Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL), a part of Tata Power operating in solar space as manufacture and EPC player, has signed up with General Electric (GE) to provide solar rooftop solutions for GE’s six manufacturing and services sites in India. The projects will be executed on Build-Own-Operate basis, it added. “Generation of solar power at our manufacturing plants will help GE in reducing carbon footprint,” said Amit Kumar, Vice-President, Supply Chain - GE India & South-East Asia.

He added India has a lot of potential for solar rooftop projects which need to be harnessed to meet India’s energy needs for manufacturing.