2. OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Thrive Solar IS a fully integrated Technology & Manufacturing company which
designs its own lighting solutions and has plants to manufacture its own
Panels and Electronics to create highly efficient products
Technology
Thrive Solar IS Active in 15 countries across Asia and Africa and has Lit 3
Million households since inception in 2007
Globally Local
Thrive Solar IS A social-Entrepreneurial organization with a unique business
model to co-create local industry along with electrification
Social Consciousness
4. TIMELINE
2001
Dr Ranganayakulu sets up
Thrive an NGO for Rural
Health, Education and IT
2006
World bank MarketPlace
grant award for $170000 to
provide LED home lights to
tribal villages in Odisha.
Bringing light to thousands
of families
2007
Lighting Africa Project,
operations in Kenya, Lighting
Tanzania with Zara Solar.
Projects in India, Afghanistan,
Cambodia, Srilanka and Haiti
2007
Manufacturing plant and whole
gamut of solar products and
panels (.5w to 230W)
Awards and Recognition:
2006 Development Marketplace Award
2008 Lighting Africa Award
2009 Lighting Tanzania Award
2011 Frost and Sullivan Award (LED Technology)
2012 ICICI Bank Emerging India Award
2012 Dr Shirin Gharia Sustainability Award
5. OUR FACILITIES AND CAPABILITY
Full fledged solar panel manufacturing
Exclusive capability for custom panels
Pick and place machines for automatic
PCB mounting and online test machines
Leased local capacity for plastic moldings
from the company’s own dyes.
Implemented 14 innovations in solar
panel making, plastic casing, battery
mounting, street light installation, village
energy kiosk, sms based MIS etc.
6. OUR PRODUCTS
Portable solar rechargeable lamps
Home lighting solutions
Street lighting solutions
Solar power kits 5KW to 100 KW
Solar power plants upto 5 MW
Agriculture and water pumps
7. Innovative Solar LED Desk Light
Useful for College students upto
Graduate studies
8 hours back up with a single charge
0.4 watt LED light
0.5 watt Solar Module
Uses 2 Rechargeable NiMH
batteries (1200MAh, 2.4V)
8. 3 Watt Accendo Light
Backup of upto 300 Hours on full charge
2 watt LED
Mobile charger
3 watt Solar Module
Operates in 3 modes – Low, Medium,
and Bright (17, 42 and 300 hrs resp.)
9. LED Home Lighting Systems
DC, Four LED Lights or 3 lights and one mini table fan
Mobile charger
6W panel
Fully loaded 6-8 hours or a days charge
10. Backed by World's best Japanese LED
from Nichia.
Automatic 12 hours operation from
dusk to dawn.
5 Days of autonomy for lighting in
cloudy weather.
No need to replace bulbs.
Most affordable prices.
Street Lighting Solutions
13. Off Grid/ DC
Kerosene replacement
Emergency and relief operations
Education
Healthcare
Recreation
Remote village home lighting/cell
charging
Street lighting, bill boards
Cell phone towers
Farming, shops, vendor stalls, etc
Grid Tied/ AC
Diesel Replacement
Small and medium industry where
continuous power is needed 2-100KW
Dairies, Pharma, cold storage
UPS for homes 1-5KW
Remote villages
Islands and Resorts
Hospitals and Emergency equipment
Pumps
Agriculture
Sewage treatment, water purification
Utility scale 100-500 MW – 1GW
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14. Solar Water Pumping
Sl. No Model Rating Module
1 Model - I 1.5 HP 1800 WP
2 Model - II 2.0 HP 2200 WP
3 Model - III 3.0 HP 3000 WP
4 Model - IV 4.0 HP 5000 WP
15. Water
processing
Utility apps
(4000 MW)
Agri apps
Industrial
apps
Irrigation
(30 GW)
Drinking
water
Desalination
to fresh water
Sewage
treatment
Commercial
back-up
Residential
back-up
Cold-storage
(1016 MW)
Green-
houses
Poultry farms
(98 MW)
Fisheries
Dairies
Factories
back-up
Mining
(145 MW)
Construction
Shipyard idle
power
Billboard and
street lights
Cell towers
(250 MW)
Petrol pumps
Segments for 1 – 100KW solar
16. CASE STUDY I. RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP
SYSTEM 4.5 KW
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• Location – Hyderabad, AP
• System Size – 4.5 kWp
• Application – Residential
• Time required for installation – 6 hrs
• Operating hours – 8 hrs/day
• Benefits – Monthly electricity bills have
come down by 60%
17. CASE STUDY II: 3.2 KW-3 HP DRIP IRRIGATION
• Location – Belwa, Rajasthan
• System Size - 3 HP Solar pump with a 3.2 kw
solar kit
• Application - Drip irrigation
• Head/Flow – 165 ft/54,000 lpdday
• Time required for installation – 6 hrs
• Operating hours – 8 hrs/day
18. CASE STUDY III: 5.4 KW-5 HP PUMP +
BATTERIES
• Location – Ambejogai, Maharashtra
• System Size – 5 HP Solar pump with
a 5.4 kw solar kit = 100A-h 96 V
Batteries
• Application – Pump + Lighting
• Time required for installation – 6
hrs
• Operating hours – 3 hrs in the day
and 6 hrs at night
19. Payback time for a 5 kW Load
12 hour
duty cycle
X
1.5 liter
of diesel
per hour
X
USD1 per
liter of
diesel
365 days
per year
X = USD 6570
Annual Diesel
Opex
Solar Pump Payback Calculations
SOLAR FOR 5 KW LOAD – CELL TOWER
EXAMPLE
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• ASP of 5 kW Solar Kit ~ USD 10,000
• Payback time = 1.3 years
20. SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WE
HAVE WORKED WITH
Only company from India,
which is collaborating with
IFC, WORLD BANK and
UNDP.
Thrive is the only Indian
partner for the prestigious
lighting Africa program (40
billion USD) of World Bank
group.
www.lightingafrica.org
22. From Darkness to Light
Tamaso Ma JyotirGamaya
People & Contact
Thrive Solar is growing at a good pace and set up a
broad base of geographies, clients and Partners.
We have also developed a templetized model for
setting up and operationalizing new markets,
which takes 3 to 10 weeks. In short, we are
completely geared up for rapid growth
Sohrab Kakalia, did his Masters in Computer Technology after a
BS in Physics and Electronics. Sohrab has worked from system
R&D to architecture to strategy consulting. He was head of
Technology Consulting at Infosys, COO at Sonata Software and a
GM, Lead engineer at PSI Bull in India.
Driven by the passion of social enterprise and building
sustainable businesses since many years, Sohrab was an early
investor and runs R&D efforts in the US dev. center and global
expansion to service new governments and geographies
CEO
Sohrab@thrivesolarenergy.com
+1 510 896 0990
Dr. Ranganayakulu, is a Harvard alumnus and a Professor at
Administrative Staff College of India(ASCI), Hyderabad. After
several assignments at the UN in India and Afghanistan setup
an NGO –Volunteers for Rural Health, Education, and
Information Technology(THRIVE) with an objective of providing
lighting services to the poor. A small incident in war ravaged
Afghanistan triggered this decision while he was working there
Chairman and Managing Director
ranga@thrive.in
+91 9866 305 772
