Daimler raises solar power capacity at Chennai plant
The Dollar Business Bureau Germany-based auto maker Daimler has enhanced the solar power capacity at its plant in Chennai to the next level that would meet the “one-fourth of the regular daytime power" requirement for the plant. "Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), the fully-owned arm of Daimler AG, has increased its solar power capacity at the manufacturing unit in Oragadam near Chennai to its next level,” a company release said. “After the completion of a key addition to the prevailing photovoltaic installations, the total technical capacity increased to 3.3 MW from 0.8 MW,” it added. The additional solar energy field, set up on earlier idle expanses of land within the facility’s highly advanced test track zone for commercial vehicle, comprises more than 10,000 polycrystalline ...
