April 8, 2015: Sterling and Wilson Pvt. Ltd., part of Shapoorji Pallonji Group and one of India’s leading solar EPC companies with over 350 MW of solar projects spread across 13 states is close to commissioning more than 140 megawatts (MW) of solar power generation plants in India for the financial year 2014 – 2015. The Solar Photovoltaic power plant projects have been developed by Sterling and Wilson for various private sector institutions across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.
According to Sterling and Wilson, the cumulative power output from the 140 MWs of solar power projects commissioned by them in a commendable time frame of 365 days would be able to light up 2,00,000 Indian homes or approximately 4 times the number of households in New Delhi. From an environmental perspective, Sterling and Wilson has helped in reducing the country’s carbon footprint by decreasing its dependency on coal for captive power generation by 70 tonnes per year, which is the approximate amount of coal required to generate around 140 MW of electricity. Sterling & Wilson has also been ranked the top solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company in India by the Hong Kong-based IHS Research, a market research firm. The India and global lists put the company ahead of well-entrenched Indian solar EPC players such as L&T ECC Solar, Mahindra EPC and Moser Baer.
Speaking on the milestone of completing 140 MW of solar power generation plants across India during the last financial year, Mr. Bikesh Ogra, President, Sterling and Wilson, Electrical & Solar Business said, “It has been a very exciting year in terms of the solar projects executed by us at Sterling and Wilson. Our superior engineering capability coupled with our astute technical know-how has enabled us to deliver most of our projects in an efficient manner on or before the deadlines set by our clients. All of the Sterling and Wilson commissioned plants perform at a higher than estimated efficiency level thus increasing the value generated by it for the client on a yearly basis. We have also managed to make a positive impact on the Nation’s commitment towards a sustainable future by setting up Solar Power Plants for various clients from the private sector within a short span of one year. As new environmental norms come into existence for the betterment of society it will be our endeavor at Sterling and Wilson to drive value and engineering innovations in the solar business thus further reducing our dependency on fossil fuel generated power.”
About Sterling and Wilson
Sterling and Wilson, which began its operations in 1927 as Wilson Electric Works, is a group company of the 149 year old US$ 2.5 billion business conglomerate – Shapoorji Pallonji Group, and is one of India’s leading MEP services provider. Sterling and Wilson’s range of offerings cover Turnkey MEP projects, Electrical, HVAC, DG sets from 10 kVA to 3300 kVA, manufacturing of HT/LT Panels, Public Health Engineering and Fire Fighting, Security systems, Mechanical EPC, EPC Contracting, Distributed Power & Co-generation, Data Centre EPC, Turnkey EPC for solar power projects, Operation & Maintenance and International Operations.
Today Sterling and Wilson, has evolved as India’s leading MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Public Health Engineering) Services Company. Some of the iconic projects accomplished by Sterling and Wilson are First International Financial Centre (FIFC), Terminal 3- Indira Gandhi International Airport, Lulu International Mall, Buddh International Circuit, Ford India, to name a few.
Sterling and Wilson is India’s largest Solar EPC in terms of number of projects that are spread across the country. Sterling and Wilson was awarded the “Energize” Indian Power Sector Award for “Excellence in Solar EPC” for the year 2012-13, as evaluated by Ernst & Young and presented by CNBC-TV 18. Sterling and Wilson is also recognized as India’s top solar EPC player and ranked globally 19th by IHS Solar Research’s report in 2014 for Global PV integrators market share (IHS is a world leader in solar market research & analysis). Internationally, the company along with its parent SPCL, is presently developing a pipeline of solar and MEP projects across India, Middle-east, Central Asia, East Asia and Africa.
