IOC Gujarat Refinery to set up 1,400 MW solar power unit

A grid-connected 250-kW Solar Power system is already catering to the partial electricity requirement of technical building, ED of Gujarat Refinery S K Dhar Gupta said.

Gujarat Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has decided to set up 1,400 MW solar power systems that will be commissioned in 2016, a top company official said on Monday.

A grid-connected 250-kW Solar Power system is already catering to the partial electricity requirement of technical building, ED of Gujarat Refinery S K Dhar Gupta said.

“The system automatically gets synchronised with Gujarat Refinery’s Power System at LV level during day time and similarly gets offline during evening period,” Dhar Gupta said in a statement.

Grid-connected systems are the most common type of solar grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) system, he added.

Separately, he said that IOC's Gujarat refinery is the first to set up a Visual Model-based Safety Park to train its workforce.

The park constantly reminds and highlights the importance of safety measures to the workforce.