Archive · 30 Jul 2026
SCCL Launches 300‑KW Solar Plant at APHMEL
SCCL, a big coal company, built a small solar power plant at its engineering unit in Vijayawada.
The plant costs about 1.24 crore rupees and will save the company about 24 lakh rupees each year on electricity.
The plant will pay back its cost in about five years.
The unit is celebrating 50 years and wants to grow into new areas.
The plant shows the company is trying to use cleaner energy.
SCCL commissioned a 300‑KW solar power plant at its subsidiary APHMEL in Vijayawada.
The plant, costing Rs 1.24 crore, is expected to save about Rs 24 lakh per year and pay back in five years.
SCCL’s chairman, Buddhaprakash Jyoti, highlighted the company’s best‑ever financial performance for the fiscal year.
APHMEL, celebrating its 50th anniversary, plans to diversify beyond heavy machinery into emerging sectors.
The solar installation will reduce APHMEL’s annual electricity spend from roughly Rs 60 lakh to lower levels.
- Who
- Singareni Collieries Company Limited and its subsidiary Andhra Pradesh Heavy Machinery & Engineering Limited
- What
- Commissioned a 300‑KW solar power plant
- When
- Wednesday, during the subsidiary’s golden jubilee year
- Where
- Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
- Why
- To reduce electricity costs and support the subsidiary’s diversification strategy
- Solar plant capacity
- 300 KW
- Location
- Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
- Cost
- Rs 1.24 crore
- Annual savings
- Rs 24 lakh
- Investment payback period
- 5 years
- Company
- Singareni Collieries Company Limited
- Subsidiary
- Andhra Pradesh Heavy Machinery & Engineering Limited