Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India installs third Wind Turbine System in Karnataka

Bengaluru, August 24,2022: Continuing its endeavours towards reducing dependence on non-renewable resources by leveraging clean energy systems (wind & solar), Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India inaugurated its third wind turbine system in Jagalur (Davanagere district, Karnataka), around 300kms from the company’s third plant in Narsapura (Karnataka).
 
Standing tall at 130m, the 2.7 MW wind turbine will generate 75 lakh kWh of energy annually thus enabling HMSI’s Narsapura manufacturing plant to reduce carbon emissions by more than 5400 tons per year.
 
Noteworthy, HMSI will now produce a total of 7.4 MW wind energy including its wind turbine systems installed in Gujarat at Radhanpur (2MW capacity) and Bhanvad (2.7 MW capacity).
 
Speaking on HMSI’s initiative towards usage of renewable energies, Atsushi Ogata, Managing Director, President & CEO, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India said, “Since the beginning, HMSI has been committed towards integrating cleaner & greener technologies in all aspects of manufacturing. This wind turbine installation at our Narsapura plant brings us a step closer towards achieving our environmental goal of carbon neutrality for all products and activities by 2050. We continue to strengthen our carbon reduction vision through energy efficient technologies and renewable energy initiatives.”