Su-Kam installs smart solar power backup for petrol pumps in Andhra Pradesh — a first-of-its-kind deployment that made headlines across The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindu Business Line, Sakshi and Deccan Herald.
India’s first solar-powered petrol pumps did not open in a metro. They opened in Andhra Pradesh, and Su-Kam Power Systems — under Kunwer Sachdev — built the smart solar backup that made them possible. It was the moment an entirely new market category was invented and immediately proved.
A first-of-its-kind deployment
Petrol pumps are one of the least forgiving environments for solar backup: 24/7 uptime, safety-critical dispensing equipment, no room for failure. Su-Kam engineered a solar backup solution that could hold up in that environment — and once one pump in Andhra Pradesh proved it worked, the model was there for every fuel-retail brand to copy.
Headlines across the country
The rollout was picked up by all the majors. The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindu Business Line, Sakshi and Deccan Herald all covered it. One representative headline: “State’s First Petrol Station Run on Solar Power Opens in Nalgonda Dist.” The story is basically a marker of the point when solar moved from ‘experiment’ to ‘installable business infrastructure’ in India.
“State’s First Petrol Station Run on Solar Power Opens in Nalgonda Dist — a first-of-its-kind project by Su-Kam.”— From the multi-outlet press pack on Su-Kam’s AP solar petrol pumps
The Su-Kam pattern — again
The petrol pumps sit alongside Su-Kam’s BSF border deployments and its solar-village work: pick an underserved but demanding use case, engineer a purpose-built solar backup for it, and let the deployment itself do the marketing. Same instinct, different customer.
First solar-powered petrol bunks — Deccan Herald →