Rooftop solar plant installed in Coimbatore

The plant is to have three MW power and work for another one MW will begin next year

August 02, 2014 10:13 am | Updated 10:13 am IST - COIMBATORE:

Tata Power Solar has installed a two Mega Watt(MW) rooftop solar plant for Murugan Textiles at Palladam.

According to a press release, the system has been installed on the roof of a building that houses the spinning machinery and a warehouse.

The plant is to have totally three MW and work for another one Mega Watt will begin next year.

This system is a captive plant for the textile unit.

Exchange mela

City Union Bank conducted a cut and soiled notes exchange mela on Wednesday and Rs. 14.50 lakh worth fresh currency notes were issued to the public, according to a press release from the bank.

Award

The Coimbatore unit of Kirloskar Brothers has won the Gold Award given away by ASSOCHAM (Innovation Excellence Awards 2014) for its advancement in the area of science and technology.

In 2011, the workers at the plant took 60 seconds to assemble a pump and it was brought down to 17.25 seconds in April 2014.

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