Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust Solar Power Projects

The Trust undertook its first solar project in January 2017 by setting up a 100 kWp solar power plant in the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bengaluru, India. In the first 12 months, it generated 140,000 units of energy. In addition, the entire hospital lighting system was replaced with 3000 LED bulbs, reducing the lighting power load by 60%. Similarly, it changed the motors and the ducting of its hospital ICU air-conditioning system to further reduce the power load by 40%, and reduce the concomitant carbon footprint. In scaling up its solar initiatives, the Trust in 2018 set up a further 1 mWp solar plant at its Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences in Puttaparthi, India. The Central Research Instruments Facility, also in Puttaparthi and part of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, a state-of-the-art advanced research and development centre, was the next place where 800 kWp plant was installed. An entire hill area around the facility was converted into a solar farm, where a steep 45-degree slope was moulded into three tiers with solid retaining walls designed to provide the needed 15-degree slope for solar panels to be accommodated. Simultaneously a 100 kWp plant was set up for Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital and another 200 kWp plant for the Sri Sathya Sai Archives building. After further installing other solar power plants at its numerous other sites, the total power generated as of date is 6,100 kWp. Its renewable energy production and its power conservation measures prevented 8,144 tons of carbon emission annually.