Tata Steel commissions floating solar power project in Jamshedpur works

Tata Steel on Friday commissioned a floating solar power project with a capacity of 10.8 MW on the upper cooling pond of its Jamshedpur plant in Jharkhand.

A total of 20.34 MW of solar projects have been commissioned across various facilities of Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, the company said in a statement.

The floating solar project was commissioned by Tata Power under an agreement with the steel giant to install a total of 41 MW using a combination of rooftop, floating and ground-mounted solar panels at all locations.

Previously, rooftop solar projects at the central warehouse, cold rolling mill, wire rod and hot strip mills, totaling 7.65 MW, and a 2 MW ground-mounted solar project at Sonari Airport have been commissioned.