TATA Power will help the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to avail maximum green electricity to run its water pumping stations and save on its power consumption bills. BMC’s water pumping stations together will shift a demand of over 50 megawatts daily, a quantity of supply that is sufficient to cater to the population of a rural district.

The company has identified 50 water pumping stations with high-demand flexibility characteristics. These stations have been using electricity mostly generated by conventional sources, not renewables such as solar. A 23-day trial project at the Bhandup pumping station achieved a remarkable shift of 345 KW for three hours daily. It accumulated 23,000 units of electricity and resulted in a carbon offset of 21 tonnes. The success encouraged the collaboration further.