Reliance Solar

Reliance Solar

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Company type	Public
Founded	2007 As Reliance Solar
Headquarters	Reliance Solar Group Building No. 5C,1 st Floor, Reliance Corporate Park,Thane- Belapur Road, Ghansoli, [Navi Mumbai] 400701, [India]
Key people	[Mukesh Ambani] (MD)
Website	relsolar.com

Reliance Solar is an Indian company and Reliance Group's solar energy initiative. It aims to "bring solar energy systems and solutions primarily to remote and rural areas." The primary purpose is to bring about a Transformation in the quality of sustainable development in India.

As a part of this Endeavor, Reliance Solar is developing and offering a range of products , systems as well as solutions like solar Lanterns, street and home lighting systems, Refrigeration system, Water purification systems and solar Air conditioners as well. All these products ,systems and solutions are part of the Downstream component of the solar value chain. Reliance Group is concurrently working on the development of the Upstream and Midstream components in an Integrated manner. They are developing the components from Polysilicon, ingots, Wafers, Modules and Cells.

History

Founding

The head office for Reliance Solar is located in Navi Mumbai. As a part of the initiative Reliance Solar is developing and offering a range of products based on solar energy. The products, systems and solutions currently on offer are part of the downstream component of the solar value chain. Reliance is also working to develop the upstream and midstream components from polysilicon to ingots, wafers, cells and modules. For making PV modules Reliance Solar has a 30 MW facility, the unit can make modules of ratings up to 250 Watts. The unit can also make glass Building Integrated Photo

Important past events

The Reliance Solar team completed installations and implemented a large electrification program at the community and village level in Maharashtra in 2007-2008 that too within a span of three months. The project was to provide lighting for over 14,000 households spread over 84 villages in the districts of Nandurbar, Thane, Dhule, Amravati, Nasik, Raigad, Kolhapur and Chandrapur.

In 2008 Reliance Industries announced that it would set up its first solar power project of 5 MW capacity at Khimsar in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan. An MoU was signed between the Managing Director of Rajasthan Vidyut Vitran Corporation and the President of Reliance Solar for purchase of power by the Rajasthan Government for 10 years on September 16, 2008.

The Reliance Solar Group won an award for the best stall for “Popularization of PV for Off-Grid Rural Application during an exhibition at the 18th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference and Exhibition held at Science City, Kolkata. The exhibition was held from 19th to 23rd of January of 2009. The conference was attended by more than 600 participants whereas 57 Indian and international companies participated in the exhibition.

Products

The solar energy based products offered by the Reliance Solar Group are:

Solar Home Power System

CFL Based Home Power System – It is a system that would provide solar lighting solutions to houses, shops, clinics, banks, post offices, etc. as well as small scale industries. R-Lite Solar Led Home Power System – It would provide illumination without fumes or smoke and give a 3 day autonomy for operation during non-sunny days. R-Lite Plus Solar Home Power Led System – It would provide illumination with a 2 day autonomy for operation during non-sunny days and the module also includes 15’’ LCD DC colour TV or 12’’ DC table fan with a LED luminaire.

Solar Street Lighting System

CFL Based Street Lighting System – It is a system that would provide solar lighting solutions for streets, walkways, gardens, parking areas, malls, commercial buildings, etc. with automatic dawn to dusk operations. R-Lite Solar Led Home Power System – It is a stand alone system that would eliminate the need of laying cables for street lighting and would also give autonomy of operation during non-sunny days.

Solar Lantern

CFL Based Solar Lantern – These are portable solar lanterns available for rural homes, shops, farms, clinics and community centres.

Arushi Solar Led Lantern – These would provide illumination without smoke or fumes with a 3 day autonomy for operation during non-sunny days.

Solar Water Purifier

It is a purifier that can deliver 2500 litres or pure drinking water a day and could be a water solution for communities, organizations, schools, health centres and Panchayats.

Solar Air-conditioning Solution

It is a 0.85 ton solar powered air conditioner with a charging option for both the solar and AC grid.

Solar Roof-top System

A system that would harness solar energy and provide reliable power for break free operations even during non-sunny days. It can provide power for AC loads like fan, TV, tube light, computer, etc.

Building Integrated PV System

It is intended for the corporate market

Products for the industrial market

Telecom Solutions Oil & Gas Solutions Banking Solutions – To provide break free power to banks and facilitate smooth function of operations.

Corporate Structure

As a subsidiary the Reliance Solar Group shares its corporate structure with Reliance industries Limited.

Stock

Listing and Performance over time

It is not listed separately on any stock exchange.

Slogans/Mission Statements

The Solar energy initiative of Reliance aims to bring solar energy systems and solutions primarily to remote and rural areas and bring about a transformation in the quality of life.

Subsidiaries

The Reliance Solar Group has no subsidiaries.

Sponsorships

Only as part of the Reliance Industries Limited Group

References

• Shrivastava, Bhuma (December 7. 2009). "RIL arm takes first step in solar power arena". LiveMint. Retrieved 24 December 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)