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1. INTERVIEW
• Mr. Pete Kostic, Vice
President-Sales &
Marketing; Xcell
Automation, Inc
RENEWABLE ENERGY
• MNRE’s Draft National
Renewable Energy Act,
2015; Energetica India
• How Predictive Analytics
help grow Renewable
Energy Industry;
Ashwajit Wahane,
Machine Pulse
POWER SECTOR
• Overview of Energy
Sector in India; Dr.
Ahindra Chakrabarti;
Great Lakes Institute of
Management
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• Biomass Characterization: Perspectives and Challenges; Yogender Singh, Y. K. Yadav; SSSNIBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
• Flexi Biogas Technology: An Alternate Low Cost Biogas Technology to Rural India;
Pradip Narale, Ramesh Choudhari, Prof. N.S. Rathore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ENERGY STORAGE
• Batteries: The only missing link in India Solar Energy Story; Mr. Vineet Mittal; Welspun Renewables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
INDUSTRY JEWEL
• Mr. Vineet Mittal, Director; Navitas Green Solutions Pvt. Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
INTERVIEW
• Mr. Shrinivas Chebbi, Vice-President, Partner and Buildings BU; Schneider Electric India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
• Mr. Pete Kostic, Vice President-Sales & Marketing; Xcell Automation, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
• Mr. Ruchir Panwar, Business Head, Green Factory Building; Mahindra Susten Private Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
• Mr. Sishir Goel, Vice-President-Technology & Marketing; Brij Encapsulants (India) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
• Mr. Shankar Karnik, General Manager- Industrial; ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
POWER SECTOR
• Turbine Oil Testing; Mr. Shankar Karnik; Exxon Mobil Lubricants Private Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
• De-regulated Electricity Markets –Procurement Strategies and Beyond; Ankit Prabhash; Beroe Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
• Overview of Energy Sector in India; Dr. Ahindra Chakrabarti; Great Lakes Institute Of Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
RENEWABLE ENERGY
• MNRE Achievement; Energetica India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
• MNRE’s Draft National Renewable Energy Act, 2015; Energetica India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
• What are Indian Renewable Energy Researchers working on?; Energetica India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
• GREEN CLIMATE FUND — A Way Forward to Aid Developing Countries to Switch to Renewable Energy; Energetica India . . . . . 50
• From Energetica India’s Blog Stable; August 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
• How Predictive Analytics help grow Renewable Energy Industry; Ashwajit Wahane, Machine Pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SOLAR POWER
• India’s Need For Water Free Solar Panel Cleansing; Anat Cohen Segev; Ecoppia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
• Quality of PV modules to define India’s Solar Dream Solar; Mr. Ivan Saha; Vikram Solar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
• Solar Water Pumping System for Agriculture; Pradip Narale, Prof. Narendra Singh Rathore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
WIND ENERGY
• Is India Prepared for Offshore Wind Farm Development?;
Ms. Riya Rachel Mohan, Ms. Sandhya Sundararagavan, Mr. Ashish Nigam; CSTEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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INTERVIEW
• Mr. Pete Kostic, Vice
President-Sales &
Marketing; Xcell
Automation, Inc
RENEWABLE ENERGY
• MNRE’s Draft National
Renewable Energy Act,
2015; Energetica India
• How Predictive Analytics
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Energy Industry;
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8. 8 energetica INDIA · AUG15
SUSTAINABLE SMART CITIES INDIA 2015
Date: 3-4 September, 2015
Place: Bengaluru, India
Organizer: Nispana Innovative Platforms
Tel: +91 8892718635
Email: soumenchakraborthy@nispana.com
Website: http://nispana.com/ssci/
9TH RENEWABLE ENERGY EXPO [REI]
2015
Date: 23-25 September, 2015
Place: Greater Noida, India
Organizer: UBM
Tel: +91 (0) 01244524215
Email:
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home
ECO EXPO ASIA – INTERNATIONAL TRADE
FAIR ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Date: 28-31 October, 2015
Place: Hong Kong, China
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Tel: 852-1830668
Email: exhibition@hktdc.org
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en/Eco-Expo-Asia-International-Trade-Fair-on-
Environmental-Protection.html?DCSext.dept=5&WT.
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INTERSOLAR INDIA 2015 CONFERENCE
AND EXHIBITION
Date: 18-20 November, 2015
Place: Mumbai, India
Organizer: MMI India Pvt. Ltd
Tel: +91 22 4255 4700
Email: info@mmi-india.in
Website: http://www.intersolar.in/en/home.html
ELECRAMA 2016
Date: 13-17 February, 2016
Place: Bengaluru, India
Organizer: IEEMA
Tel: 022-24930532
Email: shahid.akhtar@ieema.org
Website: https://elecrama.com/default.html
ENERGY STORAGE INDIA 2015
Date: 8-9 December, 2015
Place: New Delhi, India
Organizer: Messe Düsseldorf India
Tel: +91-0-48550000
Email:MalikS@md-india.com
Website: http://www.esiexpo.in/
IUKAN 2015
Date: 8th September, 2015
Place: New Delhi, India
Organizer: PMANIFOLD BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Tel: +91 95992 46701
Email: isha.gupta@pmanifold.com
Website: http://www.iukan.in
WASTETECH & CLEANTECH INDIA 2015
Date: 29-30 September, 2015
Place: New Delhi, India
Organizer: Messe Frankfurt
Tel: +91 22 6757 5940
Email: rebello@india.messefrankfurt.com
Website:
http://cleantech
india.in.messefrankfurt.com/newdelhi/en/exhibitors/
welcome.html
COMSOL CONFERENCE 2015
Date: 29-30 October, 2015
Place: Pune, India
Organizer: COMSOL Multiphysics Pvt. Ltd.
Tel: 080 – 2559-7799
Email: deepa@comsol.com
Website: http://comsol.co.in/c/2hn9
ENVIROTECH ASIA 2015
Date: 1-3 December, 2015
Place:
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Tel: +91 07926401101
Email: sales@envirotechasia.com
Website: http://www.envirotechasia.com/index.html
IPTEX & GRINDEX 2016
Date: 3-5 March, 2016
Place: Mumbai, India
Organizer: Virgo Communications And Exhibition
(P) Ltd.
Tel: 080-25357028
Email: azrael@virgo-comm.com
Website: http://www.iptexpo.com/index.html
SMART CITY LANDSCAPE 2015
Date: 10-11 September, 2015
Place: New Delhi, India
Organizer: Information Exchange Group
Tel: +97144364214
Email: scl2015@infoxg.com
Website: http://www.smartcitylandscape.com/
IFAT INDIA 2015
Date: 13-15 October, 2015
Place: Mumbai, India
Organizer: Messe Munchen
Tel: 022- 4255 4700
Email: daphne.fernandes@mmi-india.in
Website: http://www.ifat-india.com/
ACETECH 2015-16
Date: 29th October-1st November, 2015
Place: Mumbai, India
Organizer: ABEC Exhibitions & Conferences Pvt. Ltd
Tel: 022-66814900
Email: urvashi.c@abec.asia
Website: http://www.etacetech.com/
2ND SMART CITIES INDIA 2016 EXPO
Date: 11-13 May, 2016
Place: New Delhi, India
Organizer: Exhibition India Group
Tel: 011-4279 5185
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10. NEWS
10 energetica INDIA · AUG15
RENEWABLE ENERGY
“Equal Focus on Various
Forms of Renewable
Power” says Piyush Goyal
Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of
State (IC) for Power, Coal & New
and Renewable Energy said that
the Union Government has
equal focus on various forms
of renewable power and does
not discriminate between solar,
wind or biogas power in terms
of providing support to these re-
newable sources. Mr. Goyal said
that the Government reinstat-
ed accelerated depreciation to
boost wind power sector in the
first budget of the new govern-
ment so that people can expand
and take benefits of the same.
He was speaking after launch-
ing Indian Wind Resource Atlas
at 100 metre level here today.
Mr.Piyush Goyal stated that
the Atlas will help policy makers
at Centre and State Govern-
ments to deal with issues relat-
ed to tariff fixation, transmis-
sion, grade frequency etc and
providing better infrastructure
for the investors. He said that he
is personally very delighted that
the ministry has provided such
crucial information in public do-
main at free of cost. He assured
that the Ministries of Coal, Pow-
er and New & Renewable Energy
will keep on providing more and
more data in public domain and
thus work on bringing transpar-
ency in the system. Mr. Saurabh
Patel, Gujarat Energy Minister,
Mr. Rajendra Shukla, Madhya
Pradesh Energy Minister, Mr.
Pushpendra Singh, Rajasthan
Energy Minister, Mr. D.K. Shiv-
kumar, Karnataka Energy Minis-
ter, senior officials from central
agencies, state government and
high level representatives of the
wind industry were also present
at the occasion.
The new Indian Wind Atlas is
an important online GIS (Ge-
ographic Information System)
tool for identification of the
regional and local wind energy
potential in India. It contains
average annual values of Wind
Speed (m/s), Wind Power Den-
sity and Capacity Utilization Fac-
tor (CUF) calculated for an av-
erage 2 MW turbine at 100 m.
In the atlas the resultant layers
are at very high resolution and
joint frequency tables have been
derived for the entire country at
500 m resolution. Also, high res-
olution Re-analysis data set has
been used for the study- NCEP/
CFSR which enhanced the accu-
racy of the mapping. The Atlas
uses dynamic meso-micro cou-
pled WRF modelling technique
Karnataka to get Rs.800 crore
under DDUGJY to provide 24
hours quality power supply
Union Government has an-
nounced that it will grant Rs.
800 crore under Deen Dayal
Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana to
Karnataka for the setting up of
separate feeder line to provide
24 hours three-phase quality
power supply to the farmers.
Under the scheme, feeders have
specially designed transformers
to supply power to farmers said
Mr. Piyush Goyal , Union Minis-
ter of State (IC) for Power, Coal
and Renewable Energy.
Addressing the media per-
sons after the review meeting
of Power Projects in Karnataka,
Mr. Piyush Goyal said that the
centre is planning to give Rs.
1,700 crore additional fund un-
der DDUGJY to the state for the
electrification of 8 lakh house-
holds of rural Karnataka which
have not still been electrified.
24X7 power supply is the mis-
sion of the government and
state and centre should work
together to achieve the target
by 2019, he added.
Karnataka has bigger plans for
the new and renewable energy
sector as the state is embarking
on setting up of Asia’s largest
Solar Park of 2,000 MW, at
Tumkur, with the help of Gov-
ernment of India. This project is
a fitting example for the ‘Team
India’ working for the welfare
of the people in the true spirit
of cooperative federalism, Mr.
Goyal said.
Operational issues of power
transmission lines and transmis-
sion corridors have been sort-
ed out in the review meeting.
This will enable to have cheap-
er power, especially cheapest
power in South India, wherein
the input power cost will come
down by 50% Shri Goyal said.
The country is gearing up
to an installation capacity of
40,000MW of solar roof tower
power project which will be a
unique scheme in the country.
Government of India is giving
15% subsidy to the household
installation of solar roof tops.
Answering a question the
minister said that the coal block
allocation will be done in a sci-
entific manner and each state
will be allotted a separate block,
exclusively for the power needs
of the state. Additional coal
blocks will be allotted as per
the need after the next round
of allotment through transpar-
ent bidding process the minis-
ter added. Mr. D.K Shivkumar,
Energy Minister, Government of
Karnataka was also present.
Unique advantages for commercial projects
The efficiency level of 98.3
percent is unique in the pro-
ject area. Another highlight
is the ability to connect up
to six strings directly to the
inverter, meaning that the
system operator no longer
requires additional DC or
combiner boxes. The inte-
grated fuse holder provides
all-pole fuse protection for all
six strings, and optional over-
voltage protection is availa-
ble for the DC side.
Thanks to the exceptionally
high IP 66 protection class,
the device can be installed in
unsheltered indoor and out-
door locations. The Fronius
Eco even manages to deliv-
er maximum yields under
extreme climate conditions.
Due to the SnapINverter
technology2, the lowest ser-
vicing costs can be expected.
The optimised display nav-
igation simplifies servicing,
while the Setup wizard saves
time and money.
11.
12. 12 energetica INDIA · AUG15
INDIA
NEWS
Ministries of Power & Railways signs 3 MOU’s on
Cooperation in Electricity & Energy Efficiency
Four Memorandum of Under-
standing ( MoUs) were signed
between Ministry of Power ,
Ministry of New & Renewable
Energy (MNRE) and Ministry
of Railways for Cooperation
in the areas of Electricity
Transmission , Energy Efficien-
cy and promotion of Renewa-
ble Energy in Indian Railways
in the presence of Minister
of Railways, Mr. Suresh Prab-
hakar Prabhu and Minister of
State (IC) for Power, Coal and
New and Renewable Energy,
Mr. Piyush Goyal. The MoUs
provides a framework under
which both parties may col-
laborate and cooperate for
efficient, reliable and eco-
nomical generation, trans-
mission, distribution, trading,
supply, marketing of electric-
ity and energy efficiency in
Indian Railways.
Speaking on the occassion,
Mr. Piyush Goyal said that
this is momentous occa-
sion which transcends three
Ministries whereby a holistic
view is being taken on en-
ergy, green energy & energy
efficiency. Mr. Goyal further
added that these MoUs will
cater the ambitious targets
of lowering cost of electricity
and consumption in railways
and adoption of LED lighting
on large scale. Compliment-
ing Mr. Suresh Prabhu, he
said that today Indian rail-
way is moving towards green
energy and with this speed,
will soon become one of the
largest producers of renew-
able energy in the country.
Mr. Piyush Goyal informed
that the Railways has ambi-
tious targets of producing
Renewable Energy and it will
become largest Renewable
energy producer. He added
that all equipments will do-
mestically sourced which will
give boost to government’s
programmes like Make in In-
dia & Skill India.
While addressing the audi-
ence, Mr. Suresh Prabhu said
that as largest commercial
transporter, Indian Railway
feels responsible for working
towards minimising emmis-
sion of green house gases
and will become in near fu-
ture “ Green Transporter”.
He said that using clean fuel
is as important as transport-
ing goods and passengers
since clean environment is the
collective responsibility of all.
Shri Prabhu also stated that
the idea behind MoUs is to
generate cheaper, easier and
commercially viable renewa-
ble energy.
The areas of bilateral coop-
eration under the MoU are:
• Implementation of elec-
tricity and energy effi-
ciency projects for Indian
Railways.
• Cooperation for construc-
tion, operation and main-
tenance of transmission
lines.
• Sharing of information,
experience, knowledge
and training of staff and
officers of railways.
• Implementaiton of joint
research or technical pro-
jects for achieving energy
conservation in Indian
Railways.
• Implementation of energy
conservation projects for
targeted achievement of
energy savings in Indian
Railways.
Ministry of Railways and
Bureau of Energy Efficien-
cy also signed a Memoran-
dum of Understanding for
implementation of energy
efficiency projects in Indian
Railways. The MoU between
the Railways and the Bureau
of Energy Efficiency would fa-
cilitate the identification and
design of interventions (such
as energy audits) for enhanc-
ing energy efficiency. It would
also help in setting of targets
for traction energy efficiency
enhancement that the Rail-
ways would meet under the
Bureau’s Perform, Achieve,
and Trade programme.
A third MoU was signed
between Energy Efficiency
Services Ltd. (EESL) and Rail-
ways Energy Management
Company Ltd. (REMCL) for
implementation of energy
efficiency measures in Rail-
ways buildings. The REM-
CL-EESL MoU would enable
the two companies to work
together to enhance energy
efficiency in various Railway
buildings, and also expand
the Domestic Energy Effi-
cient Lighting Programme
(DELP) being carried out
across the country by EESL,
in Railway colonies. The first
joint project of these two
companies would be to up-
grade the energy using in-
frastructure in Rail Bhawan
within the next eight weeks
so as to secure a reduction of
at least 20% in the electricity
consumption in the building.
On this occasion, Ministry
of New & Renewable Energy
(MNRE) & Ministry of Rail-
ways also signed a MoU to
bring in a change in the en-
ergy mix and solarization of
Railways.
Future-proofing is our priority
Smart Grid Ready is a keyword
for future inverter applications.
So is plug-in card technology,
which enables the device to re-
spond flexibly to future require-
ments. “The best example for
this is our Fronius IG series. These
devices came onto the market
20 years ago and can easily be
made compatible for wireless
applications today. That’s what
we call future-proof,” explains
Martin Hackl. Optional plug-in
cards, such as the Fronius Sensor
Card, are easily integrated using
the Plug&Play feature and the
inverter is state-of-the-art once
again.
In addition to Modbus TCP and
RTU SunSpec, a Fronius Solar API
(JSON) interface is available. The
Fronius push service enables
system data to be sent to any
server. The online Fronius Solar.
web platform is also available for
comprehensive system monitor-
ing and can be used at the same
time as the open interfaces.
13.
14. 14 energetica INDIA · AUG15
INDIA
NEWS
India, United States Seek Proposals for
Innovative Off-Grid Clean Energy Projects
In another step forward for
the U.S.-India Partnership to
Advance Clean Energy (PACE),
U.S. Ambassador to India Rich-
ard Verma announced today
that up to $2 million in grants
will be made available for in-
novative, early-stage off-grid
clean energy projects in the
fi rst round of the PACEsetter
Fund, a joint 50 crore rupee
($7.9 million) fund established
in June by the Governments
of India and the United States
to accelerate the commerciali-
zation of off-grid clean energy
solutions. Initial expressions
of interest are due October
16,2015.
Speaking at the inaugural
India Off-Grid Energy Summit,
Ambassador Verma also an-
nounced the launch of a new
public-private partnership that
will work to mobilize $41 mil-
lion in finance to enable clean
energy entrepreneurs to sus-
tain and scale their business
models beyond the early stage
targeted by the PACEsetter
Fund. This effort, a partner-
ship between New Ventures
India, Insitor Management, the
Global Social Business Incuba-
tor at Santa Clara University,
and USAID/India, aims to help
1 million Indians gain access
to electricity through off-grid
clean energy solutions.
Taken together, these two
announcements advance
President Obama and Prime
Minister Modi’s commitment
to embark on a new and en-
hanced strategic partnership
on energy security, clean ener-
gy, and climate change. They
are major milestones for Pro-
moting Energy Access through
Clean Energy (PEACE), a PACE
initiative focused on harness-
ing commercial enterprise to
bring clean energy access to
unserved and underserved in-
dividuals and communities.
Fronius launches string
inverter solution for
PV projects in India
The solutions provider Fro-
nius is launching the latest
addition to the SnapINvert-
er range in May 20151.
Available in the 25.0 and
27.0 kVA power catego-
ries, the Fronius Eco string
inverter delivers maximum
yields, especially for large-
scale PV projects into the
megawatt range.
Thanks to the exception-
ally high IP 66 protection
class, the device can be
installed in unsheltered in-
door and outdoor locations.
Thanks to the exception-
ally high IP 66 protection
class, the device can be
installed in unsheltered in-
door and outdoor locations.
“The Fronius Eco is the
ideal project inverter. It is
easy to service, extremely
cost-effective and offers
the high quality associat-
ed with Fronius,” explains
Martin Hackl, head of the
Solar Energy Division at Fro-
nius International GmbH.
The compact design en-
sures maximum average
power density and maxi-
mum yields
Its lightweight design
(weighing just 35.7 kg) and
tried and tested SnapIN-
verter mounting technolo-
gy make for quick and easy
installation. With the high-
est average power density
in its power category, the
Fronius Eco is sure to im-
press.
The new MPP tracking
algorithm of the Dynamic
Peak Manager also plays an
important role in maxim-
ising yield. It automatically
checks the characteristic
curve at regular intervals,
ensuring that the inverter
finds the global maximum
and constantly operates at
the point of maximum out-
put, even in partial shading.
Waaree Energies
Receives ‘Make In
India Awards for
Excellence-2015’
Waaree Energies Limited
has announced that it has
been awarded the ‘Make In
India Awards for Excellence
– 2015’ by Krazy Mantra,
a leading IT organization
based out of Ahmedabad.
This award is an effort to
recognize the companies
who are executing our
Honorable Prime Minister
Mr. Narendra Modi’s vision
of ‘Make in India’ with ex-
cellence in their own do-
main. Waaree has received
this award for its manufac-
turing excellence in the re-
newable energy category.
Chief Guest for the
event, Shri. Kalraj Mishra
Union Minister for MSME,
and Shri Dhanraj Pillai the
legendary hockey player,
handed over the awards
to the winners. Mr. Ketan
Vora CEO Waaree Surya
Power LLP received the
award on behalf of Waaree
Energies Limited.
Hitesh Doshi, Chairman
and Managing Director,
at Waaree Energies com-
mented “It’s an honour
to be recognized for ex-
cellence in the field of
solar energy. Just as the
powerful sun reaches the
remotest corner of the
world, Waaree is deter-
mined to widen the solar
energy landscape in the
best possible way. These
recognitions go a long
way in keeping our mo-
rale high and motivate us
to keep up our quest for
excellence. I would like to
congratulate Krazy Man-
tra and their entire team
for conceptualising and
executing this initiative
successfully.”
15.
16. 16 energetica INDIA · AUG15
INDIA
NEWS
MNRE takes initiative for Low Cost
Financing for Renewable Energy
The Government has taken
following major initiatives in
coordination with different
Ministries/Departments for
mobilizing the low cost financ-
ing for renewable energy pro-
jects which inter-alia includes
low cost borrowing through
multi-lateral and bi-later-
al agencies i.e. World Bank,
Asian Development Bank, KfW
Germany, etc.; inclusion of
Renewable Energy Projects in
Priority Sector Lending Norms
of Commercial Banks; and ap-
proval for issuance of tax free
infrastructure bonds for fund-
ing renewable energy projects
during the FY 2015-16. This
was stated by Mr. Piyush Goyal,
Minister of State (IC) for Pow-
er, Coal & New and Renewable
Energy in a written reply to a
question in the Lok Sabha
The Minister further stated
that the Rural Electrification
Corporation (REC) is providing
Renewable Energy loans at the
rate of interest which is 0.75%
less than the Conventional
Generation Projects. Moreover,
there are no restrictions on the
loan amount for Renewable
Energy Projects and all pro-
jects found viable are eligible
for funding. Further, in remote
villages, Government is also
providing grant through REC
for Decentralized Distributed
Generation under Deendayal
Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
(DDUGJY).
Swelect Energy Systems
Ltd. commissions 10 MW
SPV Farm in Tamil Nadu
SWELECT Energy Systems
Ltd., has announced that it
has recently commissioned
its 10 MW SPV Farm near-
Musiri Taluk, Trichy District,
Tamil Nadu. It is the state’s
first VGF(Viability Gap
Funding) Project under the
JNNSM Phase 2 and also the
only DCR (Domestic Con-
tent Requirement) project in
Tamil Nadu.
The highlight of this pro-
ject is that more than 55%
of the installed SPV mod-
ules were manufactured
in SWELECT owned mod-
ule manufacturing facility
at Bangalore (HHV Solar
Technologies Ltd) with the
SPV Cells manufactured in
India with 100% DCR com-
pliance. The SPV modules
used are high efficiency
240, 245, 250 and 255 Wp-
multi crystalline panels with
IEC certification and 750
kW high efficiency TMEiC
central inverters have been
used.
This has enabled SWELECT
to be in line with the‘Make in
India’ program as well as the
upcoming DCR programs.
SWELECT has installed over
1700 Roof top installations
for Process Industries, IT
campuses,University cam-
puses, Banks, ATM sites and
many other corporate cus-
tomers. SWELECT has been
ranked as No. 1 Rooftop
Solar company (source: Soft
Disk awards 2012, 13, 14)
for three consecutive years.
It is currently in the process
of developing a 20 MW SPV
Farm.
JinkoSolar connects 34.56MW
High Efficient Eagle Modules
in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd has
announced that its 34.56MW
Eagle PID-FREE modules have
been successfully connected in
Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh.
These modules were deployed
to three projects in Lalitpur, a
district suffering from extreme
weather conditions, and have
proven their phenomenal ability
against high temperature and
humidity in summer and cold-
ness in winter.
In the hottest summer, Lal-
itpur’s temperature recorded
49°C, and the average relative
humidity in rain season goes
above 85%, posing a huge
challenge to regular solar pan-
els.
Jinko’s high efficient Eagle
modules are designed to coun-
ter these harsh conditions.
As the world’s first PID-FREE
modules that have past severe
test under the condition of
85°C/85%RH, Eagles are able
to perform to the best at any-
where in India, providing a re-
liable and stable high-efficient
power source for businesses
and communities.
Suzlon completes project for NSE
as it becomes 1st stock exchange
to invest in Wind Energy
India’s leading bourse Nation-
al Stock Exchange of India Ltd
(NSE) completed 6.25 MW
wind power project. Suzlon
Group, one of the leading wind
turbine manufacturer was the
technical partner for supply &
commissioning of the project.
The project completion is a
milestone achievement for NSE
and Suzlon since it is India’s
first Stock Exchange to deploy
wind energy to off-set its cap-
tive power usage. 65% of the
energy consumption of NSE of-
fice located at Exchange Plaza
building, Bandra-Kurla Com-
plex (BKC) Mumbai will be met
by this wind project.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr
Mahesh Haldipur, NSE spokes-
person said “The investment
in wind power project is part
of our long term focus on sus-
tainable development. We are
committed to conduct business
in a way that protects the en-
vironment by using green tech-
nology. Harnessing wind ener-
gy for our operations is a step in
that direction. This is in addition
to the various power saving and
energy efficient measures being
undertaken at the premises.”
Mr. Ishwar Mangal, Chief
Sales Officer, Suzlon Group
said, “The increased focus and
investment in wind energy is a
testament of efforts by corpo-
rates in India towards mitigat-
ing climate change and energy
security. NSE’s thrust on sustain-
able development and invest-
ments in wind energy will also
encourage other corporates
to harness wind energy for
meeting their energy require-
ments and to hedge power
cost for next 25 years thereby
contribute towards a greener
tomorrow. Suzlon’s ‘concept to
commissioning’ approach of-
fers convenience to customers
for setting up wind project for
captive use.” Suzlon leveraged
its end-to-end wind solutions
expertise to oversee the project
completion from start to end.
17. energetica INDIA · AUG15 17
INDIA
Inox Wind Bags 100 MW Order from OSTRO Energy
Inox Wind Limited has an-
nounced that it has bagged an
order for a 100 MW wind pow-
er project at Lahori, in the state
of Madhya Pradesh from Ostro
Energy. . Inox will supply and
install 50 units of its advanced
2MW DFIG 100 rotor dia Wind
Turbine Generators (WTGs) for
Ostro Energy, on a turnkey basis.
The 100 rotor dia WTG has one
of the highest swept areas, that
makes it ideally suited to max-
imise returns, especially in low
wind areas.
Inox Wind will be responsible
for the entire project lifecycle,
from development and con-
struction to commissioning and
has also been contracted to un-
dertake operations and mainte-
nance services of the project for
a multi year period, post com-
missioning. The 100 MW project
will be a part of the “Inox Wind
Park” of 200 MW capacity at La-
hori, one of many such “Wind
Parks” being developed by Inox
across the country.
At each such wind park, Inox
Wind is providing its customers
with end to end solutions includ-
ing wind resource assessment,
building the power evacuation
system, acquiring land, develop-
ing the entire site infrastructure,
supplying the WTGs, erection
and commissioning services as
well as long term operations and
maintenance services.
“These orders have further
boosted Inox’s strong order book
with major IPPs in India. Ostro
enjoys a position of pride in In-
dia’s renewable energy space.
We are happy that Ostro has
expressed faith in Inox’s technol-
ogy, capabilities and services and
we look forward to strengthen-
ing this relationship further in
the future. We are very pleased
to partner Ostro in providing
clean, sustainable and renewa-
ble power to the society at large,
and contributing to the nation’s
development in an environmen-
tally responsible manner” said
Mr. Kailash Tarachandani, Chief
Executive Officer of Inox Wind
Limited in his statement.
“The 100 MW Lahori project
is Ostro Energy’s first project
in Madhya Pradesh. It has a
challenging completion time-
line but we are confident that
Inox will deliver the project
safely, timely and of top notch
quality. We look forward to
building a long and fruit-
ful relationship with Inox on
the strong foundation of the
successful project in MP. This
project is another building
block in Ostro’s commitment
to clean energy and its goal
to reach 800 MW operating
capacity in next three years”
Ranjit Gupta, Chief Executive
Officer of Ostro Energy, said in
his statement.
AWS Truepower Announces Major
Expansion of its Due Diligence Team
AWS Truepower has an-
nounced that it has responded
to the growing success of its
due diligence services by ex-
panding its team with several
well-known industry veterans
and skilled specialists.
Starting August 24, Gill How-
ard Larsen assumed leadership
of the group as Director of Due
Diligence. Gill has long experi-
ence as a wind and IPP project
developer and owner includ-
ing with Edison Mission Ener-
gy and Cinergy (now Duke),
and since joining the company
last year has played a critical
role on the company’s Due
Diligence team, first as Senior
Project Manager, then Head of
Project Management.
“I’ve been enormously im-
pressed with Gill’s clear vision
for the due diligence business,
her huge passion for her work,
and her great project and client
management skills,” remarked
Michael Brower, President of
AWS Truepower. “We’re lucky
to have her.”
Chris Ziesler joined the team
in August as Manager of Tech-
nical Advisory Services. Chris
comes to AWS Truepower from
Wind Capital Group, a wind
developer and operator, where
he was Senior Vice President
until the company wound up
its assets in early 2015. Prior to
that he held senior positions at
Shell Wind Energy and Power-
gen Renewables.
Starting in September Emil
Moroz of EM Energy, LLC, will
be contributing to the AWS
Truepower team as Senior Tur-
bine Engineer. A well known
and respected figure in the
wind industry, Emil has held a
number of key senior positions
in wind turbine technology and
plant operations including Chief
Engineer with Garrad Hassan
America, Director of Technolo-
gy and Project Development for
DeWind, and Director of Wind
Turbine Technology for AES.
Also in September, Nestor
Castillo will be joining AWS
Truepower as Senior Electri-
cal Engineer. For the past two
years Nestor was a risk assess-
ment engineer for the Texas Re-
liability Entity, and before that
was Senior Electrical Engineer
for DNV GL for six years. In the
latter role he gained enormous
experience as an independent
engineer on utility-scale wind
projects, including performing
electrical design reviews and
construction monitoring.
Rounding out the group is
Cristian Algar, who joined
AWS Truepower in July as Pro-
ject Manager in the Barcelona
office. A mechanical engineer,
Cristian worked for more than
five years for Abantia, a solar
EPC company that developed
many different solar projects
in Mexico and South America,
and before that worked for a
year for Acciona Windpower
North America.
The new staff join an estab-
lished team whose skills have
been honed over the past two
years providing independent
engineering, owners engineer-
ing, and technical advisory ser-
vices, and who are supported
by AWS Truepower’s indus-
try-leading resource and ener-
gy consulting group.
“For over 30 years, the
growth of AWS Truepower has
been driven by its talented and
experienced staff,” remarked
Bruce Bailey, CEO. “With the
bolstering of the due diligence
team with such highly experi-
enced and talented industry
professionals, I’m confident
that AWS Truepower will ce-
ment its position as a leading
force in the wind and solar en-
ergy due diligence markets.”
18. 18 energetica INDIA · AUG15
INDIA
NEWS
Global demand for energy is expected to increase
by more than 35% by 2040: ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil Lubricants Private
Limited shared a perspective
on effective lubrication prac-
tices and the need for guide-
lines on industrial lubrication in
India’. Every year ExxonMobil
produces an ‘Outlook for En-
ergy’ report - ‘The Outlook
for Energy: A View to 2040’,
which provides a window to
the future of the world’s ener-
gy needs. The Outlook for En-
ergy is used to guide strategies
and investments at ExxonMo-
bil. One of the key findings of
this report is the essential role
that energy efficiency will play
in the future to help solve ener-
gy challenges.
Companies in the industrial
sector are increasingly looking
at new technologies to reduce
their energy usage. One oppor-
tunity for energy conservation
that is often overlooked in in-
dustrial facilities isthe technol-
ogy behind the lubricant used.
Lubricants are often considered
as a negligible contributor to-
wards the annual profitability
of the plant. This is because of
lack of appropriate awareness
and quantification methods
that capture benefits associat-
ed with the proper usage of a
lubricant. ExxonMobil defines
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
as an effective way to consoli-
date key benefits. The concept
attempts to cover the complete
set of cost components from
‘Purchase to Disposal’. TCO
comprises capital expenses in-
curred in acquiring and install-
ing the equipment as well as
operating expenses including
operating cost, maintenance
and repair, downtime cost, en-
ergy cost, environment cost,
routine and overtime labor,
training and disposal cost etc.
High performance lubricants
with significant energy effi-
ciency benefits have the ability
to achieve potential savings in
energy, operation and mainte-
nance costs in Indian industry.
According to Dan Kellen,
Global Industrial Product Tech-
nology Manager, ExxonMobil
Fuels, Lubricants and Speciali-
ties Marketing Company, “The
science of tribology is growing
and will become increasingly
important in the future be-
cause of constantly increasing
demands of improved efficien-
cy from the industry. The lubri-
cants of the future have to be
more environmentally adapted
with a higher level of perfor-
mance, and lower total life cy-
cle cost (LCC) than commonly
used lubricants today. Looking
to the future, the trend is to-
ward lubricants and base oils
with even higher purity, lower
volatility and longer life.”
ExxonMobil continuously
analyzes trends that will impact
the industrial landscape and
also evaluates lubricant tech-
nologies and services that will
be needed in the future.Our
relationship with equipment
builders has given us the kind
of inputs required specifically
for investing in R&D to intro-
duce new products with new
technologies. In turn, we have
made sure that our mutual cus-
tomers’, i.e. our customers and
our equipment builder custom-
ers are benefitted from this.
Mr Glen Sharkowicz, Asia
Pacific Industrial Lubricants
Marketing Manager, Exxon-
Mobil Fuels & Lubricants said,
“Using energy efficient lubri-
cants will enable manufac-
turing facilities to operate at
maximum efficiency at optimal
cost. Whether for gearboxes,
engines or hydraulic systems,
energy efficient lubricants are
available, and with upto 6%
efficiency improvement having
been proven in some applica-
tions, they can be a very smart
investment.Improving energy
efficiency by utilizing energy
efficient lubricants has helped
ExxonMobil customers reduce
carbon footprint, increase pro-
ductivity and reduce overall op-
erating costs.”
Along with high performance
lubricants implementation of
sound lubrication practices
including preventative main-
tenance and monitoring pro-
grams are key to help extract
peak performance and maxi-
mum value. Effective lubrica-
tion practices play a valuable
role in improving equipment
performance, and therefore
overall equipment effective-
ness. To minimize the risk of
unplanned events and to help
improve equipment perfor-
mance, it is important to de-
velop and implement a robust,
solutions-oriented lubrication
program for operations, which
utilizes a combination of high
quality products and appropri-
ate technical services to better
protect and monitor any indus-
trial equipment.
According to Mr. Shankar
Karnik, General Manager In-
dustrial, ExxonMobil Lubricants
Pvt Ltd., Mr. Shankar Karnik,
“Validated data of real-time
case studies establishes that
energy efficient lubricants can
help in achieving productivity
improvement in various indus-
tries. Thus, we feel that there
is a need in the industry for
guidelines to support energy
audit. This will be a step for-
warding the right directionfor
the lubricant industry in India.”
FortumFinnSurya wins Asian Power Awards 2015 for Indian solar project
FortumFinnSurya Energy Pvt Ltd.
has announced that it has been
awarded with the prestigious so-
lar project of the year award by
Asian Power Awards 2015. The
award has been given in recog-
nition for the development of its
10MW solar PV plant located in
Kapeli, a village in Dist. Ujjain,
Madhya Pradesh. It was the first
plant to be commissioned under
the Jawaharlal Nehru National
Solar Mission (JNNSM) Phase II
initiative and developed under
the VGF scheme of Solar Energy
Corporation of India.
“The recognition from Asian
Power Awards not only signi-
fies our commitment to India,
but also connotes India’s efforts
towards building the nation’s
solar economy. We are grate-
ful to the Indian government,
state governments, Solar Ener-
gy Corporation of India and all
our partners and employees for
their continuous support in ena-
bling us to complete the project
well before the deadline. We are
hopeful that we will continue to
utilise innovation and technology
drawing from our global know-
how and thus contribute to the
Indian Government’s efforts in
carving a niche for India in the
international solar circuit” said
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Tata Power reaches the milestone
consumer base of 2 Million
Tata Power has an-
nounced that the Compa-
ny has increased its con-
sumer base to two million
consumers in FY15,
achieving 6.18 lakh con-
sumers in Mumbai and
over 14.4 lakh in Delhi.
Living by the vision of its
founders, the Company
has always been a pioneer
in providing reliable and
uninterrupted power to
its consumers. In line with
its commitment of light-
ing up lives, the Company
has steadily been adding
consumers across cate-
gories due to its diligent
customer service and the
most competitive tariff of-
fering to consumers with
a monthly consumption
of up to 300 units.
The increased Mumbai
consumer base of 6.18
lakhs was aided by the
addition of 19,000 direct
and 1,05,711 changeover
consumers during FY15.
In Delhi, Tata Power has a
registered consumer base
of 14.4 lakh, spanning
across an area of 510
sq. km. in Northern and
North Western Delhi.
Tata Power has always
enabled Mumbaikars with
the ‘Right to choose’ their
preferred power sup-
plier. To continue in its
endeavour to benefit its
Mumbai consumers, Tata
Power will continue to
provide the lowest tariff
for residential consum-
ers consuming up to 300
units and also in various
commercial and industrial
categories.
Speaking on this ac-
complishment, Mr. Anil
Sardana, MD and CEO,
Tata Power, stated, “Tata
Power has been a part
of India’s growth story
for a 100 years now. Our
journey over the years
has been incredible and
eventful, and we are
thrilled to have reached
the milestone of 2 million
consumers on our cente-
nary year of operations.
We wish to remain a rel-
evant part of the grow-
ing Incredible India story,
and reach new heights
through constant inno-
vation, and excellent ser-
vices. We are extremely
proud and happy to have
achieved this milestone
and stay committed to
delivering superior servic-
es at competitive prices.”
Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Manag-
ing Director, Fortum India.
The plant was commissioned
on 31st December 2014, four
months ahead of the deadline
set by the government. During
the construction phase, more
than 400 local people were
employed at the site. Fortum
has adopted a thin-film CdTe
technology with PV modules
mounted on fixed tilt struc-
tures and 15 central invertors,
which allows for better control
of carbon footprint, water use
and energy payback time. This
solar plant is Fortum’s second
investment in the Indian solar
sector. The 10 MW solar plant
shall offset more than 18000
tonnes of CO2
emissions equiv-
alent annually.
20. 20 energetica INDIA · AUG15
INDIA
NEWS
CG wins INR 300 crore of orders from Power
Grid for transmission equipments
Avantha Group Company CG
has announced that it has
bagged INR 300 crores of or-
ders from Power Grid, the larg-
est transmission utility in India
for supply, erection, testing
and commissioning of power
transformers at various substa-
tions across India. The orders
include 765kV transformers
for the Chittorgarh and Ajmer
substations, both part of the
Green Energy Corridor, an in-
itiative by the Government of
India to facilitate evacuation
of renewable energy into the
national grid. CG has also
bagged orders for the supply
of 400kV transformers and re-
actors to Power Grid, a large
part of which is meant for the
Green Energy Corridor, for the
evacuation of Solar Power to
the 400kV grid in addition to
system strengthening projects.
The transformers and reactors
will be commissioned at Pow-
er Grid substations in Kunta,
Madhugiri, Narendra, Silchar,
Mandola, Manesar, Panchkula
and Damoh. The scope of work
for these orders won during
the first quarter of FY 15-16
include design, engineering,
manufacturing, supply, erec-
tion, testing, commissioning
and associated civil works. The
project commissioning sched-
ule is between the 4th quarter
of FY 15-16 and 4th quarter of
FY 16-17.
CG won these orders beating
stiff global competition, with
its technological capabilities to
provide optimal solutions to
its customer. With the contin-
ued thrust of the Indian Gov-
ernment on strengthening the
T&D network, CG with its vast
experience and complete port-
folio of products and solutions
across the voltage class is well
positioned to serve the market
needs. The transformers once
commissioned will strengthen
the national grid and help in
the evacuation of green energy.
The Indian Government is
expected to invest INR 1 tril-
lion over the next one year to
strengthen the power trans-
mission system in the coun-
try and CG with its complete
range of UHV products namely
Transformers, Reactors, Cur-
rent Transformers, Capacitive
Voltage Transformers, Circuit
Breakers and Surge Arresters,
is well poised to support the
initiative. CG has played an
integral role in building the
national transmission system,
be it in its transition to 765kV
or now with the integration
of renewable energy in the
national grid. CG assumes an
even more important role as a
key stakeholder to Power Grid
in its mission to establish the
Green Energy Corridor in the
country.
Commenting on the major
win, Avantha Group Com-
pany CG’s CEO & Managing
Director, Mr. Laurent Demor-
tier, said, “We thank Power
Grid for their continued trust
in our products and techno-
logical expertise. Our indige-
nous technology, customised
solutions and high quality
equipments define our value
proposition. A robust UHV in-
frastructure will be the key to
the future of the power sector
in India and CG has displayed
its superiority in manufactur-
ing and supplying high quality
equipments that make us the
partner of choice to build the
national transmission back-
bone. The CG edge is in pro-
viding the necessary support
to utilities with solutions that
offer a technological advan-
tage backed by high efficien-
cy, reliability and low life-cycle
cost”.
Disruptive small-scale hydropower technology
is set to make first steps in India
Despite the high output of
small-scale hydropower pro-
jects (from 500w Pico up to
100kW Micro), they often
fail to materialise because of
site constraints such as water
flow and height differential
that render projects unfea-
sible. Many opportunities
have been missed because
conventional hydro does not
operate efficiently with a fall
of less than 3m.
This is all now a thing of
the past with the advent of a
technology that takes advan-
tage of the rotational power
of earth: The Kouris Centri
Turbine (or KCT for short) can
operate with a minimum fall
height of just 0.6m while be-
ing very efficient under low
loads.
KCT takes advantage of
Earth’s rotational force (Co-
riolis force), just like a kitch-
en sink, to achieve more
efficient output and more
importantly the ability to
produce power from sites
that traditional technologies
could not take advantage of.
With this disruptive ability, a
number of additional advan-
tages are also very appealing:
“KCT is extremely efficient,
durable, and portable. The
design offers such versatility
that it’s hard to believe that
many features were the re-
sult of serendipity.” explains
KapaLamda MD, Spyros Lys-
soudis.
Having completed two sites
in Australia and the first com-
mercial installation in Greece,
India is the first stop of the
Australian-Greek led KCT in-
itiative. Lyssoudis adds: “We
believe we can really help
with the India’s goal to lower
production cost, to increase
reliability and maximize local
capacity opportunities and
that is why we are currently
growing our partnership net-
work in India”.
Paul Kouris, the inventor of
the technology explains: “We
find that the technology is so
different that experienced
engineers are astounded by
the physics behind it. We had
to develop www.KCThydro-
power.com, an online guide
that explains things in more
detail so that most questions
can be addressed early on.”
21. energetica INDIA · AUG15 21
INDIA
Suzlon delivers 205 MW volume with 15.3 % EBITDA margin
Suzlon Group has announced
its results for the first quarter
(Q1) of financial year 2015-16
(FY16).
Mr. Tulsi Tanti, Chairman,
Suzlon Group said: “Our Q1
performance reflects our turn-
around journey. Our strategic
vision incorporates the gov-
ernment’s renewable energy
target of 175 GW by 2022
and the conducive policy land-
scape.
With our technology pedi-
gree, comprehensive product
portfolio and over 14GW of
global installations, we are well
positioned to seize the market
opportunities in India and oth-
er core markets. We introduced
the next generation turbine,
the S111 - 2.1 MW for the
Indian market that is special-
ly designed for low wind sites
generating 20% higher energy
compared to S97. This year, we
expect to supply 100 turbines
of the S111. Our pan-India
presence and 1700 customers
across all segments give us the
competitive advantage to en-
hance our market share.”
Mr. Kirti Vagadia, Group Head
of Finance, Suzlon Group said,
“We demonstrated strong op-
erational performance after ad-
dressing our liquidity challenges
and delivered strong EBIDTA
margin of 15.3% on 205 MW
in the first quarter. Q1 witnessed
significant reduction in debt and
interest costs. Our key priority
is to execute strong order book
of 1107 MW and maintain mo-
mentum in the order intake.”
Key Updates:
1. Financial Performance:
Revenues
• Suzlon Wind Rs. 1542 crs
in Q1 FY16
• Delivered highest quarterly
volumes (205 MW) in India
since FY12
• Operating Performance
• Normalized EBITDA margin
improved to 15.3% in Q1
FY16; EBITDA of Rs.237
crs against negative EBIT-
DA of Rs 224 in Q4 FY15;
• Normalized EBIT margin
improves to 11.3% in Q1
FY16 with EBIT of Rs. 175
crs against negative YoY
and QoQ EBIT
Debt
• Consolidated Net Debt
(Excl. FCCB) down to Rs.
7,010 crs from Rs 14,821crs
as of 31st March 2015
• Interest cost down by 36%
QoQ
Liquidity
• Cash and cash equivalent
in excess of Rs. 3,000 crs
• Strong liquidity position to
capitalize on growth op-
portunities
2. Order Intake:
• Net Order intake at 188 MW,
up 28% YoY, 69% QoQ
• Order Book stands at 1.1
GW worth Rs. 6,839 crs
3. Order wins:
• 90MW order by Re-
New Power for project in
Madhya Pradesh. Suzlon
will install 43 WTGs of
S97_120m Hybrid Tow-
er with rated capacity of
2.1MW each
• 99MW order win from
Mytrah Energy project
in Telangana. Suzlon will
install 47 WTGs of the
S97_120m Hybrid Tow-
er with rated capacity of
2.1MW each
• Another order from Re-
New Power for 90.30 MW
project in Andhra Pradesh
to install 43 WTGS of
S97_90m hub height with
rated capacity of 2.1MW
Key priorities for Suzlon Group:
• Focus on the Indian market
as well as North America,
China and Brazil
• Focus on leveraging tech-
nology to reduce cost of
energy
• Remain focused to deliver
best-in-class service
• Investment to further build
our wind project pipeline
Brij releases whitepaper on
‘Considerations for Selection
of EVA Encapsulants’
Since decades, photo-
voltaic modules have
been encapsulated with
Crosslinked Ethylene Vi-
nyl Acetate (EVA) sheets
as they still provide the
most optimal solution
for packaging solar cells
with the required degree
of environmental protec-
tion. In the current Indian
price sensitive scenario, it
is important for manufac-
turers to carefully choose
a bill of material (BOM)
that not only meets the
required quality expec-
tations but also is price
competitive.
Brij has released its latest
white paper on ‘Consid-
erations for selection of
EVA Encapsulants’ which
discusses on some of the
important parameters of
a product that physical-
ly holds module compo-
nents in place ensuring
reliable module perfor-
mance for over 25 years.
Hero Future Energies commissions
10 MW solar plant in Karnataka
Hero Future Energies (HFE)
has announced thhe com-
missioning of a 10 MW solar
power project, spread over
50 acres of land in Chitra-
doorga district of Karnataka.
Rahul Munjal, Manag-
ing Director, Hero Future
Energies while affirming
this commencement men-
tioned, “We are happy to
announce that we now
have cumulatively commis-
sioned 60 MW of renewa-
ble energy projects in this
state. We believe Karnataka
offers exciting opportunities
for growth in renewable en-
ergy space.”
Sunil Jain, CEO, Hero Fu-
ture Energies said, “We have
deployed the best-in-class
technologies and once again
demonstrated our ability to
complete the project ahead
of schedule. This project
was executed by Clean Solar
Power, Hiriyur team in India
and is estimated to gener-
ate approximately 17 million
units of electricity annually,
which is sufficient to light
twenty thousand house-
holds.”
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INDIA
NEWS
Schneider Electric India launches its full
suite of Smart Homes solutions
Schneider Electric has an-
nounced the launch of its full
suite of integrated Smart Home
solutions to provide end to end
solutions for multi-dwelling &
independent home owners.
This Smart Home Solution en-
compasses home automation,
wiring devices, final distribution,
safety & energy management
technologies that capture mas-
sive efficiencies across the value
chain. As India seeks to manage
urbanization, digitisation, & the
rise of disposable incomes as
well as heightened middle-class
expectations via ambitious hous-
ing and infrastructure develop-
ment plans on the one hand,
while on the other, pressures
from land constraints, paucity
of modern infrastructure and
inadequate energy supplies are
expected to exacerbate. In such
an economically volatile scenar-
io, smart and sustainable homes
can be expected to be the need
of the hour as well as a valuable
investment for the future.
Elaborating on the Smart
Home suite of solutions,
Philippe Delorme, Executive
Vice-President, Buildings &
Partner Business – Schneider
Electric Global, said, “The
launch of integrated Smart
Homes ensure a further
strengthening of our position
as a global specialist in energy
management and automation.
The core of smart homes is the
fast-growing network of intelli-
gently connected devices, ma-
chines and objects, which we
call the “Internet of Things”.
Energy-efficient technologies
for homes, buildings and ve-
hicles can save upto $15 bil-
lion worth of energy annually.
Through smart metering India
can save $20 billion per year by
2025. Collectively, the applica-
tion of all these technologies
can have an economic impact
of $50 billion to $95 billion per
year in 2025 for India.”
In the coming decade, ur-
banisation, digitisation and in-
dustrialisation will be the three
main drivers requiring modern
infrastructure. Given its global
expertise in energy management
& automation solutions, Schnei-
der Electric is the only company
ideally positioned to offer one-
stop-shop design, supply and
after-sales service through its
strong partner network. Its com-
prehensive Smart Homes suite of-
fer includes Lighting Room Con-
trol (LRC), Wiring Devices (WD),
Surveillance and Security, Final
Distribution (FD), Energy Man-
agement and Renewable Energy
options. The protocols supported
will include all the popular ones,
including KNX, Zigbee and Mod-
bus. Tying all of these together
and placing unmatched power &
convenience in the hands of the
home-owner, is a specially devel-
oped app that can reside on any
smartphone or tablet.
Emphasizing the importance
of sustainable and value-pro-
tected Smart Homes in light of
the growing economic insecuri-
ties in today’s environment, Mr
Shrinivas Chebbi, Vice President,
Partner & Buildings – Schneider
Electric India, said, “Although
Smart Homes may require a
one-time initial investment, en-
hanced security, comfort and
convenience leads to value in
the long run. Retrofitting exist-
ing homes with Smart solutions
can cost much less – in some
cases, only one-hundredth the
cost of a newly-constructed
Smart Home. These offer mul-
tiple benefits that recover their
extra costs within a few years.”
Mr Chebbi also added that “In a
price sensitive market like India
value for money and the security
and stability of one’s investment
is paramount. “
Su-Kam Power Systems provides smart & innovative
solar power solutions to state of Haryana
Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd. has
announced that it is working
towards offering cutting-edge
solar solution to the residents of
Haryana. This is in line with the
state government’s initiative to
encourage people to switch to
solar to help improve the power
situation in the state.
Su-Kam has till date success-
fully implemented some major
projects in Gurgaon with an aim
of solarising the city and the en-
tire state. Key among them are
100KWp in State Bank Acade-
my (SBA), 90kwp in Engineering
India Limited (EIL) and 70kwp in
NHPC in Faridabad.
Su-Kam has been allotted a 1
MW project in Haryana by SECI
(Solar Energy Corporation of
India). Under this the compa-
ny has completed 100KWp in
State Bank Academy (SBA), 150
KWP Grid-tie solar plants in two
sites of IFFCO and 150 KWP so-
lar plants in the parking area of
ITM University, Gurgaon. Some
of the on-going projects are 65
Kwp at Jagatjeet Industries Ltd
in Gurgaon and another 135
KWp in Rani Polymers, Manesar
Gurgaon.
Mr. Kunwer Sachdev, Manag-
ing Director, Su-Kam said, “At
Su-Kam we have always be-
lieved that uninterrupted pow-
er solutions could hold the key
to the progress for an emerg-
ing economy like India. Solar
Power is the best suited energy
source for India and solar en-
ergy sector has been growing
rapidly in the recent years. To
make the state of Haryana a
solar state is what we aim at
and these initiatives are taken
in the same direction.”
150 KWP Grid-tie solar plants
in two sites of IFFCO
Under this project Su-Kam in-
stalled a 50 KWP solar power
plant in Sardar Patel Bhavan in
sector 32, Gurgaon and a 100
KWP solar plant in the parking
area of IIFCO tower in Sector
29, Gurgaon.
The 50 KWP grid-tie solar
power plants on the rooftop
of Sardar Patel Bhavan will
generate approximately one
lakh five thousand units of en-
ergy per year which will then
be converted to a saving of
nearly Rs. 6, 30,000 in a year.
Similarly, the 100 KWP grid-tie
solar plants in the parking area
of IFFCO tower will generate
approximately two lakh five
thousand units per year and a
saving of nearly RS. 12,60,000
per annum.
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INTERNATIONAL
PROINSO PV RACK to
launch in South Africa
PROINSO has announced
that it is set to strengthen
its presence and penetra-
tion in the South African
photovoltaic market with
the launch of PROINSO PV
RACK.
Drawing on a heritage of
over 1.7GW across projects
worldwide, PROINSO PV
RACK is one of simplest
roof top structures to as-
semble on the PV mar-
ket and takes just a few
minutes to construct and
mount. PROINSO PV RACK
will be available to install-
ers across South Africa
from September 2015.
Russell Varty, General
Manager at PROINSO Af-
rican Solar Energy, com-
mented, “The launch of
PROINSO PV RACK marks
a new era for PROINSO in
Southern Africa and we
believe this will benefit a
diverse range of consum-
ers throughout the region.
Southern Africa is an ex-
tremely variable solar mar-
ket with a need for quality
PV equipment together
with distributed and sus-
tainable supply. PROINSO
PV RACK adds exceptional
value by offering both ver-
satility and usability whilst
reducing the risk to the in-
staller, this all assists in the
successful implementation
of PV projects.
Mark Ryder, Commercial
Director at PROINSO, add-
ed, “We are delighted to
be launching our newest
PV mounting structure kit
in to the Southern African
residential and commer-
cial solar roof top market.
Southern Africa is one
of the most exciting and
emerging PV markets in
the world and we are in an
extremely strong position
to lead the market.”
Consul General of India, Mr Raveesh
Kumar visits SMA Solar Technology AG
SMA Solar Technology AG
(SMA) has announced that Mr.
Raveesh Kumar, Consul Gener-
al of India, made a visit to SMA
Solar Technology AG (SMA) on
18th August, 2015. Mr. Kumar
discussed the future perspec-
tives of the Indian PV mar-
ket with SMA’s CEO/CFO Mr.
Pierre-Pascal Urbon.
Being among the Earth’s re-
gions with the most hours of
sunshine per year, India is an
attractive market for SMA. The
demand for energy in this up-
and-coming emerging market
will continue to grow signifi-
cantly in the near future, and
photovoltaics will play an im-
portant role in satisfying this
growing demand. The Indian
government has stressed its
commitment to providing a
cost-effective, clean and sus-
tainable energy supply to the
country by introducing the Na-
tional Solar Mission in 2010. It
aims at installing 100 gigawatts
of PV power by 2022, thereby
considerably increasing solar
power’s share of the total en-
ergy production in the coming
years. “In light of these aspects,
we are very pleased to have
had the opportunity to discuss
the further development of the
Indian PV market and the role
of SMA with Mr. Kumar,” said
SMA Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer
Pierre-Pascal Urbon.
“A reliable and sustainable
energy supply is essential for
India’s further economic devel-
opment. Photovoltaics will be
of great importance in this. I am
happy to note that SMA, with its
high-quality and technologically
advanced solutions, is commit-
ted to the Indian market and
could play an important role in
achieving the ambitious solar
energy target to ensure the fu-
ture energy supply of the coun-
try”, stated the Consul General
of India Raveesh Kumar.
Numerous PV projects have al-
ready been launched in India in
recent years using SMA inverter
technology. In addition to grid-
tied PV plants of every size, the
stand-alone and PV-diesel-hy-
brid solutions developed by
SMA play an important role in
providing electricity to remote
areas without access to the
power distribution grid as well
as to industrial enterprises in
areas with weak electricity sup-
ply. SMA is represented with an
own sales and service company
in India since 2010 and has a
market share in India of approx-
imately 25%.
Vikram Solar collaborates with UK’s largest electrical wholesaler
Vikram Solar has announced that
it has teamed up with Edmund-
son Electrical Greentech. As part
of the collaboration between
the two companies, Edmundson
Electrical Greentech has added
Vikram Solar’s photovoltaic mod-
ules to its product range. The
supply agreement covers Eldora
Ultima modules with a total an-
nual output of around 25 MW.
Founded over 200 years ago,
Edmundson Electrical boasts
some of the most extensive
experience of any wholesaler
in its field. The company has
launched its special brand for
renewable energy, Greentech,
in 24 locations across the UK.
Andrew Fawcett, Business
Development Manager at Ed-
mundson Electrical: “Vikram
Solar is the ideal partner for us.
Not only does the company’s
tier 1 status demonstrate its
future viability and efficiency,
but its Eldora Ultima modules
have also been proven to fulfil
our strict quality criteria. Last
but not least, we were also
impressed with the particularly
good price-performance ratio
and Vikram’s local presence in
Europe and especially the UK.”
Eldora Ultima modules are
available from 250 Wp to 265
Wp and certified to operate in
very harsh conditions. The UK’s
leading independent renewa-
ble energy auditor, OST Energy,
confirmed that, at the time of
the audit in October 2014, the
modules had the highest ef-
ficiency at nominal operating
cell temperature (NOCT) of any
comparable product it had au-
dited.
“Edmundson Electrical
Greentech provides local stock,
service, design and support and
is able to quickly and reliably
deal with all requests, no mat-
ter how big or small, through-
out the UK. Our collaboration
means that Vikram Solar mod-
ules can be quickly delivered for
use in projects throughout the
country,” adds Davide Marro,
Head of Sales & Business Devel-
opment at Vikram Solar.
24. 24
Energetica India talks to Mr. Shrinivas Chebbi, Vice-President, Partner and Buildings BU,
Schneider Electric India about Schneider Electric India, its strategies to leverage Make In India
Initiative & India as one of the important market of operations.
“From establishing and sustaining large-scale manufacturing
projects to creating a robust power network, the Indian
economy will achieve healthy growth levels”
Mr. Shrinivas Chebbi,
Vice-President, Partner and Buildings BU, Schneider Electric India.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Please illuminate our
readers on Schneider’s global expertise
in energy efficiency and management?
MR. SHRINIVAS CHEBBI: Schneider Electric’s
smart solutions combine energy and IT in-
frastructure to integrate and inter-connect
all users (producers, operators, marketers,
consumers, etc.) with an end goal to ef-
ficiently balance demand and supply over
an increasingly complex network. The
smart solutions improve service continuity
while absorbing increasing demand and
peak loads and save energy by up to 30%.
We aim at offering smart city solutions
through a 5 step approach that delivers
the short-term, visible, measurable, low-
investment results that cities need. These
results include:
• up to 30% energy savings
• up to 15% reduction of water losses
• up to 20% reduction of travel time and
traffic delays
• social and economic benefits.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Please elaborate on the
way smart technology fits into smart
city concept and the way it fits into the
context of energy management?
MR. SHRINIVAS CHEBBI: The Central govern-
ment has definitely focused India’s atten-
tion on urbanisation and got the ‘smart
city’ concept buzzing. Smart city projects
essentially involve ICT enabled operation
and governance in terms of Waste water
management, efficient utilities (power
& water), intelligent buildings, efficient
transportation, and high safety & security
standards of public services. In essence,
smart technology makes these cities more
efficient, liveable and sustainable, both in
the short and long term. Smart systems
work for the benefit of the residents as
well as the environment. Electric grids,
gas and water distribution systems, public
and private transport systems, commercial
buildings, hospitals, homes – these form
the backbone of a city’s efficiency, live-
ability, and sustainability. Done in a step-
by-step manner, the improvement and
integration of these critical city systems
become the cornerstones to make a Smart
City a reality. The cities successfully making
the transition to ‘smart’ will be those that
improve their critical systems by combining
a bottom-up, systems-centric approach
with a top-down, data-centric one. At
Schneider Electric India we offer this entire
gamut of solutions which puts in place the
whole smart city value chain. Strengthen-
ing our presence further in the smart city
space and ensuring best quality products
to our customers always is our aim.
ENERGETICA INDIA: What are Schneider
strategies to leverage Make In India
Initiative?
MR. SHRINIVAS CHEBBI: Government’s ‘Make
in India ‘campaign will enable the coun-
try to unlock huge economic potential and
create unprecedented employment oppor-
tunities. From establishing and sustaining
large-scale manufacturing projects to cre-
ating a robust power network, the Indian
economy will achieve healthy growth lev-
els. India has to become a manufacturing
power house in order to drive the econ-
omy and generate many more employ-
Government’s ‘Make
in India ‘campaign will
enable the country to
unlock huge economic
potential and create
unprecedented
employment
opportunities
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25. ment opportunities for the large pool of
skilled and unskilled labour available here.
The Make in India campaign is aimed at
achieving this. What is needed from the
government now is a healthy business en-
vironment; clarity and smooth flow as far
as procedural and regulatory processes are
concerned, maintaining competitiveness
of manufacturing in India, focus on R&D
and high tech import etc.
ENERGETICA INDIA: In what way does Schnei-
der perceive India & its potential as one
of the important market of operations?
MR. SHRINIVAS CHEBBI: Schneider sees India as
an extremely important market considering
the business opportunities and volumes on
offer in the country. We also see a govern-
ment at the centre that understands what
technology can do to change the lives of
the people. The digital transformation that
is planned and has started taking place in
India is undoubtedly the most exciting de-
velopment in a long time. It is an impera-
tive need to address multiple challenges
facing the nation today: the rapid tsunami
of urbanisation, huge strain on the old ex-
isting infrastructure and compelling need
to shift to a manufacturing economy and
do all this ensuring an inclusive growth.
We are very excited about the whole mo-
mentum that is happening in the country
in the technology space. Major players in
various sectors understand that technol-
ogy is the key enabler now-a-days. That is
resulting in increase in spends in the IT.
ENERGETICA INDIA: What are the company’s
plans in regards to investment- Mone-
tary & Human Capital in India in upcom-
ing 2-5 years?
MR. SHRINIVAS CHEBBI: While as a company
policy we do not reveal numbers, we can
however; state that India is a very impor-
tant market for us. With Government of
India making robust plans for the country’s
development through various campaigns
such as Smart city and Digital India, Sch-
neider Electric is looking forward to join
hands to facilitate the initiatives and make
investments in every form
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25energetica INDIA · AUG15
26. 26
Energetica India talks to Mr. Pete Kostic,
Vice President- Sales & Marketing, Xcell
Automation, Inc about the ongoing trends
in India’s Solar Sector, X3 solar cell stringer,
Future goals & Recent achievements.
“The X3 is designed for
sustainable flexibility so
customers can have as many
processing capabilities
possible in a single machine
for a longer period of time,
compared to other stringers”
Mr. Pete Kostic
Vice President-Sales & Marketing, Xcell Automation, Inc
ENERGETICA INDIA: What are the current
trends in India’s solar industry?
MR. PETE KOSTIC: The Indian market is very
active, thanks to new players entering the
market and already-established EPC com-
panies expanding their value chain into
module production. We currently see more
interest in 4BB technology so it seems that
the market is beginning to transition from
3 BB to 4 BB in solar module manufactur-
ing. Although, the shift to 4BB is still slow
due to the limited amount of 4BB cells
available from the cell manufacturers.
For automated stringing equipment,
it seems the module manufacturers are
looking for flexibility. Since everyone
strives to offer and make a high efficient
solar module, our team at Xcell Automa-
tion developed the X3 solar cell stringer.
The X3 is designed for sustainable flex-
ibility so customers can have as many
processing capabilities possible in a sin-
gle machine for a longer period of time,
compared to other stringers. The X3 can
process 2/3/4/5 busbar cells and half cells.
It was designed with these requirements
in mind and therefore changes over times
are very short.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Please share with us
some of the recent past achievements of
Xcell in India?
MR. PETE KOSTIC: Xcell Automation is the
result of the management buyout (MBO)
of Komax Solar. Even though Xcell Au-
tomation is a new company with a new
name, most Komax Solar customers will
not notice much of a change. Our team
was one of the first stringer manufactur-
ers to supply automated stringing equip-
ment in India. Since our first installation,
we have earned the trust of our customers
as a reliable and dependable partner for
their automation needs. We are honored
that some of the largest players in the In-
dian solar module market are exclusively
using Xcell Automation stringers and we
like to thank them for their continued sup-
port and trust.
ENERGETICA INDIA: What are the goals of the
company over the next 2-3 years?
MR. PETE KOSTIC: The solar market is show-
ing strong growth indicators for the fore-
seeable future. Even if Japan slows down,
other regions are showing very aggressive
growth opportunities. Our goal at XA is to
continue our tradition and reputation as
the innovator and trend setter in the in-
dustry, to be prepared for what the market
may require in terms of geographical pres-
ence or technology shifts.
ENERGETICA INDIA: What kind of challenges
are you facing in India and Globally?
MR. PETE KOSTIC: Everybody in the industry is
under constant cost pressure. Continuous
improvements and cost reductions to our
product offering is essential
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28. 28
Energetica India talks to Mr. Ruchir Panwar, Business Head, Green Factory Building, Mahindra
Susten Private Limited about Mahindra Susten, opportunities for sustainable development in
India, AMRUT, Smart Cities Mission & Housing for all initiatives.
“With ‘Make in India’ bringing in large format Industrial Parks
and manufacturing SEZs, 100 Smart Cities and 500 AMRUT
cities, there is clearly a tremendous opportunity for sustainable
development in this country”
Mr. Ruchir Panwar
Business Head, Green Factory Building, Mahindra Susten Private Limited
ENERGÉTICA INDIA: What kind of services
does Mahindra Susten offer in “Build
Solutions”?
MR. RUCHIR PANWAR: The “Build Solutions”
vertical was established based on the focus
of Mahindra, as a Company, on Clean-Tech
and Sustainability for its operations across
all group companies. We felt the need to
go beyond “Green” and focus on Sustain-
ability in a larger context as a ‘holistic’ ap-
proach. Understanding the complexities
of the construction industry and the frag-
mented, sequential processes from design
to construction where sustainability gets
‘lost in translation’, Mahindra Susten of-
fers ‘Sustainable Design-Build’ solutions
for Industrial, Logistics, Hospitality, Health-
care, Institutional and Affordable Housing
sectors. Sustainability is key to all our pro-
cesses during construction and establishing
the design parameters for the facility and its
systems during operation, addressing the
complete ‘life-cycle’ of the plant or build-
ing.In addition, on the need or requirement
of the client, the design can incorporate
‘active systems’ for enhanced energy effi-
ciency further reducing the energy and car-
bon footprint of the plant or building.
The entire project is audited and a sus-
tainability report is generated at the end
of each project, as it is our internal require-
ment for measurability and tracking of our
‘sustainability goals’ and the same can be
shared with our clients.
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29. ENERGÉTICA INDIA: What kind of opportuni-
ties do you foresee for sustainable de-
velopment in India?
MR. RUCHIR PANWAR: The opportunities are
tremendous; being a developing country
we can take advantage of learning from
the mistakes of the developed world and
get it right the first time. The challenge
is that we have to carefully select what
works for us and develop our own sys-
tems specific to our economic, cultural
and climatic / environmental needs. We
are an ‘infrastructure starved’ country
hence we have become the pioneers of
‘jugaad’ but now the combination of this
entrepreneurial and innovative ability with
the backing of the government there is a
very real possibility of a sea change in the
socio-economic landscape of India. All that
is required now is to follow this up with
an approach and attitude to develop this
sustainably.
With ‘Make in India’ bringing in large
format Industrial Parks and manufacturing
SEZs, 100 Smart Cities and 500 AMRUT
cities, there is clearly a tremendous oppor-
tunity for sustainable development in this
country.
WHERE DOES Mahindra Susten see itself in
Prime Minister’s missions-Rejuvenation
and Urban Transformation (AMRUT),
Smart Cities Mission and Housing for all?
MR. RUCHIR PANWAR: Mahindra Susten will
be participating as a ‘last mile service pro-
vider’ for sustainable build or design-build
solutions from infrastructure to plants and
buildings to affordable housing require-
ments. We shall also participate with our
group companies, taking advantage of our
synergies, for a larger scope as Mahindra
& Mahindra for integrated, end to end ser-
vices and solutions.
ENERGÉTICA INDIA: What kind of factors/ele-
ments need to be considered to make a
city “smart” and “sustainable”?
MR. RUCHIR PANWAR: The concept of a
“smart” city is an evolving one and cur-
rently there seem to be multiple ‘under-
standings’ of what makes a city “smart”
with technology being the forerunner
amongst these. We at Mahindra Susten
understand the importance of technol-
ogy as an ‘enabler’ to achieve the broader
planning goals based on the needs and
aspirations of communities. Using tech-
nology to make the city more liveable,
generating lesser waste and subsequently
pollution, reducing the energy footprint
through higher planning and operational
efficiencies resulting in accrual of savings
of resources and a lesser need for infra-
structure resulting in a lesser impact on the
environment.
Information Technology can further bring
the city and its systems to the fingertips of
the citizen to cater to ever changing indi-
vidual needs and requirements with quick
response times. The technology platforms
duly interfaced with the city’s infrastruc-
ture such as roads, services networks,
public transport, healthcare facilities, gov-
ernment agencies, law enforcement agen-
cies right up to disaster management and
emergency response teams, can then al-
low for an efficient and effective city wide
management to provide a safe, secure,
clean and healthy environment for every
individual in the city. Big data and the
right analytics will allow the city to ‘know’
where each individual is and what he or
she needs and respond to them immedi-
ately in a manner that is cognizant of their
security and privacy.
The use of technology judiciously, its in-
tegration with the city’s ‘brick and mortar’
infrastructure for seamless, efficient, real
time monitoring and operations, planned
to include every individual of the commu-
nity, in the context of local culture and cli-
mate, is what will make a city “smart” and
“sustainable”.
ENERGÉTICA INDIA: How can sustainable
smart cities help India achieve a better
standard of living for its citizens?
MR. RUCHIR PANWAR: Sustainability is a key
to having clean air, clean water, toxin free
food and an overall healthy stress free liv-
ing. Sustainable Smart Cities can trans-
form not just the urban environment but
also the surrounding areas and satellite
towns in their vicinity. Instead of being
high resource consumers, which adversely
impacts the regions around the city, they
can be resource ‘harnessing’ centres that
have a positive impact instead. The finan-
cial resources available for investment in
these urban centres are considerable and
can support the development of new
technology and systems that truly address
sustainability as a holistic approach in the
economic, cultural and environmental
contexts. Then surely the ‘quality’ of life,
in the area of ‘influence’ of such Smart Cit-
ies, will improve greatly.
ENERGÉTICA INDIA: What kind of role do you
see technology and renewable energy
playing in smart cities?
MR. RUCHIR PANWAR: Technology and renew-
able energy, both will play very key roles
in the design, planning and management
of the infrastructure systems. Renewable
energy will enable the city to ‘harness’ en-
ergy directly within the city and with smart
technology, distribute and manage it effi-
ciently. Imagine the amount of solar ener-
gy that can be harnessed from the roofs of
stadiums, exhibition centres, railway sta-
tions, large government facilities and even
inter and intra city bus stops! Similarly the
potential for rainwater harvesting!
Technology will have to be applied at
multiple levels right from the bottom up
with the development of new systems for
the city’s infrastructure which are sustain-
able or at the least ‘environment friendly’
to the top down ‘at your fingertips’ power
of smart-tech to select or choose what you
require from the city’s support infrastruc-
ture. In the middle it will take the form
of integrated ‘remote monitoring’ and
‘real-time management’ platforms. The
‘Big-data’ analytics of the operational in-
formation gathered from these platforms
will provide insights into consumption pat-
terns, peak times, lean times, etc. critical
to developing strategies for the city wide
management of resources and subsequent
targeted investment in the city’s future
growth
Mahindra Susten will be
participating as a ‘last
mile service provider’
for sustainable build or
design-build solutions
from infrastructure to
plants and buildings
to affordable housing
requirements
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Energetica India talks to Mr. Sishir Goel, VP-Technology and Marketing of Brij Encapsulants
(India) to understand the market.
“A good quality encapsulant would not only lead to better and longer
module performance but also ensure healthy plant operation with
lower failure rates and higher return on investments”
Mr. Sishir Goel
Vice-President-Technology & Marketing, Brij Encapsulants (India)
ENERGETICA INDIA. Please introduce our
readers to the EVA Encapsulants of Brij.
MR. SHISHIR GOEL. Brij, India’s first and lead-
ing manufacturer of EVA Encapsulants,
started production in the year 2011 in
its fully automated production facility,
equipped with over 50,000 sq. metres. of
EVA warehousing capability to serve im-
mediate needs of its customers. Backed by
its 30 years of EVA processing experience,
the company has since been experiencing
exponential growth in volumes owing to
its growing base of satisfied customers,
top quality manufacturing practices and
strict control mechanisms.
ENERGETICA INDIA. Please elaborate on the
importance of investing in Good Quality
EVA Encapsulants.
MR. SHISHIR GOEL. Encapsulants are one of
the most important components of so-
lar module. They physically hold module
components in place, provide electrical
insulation, reduce moisture ingress, op-
tically couple superstrate materials (e.g.,
glass) to PV cells, protect components
from mechanical stress and protect ma-
terials from corrosion. In short, they en-
sure module performance, durability
and life of over 25 years. A good quality
encapsulant would not only lead to bet-
ter and longer module performance but
also ensure healthy plant operation with
lower failure rates and higher return on
investments.
ENERGETICA INDIA. What are the Parameters
to be considered while choosing EVA
Encapsulants?
MR. SHISHIR GOEL. To ensure all that is men-
tioned above, Encapsulants must adhere
well to all surfaces, remain compliant, and
transmit light after exposure to tempera-
ture, humidity, and UV radiation histories.
Some of the important parameters worth
considering are optical coupling, electri-
cal isolation, mechanical strength, thermal
conduction amongst others.
ENERGETICA INDIA. What have been the re-
cent good and bad developments for the
EVA Encapsulant Industry in India?
MR. SHISHIR GOEL. The recent excise duty ex-
emption came as a sigh of relief for the In-
dian encapsulant industry, otherwise ailing
from the inverted duty tax structure. Stiff
price competition from low quality imports
still poses some concerns for quality Indian
manufacturers.
ENERGETICA INDIA. What are the company’s
plans for the next 2-3 years?
MR. SHISHIR GOEL. Maintaining product quality
and ensuring customer satisfaction forms the
heart of Brij’s business practices. Having said
that, we see immense potential in the Indian
Solar manufacturing industry and we are very
positive in our mind regarding long-term ex-
pansion plans & growth projections
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Energetica India talks to Mr. Shankar Karnik,
General Manager- Industrial, ExxonMobil
Lubricants Private Limited about ExxonMobil’s
“The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040”.
“The total energy demand is
projected to rise by about 35
percent through the year 2040.
However, in upcoming 25 years,
we expect industrial energy
demand growth to shift towards
the rest of the developing world as
China’s economy matures”
Mr. Shankar Karnik
General Manager- Industrial, ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited
ENERGETICA INDIA: Please tell our readers
about ExxonMobil’s “The Outlook for
Energy: A View to 2040”?
MR. SHANKAR KARNIK: The Outlook for En-
ergy is an investment of ExxonMobil to
understand and analyse the energy needs
around the globe. The way we go about
this, is that we analyse energy demand
versus supply in more than 100 economies
around the globe, and we also look at 15
different types of fuels (sources of energy)
which can make an impact in terms of en-
ergy supply-demand around the world. So,
the Outlook also looks at upcoming three
decades and ExxonMobil comes up with
this update on yearly basis considering the
changing environment, energy supply-de-
mand. This is the key aspect that has been
analysed in Outlook for Energy. The latest
edition has come out recently. The key as-
pect is that we have gone further in deep
understanding of specific geographies of
the world, with Asia-Pacific in focus. The
energy demands in Non-OECD countries
have been led by China & India. India, be-
ing one of the key markets, considering
India would grow over next three decades.
It becomes an important aspect to gain
better understanding of energy needs of
the country and the supply capability
around the world, so the Indian economy
grows. So, these are the aspects that are
analysed in the report in terms of country
perspective.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Considering India as key
market howhas the energy requirement
of India accelerated at present as per
the Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040?
MR. SHANKAR KARNIK: When you consider the
shifting dynamics, two keys factors comes
into play here, one is the Economic Growth,
propelled by the consumption in the coun-
try, which is again you need to consider
the population. India, being a populous
country, is expected to take over China by
the year 2030 in terms of population. Our
understanding is that China would pla-
teau in terms of no. of 1.4 billion by 2030,
while India would continue to grow and
then, become the world’s most populous
country, with an anticipated 1.6 billion
people by 2040, which in itself is a signifi-
cant area for energy consumption. Why it
is important? Look at our living standards
today, considering emerging economy and
the middle class forms a significant part of
the total population, which ensures pur-
chasing of wants, rather reaching out to
creating wealth for satisfying their needs.
So, middle class would then be the signifi-
cant consuming class in economies. That’s
why, it is a significant factor covered in the
report as well. Beyond this, as we look at
energy demands from various economies
& geographies, China & India are leading.
Besides that, a set of countries hailing
from Mexico, Brazil & some of the African
countries as well, which are emerging are
expected to consume energy and will form
a significant part in overall economics of
energy supply-demand globally in years to
come.
ENERGETICA INDIA: The Report talks of
emerging economies in terms of en-
ergy supply-demand. In what ways, can
the increasing demands be met without
hampering the present supply-demand
chain?
MR. SHANKAR KARNIK: In terms of India as one
of the economies, India is net importer of
energy. A significant portion of energy re-
quirements of the country is met by oil and
gas, which again is obtained and explored,
India is in deficit vis-a-vis demand. If you
look at the broader region, the Asia-Pacific
region, again most of the economies there
are consuming energy rather than having
geographical sources for obtaining energy.
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33. The consumption is far going to exceed the
source. So, Asia-Pacific in terms of region
is going to be significant in terms of lever-
aging technology to process hydrocarbon.
From the supply side, the dependency will
be on some of the conventional sources of
energy and there is we will see that coal
will be a significant contributor to meeting
energy supply in the year 2040. Basically,
due to two major reasons, one the pollu-
tion requirements, that is difficult to man-
age & other is that the coal reserves are
going down. So, these are two factors that
should bring down consumption of coal. It
has to replace with some of the clean fuels
such as natural gas. We expect natural gas
to increase to 60 percent over the current
levels by 2040. At the same time, solar &
wind energy are going to see more signifi-
cant growth, may be in double digits in
comparison to current lower base. Sources
like nuclear will also play an important role
in terms of meeting the requirements of
energy, electricity specifically, around the
economies. We have seen government
policies which support bringing in more
nuclear resources to convert to electricity.
More investments have been witnessed in
renewable sources, solar and wind specifi-
cally. These are very positive signs, because
industry as a whole consumes 30 percent
of primary energy and caters to above
nearly 50 percent of total electricity de-
mand. The source is important at the same
time need for energy significantly impact-
ed by energy efficient technologies which
is key enabler to ensure demand is kept
below certain limits. These are the key fac-
tors required to be considered- Population,
Growth & Economy, fuelled by industrial
growth, fuelled by manufacturing. Energy
efficiency is going to play an important
role in ensuring that the energy demand-
supply chain is kept under the limits.
ENERGETICA INDIA: The Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy has recently come
out with Draft National Renewable En-
ergy Act, 2015. How does ExxonMobil
see this development thus encouraging
wind & solar power in making India as
an energy efficient economy?
MR. SHANKAR KARNIK: When it comes to wind
& solar sector, we are quite well positioned
in terms of our presence in technologi-
cal terms. The products, we deliver to the
industry and services we offered to wind
sector specifically, we are proud of our
product range. Basically, it commands over
40,000 wind turbines around the world.
It’s a significant achievement. We have
rich experience to cater to the industry.
So, it gives a confidence to enhance pro-
ductivity. We have sustainable offer for the
wind industry. In solar, in terms of hydrau-
lic mechanism are fully catered by leading
Mobil products. Renewable energy devel-
opment in any which ways is an extremely
exciting development and we are watchful
about it.
ENERGETICA INDIA: With The Outlook for En-
ergy: A View to 2040, where does Exx-
onMobil see itself as industry leader in
upcoming three decades?
MR. SHANKAR KARNIK: We have been serving
the needs of the industry for more than
125 years. The brand has been delivering
on technology promised to our customers
in terms of delivering advancing product
benefits, which is about delivering eco-
nomic benefits thorough oil drain equip-
ments. We also have been delivering social
aspects through improving safety. Where
the customer is interested and competing
in the world, sustainability is key factor to-
wards success. Mobil Industrial Lubricants
consider enhancing energy efficiency as a
core component of their comprehensive
sustainability strategy, which is referred to
as ‘Advancing Productivity’. This strategy
defines how Mobil applies its lubricant
technologies, engineering services and ap-
plication expertise to help companies en-
hance safety, achieve their environmental
care-related goals and maximize produc-
tivity. And, when it comes to energy effi-
ciency, Mobil works with its customers to
identify lubricant solutions that can, not
only, keep machines operating at top per-
formance, but also help improve energy
output and reduce carbon emissions.
ExxonMobil’s innovative products and ser-
vices help deliver tangible performance
benefits in the areas of safety, environ-
mental care and productivity. All three are-
as can be impacted by lubrication improve-
ments in equipment reliability, efficiency,
reduced maintenance or even longer ser-
vice intervals.
• Safety –Enhanced equipment reli-
ability and long-life lubricants can help
limit potential employee risks, and the
possibility of leaks and spills, arising
from direct contact with equipment
by providing long service intervals and
limiting need for maintenance, which
can help minimize employee-equip-
ment interaction and mitigate the po-
tential risk of employee injury
• Environmental Care – ExxonMobil’s
commitment to minimizing environ-
mental impact has created technologi-
cally advanced products and services.
Our advanced lubricants can offer
energy-efficiency benefits that help
lower energy bills and reduce green-
house gas emissions. In addition, many
of these advanced lubricants provide
longer service intervals that can reduce
the generation of used oils and greases
even as they extend component life,
which reduces equipment disposal and
related maintenance waste
• Productivity –Enhanced equipment
uptime and efficient operation can
boost your operation’s competitive
edge by helping to reduce produc-
tion costs, maintenance expense and
equipment replacement
These three pillars of Advancing Produc-
tivity align with our commitment to sus-
tainability. Helping customers reach their
Safety, Environmental Care and Produc-
tivity goals through our innovative lubri-
cants and services is our highest priority.
That’s Advancing Productivity. And that’s
how we help you achieve your broader vi-
sion of success.
We are working closely with our custom-
ers to deliver benefits. Our technologically
advanced & world-class product offer that
we make to our customers has helped
them advance and thus, making us one of
the industry leaders in today’s time
ExxonMobil’s innovative
products and services
help deliver tangible
performance benefits
in the areas of safety,
environmental care and
productivity
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