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REC Sees Captive Solar Consumption on the Rise in India

All electricity produced will be used for the printing of the Eenadu

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

REC will supply 25,720 REC Peak Energy Series solar panels aggregating to 6.5 MWp to power a ground-mounted tracker system in Andhra Pradesh, India. All electricity produced – 12,289,500 kWh of clean, green electricity each year – will be used for the printing of the Eenadu, the largest circulated Telugu newspaper in Andhra Pradesh, owned by the Ramoji Group. India’s electricity shortage due to rapid economic expansion together with high levels solar irradiation and high electricity prices pa...

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