Home-grown automaker Tata Motors has signed a Solar Power Purchase Agreement with Tata Power to install and operate a 3MWp (Megawatt peak) rooftop solar project at its Passenger Vehicle Business Unit (PVBU) plant in Pune. This solar rooftop project is expected to generate nearly 45 lakh KWh per year, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 3,538 tonne per year. Rajesh Khatri, Vice President - Operations, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors, said that after the recent inauguration of India’s largest solar carport at its car plant in Pune, this project marks a new milestone in its ongoing efforts to reduce the impact on the planet. Energy efficiency is at the core of our efforts and reducing GHG emissions, and the carbon footprint of our products play a vital role. Ravinder Singh, Chief-Solar Rooftops Business, Tata Power, said, “As One Tata initiative, we are glad to partner with Tata Motors to help them transform their PVBU Pune Unit. This partnership represents our collective effort to help Tata Motors lower its carbon footprint and achieve its net zero carbon goal.” Being a signatory of the RE100, Tata Motors is committed to using 100% renewable power and has taken several strides towards achieving this goal by progressively increasing the proportion of renewable energy used in its operations. In FY21, the company’s car plants in Pune and Sanand generated/sourced 26.10 million kWh of renewable electricity, which is about 25% of its total power (111.3 million units) consumption. This contributed to the avoidance of 18,672 metric tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The company intends to source renewable energy more rigorously, to the extent possible, to meet its aspiration to source 100% renewable energy by 2030.