NHPC Faridabad 70 kWp Solar

External / archive — Su-Kam flyer + LinkedIn release (~Jul 2014): 70 kWp grid-tie at NHPC Faridabad corporate office; ~84,000 units/yr; ~₹10 lakh savings; dead-load foundation. GRIHA / Inclusion confirm 70 kWp at NHPC Faridabad (capacity). Facebook archive: #WednesdayWisdom creative below.

Who NHPC Is — And Why Their Roof Mattered

NHPC — National Hydroelectric Power Corporation — is not a random government office. It is India’s public-sector hydropower major: incorporated in 1975 to plan, promote and organise hydroelectric development, and later to expand into other renewables. When a company that lives by water and turbines puts solar on its own Faridabad corporate building, the industry hears a peer speaking — not a brochure.

Under my leadership as CEO & MD of Su-Kam, that peer chose us. Faridabad was their corporate office corridor — the façade with the NHPC name on it, the roof above the rooms where a Navratna power company runs its house. Hydro is their identity. Solar on that roof was a statement: we will cut dependence on non-renewable supply at our own HQ, and we will do it with engineering we trust.

70 kWp — My Story on That Roof

Su-Kam commissioned a 70 kWp grid-tie plant for NHPC Faridabad. The flyer we put into the market was blunt: over 84,000 units of electricity a year, more than ₹10 lakh saved annually at that corporate office. Those numbers are the press claim; I stand behind the project as the man who ran the company that delivered it.

The detail I still care about is how we held the roof. Prestige government buildings do not forgive careless mounts. We used a dead-load foundation with an interconnected grid matrix — stability without drilling through waterproofing. Same family of thinking as other institutional jobs we did in that era: protect the building, then harvest the sun. EIL’s Sector 16 R&D roof had its own dead-load story; that Navratna consultant win is elsewhere. NHPC was the hydro peer on the Faridabad side of the NCR map.

What Third Parties Still List

A GRIHA case study for NHPC Corporate Office Phase 2, Faridabad, lists a 70 kWp rooftop solar PV system among the building’s renewable measures (completion framing around 2014). An Inclusion “Solar City” note on Faridabad also names NHPC (70 kWp) in the district’s installation list. Those cites confirm capacity on the site; our flyer and LinkedIn release are what name Su-Kam as the company that commissioned it.

Su-Kam Facebook #WednesdayWisdom — NHPC Faridabad has gone Solar — Facebook Archive — #WednesdayWisdom creative: “NHPC Faridabad has gone Solar. What are you waiting for?” Original post retained in curated extras.

#WednesdayWisdom — Keep Telling the Channel

Years on, the Su-Kam page still put NHPC into the #WednesdayWisdom series: “NHPC Faridabad has gone Solar. What are you waiting for?” That was not empty cheerleading. For dealers and engineers it was a one-line reference: India’s hydro major runs part of its Faridabad office on Su-Kam solar. Same institutional ladder as SBI Academy and IFFCO’s Gurugram HO — roofs that taught the market who we were.

What I Want on Record

Kunwer Sachdev — CEO & MD of Su-Kam. NHPC, Faridabad corporate office: 70 kWp grid-tie rooftop (~2014 press window) — flyer framing ~84,000 units/yr and ~₹10 lakh savings, dead-load foundation with interconnected grid matrix (no roof drill-through). Founder framing: a Navratna hydro major putting PV on its own named building is peer endorsement — hydro choosing solar through Su-Kam. Archive: Su-Kam press flyer + Facebook #WednesdayWisdom. Third-party capacity: GRIHA / Inclusion list 70 kWp at NHPC Faridabad.

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FAQ

What did Su-Kam install at NHPC Faridabad?

A 70 kWp grid-tie solar PV plant at the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) corporate office in Faridabad. Su-Kam’s contemporaneous flyer framed generation at over 84,000 units/year and more than ₹10 lakh annual electricity savings for that office.

Who is NHPC, and why did the roof matter?

NHPC is India’s public-sector hydropower major — incorporated in 1975 to plan and develop hydroelectric power, later expanding into other renewables. Under Kunwer Sachdev as CEO & MD, putting Su-Kam solar on a Navratna power company’s own Faridabad corporate roof was peer endorsement: a hydro giant choosing PV on the building that carries its name.

What was special about the mounting?

The Su-Kam flyer highlights a dead-load foundation with an interconnected grid matrix — structural stability without drilling into the roof, so waterproofing stayed intact. That detail mattered on a prestige government corporate building.

When was it announced?

Su-Kam’s LinkedIn activity around the same release was liked in mid-July 2014. The Facebook #WednesdayWisdom creative (“NHPC Faridabad has gone Solar”) sits later in the archive (card era ~2017). Exact day-of-commissioning is not on the flyer; treat ~2014 as the press window.

Do third parties confirm 70 kWp at NHPC Faridabad?

Yes on capacity, not always naming Su-Kam. A GRIHA case study for NHPC Corporate Office Phase 2 lists 70 kWp rooftop solar PV (completion year 2014 framing). An Inclusion ‘Solar City’ Faridabad case study also lists NHPC (70 kWp) among district installations.

Is there a Facebook archive post?

Yes — Su-Kam #WednesdayWisdom creative in this site’s fb-archive (image 10156437851914411_0), with the original Facebook post URL retained in curated extras.

Historical Documentation Notice:
This article documents historical innovations and installations executed under the leadership of Kunwer Sachdev during his tenure as Founder & Managing Director of Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd. (1988–2018). Kunwer Sachdev exited the company in 2019 under the IBC process and holds no association, affiliation, or liability with Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd. or its subsequent management.

A Hydro Giant Put Solar on Its Faridabad Roof. We Built It.