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== Energy == | == Energy == | ||
=== Solar power === | === Solar power === | ||
[[File:MSIL | [[File:MSIL rooftop solar panels, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Rooftop solar panels at an MSIL manufacturing site, 2024]] | ||
MSIL has installed 10.8 MW of rooftop [[wikipedia:Solar power in India|solar]] generation, which it says avoids about 13,296 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year – equivalent, by the company's comparison, to planting 66,480 trees a year.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> Mill buildings have large roof areas, so the panels need no additional land. A solar power project was inaugurated at Unit 2 in 2022.<ref name="a249">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> | MSIL has installed 10.8 MW of rooftop [[wikipedia:Solar power in India|solar]] generation, which it says avoids about 13,296 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year – equivalent, by the company's comparison, to planting 66,480 trees a year.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> The plant is on the roofs of the Remalle unit; it began generating in July 2022, produces about 13 lakh units of electricity a month, and was financed partly by a ₹40 crore term loan.<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref> The company also has a renewable-energy subsidiary, Mohan Renewable Energy India.<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref> Mill buildings have large roof areas, so the panels need no additional land. A solar power project was inaugurated at Unit 2 in 2022.<ref name="a249">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> | ||
=== Coal-free steam === | === Coal-free steam === | ||