manipal manipal university added another green energy cover to existing rooftop solar photovoltaic power generation plant at indoor sports complex on tuesdaychikkananjappa managing director mescom inaugurated the 119kwp solar rooftop pv plant at the indoor sports complex with this the university now has eight buildings with rooftop solar plants and helped the university achieve 55 of energydemand from a green source it may be mentioned here that manipal university is ranked the second green campus in indiathis substantially reduces dependence on conventional energy sources thus mitigating carbon emissions and making a significant shift towards sustainable energy use said dr h s ballal prochancellor manipal university after inaugurating the plant chikkananjappa was appreciative of the initiatives being taken by the university to reduce pollution by using more and more of solar energymanipal university has partially shifted from conventional energy use to renewable energy use and sourcing this is being achieved by installing solar photovoltaic rooftop systems on buildings with a total installed capacity of 817 kilowatts peak kwp connected to grid for selfuse generating 12 lakh units on average per annum said derrick joshua environment executive of manipal universityshridhar rao executive engineer electrical energy lead auditor and mr said this translates to carbon emission equivalent co2e reduction of 984 metric tonnes it substantially reduces dependence on conventional energy sources thus mitigating carbon emissions and is a shift towards sustainable energy use adoption of combined strategy achieves co2e emission reduction of 25320 mt per annum