost of the Project came around Rs. 10 Lacs including installation of a Synchroniser Unit, which utilises Solar Power while Gen Set is in operation. M/s Marsh McLennan, Mumbai has generously donated full amount covering the entire cost of the DG Set Project.
