Why India needs to shift to Solar Cold Storage Solutions

 

The Ministry of Food Processing claims that India produces more than 400 million metric tonnes of perishables annually. This includes horticultural produce, dairy, meat, poultry and fish. However, the lack of adequate and efficient cold chain infrastructure is the reason behind the high spoilage in perishables in India.

The spoilage rate is increasing because of the lack of farm level cold storage. Resilient cold chain solutions are necessary for India, which is one of the largest producers of milk, vegetables, fruits, fish and eggs. Cold storage facilities also have one of the highest electric consumption rates and need more efficient and cost-effective cold room solutions.

Cold Storage powered by Solar

Solar energy can be an effective solution to power cold storage facilities in India.

Solar Cold Storage can help in enabling farm-level cold chains, thereby extending the shelf life of perishables.

It can improve the farmers’ income by reducing spoilage, allowing aggregation and reducing transport bottlenecks during the peak production period.

Cold Storage also helps in reducing grid dependency as stored cold storage will be used during non-solar hours.

Solar Cold rooms are modular and multiple units can be integrated to increase capacity.

They are portable and can be moved from one place to the other, as these container units are quickly deployable and require minimal labour.

They can be used to preserve fruits, vegetables, flowers and eggs.

Switching to Cold Storage can be a wise decision

Cold storage installers say that switching to solar energy translates into cost savings.

It helps to reduce the wastage of food. It can be a great step to ensure food security in our nation.

It is evident that solar power significantly reduces power bills and ensures steady cooling. Solar cooling rooms help reduce perishable produce wastage and increase the profitability of the stakeholders. As more advanced cold chain solutions are getting innovated in the market, solar rooms can also be used at subzero temperatures.

Mechair Industries is one of the leading solar cold storage providers in India. Our world-class facilities, deep domain knowledge and manpower capacity for turnkey installations offer the most advanced cold chain solutions, industrial refrigeration systems and food processing projects for the post-harvest and food processing sector. To get more details, check our website https://www.mechair.in/