GPH Ispat has installed solar power systems on its factory premises and rooftops to ensure a greener factory, fulfil its commitment of playing a role in meeting global climate targets and build a sustainable future.

GPH Ispat Ltd and Eco Ceramics, a concern of GPH group, has commissioned 3.9 megawatt-peak (MWp) and 2.14 MWp rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on October 20 from its rerolling mills in Chattogram and Eco Bricks factory at Munshiganj respectively.

The installed rooftop solar PV systems will generate 132.8 million units of electricity in its project life of 20 years and will reduce the carbon footprint of GPH group by reducing 89,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the national grid, GPH said in a statement yesterday.

The solar systems were installed with soft loan support from IDCOL (Infrastructure Development Company Ltd).

GPH Executive Director (Finance and Business Development) Kamrul Islam, Chief Operating Officer T Mohan Babu, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Electrical Engineering Department's Professor Md Ziaur Rahman Khan, Director of United International University Centre for Energy Research Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhury and GPH Renewable Energy Limited Project Director Mosiur Rahman were present at the installation ceremony.