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SunSource Energy Wins Global Environment Award 2019

SunSource Energy Wins Global Environment Award 2019

SunSource Energy Wins Global Environment Award 2019

Noida, August 28th 2019: SunSource Energy, a leading provider of solar-based energy and storage solutions to commercial and industrial organizations, announced that it has won the Global Environment Award 2019 under the Platinum category. This flagship award of Energy and Environment Foundation was honoured to SunSource Energy by Hon’ble Justice Swatanter Kumar(Retd), Former Judge Supreme Court of India and Former Chairman National Green Tribunal and Mr Anil Razdan, Former Secretary Power, Govt. of India, at the 10th edition of the World Renewable Energy Technology Congress. The Global Environment Awards are conferred to organizations in recognition of the brilliance and leadership demonstrated by them in promoting and practicing environmental sustainability. SunSource Energy, with its total portfolio distributed solar projects, is expected to offset over 4,00,000 tons of carbon emission every year. The company is also among the few renewable energy IPPs in India which has committed to manage its PV waste consciously through authorized partners. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Adarsh Das, Co-Founder and CEO, SunSource said “Climate change is certainly one of the defining challenges that the humanity is facing today. Since our inception in 2010, our focus has always been on building a business that delivers growth to the country in a sustainable way. This win is a testament to our efforts to transform the world’s energy systems to renewables.” Mr Kushagra Nandan, Co-Founder and President, SunSource said “We are delighted to have won this prestigious award, which reflects our commitment to play a leading role in building clean energy infrastructure by building high quality clean distributed energy projects. We all are obligated to extend a better future to our next generation and we are proud of the role we are playing in it”. SunSource, an investee of the Neev Fund – a private equity firm backed by State Bank of India (SBI) and UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), recently won one of India’s largest solar with storage projects in Leh that will supply clean and stable power to the Military Engineer Services, a defence infrastructure development agency in India, by largely substituting their diesel genset power. SunSource’s customers include large commercial companies, manufacturing companies, India’s largest oil company, airports, leading education institutes, textile companies and warehous