Shapoorji Pallonji led Sterling & Wilson wins the BMGI-Energize Power Sector Awards

Sterling & Wilson - part of the 148-year old Shapoorji Pallonji Group - has been awarded the prestigious BMGI Energize Power Sector Awards 2013-14 second year in succession, for “Excellence in Solar EPC” and “Innovation in Solar Energy”. Energize 2013 - 2014 has been organized by Talwar Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (TSPL), in association with ETNOWand knowledge partner BMGI – a world renowned strategy consulting firm. Sterling & Wilson, which was recently recognized by the world renowned IHS solar research as India’s leading solar EPC in 2014, stepped into elite league for the second year in succession, alongside recipients of the award under other categories which included Indian Power Sector giants such as NTPC and B.E.S.T.

BMGI-Energize Award 2013-2014 is instituted to recognize those organizations and individuals, who have made and are making a difference to India’s energy sector. The evaluation committee evaluated the applicants on the contributions made by each applicant in adopting the ever best practices to meet timely completion, cost escalation/optimization, Human resource management, technology use, project design, impact on stakeholders, identification & mitigation of project risks, apart from focus on innovation that the applicants introduced for aiding solar power generation in terms of cutting edge technologies, business models, methods, processes. The intense evaluation also included scrutiny of financials, project performance parameters, client satisfaction, processes, technology, EHS, carbon footprint reduction of the applications to decide the winners.

Sterling & Wilson emerged as the organization adopting the best practices as per the above in the two categories earmarked for the solar power industry and successfully won the award for “Excellence in Solar EPC” and “Innovation in Solar Energy” for the year 2013 – 2014 in Mumbai this year.

Mr. Ajoy Mehta, IAS, Managing Director of MSEDCL, presented the prestigious award to Sterling and Wilson. The award was received by Mr. Bikesh Ogra, President, Solar Business of Sterling & Wilson Limited.

Speaking on the award, Mr.Bikesh Ogra said, “It was indeed a moment of great pride to have received the award for Excellence in Solar EPC and Innovation in Solar Energy. At Sterling & Wilson, excellence is a deliverable that goes unsaid with our strong service commitment to clients and it motivates us toalways strive to provide superior solar EPC services in line with International standards. We are delighted that the hard work and efforts put in by our teams has been recognized by BMGI-Energize for the second year in succession, and we will continue to maintain & excel high standards in building and operating large utility scale & rooftop solar power projects in the country, and also globally, as we expand our horizons.”

Sterling & Wilson has large utility scale and rooftop solar installations spread across 13 Indian states, commissioned since 2010, and it has gone on to addmany marquee clients in the solar industry over the last 2 years. Today the company is growing at a rapid pace, and has so far installed more than 230MW of solar PV power plants on turnkey EPC basis across India, in less than 4 years.