Tata Power Solar has bagged the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) award for rooftop solar power projects.
The company has won in the Channel Partner/EPC contractor category at the National Excellence Awards 2016 instituted by MNRE for the first time.
According to Ashish Khanna, ED and CEO, Tata Power Solar, as per MNRE, the awards are presented to encourage efficiency and give positive feedback to various government bodies as well as private sector. Tata Power Solar has commissioned 112.5 MW of rooftop projects till 2016.
Rooftop power plants are expected to constitute 40 per cent of the Government’s 100 GW target solar capacity to be achieved by 2022. Recently, MNRE announced a 30 per cent subsidy for all residential and non-profit organisations installing rooftop solar.