The document discusses the Bijli initiative, which aimed to catalyze decentralised renewable energy market transformation in India. It did this by testing different financing mechanisms and delivery models for off-grid energy access through partnerships in four Indian states. Key findings were:
1) Access to clean energy has emerged as a development priority, and decentralised renewable energy holds promise for universal access. However, private sector views it as risky.
2) The Bijli initiative tested models like solar home systems, micro-grids, and pico-grids, reaching over 50,000 households. It supported mechanisms like end-user financing and trade financing.
3) Evaluation found the major risk to business models was access to
Achieving Universal Electrification in India: A Roadmap for Rural Solar Mini-...The Rockefeller Foundation
This document discusses India's dual challenges of providing universal access to electricity while reducing its environmental impact. Approximately 235 million Indians lack access to electricity, mostly in rural areas. Historically electricity access has increased through coal, gas and hydroelectric power, increasing India's greenhouse gas emissions and environmental footprint. The document argues that solar power presents an opportunity to address both challenges by providing decentralized renewable energy through rural solar mini-grids. However, solar mini-grids face significant cost and technical hurdles that must be overcome for them to be deployed at scale. The document proposes a three-pronged approach of technology innovations, private sector investment, and targeted policy changes to help make solar mini-grids affordable and viable for rural electrification across India
We cannot achieve significant poverty reduction without stimulating electricity consumption, which fuels income-generating activities in the modern economy. In India, about 237 million people have little or no access to reliable electricity -- more than 90% of them live in rural areas. This severely constrains economic opportunities. Addressing this chronic problem requires going beyond simply expanding the government grid.
Mini-grids have emerged as a viable solution to complement and integrate with the national grid, and can support the government in achieving its ‘Power for All’ vision. The Rockefeller Foundation’s Smart Power for Rural Development (SPRD) initiative is the first to pursue the creation of a mini-grid sector that is robust enough to fuel commercial enterprises and drive economic development beyond just one village. Smart Power India (SPI), which leads the SPRD initiative in India, has proven that mini-grids can be swiftly deployed to deliver reliable power, and has likewise demonstrated that mini-grids can spur economic activity needed to help people lift themselves out of poverty.
This issue of Smart Power Connect, published after the hundredth village was connected to Smart Power, explores the efforts, success stories, and challenges faced in SPI’s mini-grid journey to date. With insights from government agencies, policy experts, energy service companies, investors and mini-grid customers themselves, this publication provides a glimpse into the potential of the mini-grids to transform the energy sector – and how rural communities are embracing and utilizing clean, reliable and adequate power to improve their lives.
The document discusses India's growing energy needs and issues like high transmission and distribution losses. It summarizes the key discussions from a 'Smart Grid Summit' organized by The Economic Times to address challenges in India's power grid sector. Panelists at the summit emphasized the importance of leveraging technologies like smart grids and renewable energy to help meet rising demand, reduce losses and ensure stable power supply as the economy expands rapidly.
1. Developed an adaptive thermal comfort model for India to make the national building code more relevant to local climatic and cultural contexts.
2. Facilitated a tiered compliance approach to sequence code adoption based on ease of enforcement and market readiness, helping smoother implementation.
3. Supported implementation roadmaps for states and knowledge sharing to help roll out the code, while working with cities to incorporate criteria in building by-laws for better enforcement.
The document summarizes a report analyzing the potential for solar power generation from rooftops in Delhi, India. It finds that with only 1.6% of its land area dedicated to rooftop solar, Delhi could generate over 2.5 GW of solar power. Currently, residential buildings represent the highest potential with over 1.2 GW. The report also estimates that Delhi's electricity grid could accommodate 20% solar power penetration and that rooftop solar costs will reach parity with grid electricity for residential consumers by 2018 without subsidies. It recommends the Delhi government facilitate rooftop solar development through aggregation, skills training, financing support, and grid integration policies to realize the potential of reaching 2 GW of rooftop solar capacity by 2020
1) The document discusses renewable energy as an option for sustainable rural development in India, as rural areas often lack access to the power grid.
2) It notes that renewable sources like solar, wind and biomass could play a key role in powering rural villages through off-grid solutions. However, there are also limitations to renewable technologies based on local conditions and weather dependence.
3) The author argues that India needs a national policy for rural electrification that takes a decentralized approach, considers local resource availability, and promotes small-scale renewable manufacturing to enable self-sufficient village energy systems. A generic policy framework and more research is needed to overcome challenges in implementation.
India power transmission & distribution sector opportunity outlook 2025Rajesh Sarma
“India Power Transmission & Distribution Sector Opportunity Outlook 2025” Report Highlights
India Power Transmission & Distribution Sector Overview
India Power Transmission & Distribution Sector Dynamics
Indian Electricity Grid Overview
Existing Power Transmission & Distribution Infrastructure in India
Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Losses
India Smart Grid Adoption Initiative
India Transmission & Distribution Sector Regulatory & Policy Framework
Achieving Universal Electrification in India: A Roadmap for Rural Solar Mini-...The Rockefeller Foundation
This document discusses India's dual challenges of providing universal access to electricity while reducing its environmental impact. Approximately 235 million Indians lack access to electricity, mostly in rural areas. Historically electricity access has increased through coal, gas and hydroelectric power, increasing India's greenhouse gas emissions and environmental footprint. The document argues that solar power presents an opportunity to address both challenges by providing decentralized renewable energy through rural solar mini-grids. However, solar mini-grids face significant cost and technical hurdles that must be overcome for them to be deployed at scale. The document proposes a three-pronged approach of technology innovations, private sector investment, and targeted policy changes to help make solar mini-grids affordable and viable for rural electrification across India
We cannot achieve significant poverty reduction without stimulating electricity consumption, which fuels income-generating activities in the modern economy. In India, about 237 million people have little or no access to reliable electricity -- more than 90% of them live in rural areas. This severely constrains economic opportunities. Addressing this chronic problem requires going beyond simply expanding the government grid.
Mini-grids have emerged as a viable solution to complement and integrate with the national grid, and can support the government in achieving its ‘Power for All’ vision. The Rockefeller Foundation’s Smart Power for Rural Development (SPRD) initiative is the first to pursue the creation of a mini-grid sector that is robust enough to fuel commercial enterprises and drive economic development beyond just one village. Smart Power India (SPI), which leads the SPRD initiative in India, has proven that mini-grids can be swiftly deployed to deliver reliable power, and has likewise demonstrated that mini-grids can spur economic activity needed to help people lift themselves out of poverty.
This issue of Smart Power Connect, published after the hundredth village was connected to Smart Power, explores the efforts, success stories, and challenges faced in SPI’s mini-grid journey to date. With insights from government agencies, policy experts, energy service companies, investors and mini-grid customers themselves, this publication provides a glimpse into the potential of the mini-grids to transform the energy sector – and how rural communities are embracing and utilizing clean, reliable and adequate power to improve their lives.
The document discusses India's growing energy needs and issues like high transmission and distribution losses. It summarizes the key discussions from a 'Smart Grid Summit' organized by The Economic Times to address challenges in India's power grid sector. Panelists at the summit emphasized the importance of leveraging technologies like smart grids and renewable energy to help meet rising demand, reduce losses and ensure stable power supply as the economy expands rapidly.
1. Developed an adaptive thermal comfort model for India to make the national building code more relevant to local climatic and cultural contexts.
2. Facilitated a tiered compliance approach to sequence code adoption based on ease of enforcement and market readiness, helping smoother implementation.
3. Supported implementation roadmaps for states and knowledge sharing to help roll out the code, while working with cities to incorporate criteria in building by-laws for better enforcement.
The document summarizes a report analyzing the potential for solar power generation from rooftops in Delhi, India. It finds that with only 1.6% of its land area dedicated to rooftop solar, Delhi could generate over 2.5 GW of solar power. Currently, residential buildings represent the highest potential with over 1.2 GW. The report also estimates that Delhi's electricity grid could accommodate 20% solar power penetration and that rooftop solar costs will reach parity with grid electricity for residential consumers by 2018 without subsidies. It recommends the Delhi government facilitate rooftop solar development through aggregation, skills training, financing support, and grid integration policies to realize the potential of reaching 2 GW of rooftop solar capacity by 2020
1) The document discusses renewable energy as an option for sustainable rural development in India, as rural areas often lack access to the power grid.
2) It notes that renewable sources like solar, wind and biomass could play a key role in powering rural villages through off-grid solutions. However, there are also limitations to renewable technologies based on local conditions and weather dependence.
3) The author argues that India needs a national policy for rural electrification that takes a decentralized approach, considers local resource availability, and promotes small-scale renewable manufacturing to enable self-sufficient village energy systems. A generic policy framework and more research is needed to overcome challenges in implementation.
India power transmission & distribution sector opportunity outlook 2025Rajesh Sarma
“India Power Transmission & Distribution Sector Opportunity Outlook 2025” Report Highlights
India Power Transmission & Distribution Sector Overview
India Power Transmission & Distribution Sector Dynamics
Indian Electricity Grid Overview
Existing Power Transmission & Distribution Infrastructure in India
Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Losses
India Smart Grid Adoption Initiative
India Transmission & Distribution Sector Regulatory & Policy Framework
The document summarizes the public-private partnership model for power distribution in Delhi, India. In 2002, the Government of Delhi formed a joint venture company called Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), owned 49% by the government and 51% by Tata Power. The goal was to improve power distribution to over 1.3 million consumers in North Delhi. Key features of the partnership include Tata Power appointing the Chairman and CEO while protecting government interests through board representation. The partnership framework has worked well with both partners playing important roles in managing the company successfully.
Themes of DUM:
1) New Programs & Projects
2) New Technologies & New Challenges
3) Voice of the Customer
4) Sustainability of Discoms
5) Special Session with City Gas
Distribution Utilities
Ignacio Perez Arriaga, MIT Boston - Università Pontificia Comillas MadridWAME
This document discusses challenges and opportunities around universal access to electricity, particularly in developing countries. It explores the tension between centralized grid connections versus decentralized off-grid solutions in serving remote, rural communities. While lack of regulation allows for more electrification opportunities, it can also result in non-standard technologies and monopolistic behavior. The document suggests regulation could incentivize grid-compatible, renewable microgrid solutions to ensure sustainable access. Specifically, it proposes compensating entrepreneurs if grids connect and using subsidies to make tariffs affordable, recognizing universal access as a new regulatory frontier.
Hitachi has supported the development of society and the improvement of people's lives. The fight against climate change is the next frontier.
Read more: https://social-innovation.hitachi/en-us/think-ahead/transportation/innovative-solutions-for-climate-change/
Ahmendabd presentation 28th nov workshopAbhinav Jain
The document discusses solar rooftop projects in India. It provides an overview of TERI as an organization working on sustainability solutions. It then discusses India's commitments to renewable energy and increasing solar capacity as part of its INDC. Specific details are given about the potential for solar rooftop projects across Indian states. Business models for solar rooftop including third party ownership are explained. A case study shows the costs savings for a residential consumer from a 3 kW rooftop system.
This document discusses Hitachi's efforts to help transition the world to carbon-free electricity. It notes that the Biden administration has set a goal of transitioning the US to carbon-free electricity by 2035. It then discusses how digitalization and technologies like AI, IoT, and cloud computing can help make power grids more flexible and renewable energy more accessible and integrated. Finally, it discusses how Hitachi is helping decision-makers invest in transmission infrastructure to expand the grid and utilize data analytics to address challenges in distributing energy resources.
This document discusses the future scope of distributed generation in India's deregulated power market. It defines distributed generation as small-scale power production located near load centers, ranging from kilowatts to megawatts. The deregulation of India's electricity market in 2003 separated generation, transmission, and distribution and allowed private sector investment. The document assesses the impact of distributed generation using the Herfindahl Index, which measures market concentration based on companies' market shares. A lower index indicates a more competitive market. The document suggests distributed generation could increase competition in India's power sector and benefit consumers.
This document summarizes the business case for off-grid renewable energy in India. It examines solar home system and decentralized renewable energy business models, assessing technology, key players, economics, growth forecasts and impact. Both sectors show potential for scale but face challenges. Private sector financing is needed to realize India's renewable energy target of 150GW by 2022. The report provides recommendations to promote private investment and engagement in off-grid renewable energy to support national goals.
CUSTOMER BUYING INTENTION TOWARDS ELECTRIC VEHICLE IN INDIAIAEME Publication
Electric vehicle is a new way of transportation having no air, noise pollution and
an environmental friendly way to commute. India being a major market for electric
vehicle and government plan to be an electric vehicle country by 2030 is a major
ambitious plan and to achieve this this study has been conducted to check the
acceptability of people towards electric vehicle and its effect on automobile industry.
In this study we tried to find the people opinion and their awareness about the electric
vehicle, reaction to some shortcomings of electric vehicle and will people accept it
wholeheartedly. Government of India launched FAME scheme to increase the
adoption of electric vehicle among masses.
Almost all the vehicle producer in the world have at least one electric vehicle in
their product portfolio and around the globe the acceptance of electric people is
rapidly growing. Several policies in favor of electric mobility has been rolled out and
its immediate effect are positive. However it’s an ambitious and long journey with a
comprehensive policy plan, it can be achieved. Policies need to be introduce to
discourage the further adoption of gasoline vehicle and new schemes need to be
implemented to aggravate the adoption of electric vehicle.
This study used 9 independent factors pertaining to characteristics of electric cars
and developed a regression model for determining the buying behavior of customer.
The analysis was done using R software. The study found that mobility and recharging
characteristics were found to be most significant factors while RTO norms was
considered to be the least significant characteristic affecting the buying decision of
electric cars. The model developed from our study was 88% accurate and hence can
be used for predicting the buying behavior of customer. This study is of prime
importance to the companies who wanted to launch electric cars in India.
The document provides an overview of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) and its activities and roadmap for 2014. IESA has developed key partnerships over the past year, organized conferences on energy storage, and leads policy initiatives. It welcomes new members and provides resources to members. IESA's 2014 roadmap includes continued policy work, research on storage technologies and applications in India, and building international partnerships through participation in global conferences. The document also outlines various opportunities for energy storage in India, such as for renewable energy integration, electric vehicles, and smart grids.
This document discusses rooftop solar projects and financing possibilities in India. It provides an overview of distributed renewable energy in India, the current state of rooftop solar, business models and economics of rooftop solar projects. It also discusses various financing lines available for rooftop solar projects in India, including lines from the State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, and Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency. The document concludes by covering some of the key barriers to rooftop solar development in India such as limited project financing options for small projects and assessing off-taker creditworthiness, and potential solutions to address these barriers.
Douglas Cheung presented on enabling smart cities and communities. He discussed 1) Hitachi's portfolio of smart solutions including information and communication systems and infrastructure systems; 2) case studies of smart community projects in locations like Japan, China, and Hawaii; and 3) Hitachi's proposed approach to smart communities, including developing basic models, expanding target systems, ensuring interoperability and reliability, and providing security. The presentation provided an overview of Hitachi's work on smart grid and smart community projects around the world.
Day-3, Mr. Reji Kumar SG Roadmap presentationIPPAI
This document provides an overview of India's proposed smart grid vision and roadmap. The vision is to transform India's power sector into a secure, adaptive, sustainable and digitally-enabled system providing reliable energy for all. The roadmap outlines activities over 3 five-year plans from 2012-2027, including reducing transmission losses, augmenting control centers, expanding access and reducing power cuts. Key goals are integrating renewables, developing smart metering infrastructure, establishing microgrids and EV charging stations, and improving energy efficiency. Standards development and stakeholder consultation will help realize this vision of a smart, reliable electricity system for India.
Day-4, Dr. Rahul Walalwalkar - Energy Storage 4 RenewablesIPPAI
The document discusses the growth of renewable energy sources like wind and solar in India and the challenges they pose to integrating with the electric grid. It notes India's goals of 20 GW of solar by 2022 and the need for better forecasting and energy storage to help balance the intermittent nature of these resources. The India Energy Storage Alliance was formed to help capture the growing energy storage market opportunity in India, estimated at 15-20 GW by 2020. It aims to bring international industry players together and help address application challenges through knowledge sharing and exhibitions.
This document summarizes insights from a survey on renewable energy adoption by Indian corporations. It finds that the top hurdles to renewable energy penetration are anticipation of new technologies, technical issues like grid integration, complex policies and clearance processes, high upfront costs, and project implementation challenges. It concludes that while falling costs and progressive policies are improving adoption, strengthening policy implementation and providing single window clearances would further boost renewable energy use among Indian corporations.
Carbon finance potential of renewable energy technologies in indiaPallav Purohit
This document discusses carbon finance potential for renewable energy technologies in India. It begins with definitions of carbon finance and what needs to be financed for mitigation and adaptation. It then provides an overview of India's power sector and status of renewable energy. It discusses the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and how it can provide carbon finance for renewable energy projects. It analyzes the potential for various renewable technologies in India to obtain carbon finance, including solar energy technologies like box-type solar cookers, solar lanterns, solar home systems, domestic solar water heating and solar pumps.
1. The document discusses the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Funds established by the Asian Development Bank to provide financing for various clean energy projects.
2. Eligible activities for financing include renewable energy projects like biomass, biofuel, biogas as well as energy efficiency projects.
3. The document provides details on 5 case studies of projects that received financing, including renewable energy projects for telecommunications in Myanmar, agribusiness in the Greater Mekong Subregion, and hydropower in Georgia.
Electricity is one of the most important drivers of socio-economic development, yet up to 250 million Indians are not connected to the national grid, and the majority of rural consumers have grossly unreliable power supply. More than solar lanterns and home systems that power a few lights and fans, among the most efficient ways to provide reliable electricity in remote areas is through local mini-grids. India has several run by energy service companies and usually funded by philanthropic capital.
Most of these enterprises have not been able to scale-up their impact meaningfully because the risk of the national grid entering their markets can render their mini-grid unviable. Rather than seeing “grid versus mini-grid” as a policy choice, Beyond Off-Grid: Integrating Mini-Grids with India’s Evolving Electricity System explores ways we can encourage more of both: to have the grid operate in partnership with a network of distributed mini-grids to accelerate electrification.
What does the roadmap for this ‘interconnection’ of our energy system look like? How can we leverage both government and private investment? What are the different interconnection models and their commercial, technical and regulatory implications? Where do mini-grids go from here? This timely report – commissioned by the Asha Impact Trust in collaboration with Shakti Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation – provides a multi-layered perspective to address these questions based on extensive research, wide-ranging policymaker interactions, and our investment experience evaluating mini-grid operators.
Presentation on ONE SUN ONE WORLD ONE GRID (OSOWOG) policy makingArpit Kurel
- The document discusses India's One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) initiative for connecting solar power grids across countries to promote sustainable development. It aims to establish 227 GW of renewable energy by 2022.
- Key challenges to implementing OSOWOG include coordinating the large project, obtaining financing, addressing economic impacts on existing fossil fuel industries, and building trust among member nations. Successful regional models like those in Europe provide lessons for the necessary institutional structures.
- Initiatives like OSOWOG and the International Solar Alliance can help attract over $1 trillion in solar funding to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and curb climate change.
To mitigate the sector’s market and financial barriers, the Indian Government has sought climate financing from international banks. Additionally, with technical assistance programs, the early market-related risks and challenges, such as lack of experience and technical knowledge amongst the key stakeholders are to be overcome in order to accelerate deployment of rooftop solar.
The scope of this briefing note is to provide an understanding of the current state of grid-connected rooftop solar financing in the country and, in particular, in Tamil Nadu. It evaluates the state of the international lines of credit, its implementation at state level (for Tamil Nadu), and the availability and accessibility of the financial support. Through this, the document aims to identify possible gaps and challenges existing today in financing rooftop solar.
Use of renewable energy for developing countryEko Hernanto
The target audiences are Governments, Private sectors and Policy makers particularly in Low Income Countries. The resource provides information of renewable energy as the ideal source to provide energy security in long term and the possible financing and development stages required to launch the project in a country successfully and sustainable. The reasons are energy security, growth of social economy, reduce pollution to preserve the climate, and promote good governance in lowering poverty and share prosperity across the country.
The document summarizes the public-private partnership model for power distribution in Delhi, India. In 2002, the Government of Delhi formed a joint venture company called Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), owned 49% by the government and 51% by Tata Power. The goal was to improve power distribution to over 1.3 million consumers in North Delhi. Key features of the partnership include Tata Power appointing the Chairman and CEO while protecting government interests through board representation. The partnership framework has worked well with both partners playing important roles in managing the company successfully.
Themes of DUM:
1) New Programs & Projects
2) New Technologies & New Challenges
3) Voice of the Customer
4) Sustainability of Discoms
5) Special Session with City Gas
Distribution Utilities
Ignacio Perez Arriaga, MIT Boston - Università Pontificia Comillas MadridWAME
This document discusses challenges and opportunities around universal access to electricity, particularly in developing countries. It explores the tension between centralized grid connections versus decentralized off-grid solutions in serving remote, rural communities. While lack of regulation allows for more electrification opportunities, it can also result in non-standard technologies and monopolistic behavior. The document suggests regulation could incentivize grid-compatible, renewable microgrid solutions to ensure sustainable access. Specifically, it proposes compensating entrepreneurs if grids connect and using subsidies to make tariffs affordable, recognizing universal access as a new regulatory frontier.
Hitachi has supported the development of society and the improvement of people's lives. The fight against climate change is the next frontier.
Read more: https://social-innovation.hitachi/en-us/think-ahead/transportation/innovative-solutions-for-climate-change/
Ahmendabd presentation 28th nov workshopAbhinav Jain
The document discusses solar rooftop projects in India. It provides an overview of TERI as an organization working on sustainability solutions. It then discusses India's commitments to renewable energy and increasing solar capacity as part of its INDC. Specific details are given about the potential for solar rooftop projects across Indian states. Business models for solar rooftop including third party ownership are explained. A case study shows the costs savings for a residential consumer from a 3 kW rooftop system.
This document discusses Hitachi's efforts to help transition the world to carbon-free electricity. It notes that the Biden administration has set a goal of transitioning the US to carbon-free electricity by 2035. It then discusses how digitalization and technologies like AI, IoT, and cloud computing can help make power grids more flexible and renewable energy more accessible and integrated. Finally, it discusses how Hitachi is helping decision-makers invest in transmission infrastructure to expand the grid and utilize data analytics to address challenges in distributing energy resources.
This document discusses the future scope of distributed generation in India's deregulated power market. It defines distributed generation as small-scale power production located near load centers, ranging from kilowatts to megawatts. The deregulation of India's electricity market in 2003 separated generation, transmission, and distribution and allowed private sector investment. The document assesses the impact of distributed generation using the Herfindahl Index, which measures market concentration based on companies' market shares. A lower index indicates a more competitive market. The document suggests distributed generation could increase competition in India's power sector and benefit consumers.
This document summarizes the business case for off-grid renewable energy in India. It examines solar home system and decentralized renewable energy business models, assessing technology, key players, economics, growth forecasts and impact. Both sectors show potential for scale but face challenges. Private sector financing is needed to realize India's renewable energy target of 150GW by 2022. The report provides recommendations to promote private investment and engagement in off-grid renewable energy to support national goals.
CUSTOMER BUYING INTENTION TOWARDS ELECTRIC VEHICLE IN INDIAIAEME Publication
Electric vehicle is a new way of transportation having no air, noise pollution and
an environmental friendly way to commute. India being a major market for electric
vehicle and government plan to be an electric vehicle country by 2030 is a major
ambitious plan and to achieve this this study has been conducted to check the
acceptability of people towards electric vehicle and its effect on automobile industry.
In this study we tried to find the people opinion and their awareness about the electric
vehicle, reaction to some shortcomings of electric vehicle and will people accept it
wholeheartedly. Government of India launched FAME scheme to increase the
adoption of electric vehicle among masses.
Almost all the vehicle producer in the world have at least one electric vehicle in
their product portfolio and around the globe the acceptance of electric people is
rapidly growing. Several policies in favor of electric mobility has been rolled out and
its immediate effect are positive. However it’s an ambitious and long journey with a
comprehensive policy plan, it can be achieved. Policies need to be introduce to
discourage the further adoption of gasoline vehicle and new schemes need to be
implemented to aggravate the adoption of electric vehicle.
This study used 9 independent factors pertaining to characteristics of electric cars
and developed a regression model for determining the buying behavior of customer.
The analysis was done using R software. The study found that mobility and recharging
characteristics were found to be most significant factors while RTO norms was
considered to be the least significant characteristic affecting the buying decision of
electric cars. The model developed from our study was 88% accurate and hence can
be used for predicting the buying behavior of customer. This study is of prime
importance to the companies who wanted to launch electric cars in India.
The document provides an overview of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) and its activities and roadmap for 2014. IESA has developed key partnerships over the past year, organized conferences on energy storage, and leads policy initiatives. It welcomes new members and provides resources to members. IESA's 2014 roadmap includes continued policy work, research on storage technologies and applications in India, and building international partnerships through participation in global conferences. The document also outlines various opportunities for energy storage in India, such as for renewable energy integration, electric vehicles, and smart grids.
This document discusses rooftop solar projects and financing possibilities in India. It provides an overview of distributed renewable energy in India, the current state of rooftop solar, business models and economics of rooftop solar projects. It also discusses various financing lines available for rooftop solar projects in India, including lines from the State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, and Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency. The document concludes by covering some of the key barriers to rooftop solar development in India such as limited project financing options for small projects and assessing off-taker creditworthiness, and potential solutions to address these barriers.
Douglas Cheung presented on enabling smart cities and communities. He discussed 1) Hitachi's portfolio of smart solutions including information and communication systems and infrastructure systems; 2) case studies of smart community projects in locations like Japan, China, and Hawaii; and 3) Hitachi's proposed approach to smart communities, including developing basic models, expanding target systems, ensuring interoperability and reliability, and providing security. The presentation provided an overview of Hitachi's work on smart grid and smart community projects around the world.
Day-3, Mr. Reji Kumar SG Roadmap presentationIPPAI
This document provides an overview of India's proposed smart grid vision and roadmap. The vision is to transform India's power sector into a secure, adaptive, sustainable and digitally-enabled system providing reliable energy for all. The roadmap outlines activities over 3 five-year plans from 2012-2027, including reducing transmission losses, augmenting control centers, expanding access and reducing power cuts. Key goals are integrating renewables, developing smart metering infrastructure, establishing microgrids and EV charging stations, and improving energy efficiency. Standards development and stakeholder consultation will help realize this vision of a smart, reliable electricity system for India.
Day-4, Dr. Rahul Walalwalkar - Energy Storage 4 RenewablesIPPAI
The document discusses the growth of renewable energy sources like wind and solar in India and the challenges they pose to integrating with the electric grid. It notes India's goals of 20 GW of solar by 2022 and the need for better forecasting and energy storage to help balance the intermittent nature of these resources. The India Energy Storage Alliance was formed to help capture the growing energy storage market opportunity in India, estimated at 15-20 GW by 2020. It aims to bring international industry players together and help address application challenges through knowledge sharing and exhibitions.
This document summarizes insights from a survey on renewable energy adoption by Indian corporations. It finds that the top hurdles to renewable energy penetration are anticipation of new technologies, technical issues like grid integration, complex policies and clearance processes, high upfront costs, and project implementation challenges. It concludes that while falling costs and progressive policies are improving adoption, strengthening policy implementation and providing single window clearances would further boost renewable energy use among Indian corporations.
Carbon finance potential of renewable energy technologies in indiaPallav Purohit
This document discusses carbon finance potential for renewable energy technologies in India. It begins with definitions of carbon finance and what needs to be financed for mitigation and adaptation. It then provides an overview of India's power sector and status of renewable energy. It discusses the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and how it can provide carbon finance for renewable energy projects. It analyzes the potential for various renewable technologies in India to obtain carbon finance, including solar energy technologies like box-type solar cookers, solar lanterns, solar home systems, domestic solar water heating and solar pumps.
1. The document discusses the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Funds established by the Asian Development Bank to provide financing for various clean energy projects.
2. Eligible activities for financing include renewable energy projects like biomass, biofuel, biogas as well as energy efficiency projects.
3. The document provides details on 5 case studies of projects that received financing, including renewable energy projects for telecommunications in Myanmar, agribusiness in the Greater Mekong Subregion, and hydropower in Georgia.
Electricity is one of the most important drivers of socio-economic development, yet up to 250 million Indians are not connected to the national grid, and the majority of rural consumers have grossly unreliable power supply. More than solar lanterns and home systems that power a few lights and fans, among the most efficient ways to provide reliable electricity in remote areas is through local mini-grids. India has several run by energy service companies and usually funded by philanthropic capital.
Most of these enterprises have not been able to scale-up their impact meaningfully because the risk of the national grid entering their markets can render their mini-grid unviable. Rather than seeing “grid versus mini-grid” as a policy choice, Beyond Off-Grid: Integrating Mini-Grids with India’s Evolving Electricity System explores ways we can encourage more of both: to have the grid operate in partnership with a network of distributed mini-grids to accelerate electrification.
What does the roadmap for this ‘interconnection’ of our energy system look like? How can we leverage both government and private investment? What are the different interconnection models and their commercial, technical and regulatory implications? Where do mini-grids go from here? This timely report – commissioned by the Asha Impact Trust in collaboration with Shakti Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation – provides a multi-layered perspective to address these questions based on extensive research, wide-ranging policymaker interactions, and our investment experience evaluating mini-grid operators.
Presentation on ONE SUN ONE WORLD ONE GRID (OSOWOG) policy makingArpit Kurel
- The document discusses India's One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) initiative for connecting solar power grids across countries to promote sustainable development. It aims to establish 227 GW of renewable energy by 2022.
- Key challenges to implementing OSOWOG include coordinating the large project, obtaining financing, addressing economic impacts on existing fossil fuel industries, and building trust among member nations. Successful regional models like those in Europe provide lessons for the necessary institutional structures.
- Initiatives like OSOWOG and the International Solar Alliance can help attract over $1 trillion in solar funding to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and curb climate change.
To mitigate the sector’s market and financial barriers, the Indian Government has sought climate financing from international banks. Additionally, with technical assistance programs, the early market-related risks and challenges, such as lack of experience and technical knowledge amongst the key stakeholders are to be overcome in order to accelerate deployment of rooftop solar.
The scope of this briefing note is to provide an understanding of the current state of grid-connected rooftop solar financing in the country and, in particular, in Tamil Nadu. It evaluates the state of the international lines of credit, its implementation at state level (for Tamil Nadu), and the availability and accessibility of the financial support. Through this, the document aims to identify possible gaps and challenges existing today in financing rooftop solar.
Use of renewable energy for developing countryEko Hernanto
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Catalysing decentralised renewable energy market transformation:
The Bijli experience
Keywords: Bijli; Delivery models; Off-grid energy; Decentralised renewable energy; Financing mechanisms; India
Introduction
A
ccess to clean energy has clearly
emerged as a focus of the global
development community in the
recent past. Notable initiatives include
the United Nation’s ambitious Sustainable
Energy for All (SE4All) as well as inclusion
of energy access as one of the post-2015
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
While international initiatives are catalytic
in drawing global attention to local
issues such as energy access, there is still
an evident need to strengthen action on
the ground by building institutional and
financial processes that could enable
sustainable energy access to 360 million
people in India who currently lack access
to electricity (The Climate Group, 2015).
These numbers would increase significantly
if the people with unreliable electricity
were added to the ones without any
access at all. To achieve universal access,
SE4All projects that the electricity grid
would invariably have to reach all new
urban areas and 30% of the currently un-
electrified rural populace. The remaining
70% of rural areas would be the direct
market for decentralised energy products
as well as services by 2030 (SE4All, 2015).
Drawing from these facts, it is clear that the
market for decentralised renewable energy
(DRE) is growing at an unprecedented
pace and thus holds momentous promise
for universal energy access (The Climate
Group, 2015).
Access to clean energy has clearly emerged as a focus of the global
development community in the recent past. At the same time, the market
for decentralised renewable energy (DRE) has grown at an unprecedented
pace and thus holds momentous promise for universal energy access.
Access to finance is widely accepted as a major challenge given that the
private sector views decentralised energy as much riskier than other
alternative, straightforward investment options. This article presents the
experiences from Bijli-Clean Energy for All initiative that has demonstrated
the use of grants to catalyse financial and institutional innovation among
existing stakeholders within the Indian DRE sector. The programme has
supported different delivery models to implement innovative financing
mechanisms including end-user financing, trade-financing, working capital
as well as debt collateralisation. The article identifies access to affordable
debt as the key bottleneck in scaling up energy access through DRE. The
author highly recommends creation of a futuristic and innovative debt
financing facility that would emerge as the go-to agency for India’s DRE
financing needs in the future.
PEER REVIEWED
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Author
Jarnail Singh
The Climate Group
Suite#1203, 12th Floor
Chiranjiv Tower, Nehru Place
New Delhi, 110 009, India
jsingh@theclimategroup.org
Picture 1: Bijli-Clean Energy for All
initiative (Source: The Climate Group)
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The need for DRE is heightened when
considered in the light of the emerging
climate change and green growth narra-
tive. If 1.2 billion people were provided
with adequate electricity access through
fossil fuel based generation systems, glob-
al carbon emissions would increase signifi-
cantly (Alstone et al., 2015). Primary data
collected from field visits show that if 77
million households in India were to keep
using kerosene or other fuels for domestic
lighting purposes, the country would con-
tribute almost seven million tons of car-
bon dioxide every year, particularly black
carbon from fuel based lamps. Scaling up
DRE would not only bridge the access to
energy gap between the rich and poor but
also pave a way for low carbon growth by
virtue of clean energy deployment.
The International Energy Agency
(IEA) estimates that investments of
approximately US$ 640 million will be
required over the next 20 years to achieve
universal energy access (IEA, 2014). On
the other hand, others believe that
reasonable access to energy (electricity)
could be provided to global populations
with one third of the cost that IEA
estimates (Craine et al., 2014). The
Climate Group (2015) estimates that
India’s DRE markets are expected to
increase to US$ 375 million by 2018. It
is clear that investments in the sector
need to increase hugely and that there
also needs to be an upscaling of effort in
private sector investments. Up till now
however, the private sector has perceived
the DRE sector as too risky or far less
rewarding when compared to other
alternative, straightforward investment
options. There is a therefore a strong
need for international charity/aid funds
to support market mechanisms that then
enable social (for-profit) businesses to
reach out to the large customer base still
underserved. While many argue that the
majority of funds must come from the
private sector, development finance would
best serve as the first loss cushion thereby
allowing private investments to flow into
the market.
This article presents analysis, learnings
and next steps from the Bijli – Clean
Energy for All initiative that was conceived
by The Climate Group, with principal
funding support from the Dutch Postcode
Lottery (DPL).
The Bijli initiative
The underlying belief for the Bijli
initiative is that for large scale
transformative action to take place,
the leaders of the world have to be
convinced. These leaders do not only
represent high-level opinion but also
national and local thought leaders who
galvanise action at their respective levels.
Given this understanding, a three step
approach (Figure 1) was adopted under
the Bijli initiative to scale up innovative
delivery models of clean energy services
for rural consumers. The first step of this
approach is to co-develop projects to test
financing and delivery models for off-grid
energy (electricity) access in rural areas. A
rigorous evaluation framework assisted
by real time data is the second step, and
finally communicating the business case
for DRE and off-grid energy to global and
national leaders to mobilise transformative
action is the third and last step.
Testing financing mechanisms
and delivery models
In order to co-develop delivery models that
could use grant funds to later encourage
private sector involvement, the states of
Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra
and Jharkhand were selected (Figure 2
and Table 1) for the Bijli initiative. These
states were chosen given the presence of
a large underserved rural population as
well as a variety of other factors including
presence of implementation partners and
favourable government policies.
Delivery models: Implementation
partners and financing mechanisms
All but one of the delivery models tested
in step one of the Bijli initiative used solar
photovoltaic (PV) technology to generate
electricity. The Climate Group worked
with a variety of implementation partners
who used different financing mechanisms
for the following energy delivery models:
Handheld solar lights model (HSL): In
West Bengal, SwitchOn-ONergy markets
handheld solar lanterns (containing an
LED lamp, mobile phone charging port,
rechargeable battery and individual solar
panel) as well as solar home lighting systems
in selected villages through NGOs, micro-
finance institutions (such as the Bagnan
Grameen Mahila Sammelan (BGMS)) as
well as through their retail supply partners.
Solar home systems model (SHS): In
Uttar Pradesh, Simpa Networks and in
Maharashtra, Small Scale Sustainable
Infrastructure Development Fund (S3IDF)
provide low cost financing for SELCO
home lighting systems that consist of a
Figure 1: Three step approach for
large scale transformative action
Figure 2: Coverage of Bijli initiative
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single solar panel/module mounted on a
roof, connected via a voltage regulator to
a battery that provides direct current (DC)
for lighting and mobile charging. While
Simpa Networks is a fee based service
delivery model, the SELCO model is an
ownership model.
Micro-grid model: In Uttar Pradesh,
Naturetech Infra and OMC Power were
selected as a part of the India Off-grid Energy
Challenge to provide a variety of clean
energy services to a group of households
by supplying power through solar micro-
grids. These systems consist of a set of solar
PV panels for electricity generation at a
centralised location, a battery pack, and a
micro-distributionnetworkinthecommunity
as well as anchor clients including telecom
shelters and petrol pumps. While OMC signs
up longer term power purchase agreements
(PPAs) with telecom shelters for assured bulk
of its revenue, Naturetech Infra employs a
prepaid tariff to ensure timely repayments.
Pico-grids model: Mera Gao Power
(MGP) in Uttar Pradesh and Mlinda
Foundation in West Bengal (and later
Jharkhand) provide DC and alternating
current (AC) based electricity services
(lighting and mobile charging) to their
customers. While MGP collects payments
from individual consumers, Mlinda
forms Joint Liability Groups (JLGs)
among ultra low income communities to
ensure timely payments.
Implementing new financing
mechanisms
Four specific and different financial
mechanisms were tested at the enterprise
level to promote access to electricity for
low-income households (Figure 3). While
all the mechanisms are market driven,
grant funding was deployed to create
institutional mechanisms to ensure cyclical
grant funding deployed with regards to one
time product delivery/ capital expenditure.
In all cases, separate bank accounts were
opened to monitor and manage revolving
funds at the local level. In the case of end-
user financing (S3IDF), a mechanism was
created to make the solutions affordable
Main source
of lighting:
India Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh West Bengal
Households
(in millions)
% of total
households
Households
(in millions)
% of total
households
Households
(in millions)
% of total
households
Households
(in millions)
% of total
households
Electricity 166 67.2 20 83.9 12 36.8 11 54.5
Kerosene 77 31.4 3.5 14.5 20 61.9 8.8 43.5
Solar energy 1 0.4 0.05 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.2 1.2
Other
sources
1 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.1 0.1 0.6
No lighting 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.5
Total
Households
246.1 100 23.95 100 33.2 100 20.2 100
Energy Partner Market Size Delivery
Costs/
Financing
required
Policy and
regulation
Environmental risk
SwitchON – ONergy Medium High High Medium
Small Scale Sustainable
Infrastructure Development
Fund and SELCO
Low High High Low
Simpa Networks Low High Medium Medium
Mera Gao Power Low High Medium Low
Naturetech Infra Low Low High Low
Bijli partner State Districts Number of
Households
Population
Reached
SwitchON– ONergy West Bengal 14 districts 8297 41 485
OMC Power Uttar
Pradesh
Sitapur, Unnao, and Hardoi
districts
1300 6500
Small Scale Sustainable
Infrastructure Development
Fund and SELCO
Maharashtra Talode Taluk, Nandurbar
district
720 3600
Simpa Networks Uttar
Pradesh
Sitapur, Unnao, and Hardoi
districts
250 1250
Mera Gao Power Uttar
Pradesh
Sitapur, Unnao, and Hardoi
districts
494 2470
Naturetech Infrastructure Uttar
Pradesh
Sitapur and Unnao districts 106 530
Mlinda Foundation West Bengal,
Jharkhand
various locations 237 1185
11 404 57 020
Table 3: Heat map showing key risks perceived by Bijli partners (Source: TCG Analysis, 2015)
Table 1: Source of lighting figures in Bijli implementation areas
Table 2: Bijli dashboard highlighting partner and state-wise progress (Source: TCG Analysis, 2015)
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in the absence of formal banking facilities.
A permanent institutional arrangement
was established in the Nandurbar district
of Maharashtra where a local community
development financing institution (CDFI)
called Bhagini Nivedita Gramin Vigyan
Niketan was responsible for energy needs
assessments, sales, installation and after
sales service.
A bank account was opened closer to
the client base thus serving as a stronger
logistical point for the deposit of daily
collections. This avoids delays in deposits,
rerouting of collected funds as well as
security hazards.
For Simpa Networks, an experiment
was conducted in Sitapur district to conduct
further research on the optimum financing
mechanism for deeper customer penetration
in any given village. The experiment allowed
Simpa Networks to understand the needs of
the off-grid customer segment, such as their
ownership mindset, their price sensitivity,
demand for certain kinds of products,
need for trusted channels of distribution,
importance of product quality and tendencies
to move to cheap energy substitutes.
In West Bengal, a three pronged
approach was adopted to make a strong
value proposition for customers and JLGs
to opt for pico-grids as opposed to diesel
gensets. This was executed by utilising Bijli
funding in order to: Collateralise a part
of the debt to the entrepreneur who was
investing a small amount in the pico-grid
infrastructure; Employ a diesel-parity grant
to make the offering competitive to the
diesel gensets; and Leverage a part of Bijli
funding to raise more capital from sources
like Milaap (a crowdfunding platform).
So far, Bijli has reached out to 50 000
households directly (Table 2). While these
numbers are miniscule in view of the current
360 million people in need, the initiative has
had a catalytic impact on the sector by virtue
of its financial and institutional innovation.
Bijli funding has helped enterprises and non-
profits try new models by setting up revolving
funds which would not have been possible
through commercial capital alone. For
example, the total grant support for the trade
financing model deployed by ONergy would
have only been able to deploy 2500 handheld
lights. In the presence of a revolving fund,
ONergy has not only been able to deploy
more than three times that number but has
also introduced newer and larger products to
the market.
Building evidence through
project evaluation
With reference to the three step approach
(Figure 1), the second step was to con-
duct a rigorous evaluation. This was done
by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI
International), for Bijli implementation
partners based on the relevance, effec-
tiveness and efficiency of their respective
financing mechanisms and delivery mod-
els to achieve sustainability.
ThesustainabilityofaDREintervention
is driven to a large extent by the types of
risk that are mitigated in the design of the
business strategy or programme. The risks
were identified based on the interactions
of the various stakeholders such as the
funding agency, project partners, target
population and policy-makers. When
evaluating scalability and sustainability
as the scope of intervention programmes
increased, challenges with regards to
replicability and resource planning were
among other factors that were considered.
As a part of the evaluation, the five
Bijli partners (ONergy, S3IDF, MGP,
Naturetech Infra and Simpa Networks)
were qualitatively assessed on their
business model (their technology, delivery
model and financing mechanism) and on
whether the new financing mechanisms
employed were able to mitigate the risks
that may exist in the near future for the
sustainability of their business model.
Key findings of the evaluation
1. Market size does not pose a risk for
these business models, rather it is an
opportunity to scale up given the fact
that a significant share of the rural
poor in these regions are deprived of
access to modern energy.
2. The growing market share of renewable
energy based products is an encourage-
ment for these energy partners.
3. The cost of service delivery and therefore
flow of steady and affordable finance
poses as a major risk across all the
energy partners except for Naturetech
Infra who have lowered their overhead
costs with the use of technology and
improved their revenue streams.
4. Government policies and regulations
on renewable energy have a significant
impact. For example, policies on avail-
ability of grid-based power poses a high
risk for most of the energy partners.
Alongside the key challenges of financing
and cost of delivery, key practical solutions
emerged from regular monitoring visits
as well as project evaluation of the Bijli
initiative and are detailed below.
Human resources
— A Loan Monitoring Team (LMT) with
members from both partners and a
financial advisor is imperative. This
not only ensures monitoring of regular
repayments but also helps in ensuring
financial discipline and a robust
financial process.
— Appointment of dedicated collection
managers to oversee all collections
ensures timely collections and deposits.
— Given the flexibility of system integra-
tors like ONergy, it is a non-negotia-
ble condition to train a local resource
person who can work as a sales agent
as well as a maintenance technician.
This particularly boosts demand for
ONergy products which are being
continuously improved to meet the
energy demands of the households
through an optimally assembled SHS.
Financial management
— A separate bank account should be
set up for the revolving fund which
should be governed and managed by
a dedicated loan management team
towards energy related disbursals. This
pertains mostly to end-user financing.
— An end-user financing mechanism
should be created to make solutions
affordable in the absence of formal
banking facilities.
— Involvement of anchor clients such
as owners of telecom shelters, petrol
pumps and irrigation pumpsets have
Figure 3: Financing mechanisms
adopted by Bijli – Clean Energy for All
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boosted revenue streams to market
players but very few have been able to
sign long term PPAs with these clients.
Business development services
— Working with a local partner such
as a rural bank or micro-finance in-
stitution ensures robust community
outreach and ample touch points for
quick feedback as well as repairs and
replacements.
— It is important to conduct an energy
needs and ability to pay assessment
(based on cash flows) of the targeted
households to accordingly provide suit-
able solutions to them.
— In the case of MGP, all the technicians
and entrepreneurs are its custom-
ers. Therefore, the intervention of-
fers significant economic prospects in
the region.
Based on primary surveys, debt financing
emerged as the primary concern of DRE
enterprises, particularly for the enterprises
operating in completely for-profit mode.
This is primarily because any grant funds
they receive are highly tax-inefficient, for
example these enterprises are not allowed
to use that income as a track record to
secure loans in the future. Furthermore,
these enterprises have to pay as much as
30% corporate and service tax on grant
funds received in any assessment year. In
India, there are a number of challenges
in raising private investment for DRE
enterprises, particularly debt that is
catalytic for long term scale-up. DRE
enterprises face prohibitively high interest
rates (18-22%) in the domestic market,
if accessible. On the other hand, foreign
lenders such as impact investors have a
difficult time getting regulatory approvals
to lend in the Indian market. When Indian
DRE companies raise capital from abroad,
regulators ensure that an insignificant
amount of capital goes out as interest
and also prevent short-term debt coming
into India. Furthermore, providing loans
as corporate social responsibility is not
permissible in India and many impact
investors are more interested in equity
rather than debt.
Most commercial banks are not willing
to lend to DRE enterprises, even at higher
interest rates, because of regulatory
uncertainties, lack of collateral, perceived
risks and because the ticket sizes of these
loans are too small. A working capital
loan could be as small as US$ 10 000
while long term asset financing could be
US$ 100 000, both of which are small
in their respective segments. Banks and
other financial institutions willing to lend
to DRE enterprises have found it difficult
and time consuming to get approval of
projects and apply for benefits such as
subsidies. Due to these difficulties, most
DRE enterprises raise funds through a
mixture of grants and equity alone.
Conclusion
Financing from non-profit, programme-
related investments are best suited for
purposes that private investors would
like to venture into. However, expecting
competitive commercial returns in the
short-medium term from the DRE sector
(that is still in its nascence) could be
detrimental. Long tenure loans with
flexible terms (5-10 years) and low interest
rates could therefore unlock the true
potential of these budding enterprises.
This will only be possible with softer
capital flowing into the commercial capital
stream and collectively known as blending
financial structures. The Climate Group’s
report titled ‘The Business Case for Off-
grid Energy in India’ presents further
detailed recommendation on innovative
financing structures to ensure long term
capital availability for this sector and can
be accessed @HEDON.
A highly recommended next step for the
Bijli initiative is the creation of a futuristic
and innovative debt financing facility that
would emerge as the go-to agency for DRE
financing needs of the country in the short
term as well as distant future. Currently
there are such mechanisms available but
none are completely focused on clean
energy. Most have a diverse portfolio
including agriculture, health, small and
medium enterprises and education. The
Climate Group is working on creating such
a fund together with partners in the Bijli
initiative. To start with, the fund will be
geared towards investing in energy access
and decentralised generation projects in
India where either the business models
are innovative and mainstream capital
perceives them as too risky, or affordable
and innovative debt instruments are
required. The Climate Group expects the
fund to be operative from the end of 2015.
The Climate Group recently convened
the first ever India Off-Grid Energy Summit
(IOEGES) in New Delhi on 19 August
2015 in order to mobolise sector leaders
and practitioners to galvanise pragmatic
action towards universal energy access.
This essentially represents the third step of
the three step approach discussed earlier.
The summit was a huge success with over
300 stakeholders congregating together to
discuss the future of DRE in India and the
associated steps to take it forward. More
information on the outcomes of the summit
can be found in The Climate Group News
pages of this issue.
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