Delhi Metro signs MoU with Solar Energy Corporation of India

New Delhi : The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will now jointly collaborate on taking up an ‘off site’ solar power project, to maximise the use of renewable energy, mitigate the impact of regular increase in grid tariffs and to reduce the carbon footprint. A fresh Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with this objective was signed today in the presence of DMRC’s Managing Director, Dr. Mangu Singh and other senior officials from DMRC and SECI.DMRC intends to take 1,000 MU annually from “offsite” renewable sources, through a one stop solution. As per the MoU, both the organisations shall collaborate for sourcing additional requirement of power by DMRC from other developers /generators not on DMRC sites within NCR region.