APMT introduces solar power at Mumbai terminal

Port operator APM Terminals has inaugurated a new three-phase project to use solar energy as electrical power for terminal operations at its facilities at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP).

The solar panel project’s first phase, which is currently underway, included the installation and implementation of solar panels on the roofs of APMT Mumbai’s workshop and Central Gate Complex to capture and store energy from the sun.

The system is now fully operational and the conversion of collected sunlight into store electricity has already started. In the first phase of the initiative, roof-top solar panels are expected to generate electric power of up to 361,000 kilowatt hour (kWh) units per year.