IOC Gujarat refinery to set up 1,400-KW solar plant in 2016

Vadodara

Indian Oil Corporation’s Gujarat Refinery will set up a 1,400-KW solar power system at its Koyali-based facility here to reduce its carbon footprint and optimally utilise renewable energy resources.

The project is expected to be commissioned by March 2016, IOC Gujarat Refinery Executive Director S K Dhar Gupta said in a release issued here.

A grid-tied 250 KW solar power system is already catering to the partial electricity requirement of its technical building, including daytime lighting and air-conditioning, it said.

Grid-tied systems are the most common type of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and are connected to the electrical grid, allowing usage of solar energy as well as electricity from the grid.

The system automatically gets synchronised with Gujarat Refinery’s power system at LV level during day time and similarly gets offline during evenings, it said.

He further said Gujarat Refinery is investing Rs 160 crore in setting up a Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant in its 13.7 MMTPA refinery.

Mechanical completion of the RO plant is expected to be over by March 2016. The RO plant will maximise reuse of treated effluent by improving its quality and thus reduce fresh water consumption considerably, it said.

PTI