- More than 150 students participated in the camp
- Organized a quiz contest to motivate students to participate in energy conservation program
As a part of its flagship program on energy conservation, Tata Power, India’s largest integrated private utility, organized Club Enerji camp at Shri Siddheshwar High School, Kanabargi, Belgaum. The Company has always been at the forefront of propagating energy conservation and efficiency by regularly organizing such programs to sensitize students about energy and conservation.
The camp was attended by more than 150 students across Belgaum, where they gained knowledge on effective ways of energy conservation. In addition to this, a quiz contest was organized to encourage participation in the camp. The winner of the contest was awarded exciting prizes.
Speaking about this initiative, Mr Balraja Bhatt, Head-Belgaum Station, said, “We at Tata are committed to giving back to the society. Club Enerji has played a vital role in motivating young minds, who are the core influencers in advocating energy and resource conservation. Initiatives like these will help students, their families and society at large to gain knowledge and implement these practices in the area of energy conservation in their daily lives.”
Tata Power Club Enerji has covered 400 schools and sensitized more than 2.8 million (28 lakh) citizens across the nation and over 3 million units of electricity have been saved till date. The Club is proud to have more than 19095 Energy Champions and 32257 Energy Ambassadors this year who are spreading the mantra of energy conservation among people across various age and income groups. Today, there are 850 mini Tata Power Energy Clubs across Mumbai, which are run by the school children with the aim to stop wastage of electricity.
About Tata Power Club Enerji:
Tata Power started its school outreach programme, “Tata Power Energy Club” in 2007. In 2009, Club Enerji took its next big leap, with the programme turning into a national movement, covering more than 250 schools across Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Calcutta, Belgaum, Jamshedpur and Lonavla and further attained a new milestone of achieving over one million citizens sensitization and more than one million units energy savings. School children, from Class III to Class IX, are taught the importance of conserving energy through innovative modules which include audio-visuals and power point presentations. Children are imparted energy saving and resource conservation tips during these sessions, usage of which have shown dramatic savings. In 2010-11, Tata Power Energy Club sensitized over 2.5 lakh children across 285 schools nationwide; these children have further reached out to more than eight lakh people, thereby taking the total sensitization figure to over 1 (One) million citizens. The Club members have collectively saved 2,019,563 units of electricity.
About Tata Power:
Tata Power is India's largest private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of over 3682 MW and a presence in all the segments of the power sector viz Generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), Transmission, Distribution and Trading. The Company has successful public-private partnerships in Generation, Transmission and Distribution - "Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited" with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi, 'Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.' with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi and 'Maithon Power Ltd.' with Damodar Valley Corporation for a 1050 MW Mega Power Project at Jharkhand. It has acquired 30% stake in Coal Companies at Indonesia and is developing the first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology. With its track record of technology leadership, customer care and redefining contours of the Indian power sector, Tata Power is poised for a five-fold growth and committed to 'lighting up lives' for generations to come.
