1 MW Solar Power at Hatsun’s Santosa cattle feed plant, Palani
Project Overview
HAP’s Santosa Feed Plant is producing cattle feed with raw materials like fiber maize, cotton seed di-oiled cake, rice polish, soya meals, lentils husk, palm kernel extract, etc.
The factory presently has an installed capacity of 850 KVA.
The plant on an average consumes 11000 units/day electricity.
SUN BEST Solution
To reduce electrical consumption, better pollution control, and reduction in CO2 emission, 1 MW solar on grid system was installed on the roof top of the factory.
Key highlights of the project were the innovative design, selection of 1st tier panels and superior inverter, Balance-of-Materials and cabling, along with optimized selection of evacuation systems.
The roof top installation was at a significant height, SUN BEST has commissioned the project ensuring zero incidents.
Novel usage of excess solar power
Due to the absence of grid export to utilize unused solar power during unscheduled machine stoppage, the solar power is used in a 200 kW electrical heater fitted in a 10,000 lit insulated water tank
This novel concept of diverting the excess solar power not consumed feeds a 3-ton boiler with preheated water to reduce fuel consumption.
Benefits
On an average electrical savings of 4750 to 5250 units/day was recorded
The system is expected to give a saving of 10557 tonnes of CO2 in 15 years