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DLF is set to become the first real estate developer in the country to generate power by installing solar panels on top of its office buildings, a move similar to the experiment in Gujarat, where the state government has installed such panels on top of government buildings in capital city Gandhinagar.
The developer has signed a build-andoperate agreement with UK-based Aniron Solatricity and Azure Power India to install solar panels on top of commercial buildings owned by DLF as an initial pilot project to produce 3 mw of power. The solar power generated will be routed to the buildings and combined with the main power source. "It will help us use the unused terrace spaces of our buildings for generating power from environment friendly sources," said Amit Grover, national director-offices business at DLF. The developer's office buildings in Gurgaon, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai are being used for this project. DLF had earlier installed a 100 mw captive power plant in its DLF Cybercity in Gurgaon that runs on gas. This plant provides an uninterrupted power supply to offices in Cybercity.