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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, November 12On the occasion of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the management of Gurdwara Ishardham in Harike Pattan installed an 80-kw rooftop solar plant at the shrine. Chandigarh-based Hartek Solar director Simarpreet Singh said the plant would generate 1.31 lakh units of clean electricity every year, thus offsetting 103.28 tonne of carbon dioxide emissions and meeting several day-to-day electricity requirements of the gurdwara, which caters to thousands of devotees throughout the year. Executed in a record time of just 28 days, the rooftop solar plant uses monocrystalline modules based on state-of-the-art passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) technology for maximum efficiency and other technologically advanced features. The PERC technology generates more electricity owing to its higher light absorption and internal reflectivity..