A few months back, we wrote about a Seattle neighborhood’s experiment with a solar-powered ATM — and how it didn’t go quite as well as hoped.
Now a bank in Mumbai, India is giving it a try.
A private sector bank launched the city’s first solar energy-powered ATM at its Opera House branch on Friday. The machine is expected to work on solar energy for at least eight hours a day. Through this green initiative, the bank will be able to save around 1,980 kilowatt hours of energy every year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1,912 kg per year, a bank representative said.
The ATM has been fixed with large solar panels powered by eight photovoltaic cells mounted on the bank’s building. “The panels harness sunlight and turn it into electricity. Electricity is stored in batteries located within the building which will be used to power the ATM,” a bank official said. The ATM will enable the bank to save around Rs 20,000 per year.
20,000 Indian rupees is about $428.
