Procter & Gamble commissions its first in-house solar plant in India at its Hyderabad site
April 19, 2021
Spread over 16,000 sq. mt, it has a capacity of 1MW
Procter & Gamble(P&G) has commissioned its first in-house solar plant at the company’s Hyderabad manufacturing site. This is P&G’s first site in India to house a solar plant and only the fifth manufacturing site globally.
Spread over 16,000 sq. mt. and comprising nearly 3000 panels, the in-house solar plant has a capacity of 1MW and will reduce P&G’s carbon footprint by an estimated 1030 metric tonnes annually.
Sachin Sharma, Plant Head of the Hyderabad manufacturing site, P&G India, said, “At P&G, environmental sustainability is core to our company operations. Increasing our use of renewable electricity and improving energy efficiencies is a critical part of our sustainability journey.”