Regional retail conglomerate Landmark Group has extended its partnership with SirajPower, a provider of distributed solar energy in the GCC region, to increase its solar capacity.
Currently, the Group’s solar capacity stands at 8.3MWp, with 67 per cent of it facilitated by SirajPower. It has also received an additional 2.1 MWp of solar rooftop and carport systems across four prominent sites in the UAE.
Group chief financial officer of Landmark Retail, Rajesh Garg, said: “We believe in the power of sustainable practices to create a better future for our planet.
“By partnering with SirajPower to further expand our clean energy base, we are taking meaningful steps towards achieving our sustainability goals.”
The total solar capacity will be distributed among various locations including Oasis Mall in Dubai and Sharjah and two other sites in Al Quoz and JAFZA.
This move seeks to double the number of locations and ramp up the solar capacity by 25 per cent. By deploying solar panels at the newly added locations, Landmark Group plans to offset around 2,485 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually.
The projects are set to start by the end of this year, aiming to make Landmark Group one of the largest solar-powered retailers in the GCC with 17.4GWh annual green energy production across eight locations in the UAE.
The conglomerate also intends to foster similar sustainable energy initiatives in the other GCC countries.
