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March 2022

Volume V Issue VII

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The government's recent policy initiatives to promote the manufacturing of solar power equipment in the country will put the industry on a strong footing and help achieve ambitious targets.

The government has set an ambitious target of 500 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2030, which is about 5 times the current cumulative installation. The majority of this target is expected from solar installations, targeted to touch 280 GW by 2030, which would require India to install 29 GW each year for the next 8 years.

Of the total modules manufactured in India, only one-third of them used Indian cells. These imports have historically led to low-capacity utilisation of cell and module manufacturing in India. All these moves by the Government of India will have a significant impact on domestic manufacturing, leading the country onto the path of energy security while ensuring significant development and employment in the industry.

March edition of Renewable Mirror is also touched upon important topics like smart solar panels as cover story; our focus is on solar rooftop, PV Modules, Bio energy and Smart cities. Hope you’ll enjoy reading this issue as always.

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Press Release Solis Inverter

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NTPC

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Goldi Solar

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Ministry of Power

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Tata Power

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Vikram Solar

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Adani Transmission

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Sify Technologies

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Cover Story

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Smart Solar Panles

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State Overview

Ward Wizard 14 PFC 15 IceWarp 15 Inox Air Products

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India is endowed with vast solar energy potential

Delhi - NCR

Industry Focus: Solar RoofTop The Centre has set a target for achieving 175 GW

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Andritz 20 Bounce Infinity 21

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Guest Article Oorjan

Industry Feature: PV Modules The outlook for PV Modules in India

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Ad Index

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Event Diary

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Bio Energy

MNRE has developed many project and policies in the field of biogas

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MNRE has set an ambitious target to set up renewable energy capacities

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Solis Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with C&D Clean Energy

Leading Chinese string inverter manufacturer Solis, today signed an agreement with renewable energy supply chain service provider C&D Clean Energy to embark on a strategic cooperation for the global market.

Both parties, eager to deliver solutions to counter global carbon emissions, pledge to cooperate closely on clean energy. This will include solar PV, energy storage, energy management, low-carbon energy saving solutions and enhancing a mutually beneficial and sustainable strategic partnership.

‘Thanks for the trust and support of C&D Clean Energy’. Said Lucy Lu, Assistant General Manager and Marketing Director of Solis,’ Solis will implement its mission of ‘Developing technology to power the world with clean energy’, and continue to provide

customers with high-quality service and reliable, high-quality products. We believe that in the future, we can work together to promote the rapid development of zero-carbon industry by complementing each other's strengths’.

‘Under the dual carbon target, it is hoped that the two sides will give full play to their respective strengths and characteristics.

We are both committed to continuously explore new modes and mechanisms of cooperation and exchange learnings at the deepest level. We look forward to our comprehensive cooperation in domestic and overseas new energy markets, to promote the high-quality developments of both sides business . Together we will enjoy making positive contributions to the global development of new energy’ said Michael K. Lee, General Manager of C&D Clean Energy. RM

NTPC reinforces it's commitment towards empowering women In its continuous endeavor to promote women empowerment, India’s largest integrated energy company, NTPC Ltd has introduced multiple initiatives to promote work-life balance, inclusiveness, diversity and develop leadership among its female employees.

In a bid to enhance women representation, NTPC had launched a special recruitment drive only for women executives across its areas of operations. NTPC has already recruited an all women Engineering Executive Trainees' (EETs) batch. These 45 EETs have undergone four months of technical training, one-month of general management training, 15 days of Simulator training and have been posted at various plant locations in Simhadri, Solapur and Mauda.

These EETs will now be working in the Operation department in shift. Soon, company plans to have an all women shift at one of its Power Station where the entire power plant operation will be managed by women engineers.

In order to help women employees strike the right work-life balance and raising of children under the age of 18 years, NTPC grants

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paid Child Care Leave (CCL) for a period of 2 years which can be availed in different spell as per their convenience.

Additionally, the women incentives include waiving the application fee for women, paid parental leaves, maternity leave and sabbatical leave. NTPC is providing special leave for adopted children and children born through surrogacy so that a greater number of women candidates apply for jobs and women’s participation increases in the workforce.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, NTPC PMI (Power Management Institute) in the year 2020 started ‘NTPC Women Leaders Annual Conclave’ to celebrate women leadership, encourage networking and facilitate women leaders from all walks of life to inspire and connect with each other.

NTPC will continue to embrace diversity and inclusion at all levels and provide a superlative experience for its women staff by introducing many more initiatives and programmes in the coming years. RM ||www.renewablemirror.com||

Solis Helps Beijing Achieve the First

“Carbon-Neutral Winter Olympics” The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games are in full swing, and the newly completed Olympic venues and supporting facilities are unveiled.

Among them, the Mountain Press Center in the Yanqing competition zone looks particularly “special". This zone will stage all the alpine skiing events as well as bobsled, luge, and skeleton.

The installed capacity of this project is 128kW, with an annual power generation of 140,000 kWh. The green energy generated by the solar roof can offset about 90 tons of carbon dioxide each year.

The project uses Solis 70kW inverters and was installed by Ningbo Lightyear Solar Energy Technology Development Co., Ltd. The project uses black monocrystalline silicon double glass

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modules integrated into the building’s roof and featuring 64 square skylights over the media hall. Combined with the inclination of the skylights, the design has enabled the dual function of the buildings lighting and solar power generation.

Any excess power is then sold back to the local grid network.

Integrating modern architectural design and realizing the innovative application of solar power generation, this project will become a green energy hub of the Yanqing competition zone and contribute to China's efforts to host a green Olympics.

Solis continues to focus on the key technical problems of distributed solar power projects, to speed up the iterative innovation and upgrading of products. The aim is to make more and more application scenarios become a reality to boost high- quality urban development, and enable distributed solar to reach new heights. RM

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Goldi Solar partners with SRK Knowledge Foundation to solarize the entire village of Dudhala, Gujarat

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This is the first village in India to be completely solarized by a foundation

Goldi Solar, a global solar panel manufacturer and EPC services provider, in partnership with Shree Ramkrishna Knowledge Foundation (SRKKF) today laid the foundation stone for the solarization of the village of Dudhala in Southern Gujarat. 450 KW solar rooftop projects will be used to power around 350 houses and public areas such as anganwadis and gram panchayat.

Once complete, this would be the first village to be completely powered with solar panels by a foundation. Instead of providing financial aid, this move will empower close to 2000 lives to earn money from the solar rooftop systems.

Ishver Dholakiya, Founder & Managing Director, Goldi Solar said, “This plan has been undertaken under Shri Govindbhai Dholakia’s mentorship and vision to give back to society. It is a proud moment for Goldi Solar to take up this project in empowering people with better quality of life. We also believe that this project captures the true spirit of PM Modi’s Atmanirbhar

campaign and takes a step towards providing 24x7 power for all. We thank SRKKF for giving us the opportunity to truly make a difference to the lives of many.”

Shree Ramkrishna Knowledge Foundation (SRKKF) is the CSR arm of Shree Ramkrishna Exports, a leading Indian diamond company. Apart from setting up renewable energy, the foundation will provide free wi-fi services, healthcare, medical infrastructure and service to Dudhala.

Commenting on the initiative, Founder-Chairman of SRK Exports, Shri Govindbhai Dholakia said, “SRK Exports is known for its world-class green facilities. In line with the efforts towards sustainable development, I was inspired to develop a village powered with 100% renewable source of energy. Dudhala is my native village where I was born and spent my early childhood.

The love for my homeland motivated me to do good for the people of my village.” RM

Bidding capacity for prior winners will be capped at 10 Gw under a new solar PLI scheme The new round of the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for solar manufacturing will see changed methodology and would be open to past winners with a cap on bidding amount.

However, the capacity will be capped to 10 Gw. The minimum Local Value Addition (LVA) or use of local content for the participating manufacturers has been kept at 90 per cent.

The PLI guidelines have been modified after the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) received close to 50 GW of bids against a PLI sanction of Rs 4,500 crore. The corpus was increased 10

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to Rs 19,500 crore under the Union Budget 2022-23.

In the first round, the Centre received close to 18 bids from a range of companies - Coal India, L&T, Vikram Solar, Megha Engineering and several new companies. Against an RfP of 10 GW, bids received touched 50 GW. The winners were Reliance New Energy Solar - the green energy division Reliance Industries, Adani Infrastructure and Shirdi Sai. Of this, Shirdi Sai was reported to have received the LoA from IREDA, the executing body for the PLI scheme. RM ||www.renewablemirror.com||

Ministry of Power welcomes back Indian students from Ukraine Shri R.K Singh, Hon'ble Union Minister of Power, New & Renewable Energy, welcomed back Indian students returning from Ukraine.

"Under Honourable PM Shri Narendra Modi ji’s leadership, our endeavour for everyone’s safe return continues", Shri Singh said.

Flight carrying 216 students landed in Delhi from Budapest today.

Amidst the Russia-Ukraine war, the government of India has rolled out Operation Ganga in a bid to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in Ukraine.

The Indian evacuation flights are operating from the Romanian capital Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest.

Ministry of Power had made massive contingency arrangements such as lodging, boarding, transportation and facilitation for onward journey to their respective native place. An exclusive Help Desk was also set up

by MOP at the International Arrival Hall of IGI Airport. A dedicated team of 20 officials were deputed at the Airport, who extended a warm welcome to these students with a rose bud and extended necessary support to them.

The comforting added to their confidence and few of them shared their experience in Ukraine, a country where they lived as a student.

Government of India’s initiative to bring them all back infused a new life and hope to reunite with their families. To be back alive amidst their own countrymen and peace seems surreal to many of them still. RM

Power supply in Mumbai restored completely by Tata Power In South Mumbai, Chembur, Bandra & Santacruz Suburbs areas, along with Central and part Western Railway, power supply got affected due to tripping of MSETCL line at MSETCL Trombay receiving station that connects to Tata Power transmission system. This resulted in tripping of ||www.renewablemirror.com||

Trombay Generation and cascade tripping of some internal lines affecting 850 MW load of all Discoms in Mumbai. Tata Power immediately stepped up hydro generation to full capacity for faster restoration and avoidance of larger outage.

Power supply was restored completely in around an hour." RM || March 2022 ||

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Vikram Solar appoints Rajendra Kumar Parakh as the Chief Operating Officer for its EPC division

Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading module manufacturers and comprehensive EPC solar solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Mr. Rajendra Kumar Parakh as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) division. Vikram Solar is among the *top five EPC players as per installed EPC base in India, with experience of executing more than 300 projects of cumulative capacity of 1.44 GW. Mr. Parakh has been associated with Vikram solar since 2017 as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He has been at the helm of driving several strategic and financial planning initiatives at Vikram Solar.

Mr. Gyanesh Chaudhary, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Vikram Solar, said, “Mr. Parakh has led the organization as the CFO and has complete overview of our global operations, projects, business development, Research & Development (R&D). He has an exceptional leadership track record. The solar sector is at an inflection point with government’s policy impetus and the demand surge for solar globally to accelerate the clean energy transition.

At this juncture, we will immensely benefit from Mr. Parakh’s deep industry knowledge to further strengthen our track record and leadership in solar EPC, which significantly contributes to our overall revenues.”

Mr. Parakh is rank holder Chartered Accountant (CA) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Senior

Management Programme (SMP) graduate from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC). He has a diverse experience spanning many decades in cross-functional and leadership roles across manufacturing, mining, industrial engineering, iron & steel and polymer industry. He has an extensively rich expertise in financial reporting & structuring, strategic planning, corporate governance & risk management, export & import functions, procurement among others.

Commenting on his appointment Mr. Rajendra Kumar Parakh, Chief Operating Officer- EPC, Vikram Solar, said, “I am honored to take on the new role and very eager to contribute to the organization’s growth. I am looking forward to working with our clients to enable their green energy goals and further augment our EPC capabilities and portfolio.”

Vikram Solar provides extensive EPC solutions which comprises of Design & Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Quality Assurance. The clientele both in domestic and international markets includes NTPC, Atria, Rays Power Infra, Keventer Agro, Amp India, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL), West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) HPCL, Amp Solar Group, Safari Energy, Standard Solar, and Southern Current among others. RM

India and Canada are expected to relaunch discussions on a free trade pact India and Canada are set to resume negotiations to finalise a trade pact to strengthen economic ties between both countries.

Towards this, an interim trade deal will be finalised, which will be followed by a full-fledged free trade agreement (FTA) or a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA). India and Canada have been negotiating CEPA since 2010, with the latest round of negotiations held in August, 2017.

An interim or an early progress trade agreement (EPTA) will include discussions on goods, services, rules of origin, sanitary, and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, and dispute settlement.

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“Canada and India agreed to promote and protect bilateral investment, including through the intensification of negotiations toward a bilateral investment Agreement, while considering options to achieve this goal alongside CEPA,” a joint statement released by both countries.

The announcement comes in the backdrop of the fifth ministerial dialogue on trade and investment (MDTI) that was chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. Mary Ng, Canadian minister of small business, export promotion and international trade, is the co-chair of MDTI. RM

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Adani Transmission Limited wins recognition for contributing to India’s energy transition MNRE felicitates ATL for submission of energy compact goals Adani Transmission Limited (ATL), India’s largest private transmission company, has been recognized by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for presenting their Energy Compact in pursuit of the United Nations High Level Dialogue on Energy and contributing to India’s energy transition.

ATL was felicitated at Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, an event chaired by Mr RK Singh, Union Minister for Power & New and Renewable Energy, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The event, organized by the MNRE to celebrate India’s Leadership in Energy Transition, was also attended by Mr Bhagwanth Khuba, Union Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy & Chemicals and Fertilizers.

“Through sustainable and innovative solutions, ATL is committed to decarbonizing the production, transmission and distribution of power and contribute towards tackling the climate change crisis while working to providing access to affordable and clean energy, in line with SDG 7,” said Mr. Anil Sardana, MD & CEO, Adani Transmission Ltd. “Our role as a transmission provider and distributor of energy is also aligned with SDG

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India’s resolve to be a leader in energy transition is reiterated

by ATL with its submission of the voluntary Energy Compact and achieving SDG 7 by being benign and green in all aspects related to the environment.

SDG7 defines a set of goals to be achieved by 2030. These goals include ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services and increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.

ATL is on course to increase its share of renewable power procurement from 3% to 30% by FY 2023 and 70% by FY 2030 through its subsidiary Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML). To achieve this, AEML has committed to procure 70% of its energy requirements from renewable sources. ATL has centered its business strategy around the achievement of SDG 7 for affordable and clean energy and SDG 13 for climate action. RM

Sify Data Centers to Invest in over 200 MW of Green Power Announces partnership with Vibrant Energy, a portfolio company indirectly invested in by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (“GIG”) and operating on a standalone basis

Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: SIFY) (“Sify”), India’s leading digital ICT solutions provider, today announced a major commitment to renewable energy for its growing data center portfolio in India. The company recently concluded power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Vibrant Energy Holdings (“Vibrant”), a majority owned subsidiary of Blue Leaf Energy Asia Pte. Ltd. (“Blueleaf Energy”) which is a portfolio company of Macquarie’s GIG. The PPAs are for total 231MW of solar and wind energy capacity to power Sify’s latest hyperscale data centers, of which 67MW solar PPA had been signed in March 2021 and recently commissioned.

This partnership is the first step in a clear roadmap for the company to minimize its dependence on fossil fuels to power its fast-growing data center business, dramatically reducing its carbon footprint. By simultaneously investing in both solar and wind energy, Sify will soon be able to deliver most of the power required for its flagship data centers in Mumbai from renewable sources and intends to continue increasing renewable penetration across its nationwide footprint.

Raju Vegesna, Chairman, Sify said, “There is an intensifying narrative about adopting green energy. We decided to lead by action, as we always have done in the ICT space. With the constantly expanding need for world-class data center facilities ||www.renewablemirror.com||

to meet the burgeoning data-centric transformation of Indian businesses, we believe that investing in clean energy sources to fuel this transformation is a social imperative. Sify is proud to be doing its part to help our customers become a part of this clean energy future”.

M P Vijay Kumar, CFO, Sify, said, “As an early adopter of ESG guidelines, Sify has constantly pushed the envelope in the Data Center space. This shift to renewables will deliver clear economic advantages, but it is also about proving the viability of adopting green energy solutions at an industrial scale.”

Oliver Lewis, Chairman of Vibrant Energy and Executive Director of GIG said: “We are very excited by Vibrant’s continued growth in capacity to provide green energy solutions to businesses in India, supporting India’s decarbonization. The partnership with Sify Technologies marks a new milestone on Vibrant’s journey of providing green energy and tailored solutions to meet the growing business demand.”

Srini Viswanathan, CEO, Vibrant Energy, said: “Vibrant is honored to partner with Sify in their journey to build sustainable data center solutions in the Indian market. Vibrant is looking forward to continuing to work with Sify to support them in their 100% renewable energy goals.” RM || March 2022 ||

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WardWizard

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registers record-breaking sales; crosses 4K sales mark for the first-time

• Logs a record sale of 4,450 units in February 2022 • Registers over 1200% YoY Growth

WardWizard, manufacturers of country’s leading electric two-wheeler brand Joy e-bike, registers a record sale of 4,450 units of electric two-wheelers in February 2022. Keeping pace with its blockbusting sales performance, this is the highest ever sales in any month for WardWizard Innovations and Mobility Ltd (BSE Code: 538970).

Led by its strong product portfolio and the launch of three new high-speed electric scooters including a fleet management vehicle in the month, the company recorded a robust growth of 1,290% as compared to February 2021, when the company had sold 320 units of electric two-wheelers. The company further achieved double-digit growth of 12.62% as compared to last month, when the total sales stood at 3,951 units.

In this current financial year (April 2021-February 2022), the company has already crossed the 25,000 sales mark (25,777

units) and eyeing to cross its annual target with the consistent rise in demand for its popular electric two-wheelers across all the touchpoints.

Commenting on the sky-rocket sales performance, Mrs Sheetal Bhalerao, Chief Operations Officer, WardWizard Innovations and Mobility Ltd, said, “With the launch of two new high-speed e-scooters and a fleet management vehicle, the Joy e-bike has become one of the most preferred EV brands in the country and this makes us immensely proud and responsible. The overwhelming response across the country has helped us in achieving a new sales record in February. As the fastest-growing EV brand, we are focused on bringing advanced products and expanding the touchpoints to strengthen our market presence.

For us, the EV revolution is a mission, and we endeavour to provide quality products to our valuable customers.” RM

In Indore, Prime Minister Modi inaugurates Asia's largest Bio-CNG factory Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia's biggest Bio-CNG plant in Madhya Pradesh's Indore via video conferencing.

Addressing the event, PM Modi said that the work is on to set up similar gobar dhan Bio-CNG plants in 75 big municipal bodies across the country in next two years. The campaign will help a lot in making India's cities clean, pollution free, clean energy, he added. "Whether it is the wet waste that comes out of the houses in the city, the garbage from the livestock and farms in the village, all this is gobar dhan in a way. From city's waste and livestock to gobar dhan, from gobar dhan to clean fuel 14

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and again from clean fuel to energy, the chain creates Jivan Dhan", PM Modi said.

"Millions of tonnes of garbage have been engulfing thousands of acres of similar land for decades in cities across the country", he said.

PM Modi added that it is also a major reason for the diseases caused by air pollution and water pollution. That's why work is being done to deal with this problem in the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission. RM ||www.renewablemirror.com||

PFC pays Interim dividend of Rs. 886.97 crore to Govt. of India for the Financial Year 2021-22

Power Finance Corporation, a Schedule-A Maharatna CPSE and India’s leading NBFC under the administrative control of Ministry of Power, has paid Rs 887 crore to Govt. of India as the third Interim Dividend on equity shares held by Govt. of India for the financial year 2021-22 on 11th March 2022. This is in addition to Rs. 333 crore and Rs. 370 crore paid as first and second interim dividend respectively to the Government of India.

The interim dividend RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) intimation advice was presented to Hon'ble Minister (Power, New & Renewable Energy) Shri R K Singh by Shri Ravinder

Singh Dhillon, CMD, PFC in the presence of the Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri Alok Kumar and other senior officials of Ministry of Power and PFC. The third interim dividend @ 60% i.e. Rs. 6 per equity share of face value Rs. 10 each was declared by the Board of Directors in its meeting held on 11th February 2022. With this, PFC has so far paid interim dividends amounting to Rs. 2838 crore to its shareholders @107.5% i.e. Rs. 10.75 per equity share of the face value of Rs.10 each for the financial year 2021-22, which is the highest ever dividend paid by PFC. RM

IceWarp Honours Women CIOs Across Industries to Celebrate International Women’s Day 2022 IceWarp stays in sync with the International Women’s Day 2022 theme of #BreakTheBias and encourages gender equality by celebrating unique women CIOs through the #IronWoman campaign

IceWarp, a global leader in developing email communication and collaboration solutions, reached out to more than a dozen unique women tech leaders and recognized these #IronWoman for their invaluable contributions to the industry as well as women aspirants across domains. IceWarp felicitated these inspiring leaders with a token of appreciation for their determination and courage for bringing change and infusing progress into society.

For the whole first week of March 2022, IceWarp showcased the achievements of selected women CIOs/CISOs who have empowered women, encouraged unity & diversity, and enabled growth in their respective industries while balancing their professional and personal lives in the best possible manner. The revered leaders also expressed gratitude and happiness for receiving the award to IceWarp which is a true alternative for Google Workspace and MS 365. While giving thanks, these influential figures also took the opportunity to share a few words of wisdom for their fellow women professionals who aspire to join the c-suite and thrive in their careers.

While speaking about the initiative, Anita Kukreja, Head Marketing & Channel Sales, IceWarp said, “With this year’s ||www.renewablemirror.com||

#IronWoman initiative, we aim to exemplify a few influential and powerful women leaders who are performing various roles and undertaking tasks so that more and more women could get inspired and shape their future. As we have traditionally seen lesser IT women leaders, this International Women’s Day, through the #IronWoman campaign we are proud to celebrate these inspiring individuals who have made a significant mark in a man’s world while encouraging several aspiring professionals to achieve their goals and believe in realizing their dreams.”

The chiefs felicitated through the #IronWoman initiated by IceWarp are Pooja Chatrath, Cryoviva Biotech; Jasmine Gorimar, Mahindra Group; Annie John Mathew, Mother Dairy; Falguni Desai, VFS Global; Puneet Kaur Kohli, Universal Sompo General Insurance Co. Ltd.; Ritu Madbhavi (Retd), FCB India; Meetali Sharma, SDG Corporation; Anuprita Daga, YES Bank; Dr. Lopa Mudraa Basuu, VP Cybersecurity & Technology Controls at a Leading Multinational Bank of the World; Mansi Thapar, IT Leader, and Security Expert with a leading Indian Multinational Tyre Manufacturing Company; Saloni Vijay, Vodafone Idea Ltd.; Sarbani Bhatia, Dainik Jagran; Jijy Oommen, Aavas Financiers. RM || March 2022 ||

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RWE and Tata Power collaborate to explore potential for development of offshore wind projects in India

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• Partnership aims to support the establishment of a competitive and sustainable offshore wind market • Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd adds its experience of the Indian renewable power sector • RWE contributes its extensive technical and commercial expertise from a 20 year track record in offshore wind

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RWE and Tata Power have agreed on a partnership to explore the potential for a joint development of offshore wind projects in India. A corresponding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited, a 100 percent subsidiary of Tata Power, which is one of India's largest integrated power companies, and RWE Renewables GmbH, one of the world's leaders in offshore wind.

India is an unexplored and highly attractive market to develop opportunities for offshore wind as it has a large coastline of about 7,600 kilometres. The MoU between Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited and RWE becomes significant in the light of the Government of India’s announcement of achieving 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind installations by 2030 to meet the country’s growing power demands.

RWE and Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited possess complementary strengths and will enable the establishment of a competitive offshore wind market in India. Talking about the collaboration, Dr Praveer Sinha, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Power, says: “RWE is our ideal partner to support Tata Power’s plans to enhance and grow offshore wind business based on its global expertise in running and operating offshore wind projects. In view of the Indian Government's heightened focus on offshore wind farms to address the country's expanding electricity demands, the collaboration becomes even more significant.”

Sven Utermöhlen, CEO Wind Offshore of RWE Renewables, explains: “India has excellent wind resources, which can help to meet the country’s increasing energy demands. If clear regulations and an effective tender scheme are in place, we expect India’s offshore wind industry will gain a real momentum.

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RWE wants to be part of this development.”

Sven Utermöhlen adds: “With Tata Power we have an outstanding and experienced partner at our side which is deeply rooted locally and shares our ambition to drive the growth of offshore wind in India. Combined with RWE’s 20 years’ track record in developing, constructing and operating offshore wind projects, we are well placed to supply green energy from offshore wind as competitively as possible for the Indian society.”

Establishment of a competitive and sustainable offshore wind market in India The Indian Government is in the process of conducting detailed technical studies and devising the regulatory framework to establish the first auctions for offshore wind of the coast of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. Offshore wind has the potential to spur significant infrastructure investment in these states and to support local job creation. To facilitate the establishment of an offshore wind market in India, RWE and Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited will conduct technical and commercial site assessments.

In addition, the companies are looking into an evaluation of the Indian offshore wind supply chain and supporting infrastructure, such as ports and grid connections, to identify the local strengths as well as necessary development potential.

Partners have a long-standing history in electricity generation The German-based RWE Group has more than 120 years’ experience of electricity generation. Founded in 1898 as a municipal utility, RWE today is a leading global player in renewables. RWE is determined to contribute its technical and commercial expertise gained from the operation of 17 offshore wind farms in five countries, and the development and construction ||www.renewablemirror.com||

of some of the world’s most advanced offshore wind farms to forge ahead with offshore wind in India. By 2030, RWE intends to triple its global offshore wind capacity from currently 2.4 GW to 8 GW (capacity represents RWE share only). The focus for further growth is on attractive markets of Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific Region including India. RWE has had an energy trading presence in India since 2013. The company will now also staff the office with experienced offshore wind experts from India and Europe. This set-up will help to transfer the knowledge from established offshore markets to India, to drive down costs and to both construct and operate offshore wind farms safely and at highest industry standards.

Tata Power also has a rich legacy of over 100 years and through Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited it will contribute its deep understanding of the local electricity market and regulation,

as well as stakeholder networks in the local and international supply chain, authorities and communities, to ensure effective project delivery. The company has a strong portfolio in the renewables landscape of India with a total capacity of 4,909 MW out of which close to 1,854 MW is under implementation.

Tata Power also has significant international presence as well operations spread across the entire value chain of the power sector right from generation to transmission to distribution.

By joining forces and thereby combining these complimentary skills, a strong partnership has been forged; a robust and powerful partnership that will support the Indian Government bringing to life its ambitions for an Indian offshore wind market, and that will contribute to the country reaching its net zero targets.Further information (in English language) about Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd. RM

Tata Power signs MoU with Enviro to deploy EV charging points in Gurugram Under the Agreement, Tata Power will install 59 EV charging points at Vatika Group’s properties spread across 18 locations

Tata Power, one of India’s leading electric-vehicle charging infrastructure providers, has collaborated with Enviro - the facility management wing of the NCR-based real estate developer Vatika Group to install 59 EV charging points at its properties across Gurugram, Haryana. The EV chargers will be installed at 18 locations across the properties of Vatika Group in Gurugram.

These chargers will be made available as Public Charging Stations and Semi-Public based on the nature of the premises.

As a result, commuters can have easy access to the chargers, thus encouraging them to use battery-powered vehicles. This collaboration will be vital in accelerating e-mobility adoption across EV users in NC National Capital Region (NCR).

On this occasion, Mr Sandeep Bangia, Head- EV - Tata Power said “Our collaboration with the Vatika Group to deploy electric vehicle charging stations in Gurugram is proof of our relentless support to green mobility. The millennial city will see EV adoption at a far faster rate as a result of our partnership, and will set an example for other cities in terms of EV adoption."

"Latest estimate shows a need of more than 400000 EV charging stations in the country, by 2026. We at Enviro are equally excited about this collaboration with Tata Power, as this pre-empts the

customer’s ever-growing curiosity regarding the EV. This would indeed increase the acceptability among the masses and push the use case for EV as the new choice".

Mr Ajay Kumar Singh, President and CEO, Enviro.

Tata Power has been rapidly setting up EV charging infrastructure across the country, helping India adopt environment-friendly mobility. The company already has a partnership with Apollo Tyres, HPCL, TVS Motors, amã Stays & Trails, Lodha Group, and others to set up and enhance the EV charging infrastructure.

The company has deployed over 1300 EV charging points across different cities under the EZ Charge brand along with a digital platform to facilitate an easy & smooth customer experience.

This network of public EV charging stations provides innovative and seamless EV charging experiences for EV customers across Offices, Malls, Hotels, Retail Outlets, and places of public access, enabling clean mobility and freedom from range anxiety.

Enviro has been a pioneer in Delhi – NCR ever since 2019, with the concept of E-Scooters and E-Rickshaws as a means of last-mile connectivity for the residential and commercial sites managed by the group. RM

Completion of trial operation by Unit-3 of 660 MW capacity of Nabinagar Power Generating Company Limited (a wholly owned Subsidiary Company of NTPC Limited)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, based on achievement of approved norms and due approvals, Unit-3 of 660 MW capacity of Nabinagar Power Generating Company Limited (a wholly owned Subsidiary Company of NTPC Limited) has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of NTPC Group.

With this, the total installed capacity of Nabinagar Power Generating Company Limited and NTPC group has become 1980 MW and 68567.18 MW respectively. RM ||www.renewablemirror.com||

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Tata Power's Bhivpuri Hydro Power Plant 100 years of clean energy generation

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Commissioned in 1922, the plant currently produces around 300 MUs of electricity a year Centenary coincides with the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, India@75 Supports Mumbai’s ‘islanding system’, acts as a backup power source in case of any emergency due to its Black Start capability Significantly contributing towards economic and community development around the site

Tata Power, one of India's largest integrated power companies, today celebrated the glorious feat of completing the 100th anniversary of its hydroelectric power plant in Bhivpuri, Maharashtra. The plant, one of the oldest in India, produces around 300 MUs of electricity annually and has provided clean energy for over 100 years to the nation. This remarkable achievement also coincides with the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, India@75 and demonstrates Tata Power's efforts to 'Power India and Empower Bharat' for over 100 years.

The Company started building the Bhivpuri Powerhouse in 1916.

It is situated in Raigad district of Maharashtra near Mumbai. The project was commissioned in 1922, with installed capacity of 48 MW, which was subsequently upgraded to 75 MW including a 72 MW new powerhouse, with three units of 24 MW. It also includes 3 MW tailrace powerhouse comprising two units of 1.5 MW each.

The plant now transmits power over 110 kV transmission lines to industries and licensees in the Mumbai metropolis.

Speaking about this milestone, Dr. Praveer Sinha, CEO&MD, Tata Power, said, “It’s a proud moment for all of us at Tata Power to mark the centenary celebration of Bhivpuri Hydro Power Station.

We are committed to providing clean energy through this plant and on this occasion reaffirm our commitment to achieve clean and green energy capacity of 80% by 2030; thus contributing towards India's clean energy targets.”

The Bhivpuri plant along with the Khopoli and Bhira is among the first hydroelectric plants in the region that harnesses the major water resources of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra. Today, these three plants make up Mumbai’s ‘islanding system’, the backup

power source that kicks-in in case metropolis’ power supply gets impacted—akin to an inverter system installed inside households.

The clean and cheap power generated at Bhivpuri Hydro Power Plant has helped curb pollution in Mumbai, one of the world’s busiest and densely populated cities.

The water released from Bhivpuri plant along with the Khopoli and Bhira hydel plants meets the Ulhas, Patalganga and Kundalika rivers in the Konkan region. This water has enabled rapid industrialization, urbanization, irrigation development, commercial trades, etc. in the downstream areas of Karjat, Ambernath, Ulhasnagar, Thane, Badlapur, Mira-Bhayander, Vasai, etc.

For the past 100 years, Tata Power has been involved in a variety of economic and community development projects around the Bhivpuri Hydro plant. This includes the establishment of Dhaaga centers to support the livelihood of under-privileged community women, training to rural women for producing herbal healthcare products, education excellence schemes for teachers and students to improve their academic performance, training teachers on biodiversity and environment, water and renewable energy schemes. It has also undertaken initiatives to create employment and run various healthcare programmes to provide primary healthcare to remote villages. These initiatives not only provides growth opportunities to the targeted communities but also empowers them.

Plants like Bhivpuri Hydro Power Station are important contributors to the company’s journey to promote clean and green power and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2045. RM

The dangers of imported energy are becoming more real We ended the Tessellatum last November, The Energy Headwind, with a hope that the spike in energy prices would be short-lived, and would not derail India’s post-Covid recovery. Energy prices instead have increased sharply, as sanctions on Russia disrupt supplies.

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India imports 36 per cent of its total and nearly half of its dense energy needs (biomass still accounts for a fourth of India’s energy supply). The value of India’s energy imports as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) is close to the highest among major economies. RM ||www.renewablemirror.com||

INOX Air Products to set up 2150 TPD Oxygen Plant at SAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant • This will be the INOXAP’s largest–ever investment in a Greenfield Oxygen Plant • The new Air Separation Unit will be INOX Air Product’s 2nd Plant at the Bokaro Site.

INOX Air Products (INOXAP), India’s largest manufacturers of Industrial & Medical Gases, is all set to build its 2nd Cryogenic Air Separation Unit (ASU) at the Steel Authority of India’s (SAIL) Bokaro plant in Jharkhand. With an estimated investment of INR 750 crore, the project will be INOXAP’s largest-ever investment in a Greenfield Oxygen Plant in India.

The state-of-the-art ASU will generate 2150 tonnes per day (TPD) of Industrial Gases, including 2000 TPD of Gaseous Oxygen, 150 TPD of Liquid Oxygen, 1200 TPD of Gaseous Nitrogen & 100 TPD of Argon. Once the ASU is commissioned, INOXAP’s combined production capacity at SAIL’s Bokaro Plant will be more than 6300 TPD for all gases.

Sharing his views on the signing of the prestigious contract, Siddharth Pavan Jain, Director – INOX Air Products said, “The signing of this contract with SAIL brings us an immense sense of pride and excitement. While this is going to be our largest ever Greenfield investment till date, it is also a testimonial to the reliability and consistency in our work. We are committed to service the country’s growth drive, through our capacity augmentation and expansion in areas where it matters the most, besides strengthening our leadership position. SAIL’s role in India’s growth journey has been phenomenal, and for us to be able to partner them in their endeavours, serves an inspiration to us, as we do our bit for the nation. The new ASU would also hugely augment the availability of the vital Liquid Medical Oxygen, not only in Eastern India, but across the country. Overall, the signing of the new ASU strongly reiterates our East-focused growth intent.” ||www.renewablemirror.com||

INOXAP’s long term onsite gas supply partnership with Steel Authority of India (SAIL), one of the largest steel producers in India, began in the year 2008 with the setting up of its 1st cryogenic ASU of 1250 TPD capacity on BOO basis at Bokaro Steel Plant, followed by another ASU at SAIL’s Salem Plant with a capacity of 108 TPD in 2011.

As an integrated Industrial Gas supplier offering customized and effective solutions, INOXAP has been servicing the needs of the Indian manufacturing and healthcare sector for more than 6 decades now. Through its 45 ASUs located across the country, INOXAP manufactures more than 3300 TPD of liquid gases, aimed to strengthen and promote inclusive growth in the existing as well as upcoming medical & industrial growth corridors across the country.

The enhanced availability of medical & industrial gases from the new ASU at Bokaro would aid growth in Jharkhand and Eastern parts of the country, while ensuring constant supplies for electronic manufacturing and pharmaceutical sector, and helping iron, steel and automobile industries to ramp up their production capacities.

Having played a crucial role in country’s battle against COVID-19, INOXAP also looks to enhance the supplies of Liquid Medical Oxygen with this new ASU. With its mammoth capacity, the ASU will almost double the availability of Medical Oxygen for INOXAP in Eastern India. During COVID-19, INOXAP catered to more than 2/3rd of the country’s Medical Oxygen demand in the country, by ensuring 24X7 production across all 45 ASUs, supplying to more than 800 hospitals through a dedicated fleet of 550 cryogenic transport tanks and 600 drivers. RM || March 2022 ||

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ANDRITZ to undertake the hydromechanical and electromechanical works for Upper Trishuli 1 hydro project, Nepal basic and detailed design, turbine and generator components, complete electrical power systems, balance of plant and automation, installation and commission of these equipment.

The project will be completed under a time schedule of 60 months from contract effectiveness.

The works will be undertaken by ANDRITZ’s Indian subsidiary with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Mandideep (near Bhopal) and Prithla (near Faridabad). This contract will International technology group ANDRITZ received an order be the first large sized project for ANDRITZ with complete from Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co. Ltd., for the hydromechanical works along with electro-mechanical scope in complete hydro-mechanical and electrommechanical works of the Nepal, the first being the supply of complete electro-mechanical Upper Trishuli-1 run-of-the-river hydropower plant (216 MW) works for Nepal’s largest state owned project namely Upper located on Trishuli river in the Rasuwa district in Nepal. The Tamakoshi HEP, which was awarded in 2012. project owner is Nepal Water & Energy Development Company The Upper Trishuli-1 project is expected to generate up to 1,456 Pvt. Ltd., while Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co. GWh of electricity a year and increase the country’s total power Ltd., Korea is the EPC contractor for this prestigious project. generation by 20%.

The scope under the hydro-mechanical works includes design, By securing this prestigious contract, ANDRITZ continues to retain engineering, manufacturing, transportation, installation, testing its leading position as a preferred water-to-wire technology and commissioning of radial gates, vertical gates, hoists, stoplogs provider in the hydropower market in Nepal. RM and penstocks. The electro-mechanical works scope consists of

PM Modi has urged the private sector to lead the way in sustainable energy innovation

“The natural resources are depleting and in such scenario circular economy are the need of the hour and we will have to make it a part of our life. We need innovation in all spheres, new products are important. I assure the country’s private sector that the government will stand by you in all efforts in this direction.

We will work in a unified way to not only achieve our goals but we will also show the way to humanity,” Modi stated on the plenary session of a webinar on “Energy for Sustainable Growth”.

Addressing members throughout public and private sectors, he stated India’s sustainable development is feasible solely with sustainable energy sources.

He stated all households can have their very own photo voltaic tree in open house which will help in 10-15% lowered energy conservation.

He stated innovations are required in the areas of fresh cooking

and photo voltaic cooking is usually a massive marketplace for start-ups.

He sought inputs from the webinar on implementation of Rs 19,500 crore photo voltaic manufacturing scheme, inexperienced hydrogen mission and energy storage initiatives introduced in Union Budget 2022. RM

Solar energy generation expected to grow by leaps and bounds

Pointing to the rapidly expanding area of solar energy generation in India, Sanjay Khot, an expert in energy auditing and principal of Sharad Institute of Technology in Maharashtra, said that clean and green energy generation in the country is growing by leaps and bounds.

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under roof power generation using solar panels alone is likely to increase by another billion square metre area by 2030.

“Energy auditing for augmenting power generation and its use is crucial. Energy audit is verification, monitoring and analysis of the use of energy. Energy auditors also provide suggestions and recommendations for energy efficiency. Energy audit will also help in arriving at cost-benefit analysis and action plan to reduce energy consumption,” Dr. Khot said. RM ||www.renewablemirror.com||

Bounce Infinity partners with Greaves Retail for EV Battery Swapping Stations • Under this partnership, the pilot project will be undertaken in the city of Bengaluru • Under phase 1, the company plans to deploy 300 charging stations each in 10 cities across the country Bounce Infinity, India’s first OEM to offer Battery as a Service, has announced a strategic partnership with Greaves Retail, the retail business division from Greaves Cotton, one of the leading diversified engineering companies in the country, to provide battery swapping stations for Greaves Electric Vehicles. With this tie-up, Greaves Retail becomes the first company to have hopped on to the Bounce Infinity battery-swapping network. The company has identified Bengaluru as the pilot city for this project.

As part of this partnership, the company plans to target 10 cities with 300 Battery Swap stations per city in different parts of the country to help Greaves Retail strengthen last mile connectivity. Also, the battery swapping service will be for both electric 2-wheelers (Ampere) and 3-wheelers (B2B & B2C segments). All popular models of Ampere could soon be available to customers with BAAS. Through this venture, Greaves Retail is further boosting the EV ecosystem with a wide variety of Multibrand smart mobility commuting options, improved access to consumers' sales and service. With a comprehensive 3S (Sales, Service and Spares outlets) offering through its pan-India retail business network, Greaves Retail is assisting the industry in better organizing the unorganized sector and working in a much more efficient manner.

Commenting on the partnership, Vivekananda Hallekere, Co-Founder & CEO, Bounce, said, ““Bounce and Greaves Retail remain committed in bringing affordable and sustainable solutions to the market. We are happy to have ampere as our partners who will be using our battery swapping platform. This enables more Indians to have access to affordable mobility with Baas..’’

Commenting on the partnership, YVS Vijay Kumar, CEO - Greaves Retail, Greaves Cotton, said, ‘’As we are committed to providing our customers with uninterrupted drive with our electric vehicles, this partnership with Bounce Infinity will help us expand our offerings and strengthen our leadership position in EV space.’’

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The Bounce Infinity swapping stations work on similar principles to a fuel station. The stations will have charged and readyto-go batteries for Greaves Retail customers; that they can easily swap with their near-empty batteries in a few minutes. With this infrastructure in place, EV customers wouldn’t have to wait for their 2-Wheelers & 3-Wheelers to charge, be anxious about the range or remember to charge it.

The integration has already been completed with Greaves electric scooters and would very soon be made available to other models of the Greaves.

Bounce Infinity swap stations are designed keeping interoperability in mind. The battery swapping network supports diverse vehicle segments, brands, and models. The network is future-proof, technology-enhanced and accessible to lakhs of customers. Bounce Infinity aims to set up battery swapping stations within one kilometre of anywhere in the city. The company is building a robust swapping infrastructure to support over ten lakh scooters in the next 12-24 months. The company has also partnered with brands such as Nobroker, Park+, Unigas, Readyassist, Kitchens@, HelloWorld, Goodbox etc. to set up infrastructure. RM

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India is endowed with vast solar energy potential

Abstract Solar energy is gaining popularity in India and is becoming more affordable and easier to generate than ever. Solar energy is the one of the most effective sources of Renewable Energy because of the reliable amount of sun the world gets. Ever-advancing technologies that are emerging will continue to harness this source in better, easier and cheaper ways making solar the fastest growing RE source. Carbon footprint of solar PV panels is already quite small and, as the materials used in them are being increasingly recycled, it continues to shrink. Your electricity bills could decrease quite a bit because of the power you are generating and using and not buying from your supplier. As solar panels are considered ‘permitted development’ you usually don't need a permit to install them on your roof. There are a few limitations you need to bear in mind before installation. Once installed, solar panels require very little maintenance.

They are generally installed at an angle which allows rain to run off freely, washing dirt and dust away. As long as you keep them from becoming blocked by dirt, solar panels could last for over 25 years with little loss in efficiency. Investing in a solar power system makes you less reliant on the National Grid for your electricity. As an energy generator, you can enjoy cheaper electricity throughout the day. And if you invest in battery storage, you ||www.renewablemirror.com||

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the consumer needs, how the product or service can address that need, how to communicate that value in a compelling way, and how to deliver that message in the most efficient and effective manner. When state solar incentive program managers think like marketers, they will sharpen the focus of outreach efforts and improve the effectiveness of their solar program offerings. The classic elements of marketing, the 4 P’s: Product, Price, Place & Promotion; offer a useful matrix to assess state solar programs.

Solar program initiatives should address each of the 4 P’s.

For example, a consumer will not buy a poorly manufactured product or one with a questionable reputation merely because the price is good. Similarly, the best quality product must be affordable to ensure market share. While state solar programs do not produce solar panels, price them, or control quality of technology or installation, their program success is integrally linked to success of solar suppliers. Both share the same goal: building a strong customer base for solar power in their region.

Each plays an important part in marketing solar. However, state incentive programs define the 4 P’s in a slightly different way than do solar suppliers.

For marketing purposes, state programs can evaluate the Product from the perspective of consumers’ rational and emotional Marketing and the 4 P’s We live in a society that bombards consumers with messages, attitudes towards solar technology. These attitudes affect desire to from pop-ups on computers, to on-line chat room links, to purchase. Consumer reaction to solar tech (e.g., price, reliability, e-newsletters and eblasts, to advertising in traditional media, quality issues) informs marketing and communications approaches all designed to build a “share of mind” for a product, service or by identifying both the opportunities, the strengths and positive social cause. Marketing is not merely communications. It is the attributes that should be marshaled, and the barriers, the sum presentation to the customer of a value equation that results concerns and “issues” that prevent sales. in a sale or action. Marketing is the process of identifying what Price is one of the single biggest barriers to growing the solar could carry on using solar energy after the sun goes down. You’ll be contributing to a more efficient way of generating energy.

Transmitting energy from power plants across extensive networks to your home inevitably results in energy loss. When your power is coming direct from your rooftop, the loss is minimized, so less energy is wasted. The Feed in tariff is a govt. backed scheme offered by your electricity supplier and, if you opt for it, you could get paid for the energy generated by your solar PV system. Solar panels are generally good investment for your home. Current trends in the energy market mean that a home with solar panels could command a higher price in the future than one without. Smart solar is the advanced version of solar energy technology converting the solar energy into electrical or thermal with advanced management and efficient utilization is the new global smart solar market. With the increasing demand of energy worldwide, usage of alternative sources is increasing day by day solar energy is the best evergreen energy option.

That is the key development factor for advancement in smart solar energy solution market. Currently smart solar market is valued at $6.47 billion, and it is estimated to achieve $13.89 bn by 2022, at a CAGR of 16.8% during 2016-23.

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marketplace; many states are addressing the financing of solar to help overcome consumer price concerns. Today, financing mechanisms are broadening access to solar power and making it available to new customer groups. However, states must ensure that prospective customers are aware of these new financing strategies and aggressively promote the financial “value” of solar products to consumer targets.

Place, or channels through which solar is sold, also is an area where solar programs have an important role through their work with installers, developers, and suppliers. Building a strong supplier network is critical in keeping up with rising demand; ensuring that customers can easily find an installer is part of this task. States also should look at how complex the solar sales process can be for consumers and how solar programs can minimize and ease the transaction process.

Promotion of solar should be a primary focus as state programs seek to increase visibility of solar installations and broaden the appeal of their solar incentive programs. Using communications and promotional strategies to favorably present solar in the marketplace and ensuring that the right messages are presented to the public will help build a stronger market for solar technologies.

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customer bases (customer segmentation), and address key messages to reach those audiences effectively and efficiently (communications). This evaluation process informs the elements of a solar marketing plan. Whether a marketer’s goal is to persuade a customer to visit a store, sample a new product, purchase an existing product, visit a website, make a donation to a nonprofit organisation, or inquire about a solar incentive program, the process is the same. In essence, marketing matches the right customer to the right product, resulting in a sale. As states apply marketing approaches to their solar initiatives, they will become more customer-focused, rather than programfocused, and as a result, become more effective in achieving solar goals. If one starts with the end in mind, a solar marketing plan identifies how a state program will achieve installed megawatt goals through acquisition of residential, commercial and institutional customers. 4P’s ensure that all aspects of the sale are covered. Improving process of purchasing solar will not alone make a difference in overall sales if the price/ value equation has not been addressed. If consumers are not confident about reliability of solar, improved pricing alone will not matter. All elements must work together to motivate target customer to take action. Hence, the dev. of a solar marketing plan must start with consumer in mind.

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market globally which complements the solar panel market growth in the country.

The cumulative installed solar energy capacity in the country has crossed the 28 GW mark. In other words, the country still has to accomplish more than 70 per cent of the 100 GW solar energy capacity targets set for 2022. With India’s eagerness to achieve 70GW of target makes it stand out as one of the most attractive market for solar panels / modules manufacturers and suppliers in days to come.

Power Insight looked into the growth of solar panel / modules market in India while also analysing the solar pv panel price trends and market competitiveness.

Global Market Overview

The solar PV currently represents one of the fastest-growing sources of renewable energy in the world. Global Solar PV capacity has been estimated to be around 500 GW at the end of the first quarter of 2019 – as per various market reports.

Though, the year 2018 witnessed a fall in the demand however, market reports expects 2019 a comeback year for the sector.

Various market reports predicts that the global solar PV market will see growth of around 25 per cent in 2019 and will install a total of around 130 GW worth of new solar capacity.

Asia region has been generating the highest demand for solar installations since last 5 years and will continue to be the leader with an estimated market share of around 55 per cent for the next five years too. China, India and Japan have been predicted to be the highest contributors – accounting for over 75 per cent of this capacity increase, according to various market reports.

Global Solar Pv Panel / Module Market

The worldwide market for solar PV panels / modules was estimated at US$ 188.5 billion between 2012 and 2017, according to Global Data, the world’s leading data and analytics firm.

Global Data aggregates the global solar PV module market value to decline and likely to be USD 137.6 billion between 2018 and 2022.

Analysing the region wise market for solar pv panel / module in 2017, it reported that Asia-Pacific represented the largest share of solar PV panel / module market, registering 74.9 per cent of the global market share, followed by America with 15 per cent of global solar pv panel / module market share. While, Europe, Middle East and Africa region together accounted for remaining 10 per cent of the global solar PV panel / module market value.

While many market studies have reported that the global solar PV panel / module market is projected to decline over the coming years due to changes in financial support provided the governments, decline in technology prices, shift in focus towards grid infrastructure development, and growth of other technologies.

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Step in constructing an effective marketing plan. Thinking like a retailer is key because it will ensure that programs and initiatives, as well as communications and promotions, are designed to create a call to action and move customers towards the sales process.

A marketing plan is a living, breathing document that guides activities over a period of usually no more than one to two years and is focused on achieving quantifiable and measurable goals, such as megawatts of installed solar. Activities within the plan must address core customer segments that are important to the solar program, such as low-income housing, schools and institutions, large commercial customers, and installers. The process of developing an effective plan includes the following steps. Market analyses begin by assessing past successes and failures. Identify what has worked and what has not. Which customer bases are responding and which are under delivering?

Are there geographic issues to be addressed within your plan?

Customer Research If there are questions about the motivations and attitudes that core customer groups have about solar power, a customer research project and market analysis will identify the opportunities and barriers that must be addressed in the marketing plan. Solar programs may want to rely on an outside resource such as an advertising agency or marketing consulting group to help with this aspect of the plan. Establish Marketing Objectives What wills the marketing plan accomplish? What are the goals? A marketing objective might include a percentage increase or megawatt goal for specific customer segments, such as commercial and industrial, residential, or institutional solar installations. Marketing Strategies How will the solar program reach its objectives? This report suggests that Cost, Reliability, Complexity, Inertia and Message all must be addressed in an effective marketing plan. There may be other strategies relevant to your specific market that should be included or receive priority. A marketing strategy that addresses value, for example, might include offering financial tools that reduce the high out-of-pocket costs for solar installations. A marketing strategy to address reliability may include raising visibility of solar in the marketplace. Implementation Tactics are the specific programs and initiatives that address the marketing strategy.

The examples cited in this report from solar stakeholders across the country are examples of marketing tactics. The rest of the marketing plan includes a budget and timeline, as well as an approach to evaluate the success of specific tactics. There may be other resource needs required by the solar program.

All key stakeholders across the organisation should review the marketing plan while in development to ensure that it is addressing the right issues and to ensure buy-in. It is also critical that implementation challenges be coordinated with appropriate personnel to ensure that adequate resources and timeframes are accounted for.

In a solar energy project, solar PV panels / modules accounts for around 60 per cent of the total project cost. With increasing penetration of solar power in Indian energy mix, the solar panel market is also seeing a tremendous growth over the recent past years. Currently, India ranks as the third largest solar energy

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the global market is on the card.

The market is likely to decline as China the largest market for solar PV, has proposed the removal of subsidies in 2018, which is expected to have a negative impact on the market over the coming years. Similarly Japan has reduced its feed-in-tariff rate for solar PV which is likely to cause the market to drop.

However, global efforts to reduce power sector carbon emissions and improve self-sufficiency are few primary drivers which will contribute to the continued deployment of solar PV in various nations across the world.

Top solar PV panel / module manufacturers that lead the global solar pv market are Canadian Solar, Jinko Solar, Yingli Green Energy, Hanwha SolarOne, JA Solar, Sharp, First Solar, Kyocera, Renesolar, SunPower and Trina Solar.

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According to certain market reports this duty levy could result into reducing the solar PV market demand in India by around 2 GW through to 2020.

However, as India is aspiring to reach it 100 GW of solar pv targets and still has a long way to go. The country will remain as one of the major region that will create a substantial demand for the solar pv panels market.

Solar PV Panel Technology Trends in India

The three major types of solar pv panel / module available in the Indian market are Mono-crystalline solar pv panel, Multi-crystalline or Poly-crystalline solar panel and Thin-film solar panel.

India, being a price sensitive market, the use of multi crystalline solar panel / module still leads the market. However, developers have seriously started considering mono crystalline solar pv India Solar PV Panel / Module Market Indian solar pv panel / module market has seen tremendous panel for projects looking at the added advantages it offers. growth as the country has witnessed huge solar pv capacity Solar markets around the world are noticeably inclining towards mono crystalline solar panels technology. Recent trends in the additions in the last four years.

With mega solar power plants developing in India at a full swing Indian solar market have also shown a significant increase in backed by huge amount of domestic and foreign investments market share of mono crystalline solar pv panels. is good news for solar pv panel / module manufacturers and Mono crystalline panel’s offers high efficiency along with many suppliers. This was also possible due to ease in land acquisition more advantages over multi / poly crystalline panels. Increasing and other legal approvals from the central and state government. demand for energy efficiency and optimum resource utilization The governance of the market is maintained by large domestic are set to propel the mono crystalline solar panel / module and international project developers with partial intervention market growth in India. of government.

Meanwhile, one of the most important aspects of mono crystalline Solar pv panel market demand seems positive during 2019 as panels is higher ROI along with reduced use of land when used a positive market growth is on card. This is based on analysis in large-scale projects. Since, land availability has been one of various market reports that says that over 400 MW of solar of the major challenges in India – mono crystalline panel’s market share is projected to witness gain over the coming years.

PV projects are in pipeline across India at the end of 2018.

In addition, solar pv panel market is also expected to see a However, increasing investment toward utility installations boost in demand from the rooftop segment. With technological coupled with declining component cost will keep the positive developments in solar rooftop PV segment such as Net-Metering, drive the polycrystalline solar PV module market for some time.

Feed-In Tariff, Accelerated Depreciation Mechanism, Generation PV Panel / Module Price Trends – India Based Incentives, etc., have pressed the use of renewable solar The decline in the cost of solar PV panel / module is one of energy at small scale and this is expected to boost the solar the major factors driving the global solar PV market. If we rooftop PV market – too, over the coming years. look at the trends of solar panel prices – by 2014 the price Though solar pv panel market in India is set for a strong growth of solar PV panel / module was reduced by 75 per cent, as ahead, however, there had been some chaos in the market compared to that in 2009. during the recent past. India that was the second largest solar This decline can be mainly attributed to the improvement in market in the world till first half of 2018 has slipped to the material efficiency, production optimization, and economies third position. of scale.

Experts believe that the solar PV market in India will continue Asia accounted for about two-thirds of the world’s solar to face disorder for some time moving forward. The solar energy photovoltaic additions for the last three to four years. In 2017, installations in the country weakened mainly due to imposition nearly 85% of the total addition came from the top five markets of the safeguard duty and the Goods and Services Tax (GST), in China, the United States, Japan, India and the UK. among other issues.

While the Indian solar market completely depends on the Imposition of safeguard duty on imported solar pv panel was demand and module supply. The last few years’ trends show aimed at incentivizing domestic manufacturing. Unfortunately, it a huge market boom in the country. The growth during the led to an increase in tariffs as solar components have become period was majorly dependent on the supply of modules at the more costly. Thus, resulting in the uncalled for delays as well lowest prices leading to competitive environment in the industry. as cancellation of many solar auctions.

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As South East Asia – especially China has been the major supplier of solar pv panels to India – India has witnessed a declining price trends in solar pv panel / module space since 2014 till January 2019 with the increase in solar pv demand.

The solar pv panel / module prices have seen decline of around 31 per cent during the period.

The CAGR of module prices have been estimated to -14.78 per cent year on year basis. If the trend continues, the pv panel / module prices are expected to fall down to approximately 8 cents by 2026.

As further analysed by the industry experts, the pv panels / modules prices trends in India have been in direct proportion to the demand trends. However, stable module prices are expected throughout the year, which is a direct result of continued high demand.

Way Forward:

The Sun has been worshiped as a life-giver to our planet since ancient times. The industrial ages gave us the understanding of sunlight as an energy source. India is endowed with vast solar energy potential. About 5,000 trillion kWh per year energy is incident over India's land area with most parts receiving 4-7 kWh per sq. m per day. Solar photovoltaics power can effectively be harnessed providing huge scalability in India. Solar also provides the ability to generate power on a distributed basis and enables rapid capacity addition with short lead times.

Off-grid decentralized and low-temperature applications will be advantageous from a rural electrification perspective and meeting other energy needs for power and heating and cooling in both rural and urban areas. From an energy security perspective, solar is the most secure of all sources, since it is abundantly available. Theoretically, a small fraction of the total incident solar energy (if captured effectively) can meet the entire country's power requirements.

There has been a visible impact of solar energy in the Indian energy scenario during the last few years. Solar energy based decentralized and distributed applications have benefited millions of people in Indian villages by meeting their cooking, lighting and other energy needs in an environment friendly manner. The social and economic benefits include reduction in drudgery among rural women and girls engaged in the collection of fuel wood from long distances and cooking in smoky kitchens, minimization

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of the risks of contracting lung and eye ailments, employment generation at village level, and ultimately, the improvement in the standard of living and creation of opportunity for economic activities at village level. Further, solar energy sector in India has emerged as a significant player in the grid connected power generation capacity over the years. It supports the government agenda of sustainable growth, while, emerging as an integral part of the solution to meet the nation’s energy needs and an essential player for energy security.

National Institute of Solar Energy has assessed the Country’s solar potential of about 748 GW assuming 3% of the waste land area to be covered by Solar PV modules. Solar energy has taken a central place in India's National Action Plan on Climate Change with National Solar Mission as one of the key Missions. National Solar Mission (NSM) was launched on 11th January, 2010. NSM is a major initiative of the Government of India with active participation from States to promote ecological sustainable growth while addressing India’s energy security challenges. It will also constitute a major contribution by India to the global effort to meet the challenges of climate change.

The Mission’s objective is to establish India as a global leader in solar energy by creating the policy conditions for solar technology diffusion across the country as quickly as possible.

The Mission targets installing 100 GW grid-connected solar power plants by the year 2022. This is line with India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions(INDCs) target to achieve about 40 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources and to reduce the emission intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent from 2005 level by 2030.

In order to achieve the above target, Government of India have launched various schemes to encourage generation of solar power in the country like Solar Park Scheme, VGF Schemes, CPSU Scheme, Defence Scheme, Canal bank & Canal top Scheme, Bundling Scheme, Grid Connected Solar Rooftop Scheme etc.

Various policy measures undertaken included declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) including Solar, Waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned up to March 2022, Must run status, Guidelines for procurement of solar power though tariff based competitive bidding process, Standards for deployment of Solar Photovoltaic systems and devices, Provision of roof top solar and Guidelines for development of smart cities, Amendments in building bye-laws for mandatory provision of roof top solar for new construction or higher Floor Area Ratio, Infrastructure status for solar projects, Raising tax free solar bonds, Providing long tenor loans from multi-lateral agencies, etc.

Recently, India achieved 5th global position in solar power deployment by surpassing Italy. Solar power capacity has increased by more than 11 times in the last five years from 2.6 GW in March, 2014 to 30 GW in July, 2019. Presently, solar tariff in India is very competitive and has achieved grid parity. RM ||www.renewablemirror.com||

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INSTALLED CAPACITY (IN MW) OF POWER UTILITIES IN THE STATES/UTS LOCATED IN Northern REGION INCLUDING ALLOCATED SHARES IN JOINT & CENTRAL SECTOR UTILITIES

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Thermal Gas 1800.40 108.00 207.01 2115.41

Diesel 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total 1800.40 986.22 3661.08 6447.79

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0.00 0.00 723.09 723.09

RES (MNRE) 0.00 263.12 0.00 263.12

Grand Total 1800.40 1249.34 4487.00 7536.74

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The PLI scheme with a financial outlay of Rs 4,500 crore for manufacturing of ‘High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’ witnessed an overwhelming response and received proposals to setup 54.8GW of manufacturing capacity.

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starting from the date of manufacturing. Energy requirements of the people of India are expected to double in the next 20 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he urged developed countries to fulfil their commitments on finance and technology transfer.

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sustainability can only be achieved through climate justice.

"Environmental sustainability can only be achieved through climate justice. Energy requirements of the people of India are expected to double in the next 20 years.

"Denying this energy would be denying life itself to millions.

Successful climate action also needs adequate financing. For this, developed countries need to fulfil their commitments on finance and technology transfer," the prime minister said.

He said India believes in fulfilling commitments under the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We firmly believe in fulfilling all our commitments made under the UNFCCC. We have also raised our ambitions during CoP-26 at Glasgow.

Calling India a mega-diverse country which accounts for eight per cent of the world's species. "It is our duty to protect this ecology."

"With 2.4 per cent of the world's land area, India accounts for nearly 8 per cent of the world's species. It is our duty to protect this ecology. We are strengthening our protected area network," he said.

The WSDS 2022 is a three-day summit being organised by TERI with participation from over 100 countries.

MNRE has taken several steps to fructify Prime Minister’s dream of a clean energy future for the ‘New India’. The most important renewable capability growth programme among the planet is being haunted by land. The govt. is about to increase share of contemporary energy through vast thrust in renewables. Core drivers for development of recent & RE in land area unit Energy security, Electricity shortages, Energy

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Access, world global climate change etc. A capability addition of 27.07 GW of RE has been reportable throughout the last 3 years beneath Grid Connected Renewable Power, that embody 12.87 GW from solar power, 11.70 GW from energy, 0.59 from small Hydro Power 0.79 from Bio-power. Assured by the growth rate in clean energy sector, the Govt. of India in its submission to the UNFCC on INDC has declared that India will succeed 400th additive power capability from non-fossil fuel based totally energy resources by 2030 with the help of transfer of technology & low price International Finance at the side of from inexperienced Climate Fund. Solar energy comes with associate combination capability of over 16611.73 MW at the side of 863.92 MW from star Roof high comes has been place in among the country.

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for CPUs star PV power plants on Canal Bank & Canal superior, Solar Pump, star high facet etc area unit launched throughout the last two years.

Various policy measures area unit initiated & special steps taken to boot to providing resource to various schemes being implemented by the Ministry of recent & RE (MNRE) for achieving the target of RE capability to 175 GW by the year 2022. These embody, inter alia, acceptable amendments to the Electricity Act & Tariff Policy for sturdy group action of Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)&for providing Renewable Generation Obligation (RGO); fixing of exclusive star parks; development of power transmission network through in fully fledged Energy passage means project; pointers for acquisition of solar & wind power though tariff based totally competitive bidding methodology, National Offshore Wind Energy Policy notified, Repowering of different energy comes, Standards for activity of star physical phenomenon systems/ devices, orders for waiving the lay State transmission charges & losses for interstate sale of star for involves be commissioned; identification of giant govt. complexes/ buildings for high facet projects; provision of roof high star & 10% RE as necessary beneath Mission Statement for development of smart cities; amendments in building bye-laws for necessary provision of roof high star for different construction or higher Floor house Ratio; infrastructure standing for star projects; raising tax free star bonds; providing long tenor loans; making roof high star as a locality of housing loan by banks/ NHB; incorporating measures in Integrated Power Development theme (IPDS) for encouraging distribution firms net-metering required & raising funds from bilateral & international donors as jointly the inexperienced Climate Fund to realize the target.

Delhi govt’s push for renewable power hits a wall When it involves exploitation inexperienced energy, Delhiites area unit insulant means behind in putting in solar energy systems on their rooftops. After the metropolis star Policy was notified, the town govt. had set a target of generating 84MW of solar energy solely through rooftops in residences.

A year has passed since then, however households area unit tributary solely around fifteen MW in Delhi’s total solar energy production of fifty six MW. Faced with the powerful target, as well as the cold response of individuals, the Registrar of Cooperative Societies has written to 8,000 cluster housing societies urging Residents Welfare Associations (RWAs) to induce top side star panels put in. Dwarka is one in every of the few areas in metropolis that has the most important potential of residential top side star panels. It’s a planned society. Residential complexes in Dwarka have uniform height & its rooftops have the utmost shadow free space. The govt. has set a target of generating a complete of 186 MW (84MW on residential & private buildings & 102 MW on govt. buildings) of solar energy. This is often a revised target because the metropolis star Policy mandated achieving this target. Constant should be inflated to 1,000 MW by 2020 & 2,000 MW by 2025.

To unfold awareness concerning the subsidies being offered & the overall reduction in power bills, the metropolis govt. is additionally about to launch an advertisement campaign.

Besides, it's additionally about to conduct workshops with RWAs. Under the theme, those that would like to put in star panels of 1-30 kWp can get to invest solely between Rs. 55,000 & Rs. 16.5 lakh. The value would more plummet once they begin generating power, with shoppers obtaining a further generation-based incentive of Rs2 per kW of solar energy for an amount of 3 years. Besides, individuals additionally get a grant of half-hour given by the MNRE throughout installation of star panels. For example, if a giant housing society installs a system of thirty KWp that prices Rs 16.5 lakh, they're going to get a grant of Rs 4.95 lakh. A star plant of this capability would want a shadow free space of 312.5 sq. meters. The policy has been developed underneath the Capex & Resco model.

Underneath the Capex model, there'll be no mounted tariff.

The bill can depend upon the energy generated by the user, whereas within the Resco model; there'll be a hard and fast tariff. underneath the Resco model, there'll be 2 types; one within which a shopper will got to pay but Rs3.33 per unit for the primary year & in every succeeding year the tariff would increase by five-hitter. Within the second sort, a flat tariff of but Rs5.10 per unit is going to be charged & this rate would be constant for the 25 years.

BSES installs first grid-connected rooftop solar plant Delhi electricity Discom BSES-Rajdhani announced it has installed the first grid-connected 100KW solar rooftop plant in a residential housing society in Dwarka locality of the city as part of its Solar City Initiative to "solarise" the area.

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Shiv Bhole Cooperative Group Housing Society (CGHS) in Dwarka has become the first such housing society to install a 100KW grid-connected rooftop solar plant, a BSES release said. Each of the 60 flats will save around Rs 4,500 annually in their electricity bills, while the solar plants will be able to offset around 32% of a resident's annual carbon emission," it said. "The plant has been installed by Green Ripples Pvt Ltd following RESCO business model that entails providing electricity at a cost identified through competitive bidding, which in this case is Rs 2.66 per kWh net of generationbased incentive,&is around 2.40/kWh less than the tariff of BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL). Solarise Dwarka initiative, launched in Jan, and is being implemented by BRPL in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ India) under its Indo-German Solar Partnership project, it added.

India quietly constricts rooftop solar power target Rooftop solar may have been the fastest-growing segment within India’s RE sector last year, but it is still not growing fast enough. Govt. has quietly down scaled its targets to only 1,000 MW of capacity. While the target was 5,000 MW till as recently as, the capacity progress report made available in Jan shows the scaled-down figure.The original target was 200 MW, followed by 4,800 MW & 5,000 MW. However, India’s cumulative installed capacity of rooftop solar stood at 982 MW as. A mere 271 MW has come up this year, data from the MNRE show. The rooftop solar segment had really hit its stride in the last FY when it became cheaper than grid power for most commercial&industrial users, driving up installations.

Driven largely by govt. incentives & subsidies, around 715 MW of capacity was added across the country last fiscal, according to a report by BNEF. The reason for the reduction is (that) the policy currently is purely for industrial rooftop projects.

They don’t have too many benefits for a residential rooftop.

MNRE is still working on residential rooftop to see how to make it attractive. The biggest problem the sector faces is that state electricity utilities & discoms across India aren’t

supportive as it could hurt their finances. As more commercial & industrial users, who bring the maximum revenues to state discoms, take to solar power, the revenues of electricity generators & distributors would fall. Indian discoms were suffering losses of around $67 billion, BNEF said in the report.Further, India hasn’t come out with uniform policies around net metering that allows users to sell surplus power to electricity utilities. Net metering policies are required to enable widespread adoption of rooftop solar power, so that users can maximize benefits. While commercial & industrial rooftop projects are already economical without net metering, for residential rooftop solar to take off, such a policy is critical since home owners don’t use much power during the day, according to BNEF. Even those states that allow net metering have a cap on the amount of power that can be fed back into the state grid.Since discoms were posing the biggest hurdle, the MNRE has proposed a few initiatives to woo them. For one, the govt. plans to compensate them by providing performance-linked incentives for each MW of capacity added in their distribution network, the MNRE said in a note. There’ll be a difference in the next one or two years compared. Several banks, including the State Bank of India&Punjab National Bank, have committed to providing financing support to rooftop solar projects.

Initiatives & Achievements of Energy Efficiency & RE Management Centre of Delhi Domestic Efficient Lighting Program (DELP)

Domestic sector accounts for almost 50% of energy consumption in Delhi & lighting is a key component of the same. In order to promote the use of LEDs in household sector&reduce the energy consumption, EE&REM Centre in association with Energy Efficiency Services limited (EESL), BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna&Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) has implemented the DELP (Demand Side Management based Domestic Efficient Lighting Program) in Delhi. DELP promotes the usage of LEDs at a minimal cost&is designed to monetize the energy consumptionreduction for the domestic consumers.

The distribution of LEDs through this programme will reduce energy consumption by 88% (as compared to ordinary bulb) & 50% (as compared to CFLs). More than 60 lakh LED bulbs were distributed to citizens of Delhi under this scheme.

Street Light National Program (SLNP): Under SLNP, it is proposed to replace conventional street lights using energy efficient LED lights. Around 1 lakh 36 thousand conventional street lights have already been changed to energy efficient LED lights in South Delhi Municipal Corporation area. EE & REM is pursuing with other Municipal bodies & PWD for replacing conventional street lights to energy efficient LED lights in their respective areas. This will lead to saving of electricity along with shaving of peak power demand.

Dedicated Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) Plant to make Delhi Secretariat a Green Building: In order to make Delhi Secretariat the

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first Green, energy efficient secretariat in country operating completely on Solar Energy, EE & REM Centre, Department of Power, GNCTD has initiated the process of installing a 3MWp surface mounted SPV plant in association with MNRE & SECI on the vacant land of erstwhile Indraprastha Thermal Power Station (ITPS). Power generated from this 3MWp SPV plant will be dedicated to Delhi Secretariat for meeting out the total electricity requirement of the building. Out of total capacity of 3MWp SPV plant, 1 MWp capacity has already been commissioned & is operational since 24.10.2015. As a matter of fact, due to installation of this 1 MW plant, saving of Rs. 17.83 lakh has accrued to Delhi Govt.

Energy Efficiency Measures: Energy Efficiency &RE Management Centre (EE & REM), Department of Power, GNCTD & United States Embassy, New Delhi agreed to have a common programme to promote the deployment of clean energy technologies (RE&energy efficient technologies) to enhance energy security, improve access to energy, conserve energy & promote clean energy development. The Delhi Secretariat building has been identified as a scalable model for technical assistance under the bilateral initiative between US Embassy, the North India Office, Resource Conservation Unit&USAID, through its partnership to Advance Clean Energy Deployment (PACE-D) technical assistance programme (the PACE-D TA programme) & the EE & REM Centre, Department of Power, GNCTD. Perform, Achieve & Trade Cycle (PAT): is a market based mechanism to enhance cost effectiveness of improvements in energy efficiency in energy intensive large industries & facilities, through certification on energy savings that could be traded.

Overall PAT Cycle- I covers 478 Designated Consumers (DC) of eight energy intensive sectors: Aluminum, Cement, Chloralkali, Fertilizer, Iron&Steel, Pulp & Paper, Textile&Thermal power plant. Designated Consumers are obligated to improve energy efficiency & under this scheme a target is given to every DC. Target under PAT scheme is defined as the % reduction of ‘Specific Energy Consumption (SEC)’ from Baseline value.

When a designated consumer achieve & surpass the target, the Energy Saving certificates (ESCerts) are to be issued by Central Govt. & the same can be sold to the designated consumer who fails to achieve their targets & could not comply the energy consumption norms & standards. Under PAT-I there are four Designated Consumers in Delhi namely Badarpur Thermal Power Station (BTPS), Rajghat Thermal Power Station (RTPS), Gas Turbine Power Station (GTPS) & Pragati Power Station.

Delhi Solar Policy plans to solve energy crisis; here’s how solar panels will power your homes Delhi govt. brought a policy related to solar energy which has set a target of generating 2,000MW on solar power by 2025. Here are the ways in which the Delhi govt. & you,

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together can set up solar power systems on your rooftop & help the world combat climate change too.

Delhi has reportedly been finding it difficult to meet the power demand in the city. This has been a bone of contention between the Delhi govt. & the centre as well. Delhi has reportedly been finding it difficult to meet the power demand in the city. This has been a bone of contention between the Delhi govt. & the centre as well. While the settlement of the dispute is a distant dream, it is the people who have been suffering. Meanwhile, the citizens still have a hope in sight.

Delhi govt. brought a policy related to solar energy which has set a target of generating 2,000MW on solar power by 2025.

This essentially means that around 7% of the total energy consumption in Delhi can be met with. Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi govt. had announced the implementation of its solar policy in a bid to make the national capital a solar city. The aim of the policy is to installation 1 GW solar power capacity by the year 2020. The Delhi Solar Policy is now expected to roll out this month. Delhi govt. has been working towards this for a long time & the results may be an indication of the times to come. Delhi Secretariat is once of a kind in the country which runs on solar energy & has reportedly saved more than Rs 1 Cr. in a year.

The Delhi Solar policy contains within itself, a combination of regulations, incentives, mandates & tax breaks regarding the growth of rooftop solar power in Delhi. In the policy that was outlaid, there is a promotion of net-metering for all solar plants above 1 kW based on the net-metering regulations already issued by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission. The policy also has mandates regarding the deployment of solar plants on all govt. -owned rooftops in the next 5 years. It also says that the Discoms should meet 75% minimum, of their solar renewable purchase obligation (RPO) in Delhi. Kejriwal had said that it is his govt.’s one of the most progressive ideas.

Rooftop solar power systems offer us several environmental gains; provide us with sustainable energy with a low gestation period & minimum transmission & distribution losses. Solar Power can potentially lower the govt.’s expenditure on energy through peak shaving, strengthening the energy security, as well as minimizing the use of unsustainable fossil fuels. It even reduces the maintenance expenditure by lessening the burden on the existing transmission & distribution system.

Key highlights of Solar Policy Mandatory deployment of solar on Govt. /Public institution.

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capacity by 2022 in the country. A target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by the year 2022 has been set, which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-power and 5 GW from small hydro-power.

The Ministry of Urban Development had requested all States & UTs, in 2014 to issue necessary directives to all State Government Departments for using rooftop of buildings under their control for solar power generation on mandatory basis and also to local bodies under their jurisdiction to incorporate the similar provision in their building bye-laws so that installation of Roof Top Systems (RTS) on rooftops of all types of buildings in their jurisdiction may become mandatory. Further, the Ministry of Urban Development also issued Model Building Bye-Laws, in which suitable provisions for installation of RTS on buildings have been incorporated. Four States/UTs viz. Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have already issued mandatory notifications for installation of RTS in different categories of buildings.

The Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) of solar power projects is less than thermal, hydro, nuclear, wind and bio-mass power projects. The Government has launched several schemes for promotion and development of renewable energy including solar energy in the country from time to time. The Government is promoting development of solar energy in the country by providing various fiscal and promotional incentives such as accelerated depreciation, waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses, financing solar rooftop systems as part of home loan, and permitting Foreign Direct Investment up to 100 per cent under the automatic route.

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Regulatory Commission.Here are the ways in which the Delhi govt. & you, together can set up solar power systems on your rooftop & help the world combat climate change, air pollution as well has to improve energy security.

Group Net Metering: To encourage solar plants on rooftops of buildings that cannot consume all of the energy generated locally, DISCOMS shall facilitate Group Net Metering, whereby surplus energy exported to the grid from a solar plant at the location of the solar plant can be adjusted in any other (one or more) electricity service connection(s) of the consumer within the NCT of Delhi, provided these connections are in the same DISCOM territory. The purpose of this provision is to help maximize the utilisation of rooftop space for solar energy generation for consumers with multiple buildings & service connections.

Virtual Net Metering: To give access to the Solar Net Metering facility for consumers who do not have a suitable roof for installing a solar system (e.g. residential consumers who live in apartments, consumers with shaded rooftops) there will be the facility of Virtual Net Metering. In Virtual Net Metering, consumers can be beneficial owners of a part of a collectively owned solar system. All energy produced by a collectively owned solar system will be fed into the grid through an energy meter&the exported energy as recorded by that meter will be pro-rata credited in the electricity bill of each participating consumer on the basis of beneficial ownership.

Registration process for installation of rooftop solar in the city Delhi govt. has recently opened registration process for installation of rooftop solar power plants in the city in a bid to tap 1GW of green energy by the year 2020. The registration process has been opened for residents of Delhi in the residential, institutional & social sector categories under the city govt.’s solar policy of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (Net Metering for RE) Regulations. MNRE will provide 30% central finance assistance on the cost of rooftop solar plant under the scheme. GBI of Rs. 2 per unit is also there for residential category reports PTI. IPGCL has enlisted vendors for installation of rooftop solar in the city. Early this month Lt. Governor Anil Baijal directed the power department to prepare a SOP as well as a roadmap to promote installation of solar power panels in the city.

A target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by the year 2022 has been set The Government has set a target of installing 40 GW of grid connected rooftop solar capacity in the country including Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) by year 2022. As per the Delhi Solar Policy, notified by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, target has been set for installation of 1 GW of solar power by year 2020 and 2 GW of solar power by year 2025 in Delhi.

The Government has set a target of installing 100 GW of solar

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The Centre has set a target for achieving 175 GW New capacity addition in the solar power segment has is 10.19 GW (including utility scale, rooftop and off grid systems) for the period JanuaryOctober 2021. Solar sector’s previous highest capacity addition in a calendar year was 9.6 GW in 2017.

“2021 is going to witness the highest ever solar installations in India to date.

Projects that got delayed because of the Covid situation are now getting commissioned and the next two quarters are going to witness huge capacity additions,” The current quarter will see a substantial surge in installations, with expected addition of about 3.5 GW of utility scale solar, 1.2 GW of wind capacity and 1 GW of hybrid capacity.

JMK Research estimates that about 11 GW of utility scale solar capacity and about 3 GW rooftop are expected to be added in 2021. Wind power segment is likely to add 2.8 GW of new capacity, the highest number in recent years.

If the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic does not strike between November and December 2021, then it is likely that the renewable sector will achieve this target, it added. The Centre has set a target for achieving 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by the year 2022. As of October 31, 2021, India had 103.04 GW of

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renewable capacity, of which solar accounted for 47.66 GW while wind power contributed 39.99 GW. Biopower and small hydro accounted for 10.58 GW and 4.82 GW respectively. But including the large hydro sector, the total installed capacity in the renewable sector is about 150 GW. Meanwhile, projects worth 63.64 GW capacity are under various stages of implementation and 32.06 GW capacity under various stages of bidding.

Therefore, a total of 245.70 GW capacity has either been installed or under various stages of implementation/ bidding, says a government document.

Also, letters of award were issued, to establish aggregate capacity of 5,000 MW of solar PV power plants using domestically produced solar PV cells and solar PV modules by IREDA under Tranche-III of Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s CPSU Scheme Phase-II. Solar power in Asian nation may be an invasive trade. The entire alternative energy generation capability in Asian nation has reached eight.73 GW with associate addition of one.97 GW within the 1st seven month of this business enterprise FY 2017. Asian nation features a target to put in a hundred GW of solar power capability by 2022.

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development has resulted during a continuous fall in production and development prices of star technology. This is often expected to continue creating solar power a lot of economical.

Bloomberg New Energy Finance believes that by as early as 2020 massive electrical phenomenon ground-mounted systems are going to be a lot of economical in Asian nation than plants hopped-up by foreign coal.

Of the 8.73 GW of grid-connected put in star capability within the country, upside star is barely around five hundred MW. To accelerate the event of star upside comes that are otherwise slow, solar power Corporation of Asian nation (SECI) has assigned a mega tender of five hundred MW among many star developers early this month. SECI has additionally declared a theme for allocating 1,000 MW of upside star capability on varied government buildings. MNRE is providing grant of 25th for presidency buildings and giving stiff targets to government departments for upside adoption.

Such initiatives area unit expected to extend the dimensions, lower the value and create it a lot of viable for personal sector to participate. High tariffs and rising energy costs area unit driving the industrial and Industrial shopper toward alternative energy. Government has declared many incentives to extend the adopt ability and development of upside star comes. Below are units the highest current incentives accessible.

Capital Subsidies: Capital grant of half-hour is applicable to residential, institutional and social sector upside alternative energy plants for General class States/UTs and Upto seventieth of the benchmark price for Special class States i.e. North jap States together with geographical region, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Island.

Tax Benefits: Direct and taxation advantages like excise, excise duty exemptions and custom duty exceptions are given. Project developers were exempted from taxation on all earnings from a project in its 1st ten years of operation and accelerated depreciation (AD) for solar power producers to assert four-hundredth of the prices within the 1st year itself.

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Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs): RECs area unit tradable

certificates that give associate incentive to those that generate inexperienced power by providing money incentives for each unit of power they generate. The star PV upside is eligible for provision of renewable energy certificate (RECs) as such as beneath Central Electricity regulative Commission.

Assured Power contract (PPA): The electricity generated from star PV upside may be entirely fed into the grid at regulated feed-in-tariffs (FiT). State utilities guarantee the acquisition of alternative energy through a PPA that offers a high worth adequate to that of the peaking power on demand for the alternative energy that is secondary power or negative load associated an intermittent energy supply on routine.

Net Metering Incentives: The electricity generated might even be used for self-consumption with net metering approach.

An internet metering mechanism permits for a two-way flow of electricity whereby the patron is beaked just for the ‘net’ electricity equipped by the DISCOM. Though the on top of mentioned incentives are ready to fuel the expansion, the stiff target of forty GW for grid connected roof-top star comes by 2022 still appearance terribly elusive.

The foremost important barrier to the adoption of upside alternative energy in Asian nation is that the high direct prices of installation. Corporation’s debt levels have redoubled considerably over previous few years. Current company debt-equity level is double that in 2007-08. Ex-financial Corporation’s from BSE five hundred index universe according a come on equity of eleven.5% in FY16, down from twenty two.1% in FY08. Beneath such scenario enterprises area unit more and more reluctant to take a position a high quantity direct, particularly for a non-core endeavor.

To add this issue, banks area unit reluctant to lend to upside star comes as a result of their area unit high perceived risks and restricted info on the track records of upside star investments. Even once banks lend to upside star comes, the speculative perception has light-emitting diode to high prices of borrowing (up to fourteen.5%) for upside star installations ||www.renewablemirror.com||

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What is upper side solar?

Rooftop star installations — as hostile large-scale alternative energy generation plants — is put in on the roofs of buildings.

As such, they fall into 2 brackets: business and residential.

This merely must do with whether or not the star panels area unit being put in on high of business buildings or residential complexes.

What area unit the benefits?

Rooftop star provides corporations and residential areas the choice of another supply of electricity to it provided by the grid. whereas the most good thing about this can be to the atmosphere, since it reduces the dependence on fossil-fuel generated electricity, alternative energy can even augment the grid offer in places wherever it's erratic.

Rooftop star conjointly has the good thing about having the ability to produce electricity to those areas that aren't however connected to the grid — remote locations and areas wherever the parcel makes it tough to line up power stations and lay power lines.

What is the potential for upper side star in India?

The Ministry of recent and Renewable Energy has pegged the market potential for upper side star at 124 GW. However, only 1,247 MW of capability had been put in as of December 31, 2016. That’s a touch over three-d of the target for 2022, and I Chronicles of the potential.

Why is it not being adopted widely?

One of the main issues with upper side star — and what affects solar power generation normally — is that the variability in offer. Not solely will the potency of the star panels vary on any given day counting on however bright the daylight is, however the star panels conjointly manufacture no electricity throughout the night. Arguably, night is once off-grid locations most want various sources of electricity.

The solution to the current is storage. Storage technology for electricity, however, remains underdeveloped and storage solutions area unit dearly-won. So, whereas some corporations are able to afford storage solutions for the solar power they manufacture, most residential customers can realize the value of putting in each upper side star panels and storage facilities preventive. Residential areas conjointly go with the associated problems with use restrictions of the roof — if the roof is getting used for star generation, then it cannot be used for all the world else.

Another major reason why upper side star isn't changing into common is that this electricity tariff structure renders it Associate in nursing unviable choice.

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negatively impacting the IRR of the project.

Currently most of the upside capability in Asian nation is predicated on CAPEX model, wherever the user has endowed within the capital. Considering the money challenges, CAPEX model is no longer being most popular.

Alternated business model is OPEX model wherever developer builds a solar power system on a customer’s property for no important direct charge. The generation from the solar power system offsets the customer’s electrical utility bill, and also the developer sells the ability generated to the client at a hard and fast rate. In such business model, third party funding to require care of the capital investment becomes essential.

Third party investor’s area unit cautious as there's a perceived risk that the technology won’t perform needless to say. Upside alternative energy remains a comparatively new technology in Asian nation and, therefore, there's a perception that it's going to not perform needless to say over its lifespan. There are risks related to client and payment on time.

The implementation problems with net-metering with DISCOM are adding to the challenges. Long waiting in installation of internet meter (upto a hundred days), passive opposition from DISCOMs and lack of coaching and method protocols at utilities area unit a number of the implementation challenges that more add up to the difficulty.

The victorious implementation of internet metering policy is essential for star roof-top to grow in industrial and industrial section. The grid parity of star upside project in residential is to still take next 4-5 year.

Policy interventions by MNRE like providing upside alternative energy the next Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) credit will incentivize the DISCOMs to satisfy a lot of of their RPO demand. This will ease the implementation challenges in internet metering.

Industry players additionally recommend involvement of DISCOMs as a celebration to the ability contract between the developer and also the shopper to scale back the patron credit risk. Just in case a shopper defaults on bill payment, DISCOMs could terminate the consumer’s power provide from the grid, thereby making certain the payment for the alternative energy on time.

Such steps can scale back the perceived investment risk related to the world, the value of capital and implementation challenges. This may boost the investor’s confidence and more improve the attractiveness of the world. There upon the target of forty GW by 2022 could look nearer.

Why will the 2022 target for upper side star appear ambitious?

The government has set itself a target of a hundred GW of alternative energy by 2022, of that sixty GW is to return from utilities and forty GW from upper side star installations.

Whereas the sixty GW target appears doable, the country is insulating material behind on the target set for upper side star.

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That said, imports of low cost star panels area unit unendingly putting a downward pressure on costs and then this situation might modification within the future. business applications of upper side star area unit already viable in most states.

India are investing with tremendous potential to supply alternative energy. Given the rising energy wants, as a nation accountable towards global climate change considerations, India has set a target to realize a hundred GW power capabilities through grid-connected alternative energy, out of that forty GW is calculable to come back through upper side star installations by 2022. Upper side star offers sure blessings over giant star plants as no land and extra transmission capability is needed. Additionally, it saves transmission and distribution losses, that area unit to the tune of 30%. Much one unit energy generated by upper side star is comparable to 1.4 unit energy generated from giant alternative energy plant considering 30 % of transmission and distribution losses. If the land value and transmission capability expenditure are accounted for, this magnitude relation might more increase.

Rooftop star comes in any country usually bear 3 phases. It begins with the proof of thought section that because the name suggests demonstrates the success of utilising such technology.

This can be followed by the market transformation section, wherever the main target is on building capability within the market and raising awareness regarding the technology. And eventually, it heads to self-replication, within which enablers area unit reduced to a minimum and therefore the economic process with optimised technologies cause associate increasing variety of installations.

India is presently undergoing a market transformation, unleashing all potentialities to harness the ability of alternative energy. With breakthrough interventions from the govt. star rooftops in India still evolve and has witnessed a major transformation to succeed in a section wherever states within the country have initiated variety of steps to market star rooftops, these embody net/gross metering rules, notification of star policy, ease out approval method by introducing on-line method, etc. With decreasing costs of electrical device, the upper side star has become even brighter; it's not solely cheaper than business and industrial power however additionally but residential tariff in many nations of the country. The common size of an upper side system has inflated and therefore the credit for this goes to higher use of upper side house and consumers’ temperament to use power generated from their own buildings instead of shopping for it from elsewhere.

Increasing the adoption of quality technology can amplify the scope of rooftops within the country, thereby resulting in forceful reductions in implementation prices.

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situ however due to lack of expertise and maturity several distribution licensees area unit still functioning on careful approval method for upper side star plants, as well as net-metering asking.

Recognizing the challenges being Janus-faced within the upper side sector, the central government has currently ready single window clearance on-line portal with a feature to trace the approval method for various agencies like state nodal agencies, electricity distribution corporations, chief electrical inspector, urban native bodies, etc. For capability building of discoms, state nodal agencies, chief electrical inspectors, lenders, etc. special coaching programmes area unit being organized below technical help programs of three-way and bilateral agencies.

On the finance facet, completely different mechanisms area unit being explored as well as the RESCO model, leasing a roof, demand aggregation, credit risk guarantee mechanism, etc.

Going forward, strengthening the opportunities and overcoming challenges can bolster capitalist confidence and contour the trail to achieving the 2022 target of forty GW. Close to thirty three years when Asian nation came upon its initial wind energy demonstration project of 1.15 MW in 1986 at Tuticorin, it emerges that a giant supply of fresh energy has not been given the policy focus it deserves.

The latest wind energy potential study dispensed by Chennaibased National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) estimates 302 gigawatt (GW) at a hundred metre on top of ground level (AGL). With solely thirty five GW put in to date, the country contains a sizable untapped potential. It’s not simply the low potential exploitation, however additionally its pan-India unfolds that's worrying—almost ninety per cent of this potential is targeted in mere 5 states.

Given the high variability of wind energy, this has vital implications on the evacuation infrastructure required and grid integration measures adopted.

In 2015, the Ministry of recent and Renewable Energy (MNRE) set a target for sixty GW of wind installations by 2022. Whereas the capability additions in 2016-17 were a large five.4 GW, the pace over-involved significantly in 2017-18, with just one.7 GW of comes commissioned, against a target of four.1 GW. Most of those installations (1.2 GW) came on-line solely when Dec a pair of017.

Lately, the industry’s performance has been mixed. Between Gregorian calendar month and Sep 2018, a large five.2 GW of auctions were planned—these enclosed the 3 tranches of auctions LED by the alternative energy Corporation of Asian nation (SECI) Tranche-III of two GW, Tranche-IV of two GW and Tranche-V of 1.2 GW and 1.2 GW of NTPC auctions.

However, a number of the auctions were reduced or off on account of issues regarding lack of evacuation capability.

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If the wind energy business is aiming to meet the target of sixty GW by 2022, it should auction twenty GW of capability among subsequent 2 years, considering the 2 to 3 years required to commission wind comes.

The business infernal the abrupt introduction of reverse auctions and bidding—moves that it felt weren't totally thought through—in addition to the untimely withdrawal of support mechanisms. In distinction, the MNRE knew as the move a necessary “course correction” to develop a competitive market.

However, over the last decade, wind has become the biggest contributor to renewable energy capability additions in Asian nation. It currently accounts for fifty per cent of all renewable energy capability and ten per cent of the overall put in power capability in Asian nation.

The sector’s growth has come back on the rear of a favorable policy atmosphere, as well as a bunch of subsidies and incentives. At the top of 2017, Asian nation was within the fourth spot globally for additive put in capacity—behind USA, China and Germany—and fifth for annual capability installations.

This growth, however, has been turbulent, with the govt. unpredictably introducing and retreating incentives. Within the past, the govt. has declared incentives that were afterwards reduced and once sweet-faced with a fast call the market, its reintroduced incentives.

The latest abrupt modification in policy occurred in 2016 once the govt. introduced competitive auctions to see tariffs and award contracts; the modification stalled the marketplace for around a year because the business was unclear regarding bound provisions and protections within the auction mechanism. However, over the last year, the new regime did lead to a pointy fall in tariffs.

Why top side remains the foremost untapped star supply Rooftop star supply doesn’t match the increase in renewable energy in India; whereas industrial and business shoppers account for seventieth of total put in capability residential shoppers stay an enormous untapped potential to present the boost Most developed economies started their star programmes by targeting social unit rooftops; as a result, they currently have a large share of installations within the residential top side section. China and India, on the opposite hand, have used large-scale star installations in a shot to quickly come through scale and at the same time cut down prices.

Within the case of India, this specialize in giant utility-scale star appears to possess become associate degree accidental obstruction within the development of the top side section.

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gigawatts (GW) capability by 2022. But so far, the action has fallen in need of the goal. in line with the Union Ministry of latest and Renewable Energy (MNRE), only 2,158 power unit (MW) of SRT systems had been put in within the country until Dec 2018.

Gurugram-based star house Bridge to India reports 3, 400 MW of SRT systems till Gregorian calendar month 2018.

The deficit in capability is combined by the very fact that an outsized proportion—70 per cent—of the put in top side systems is for business and industrial (C&I) customers; residential shoppers account for fewer than twenty per cent of the overall put in capability.

Of the states with sizable SRT systems—Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, province, Gujarat, Haryana and Delhi—the industrial section has the most important share all told except Delhi. Public sector undertakings (PSUs) are the most important top side driver in Delhi.

There are unit clear economic concerns behind industrial and business consumers' preference for top side systems: star top side power is cheaper than grid-supplied electricity. These shoppers have the money resources to form the mandatory investments, that area unit sizable, to put in SRT systems.

Moreover, they even have access to the Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO) model (in that developers install the system on the consumers' premises and sign a long contract to sell them electricity), beneath that they are doing not ought to build any investments.

The dominance of ‘large-scale’ top side installations by business industrial, institutional and government/PSU sections has meant that spotlight to the residential star top side segment has lagged behind. Distributed star top side systems, put in on individual residences, provide several blessings. they assist minimise transmission and distribution losses, because the generated power is consumed regionally.

In giant cities, they will act as a back-up, commutation polluting diesel generator sets. star top side may be controlled for demand-side management (for example, time-of-day rating to match social unit demand with star generation). With falling star costs and steady increasing tariffs of distribution corporations (discoms), SRT systems area unit being seen as financially enticing.

Achieving important capability addition in top side star would need shut engagement with varied tiny shoppers that could be a difficult task in itself. Cooperative effort would be required for raising shopper awareness concerning the advantages of SRT systems and PV technology and their installation.

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Loans ought to be created out there, which needs important capability building of retail bank branches. Rather than these abundant required policy initiatives and body interventions, the govt. has mostly relied on subsidies (70 per cent for hill and north-eastern states and thirty per cent for different states) to drive SRT installation.

There are a couple of half-hearted efforts to interrupt this mould. One such effort was the star town Programme initiated in 2008 — however it's not been backed by any concrete steps.

Similarly, the setting Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 requiring buildings with a region over five,000 square measure to possess a minimum of one per cent of their connected load through SRT, has not had abundant impact thanks to non-existent observation and social control.

The total funding demand for putting in forty GW of SRT systems by two022 is calculable to be over Rs 2.8 large integer large integer ($40 billion). A thirty per cent capital grant support from the govt will cowl some of this value.

However, most prospective customers either don't have the savings to hide the direct prices, or area unit merely unwilling to speculate, given the comparatively great deal. Also, most customers don't have access to bank finance.

In recent years, the govt. has taken steps to boost the provision of loans for SRT comes. The depository financial institution of India has known star top side as a priority sector for disposition. Eight public sector banks have enclosed SRT systems beneath their housing or housing improvement loans.

Multilateral banks area unit providing concessional loans against sovereign guarantee to public sector banks to support subsidized disposition to the section. Despite this, collective disposition from them till 2017 for star top side finance was solely to the tune of $1.4 billion, just 3.5 per cent of the overall needed funding.

It is clear that SRT systems give multiple benefits—to households, to the grid and even to discoms. Promoting them, therefore, could be a fascinating policy goal. SRT systems offer reduced power bills for households; the gains might increase as tariffs area unit doubtless to stay increasing. They supply environmentally friendly, cheap back-up provider of power (compared to weight unit sets), an enormous advantage, given the persistent provide interruptions in most places.

They will lead to lower transmission and distribution D losses and improved grid management, since the generation is the purpose of} the point of consumption.

Solar rooftops, however, additionally face many challenges, as indicated within the preceding section: lacklustre growth, very little shopper awareness, lack of innovative government policies or attention, functionary hassles, and restricted support from discoms. Sustained and broad-based efforts area unit needed to market SRTs. The sector has been marked by the introduction of enormous ||www.renewablemirror.com||

incentives and fast withdrawals that has, alternately, boosted installations and noncontiguous the market. Growth began with the introduction of high feed-in tariffs (FiTs) that ensured semipermanent secure sale of power at engaging tariffs.

At a similar time, accelerated depreciation (AD) and generationbased incentives (GBI) were used to attract investors. However these policies were sporadically withdrawn or reduced and, afterwards, reintroduced once installations over-involved.

Historically, the expansion in wind energy capability has followed a pattern, with individual states dominating for a number of years before the main focus shifts to a different state. Within the initial section, before 2004-05, province was to blame for a majority of the capability addition—in March 2005, its share of the country’s total wind energy capability was around fifty six per cent.

Subsequently, geographical area, Gujarat and Karnataka began creating sizable investments in wind energy. Rajasthan was subsequent state to point out rapid climb starting in 2009-10, followed by state wherever installations accumulated sharply post 2012-2013. Throughout 2014-16, Madhya Pradesh was the clear leader.

The wind energy sector in Asian nation stands at crossroads nowadays. Though its tariffs square measure the same as that of star, there square measure questions on their property.

Over the long term, its competitive position vis-à-vis star might worsen if prices of star drop quicker and because the best wind sites square measure concerned. Indeed, the country’s plans require a so much smaller capability of wind compared to star.

Indian households simply aren’t inquisitive about top side star panels The hot sun over Indian homes isn’t doing a lot of for the country’s renewable energy targets.

While industrial and industrial buildings area unit more and more adopting star panels, households account for less than 9/11 of the overall top side star capability, consistent with Bridge to Asian nation, a renewable energy practice firm.

Overall, India’s top side star capability rose to concerning three.4 gigawatts (GW) in Sep, at a year-on-year rate of growth of seventy fifth, however most of it came from industrial and industrial buildings.

“Growth within the residential market lags thanks to a mixture of reasons: high direct price, lack of funding choices from banks, and most significantly, lack of normal product and client awareness,” Bridge to Asian nation same during a statement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government aims to extend India’s total grid-connected top side star capability to forty GW by 2022. However at this rate, solely thirty eighth of the targets are going to be achieved, Bridge to Asian nation same. RM || March 2022 ||

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The outlook for PV Modules in India The outlook for PV Modules in India to increase renewable energy’s share Ratings agency ICRA expects India in the power generation mix to half to add 16.1GW of renewable energy the total this decade. generation capacity in the next fiscal year. The analysts told pv magazine clean energy capacity additions in 2022-23 will be driven by solar, with 12.5GW coming from PV projects. Wind projects are expected to contribute 2.2GW and hybrid plants 1.4GW. ICRA analysts attribute the strong outlook for renewables to a pipeline of more than 55GW of announced projects, close to 40GW of which are solar plants with the balance made up from wind and solar-wind hybrid facilities. The competitive energy price tariffs offered by renewables are another reason for the expected boom in new capacity.

The commitment to climate change goals announced by Narendra Modi at the recent COP26 summit has further strengthened the investment prospects for renewables, according to Gurgaonbased ICRA.

India’s annual solar installations are set to exceed 10 GW in 2020, following a year marked by political uncertainty, module price increases associated with safeguard duties, and a lower number of awarded tenders. The outlook for battery energy storage installations for solar projects is particularly bleak, however, as such combinations in India can cost three to five times more than standalone renewable projects.

India’s total solar energy potential is estimated at around 750 GW. Against a near-term target of 100 GW by 2022, the country had installed a total of 31.69 GW of cumulative grid-connected solar capacity as of Oct. 31, 2019.

While annual capacity additions have nearly doubled every year since 2014-15, the 2018-19 periods was an exception, with annual capacity additions plunging to 6.5 GW, versus 9.36 GW in 2017-18. Capacity additions hit 5.5 GW in 2016-17 and 3.02 GW in 2015-16, according to statistics that were recently published by Minister of Power Raj Kumar Singh.

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in Q1 and Q2 2020,” Kumar said. “Local suppliers are also offering modules on par with Chinese suppliers in terms of pricing. The expected decrease in module prices will boost installations throughout 2020 as solar becomes more price Issues like delays in payments by distribution companies in competitive.” some states, delays in the adoption of tariffs by state electricity Projects that didn’t come online in 2019 will also completed regulators, and the reopening of contracts by the Andhra by the first quarter of 2020, he added. “In addition, 7 GW Pradesh state government have also hurt investor sentiment. of projects that were awarded in 2019 will be installed in But following a period of turbulence, annual installations 2020, along with another 5 GW of tenders that are yet to are set to pick up significantly in 2020 to march well past be awarded,” he said. the 10 GW mark.

Module trends Reasons for optimism PERC monocrystalline modules are becoming popular in the The safeguard duty for solar cell and module imports, which Indian market, which has been dominated by lower-priced has already come down to 20%, will further decline to 15% multicrystalline PV modules thus far. between Jan. 30, 2020, and July 29, 2020. The subsequent “As PV module prices continue to be a core consideration decline in module procurement costs will see installations for determining project economics for PV developers and pick up in the Indian market, which has been held back by EPC contractors, multicrystalline PV modules still retain a the high cost of imports. significant share of the Indian market because of their lower

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have decreased in 2019 compared to 2018 due to political uncertainties, module price increases associated with safeguard duties, and a fewer number of awarded tenders,” said Dharmendra Kumar, senior analyst for IHS Markit.

Kumar expects 2020 installations to reach at least 10 GW or prices,” Kumar said. “However, although the monocrystalline even higher for several reasons, including lower module prices. share is still lower than in other markets, we are witnessing “Firstly, module prices are expected to be below $0.20/W by a strong growth of PERC monocrystalline modules in the December 2019, inclusive of safeguard duties for shipment Indian market, in an alignment with the global demand trend towards higher-efficiency monocrystalline modules.”

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than larger ones (storage backup for 100% of generation capacity),” Jain said.

Bloomberg NEF expects peak-hour supply bids in Solar Energy Corp. of India’s (SECI) 1.2 GW renewables+storage auction to be at least twice the offered off-peak hour supply rate.

“This could test the appetite of SECI and distribution utilities to buy power from these projects,” said Jain.

The SECI tender requires storage to back up at least half of the 1.2 GW of capacity offered in the auction.

Jain believes the SECI renewables+storage tender is a first step towards deploying dispatchable renewables in India.

In the future, more renewables+storage tenders will likely be floated, provided the distribution utilities and SECI are comfortable with the tariffs achieved in auctions.

IHS Markit expects significant installation growth for bifacial modules from 2020 throughout the world, but India will not be one of the core markets for this technology. However, while bifacial will not be a core part of the market, a recent deal between Indian developer Adani Green Energy and Chinese module manufacturer Longi Solar for the procurement of up to 1.2 GW of Hi MO4 bifacial modules by 2020 signals that India will catch up on this trend over time.

PV and storage Energy storage systems for PV projects are still not cost-effective in India, and that’s holding back deployment.

Renewable energy (RE) resources have enormous potential and can meet the present world energy demand by using the locally available RE resources. One of the most promising RE technologies is photovoltaic (PV) technology. This paper presents a review of the available literature covering the various types of up and coming PV modules based on generation of solar cell and their applications in terms of electrical as well thermal outputs. The review covers detailed description and thermal model of PV and hybrid photovoltaic thermal (HPVT) systems, using water and air as the working fluid. Numerical model analysis and qualitative evaluation of thermal and electrical output in terms of an overall thermal energy and exergy has been carried out. Based on the thorough review, it is clear that PVT modules are very promising devices and there exists a lot of scope to further improve their performances particularly if integrated to roof top. Appropriate recommendations are made which will aid PVT systems to improve their overall thermal and electrical efficiency and reducing their cost, making them more competitive in the present market.

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“We are closely monitoring the development of this tender, as this could be the most meaningful advancement of energy storage contracts in the country’s history,” said Jain. “We are still gauging what the interest from developers will be in this. Indian IPPs have zero to limited experience with energy storage projects, and terms of the tender may be seen as too aggressive by some to participate.”

“Solar+storage projects are yet to pick up in India because of the relatively high capital cost of stationary energy storage systems and the price sensitivity of customers in India. Customers have been considering more cost-effective solutions such as hybrid combinations of lead-acid and lithium batteries but the prices are still not cost-effective for solar projects in Energy is out and away the biggest trade within the world.

India,” said Kumar.

Bloomberg NEF India analyst Atin Jain told pv magazine It’s value regarding $7 trillion annually; whereas the world’s that renewables with battery storage will cost three to five total value is regarding $55 trillion. Thus, the energy trade times more than standalone renewable projects in India in is value over 100 percent of the complete world’s economy.

2020. “Also, smaller storage systems (storage backup for For the last a hundred years, this trade has been dominated 25% of generation capacity) generally offer better economics by fossil fuels. Our electricity comes preponderantly from ||www.renewablemirror.com||

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coal and fossil fuel, and our transportation fuel comes from hydrocarbon and diesel – all of them are remnants of fossil deposits. The historically exploited fossil fuels are but quick depleting. This means that over consecutive 50-75 years, an outsized a part of the energy economy is replaced by various fuels. One could visualize the dimensions of the transformation that's coming back – a metamorphosis that's doubtless to have an effect on over 100 percent of the complete international economy. This is often the dimensions of the chance that the choice energy trade guarantees. The choice energy revolution has started and is bit by bit discovering speed. Thus a vast transformation goes to require time to urge completed – many decades at the smallest amount – within the short and medium term, there'll be variety of enticing opportunities for entrepreneurs.

What's bothering the domestic solar industry?

Late last month, the government had ordered a safeguard duty probe on surging solar cell imports with a view to protect domestic manufacturers. But today, the All India Solar Industries Association (AISIA), the industry body of domestic solar manufacturers, has come out strongly against the imposition of any such blanket import duty, claiming that it will hurt manufacturers operating from SEZs). SEZ units are treated on par with foreign manufacturers and hence any safeguard duty will be detrimental to the domestic solar industry as a whole. Ironically, the probe was ordered after the domestic industry approached the Directorate General of Safeguards last month. A complaint had been filed by the

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Indian Solar Manufacturer's Association (ISMA) on behalf of five Indian producers-Mundra Solar PV, Indosolar, Jupiter Solar Power, Websol Energy Systems and Helios Photo Voltaicalleging that their market share has remained stagnant despite rapid expansion in demand for solar cells in the country. Under the World Trade Organization framework, a member country can impose a Safeguard Duty for a certain time-frame if the quantity of imports surpasses domestic production thus damaging the domestic industry. Imports of solar cells-primarily from China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan-increased from 1,275 mw in 2017-18 to 9,331 mw in the last fiscal. On the other hand, domestic production stood at 246 mw in FY15 and is likely to increase to 1,164 mw in the current financial year. The market share of domestic players has steadily diminished in the same period-from 13% to an estimated 7%. In light of the above, ISMA had asked for safeguard duty on "solar cells whether or not assembled in modules or panels" immediately for four years.

AISIA has countered that 60% of the country's currentlyinstalled solar capacity are in SEZs. Furthermore, SEZs account for about 45% of the 8,300 mw of solar module manufacturing facilities. "Hence, the indigenous manufactures situated in SEZ will come under the ambit of any blanket duty that will be imposed on solar cells and modules, which will make them uncompetitive," said Chaudhary.

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with its cheap solar modules, is making domestic industry unviable. In FY17, estimated demand of solar modules was around 6000 mw, which is expected to go up to 10,000 mw this fiscal. "The purpose of duty should be to protect the domestic industry from dumping. Levying duty on domestic manufacturers can also lead to an increase in the cost of power that will discourage the domestic industry," he added.

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This, incidentally, is just the sort of protectionism that the US has long been accusing India of. In 2018, Washington complained to the WTO that India's solar program was discriminatory and that US solar exports to India had fallen by 90% since 2018.

In 2018, the WTO had found India guilty of violating trade rules by requiring solar power developers to use Indian-made cells and modules. The panel also struck down incentive policies such as subsidies provided for domestic solar companies.

But, last month, the US triggered a new round of litigation at the WTO, arguing that India had failed to abide by the above ruling.

In a statement published by the WTO yesterday, India has countered it has changed its rules to conform to the ruling and that the US claim for punitive trade sanctions are groundless.

The Indian statement added that Washington had skipped legal steps, failed to follow the correct WTO procedure, and omitted to mention any specific level of trade sanctions that it proposed to level on India, leaving India "severely prejudiced".

In any case, such allegations do not bode well for the solar power sector. According to Quartz India, against the National Solar Mission's yearly target of 15,000 MW for 2017-2018, India commissioned just over 3,000 MW of solar power as of December 2018. That makes the government's target of 100 gw solar capacity by 2022 a bit of a joke, unless things change significantly on the ground.

needs. Both Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor, Manmohan Singh, championed solar as a way to connect the hundreds of millions of Indians who remain without electricity to the country’s rapidly expanding grid. In 2015, Modi announced his intention to add 100 gigawatts of solar by 2022, a goal that was initially seen as lofty but that has been helped along by plummeting solar prices. India hasn’t hit its annual targets each year, but has expanded solar rapidly enough that the 100 gigawatt goal remains within reach. The country is now pondering a new target of 175 gigawatts. (For reference, a single gigawatt is enough energy to power hundreds of thousands of North American homes — and many more in the developing world.). The Indian government’s embrace of solar has helped the country begin to decrease its reliance on coal. That, in turn, has helped international efforts to confront climate change maintain their momentum — even as the US has abandoned the Paris Agreement. The fact that relatively poor, populous and coal-reliant countries like India and China are increasingly turning to renewables despite the US’s refusal to cooperate are encouraging successes in the face of a major setback.

As originally conceived by Singh’s and Modi’s governments, India’s solar effort would involve mandates that a percentage of the solar panels come from manufacturers based in India — these mandates were the “domestic content requirements”

With strong sunshine beating down on rooftops across most of this tropical country, the future of solar power in India is bright indeed. Solar is booming in India, but the country’s solar panel industry could be facing a dimmer future At the end of this year, India will end its “domestic content requirement” for solar projects that are part of its National Solar Mission, a component of the country’s National Action Plan on Climate Change. A World Trade Organization ruling from last year is to blame. India will continue to expand on solar, but nearly all of those panels might soon be imported from other countries. This is a problem because a key part of India’s enthusiasm for solar was tied to the desire to develop a new high-tech industry. Instead, as India expands its solar capacity, it could end up reliant on China, which exports panels at bargain-basement prices, to meet its energy 54

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(DCRs) that the WTO found to be overly protectionist. The plan, under the Solar Mission, was that India’s solar industry would grow to meet the demand created by the DCRs, and would eventually be able to make panels that could compete with the cheap and abundant ones manufactured in China, or the technologically advanced ones manufactured in the US. India’s growing solar industry would then create jobs for Indian workers, and a potential export for the country. But in announcing its intention to build a robust solar industry, India became a target for China and the US, the world’s two dominant producers of solar panels who had for years been lobbing complaints back and forth at one another through the WTO, each trying to slap down the other’s policies aimed at protecting their domestic solar manufacturers from international competition. In 2018, the US government, under pressure from its own domestic solar manufacturers and green tech investors, filed a complaint against India’s DCRs with the WTO. In 2018, the WTO ruled against India. At the time, India’s joint secretary of new and renewable energy told the trade publication PV Tech that the ruling would “not affect the future course of action” — India’s ambitious plans for ramping up solar generation would move ahead, with or without the DCRs. But when, in December, the DCRs disappear, the country’s domestic solar manufacturers will have to operate for the first time without government protection assuring a certain amount of demand for Indian-produced

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panels, and some are worried that this could spell the end of the Indian solar industry. A lot of local companies, local solar panel manufacturers are going to die out. The Indian Renewable Energy Ministry is still weighing other policies that could help protect the domestic solar industry but that would not be struck down by the WTO, but they haven’t yet arrived.

These Chinese panels are so cheap that they make solar a more affordable option than coal; Indians accuse China of selling solar panels at artificially low prices — prices that are even lower than the cost of producing the panels — in order to maintain its near monopoly on India’s solar market, a practice called dumping. Ultimately, the end of India’s solar protectionism could prove another small step forward for China as it seeks to become a dominant player in providing solutions to climate change — and claims the profits and influence that come along with that dominance.

China’s cornering of the solar market is both good and bad news as countries around the world work to meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement. The good news is that China’s solar panels are cheap and abundant, and able to compete with coal in many developing countries. More than any other country, China has been able to turn the fight to avert global catastrophe into an economic opportunity. The bad news: Increasingly, China is enjoying a virtual monopoly on solar in developing countries, with the ability to control the price of panels, the supply of panels, the type of panels manufactured and the rate at which the technologies in those panels improve. India, an enormous market, could become the latest example.

India’s PV module manufacturing sector needs serious attention India’s manufacturing sector is set to take a giant leap forward, with the govt. announcing a slew of measures to boost domestic manufacturing in recent past. As a result, various CoS are gearing up to expand their production facilities in India. However, Indian manufacturers continue to face a stiff competition with Chinese & other global manufacturers leading them to operate insufficiently. There could be various reasons ranging from the govt.’s existing domestic insufficient content policy to fewer types of subsidies or the interest rates on raw material thus making them to be inadequate in promoting the domestic PV module manufacturing industry. However, the challenges in the current policy regime & steps India might take to better position itself to become a global leader in the PV module manufacturing needs a strong overhaul. Solar power is the strategic need for the country as it can potentially save USD 20 bn in fossil fuel imports annually by 2030 & domestic manufacturing can save USD 42 bn in equipment imports by || March 2022 ||

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2030. “In the absence of manufacturing, India will need to import $42 bn of solar equipment by 2030, corresponding to 100 GW of installed capacity,” warns a report by KPMG, an advisory firm. The report further highlighted that solar manufacturing can also create direct employment for more than 50,000 people in the next five years assuming local manufacturing captures 50% domestic market share & 10% global market share.

Challenges Affecting Module Manufacturing There are several factors which contribute to the higher cost of Indian modules, including limited or no access to raw materials, lack of economies of scale, & inverted duty structure. According to a research report – ‘State-level Policy Analysis for PV Module Manufacturing in India’- prepared by a Bengaluru based Think Tank, Center for Study of Science, Tech. & Policy, stated, a module manufacturing facility is not very capital intensive; therefore, raising capital cost is not a big challenge to set up such a facility. Govt.s, both at central & state levels, provides incentives to subsidize the capital investment for module manufacturers. However, the research found that these capital subsidies are insufficient to make domestic manufacturing viable, as its impact is outsized by the other factors responsible for high prices. The research outlines three major challenges as under: Raw Material Cost: A sig. share (80-90%) of module

manufacturing cost is attributed to raw material alone.

Raw material for a module mainly comprises cell, glass, encapsulant, backsheet, interconnect ribbon, sealant, junction box, etc. Among these, cell has the biggest cost share of ~70% whereas the rest have a ~30% share. Also, the falling prices make inventories extremely costly.

High Interest Rate: The other challenge for a module

manufacturing industry is high interest rate on capital, comprising 12-15% of the total module manufacturing cost.

The current interest rates in India are in the range of 1215%, which are way higher compared to other countries.

This analysis observes that high interest rate on working capital increases manufacturing costs. Access to cheaper working capital loans would help reduce costs.

Inventory Management & Capacity Utilization: As mentioned

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market. Therefore, higher inventory levels for raw materials & finished modules increase the operating cost & puts upward pressure on manufacturing costs. More long term contracts with manufacturers could assist in this regard, allowing firms to procure raw material just in time to meet demand. Access to working capital is important for Indian CoS to compete against the firms from China/ South East Asia, who offer better terms.

Domestic Solar Manufacturing Scenario Manufacture of solar panels start with polysilicon, which is made from silicon. Polysilicon is made into ingots, which are cut into wafers. Cells are made with wafers & a string of cells is a module. Today, only modules & cells are made in India, with imported material. When it comes to figures, currently, almost 90% of panels & modules in Indian projects are imported, mostly from China, Malaysia & Taiwan, as they are sig.ly cheaper than the ones made locally. According to the MNRE, the country has installed capacity for producing 3.1 GW of cells & 8.8 GW of modules (cells are used to make modules). Modules account for nearly 60% of a solar power project’s total cost. India’s solar power generation capacity has already more than tripled in three years to over 20 GW. Of India’s ambitious target of putting in place 175GW of clean energy capacity by 2022, 100GW is to come from solar projects. Local manufacturing capacity is anyway nowhere near enough to meet the target of 100 GW by 2022, which has been set by the central govt.. At present, the only incentives available for manufacturing these is the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme, which is available to all electronic goods manufacturers & implemented by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Tech., but there have been few takers for the scheme.

MNRE has eventually understood the hard core fact that the cell/module manufacturing capacity in the country is obsolete.

This is why, MNRE plans to revolutionize this sector by introducing slew of measures to support solar manufacturing in India. In Dec, MNRE introduced a concept note’ to build up manufacturing capacity of solar PV modules, cells, wafers/ ingots & polysilicon in India. The Ministry speaks of a direct financial support of Rs 11,000 Cr. & a ‘tech. upgradation fund’, for solar manufacturing. However, concept note highlighted even this capacity is not being fully exploited because of obsolete tech. Only 1.5 GW of cell manufacture & 3 GW of module manufacture are used. Govt. has also come up with one good thing in the recent budget where it proposed that duty on solar tempered glass/ solar tempered anti-reflective coated glass for manufacture of solar cells, panels, modules be reduced from 5 per cent to zero. RM ||www.renewablemirror.com||

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MNRE has developed many project and policies in the field of biogas A Planning for Sustainability Perspective Achieving sustainability is a core challenge for most development programs, partly as it is not a measurable target or an accurate science. Sustainability can only be achieved if, at the planning and implementation stages, there is as clear an understanding as possible of the expected and potential impacts of the intervention – both positive and negative. The term sustainability itself is subjective; depending as it does on the desired outcomes of the end user, which means a relatively strict framework for use is vital. The objective of planning for sustainability at the onset is to foster and preserve the social ecological system in which the project or program is to occur so that it remains dynamic, adaptive, resilient and therefore durable over time.

This new area of impact assessment methodology builds on all previously used procedures, particularly the Objectives-led SEA; looking to optimise the process for a more sustainability oriented outcome. This method, entitled Sustainability Assessment (SA) aims to identify the entry point or goal for a particular area and bring sustainability into the planning procedure from the

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very outset to accomplish that goal.

Separate targets are set, which are deemed markers for sustainability and, importantly, outlined by those stakeholders affected. So ideally this framework comes in to the planning process before a particular project or development is conceived, and is used to establish as many options for meeting the goal as possible. In addition, and in practice this may prove to be a common use of the tool, planning for sustainability can also be used to see whether a particular project, which has already been conceived, represents the most sustainable way of achieving the identified goal and what potential alternatives are available.

It is in this way, outlined above, that SA differs from the conventional approach to EIA; which is used to provide information for decision making, based on the level of potential environmental impacts that are considered acceptable, or which can be managed through mitigation. Although the more traditional assessment tools such as EIA or Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) have their place in the SA framework, the planning process throughout is expressly sustainability led, rather than having as its goal the identification and mitigation of potential negative environmental effects.

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Building on the successes of the SIA and SEA approaches, the participatory element of SA has been incorporated as intrinsic to the process. Going even further than the previous methodologies, this approach seeks to identify and consult with stakeholders at the point of setting goals and targets, ideally before individual projects are even conceived, so that the participation is evident at all stages of the developmental planning procedure.

As well as in terms of the process objectives, SA differs primarily from the first two generation tools in that it focuses on the sustainability of the intervention under investigation, rather than having only an environmental focus. Further, in the case of the EIA approach; the lack of consideration of cumulative effects has been seen to be a major downfall. The SEA approach has attempted to address the imitations of EIA, in part at least, by considering environmental concerns from a strategic perspective and thus incorporating them in the planning process. Though the SEA process has contributed towards incorporating environmental concerns in development planning, it does not necessarily contribute towards planning for sustainability, as it is driven by the strategies formulated for individual projects at its core rather than sustainability. The developments of Objectives-led SEA and Integrated Assessment,

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however, have proved to be important steps towards SA and the notion of planning for sustainability.

Sustainability is the desired outcome of the SA approach rather than merely the mitigation or minimization of potential adverse environmental impacts. The approach is inherently integrative, participatory, positive and future-oriented. The first and most important step in this direction is for all stakeholders to jointly define a sustainability goal (or vision), namely the desired outcomes of the intervention upon which the planning for it should be focused.

Next, in order to assess whether the proposed intervention achieves the goals, sustainability principles and criteria would need to be defined. These criteria would be context specific, taking into account local economic, social and environmental conditions, as well as the relationships between these components for the given set of stakeholders. Understanding the interrelationships between economic, social and environmental components is critical and should influence the setting of the sustainability goals and criteria. It has been strongly advocated by proponents of the SA approach that it must be focused on these interrelationships and their character, resilience to change and adaptability, and the sustainability goals should embody such an orientation. Therefore, the SA ||www.renewablemirror.com||

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process has to be iterative and cyclic in nature so that the learning generated at each of the steps can be fed back into the process, thus allowing for goals and criteria to be revised as necessary. The SA approach is clearly a challenging one both practically and intellectually, but in order to incorporate sustainability as the key driving element in the development planning process, it is a crucial step that that authors believe must be taken for achieving sustainable development.

India is a fast-developing country, with high economic and industrial growth, energy demand is also growing.

Non-renewable resources have used frequently in India due tolack of awareness and acceptability of renewable energy sourcesby power consumers. There are many disadvantages of using non-renewableenergy resources as they have limited existence inenvironment, non-eco-friendly and not economical as India importall these type of energy resources. Therefore, it is essential toexplore many others sustainable energy sources.

One of those non-conventional sources is bioenergy which can provide firm power of grid quality. As concerns about climate change and energy security rise, bioenergy is often as a renewable energy source that can be cost-effectively scaled up to a level that would allow it to contribute significantly to meeting global energy demand.

Bioenergy can be generated in myriad ways; however, using

various feedstocks and various energy technologies, few conclusions can be drawn about its environmental effects.

One can easily imagine biomass production systems that are ideally suited to their environment, and even contribute to improving the environment by revegetating barren land, protecting watersheds, providing habitat for local species, and sequestering carbon, all while contributing to livelihoods of rural communities. Yet one can just as easily imagine biomass production systems that are fossil fuel intensive, exhaust the soil of nutrients, exacerbate erosion, deplete or degrade water resources, reduce biodiversity by displacing habitat, increase greenhouse gas emissions, and threaten the livelihoods of local communities.

The growth of municipal waste is directly linked to the population and economic progress of a town, city, state or a country. With a population of around 1.35 billion, India generates about 80 million tons of waste each year. This is expected to grow up to 430 million tons per year by 2050. Of the total waste generated per year, 80 percent goes into landfills while less than 20 percent is treated or recycled. Therefore, the existing landfills are reaching their maximum capacity and there is a growing industry consensus that proper waste disposal techniques will be needed in the near future. Waste to Energy plants have rapidly emerged as an effective solution for waste disposal. India has the potential to generate about 1700 MW of energy from urban waste including municipal solid waste, sewage and industrial waste.

The total installed capacity of Waste-to-Energy (WtE) in India stood to contributes 140.20 MW as of March’ 2021.The achievement is quite below the target, which is far behind the target 10 GW by 2022. The quantum of waste generated in India has been one of the biggest drivers for the development of this segment. The India’s dally waste generation is thereby offering a huge potential for conversion of waste into energy.

Various factors have contributed to low capacity additions in the bio-energy segment. The bio-energy segment has long suffered from neglect due to preference being given to the solar and wind segments. The advent of competitive bidding for both solar and wind, and the discovery of low tariffs have almost put a stop to the utilization of this renewable resource.

Government of India deployed different policies and executed that the strategies for bioenergy generation.

Such approaches have included the whole biomass energy sector which incorporatedthe bio gas, bio diesel etc. in the policies. Government of India has focused on the deployment anddevelopment bioenergy sector with strategic policy and program. Many subsidies are provided for establishment of the biogas plant. New biomass gasification Technology was also evolved which convertsbiomass in to syngas, which are more efficient. Environmental degradation, public health concerns and inadequate land availability for garbage dumping have

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increased interest in the waste-to-energy sector in recent years. This can be attributed to poor choice of technology by developers, lack of institutional capacity for collecting and managing the waste of municipalities and the municipalities inability to define the roles of various agencies in the value chain, undertake proper baseline cost and cost-benefit analysis before bidding out a bankable Waste to Energy (WtE) project and ensure compliance with waste disposal guidelines. In addition, high capital costs, low internal return due to low feed-in-tariff, and other related issues limit the development of WtE projects in the country.

Government aim to increase the use of environmentally sustainable biogas power generation technologies in the country and enhance electricity supply through renewable energy sources. Scope of biogas generation is to meet the requirement of captive power and thermal power. The setting up of biogasand west-to-energy projects is to be promoted in industry, with at least 50% of power for confined use, and a stipulation for the surplus power to be selling to grid. This will amplify the use of non-conventional energy sources and conserve the use of fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal and oil. Biomass power & cogeneration programme is implemented with the main objective of promoting technologies for optimum use of country’s biomass resources for grid power generation.

Policy initiatives: In recent years, India’s energy consumption has been increasingat a relatively fast rate due to population and economic growth.With rapid urbanization and improving standards of living for millions of Indian households, the demand is likely to raise a lot.Therefore, Govt. of India is now making various planning andpolicies in energy sector.

Since Sustainable Development is nowthe key target of the world, therefore Renewable Energy Resourcesare considering for power generation. Ministry of New & RenewableEnergy (MNRE) of India has developed many project and policies inthis field and promoting to adopt these methodologies for generation of electricity through biogas by providingvarious subsidies and incentives.

MNRE providesCentral Financial Assistance in the form of capital subsidy and financial incentives to the biomass and bioenergy projects in India.Central Financial Assistance is fixed to the projects on the basis of installed capacity, energy production mode and its application etc. Economic support will be made accessible selectively through a transparent andcompetitive procedure.The government provides a onetime capital subsidy based onthe installed capacity of the project. The entire capital subsidy amount is transferred directly to the lead bank/lending financial institution for the purpose of offsetting the loan amount afterwinning commissioning of project. In case the project is situated by the promoters through their personal resources, the Central Financial Assistance wouldbe transferred directly to promoters after commissioningof the project.

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Besides the Central Financial Assistance, fiscal incentives such as 40% accelerated depreciation, concessional import duty, excise duty, tax holiday for 10 years etc., and are available for biomass and bioenergy power projects. The benefit of concessional custom duty and excise duty exemption are available on equipment’s required for initial setting up of bioenergy projects based on certification by Ministry.

In addition, State Electricity Regulatory Commissions have determined preferential tariffs and Renewable Purchase Standards (RPS). Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) provides loan for setting up biogas power projects and WtE projects. Moreover, IREDA permits a reduction in the interest rate based on project grading. The recent policy announcements from the MNRE might help to address some of challenges facing by the bioenergy segment. The government has also announced a National policy on Bio-fuels, 2018. To encourage the uptake of WtE projects, the MNRE in July’ 2018 approved the continuation of a dedicated WtE programme. The programme, Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Waste/Residue, has been approved with modified terms and conditions from 2017-18 to 2019-20.

The main objective of biogas and Waste-to-Energy programme is to create a conductive policy and financial environment for the development and demonstration of energy recovery through waste utilization. The programme will promote the installation of energy recovery projects from urban, industrial and agricultural waste to generate power and biogas, bio-CNG, enriched biogas, as well as promote the utilization of waste for thermal use through gasification in industries. The programme

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will also promote bio-mass gasifier-based power plants to cater to the unmet energy demand of industrial captive power and thermal demands of rice mills and other similar industries.

In addition, the plants will provide electricity in rural areas for lighting, water pumping and running micro enterprises.

The bio-energy segment is now focusing on overcoming its challenges and drawbacks through the introduction of new schemes and regulations aimed at promoting waste management and energy generation initiatives such as the Swachh Bharat Mission and Smart Cities Mission have served as pivots to revamp interest in the sector by offering grants and raising awareness towards creating healthy competition between districts for better management of waste. This has, in turn, increased the number of new WtE projects significantly.

The Solid Waste Management Rules released in 2016 have defined roles, responsibility and duties of all the stakeholders in the urban and rural waste management segments. Further, the time frames for implementing these rules as well as the environmental emission norms have been decided. Other key initiatives include the National Tariff Policy, 2016, that mandates 100 percent procurement of power from WtE projects for all discoms. In addition, the GST Counsel has set a low rate schedule of 5 percent for WtE plants and equipment.

Meanwhile, NITI Aayog in its three year action agenda, FY 2017-18 to FY 2019-20 has suggested setting up the Waste to Energy Corporation of India which function will be to set up WtE plants in public-private-partnership mode to clean up MSW. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs offers a 35 percent

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grant/viability gap funding for developing municipal solid and waste management projects, including waste collection segregation, disposal and energy recovery. These comprise projects based on municipal solid waste, industrial waste and the installation of biomass co-generation projects.

Non-banking financial institutions also play a vital role in providing investments for projects in the WtE segment. These projects are financially viable and can obtain central financial assistance from the government to enhance their returns.

Barriers to biogas technology: Barriers to biogas penetration differ based on the utilization area, substrate, resource potential, technological maturity, scale and region. There are socio-cultural barriers like objections to the use of animal and human waste as raw material in specific regions. Some barriers are specific to the utilization of biogas in transport or heat production. A number of filling stations are not willing to use biogas as vehicle fuel. To increase the dissemination of biogas in urban areas, there is a need to break down the following barriers: High capital cost, unavailability of long-term financing options, high interest rate and high-risk perception by financial institutions are the major financial barriers to biogas dissemination in urban areas. The high capital cost and low revenue accrual act as entry barriers for small private players/ developers. The lack of access to long-term financing and high interest rates and low internal rate of return affect the economic viability of biogas projects.

The government initiated a demonstration programme to test the economic and technical viability of bio- methanation technology. However, the industry still does not have a well-established commercialized biogas technology functioning at the industrial scale for processing heterogeneous waste in urban India. Some financial institutions are reluctant to give credit for biogas projects in the absence of well-developed technology and due to the high failure ratio.

Biogas is not as competitive as other fuels in the electricity sector such as coal and natural gas. The operations and maintenance coasts of biogas-based power plants are quite high compared to thermal power plants. Also, electricity from other renewable sources like solar, hydro and wind is cheaper than electricity produced using anaerobic digestion due to government support like fixed feed-in tariff and renewable purchase obligations. Biogas power plants cannot compete with large scale coal power plants. Even though feedstock is availability for free, the cost of handling and transporting waste over long distances is high, negatively affecting power plant economics.

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has to complete with heavily subsidized chemical fertilizers.

Anaerobic digestion technology faces competition from other low cost waste treatment technologies such as composting, vermi-composting, and waste-to-pellets that can also be used for treating organic municipal and industrial waste.

Incentives like guaranteed feed in tariffs and regulatory power purchase obligations are necessary for the diffusion of the technology in this relatively immature market. This is evident in the case of solar and wind technologies in India where strong potential will and investment friendly policies of the government have driven growth in the past decade.

Government incentives like feed in tariff, long term financing, capital grant, viability gap funding and tipping fee for waste collection and handling are not in place. In the absence of these, biogas projects cannot become economically viable on a large scale, which discourages private investment in this sector.

There are also uncertainties related to feedstock supply and quality due to inefficient supply chains and low collection efficiency in India, which can hamper the production efficiency of plants and their profitability in the long run.

Municipal corporations are responsible for waste management in urban areas. Due to their limited financial and technical capabilities, it is challenging to manage the growing solid waste in an integrated manner without the involvement of private players. There is also a lack of coordination between central and state governments A generic tariff for electricity generated from biogas and wasteto-energy projects was announced by the central government in 2016. However, the state electricity regulatory commissions have still not fixed a generic tariff for electricity generated from anaerobic digestion-based power plants. Thus, it is difficult to assess the project viability at the pre-investment assessment stage due to the unpredictability related to the power purchase agreement prices determined by the state commissions. Risks associated with revenue streams, technology and feed supply are primarily borne by private players.

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Biogas can be upgraded, bottled and utilized as bio-CNG, without modification in vehicles. But it is only recently that a bio-CNG policy has been introduced in India. In addition, there should be proper legal standards in place, and preferably a single window regulatory approval system for grants and permissions from different government departments like the Petroleum Explosives Safety Organisation, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, etc.

The segregation of organic and non-organic waste is not done in urban households resulting in low quality organic feedstock.

Dust and inert material also exist in varying degrees. Thus, sorting of waste is required before digestion at the plant, further increasing the overall generation cost and complexity.

Moreover, poor collection and unorganized transportation of waste, especially in medical/small cities, increase the supply chain disruption risk.

The failure to supply the committed quantity of waste to plants by municipal authorities was identified as one of the reasons for the shutdown of waste-to-energy plants. Process standardization is challenging due to large variations in waste characteristics across different regions. Also, there is a lack of available land space faced by the utilities. Therefore, local officials are strongly encouraging the use of biogas plants in commercial establishments in the city. Local council officers have set up demonstration plants, which use local food waste and provide gas for making tea for officials and their visitors.

Conclusion Whether the cultivation and use of bioenergy have positive or negative impacts is a widely disputed and fiercely contentious current issue globally. Cultivation of crops as feedstock for energy production has been occurring for centuries but has experienced renewed political and public interest over the last decades. The alarming rate of population expansion, simultaneous per capita consumption hikes and the increased cost of importing fossil fuels mean that secure energy supplies are a major global concern; so supplying sustainable energy production systems has become an urgent and unavoidable necessity. On top of supply concerns, renewable energy options such as biomass are being pursued in the expectation that they will provide cleaner and more environmentally friendly energy sources for future generations; as well as having positive rural development outcomes. More recently, opposition to the increasing cultivation of bioenergy crops has emerged strongly because projects where large-scale deforestation has occurred to make way for monoculture plantations, and those where local people are negatively impacted have been widely publicized. There are also situations, using starchy crops such as wheat, where carbon balances have been shown to be negative and effects on global food prices have been proven.

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MNRE has set an ambitious target to set up renewable energy capacities Introduction Indian renewable energy sector is the fourth most attractive renewable energy market in the world1. India was ranked fourth in wind power, fifth in solar power and fourth in renewable power installed capacity, as of 2020.

Installed renewable power generation capacity has gained pace over the past few years, posting a CAGR of 17.33% between FY16-20. With the increased support of Government and improved economics, the sector has become attractive from investors perspective. As India looks to meet its energy demand on its own, which is expected to reach 15,820 TWh by 2040, renewable energy is set to play an important role. The government is aiming to achieve 227 GW of renewable energy capacity (including 114 GW of solar capacity addition and 67 GW of wind power capacity) by 2022, more than its 175 GW target as per the Paris Agreement. The government plans to establish renewable energy capacity of 523 GW (including 73 GW from Hydro) by 2030.

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a great opportunity for the expansion of green data centres. In October 2021, India’s renewable energy capacity increased by 1,522.35 MW (megawatt).

As of September 2021, India had 101.53 GW of renewable energy capacity and represents ~38% of the overall installed power capacity. The country is targeting about 450 Gigawatt (GW) of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030 – about 280 GW (over 60%) is expected from solar. As of September 2021, India had 101.53 GW of renewable energy capacity and represents ~38% of the overall installed power capacity. By December 2019, 15,100 megawatts (MW) of wind power projects were issued, of which, projects of 12,162.50 MW capacity have already been awarded2. Power generation from renewable energy sources in India reached 127.01 billion units (BU) in FY20.

With a potential capacity of 363 GW and with policies focused on the renewable energy sector, Northern India is expected to become the hub for renewable energy in India.

Is Solar Power the Future for Smart Cities?

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is taking on entire cities. Across the country and therefore the world, cities of all sizes area unit reworking their infrastructure, systems, and operations to maximize new technologies and integrate connected solutions into the terribly cloth of however they operate and look after their voters. Through advances in information assortment and analytics, they will anticipate and reply to daily challenges like traffic flow and potential emergencies like severe storms.

But these new sensible cities are not simply forward-thinking once it involves the most effective ways that to serve the general public — several of them also are pioneering efforts to include property and energy potency into developing sensible town solutions. Integration of solar energy and alternative renewable energy sources is quickly changing into a trademark of sensible urban planning. Here's a glance at a number of the innovative ways that sensible town initiatives and school leaders area unit harnessing solar energy in their quest to make the cities of the longer term.

Federal Government focuses on sensible and Property Development Last year, the Obama Administration proclaimed a $160 million investment into sensible town development. The initiative required a stress on solutions to manage the economic process, crime rates, and — apparently — global climate change.

While the property hasn't traditionally been a high priority in urban planning, the present state of the setting is quickly ever-changing that trend. Innovators and school mogul’s area unit specializing in energy potency and their environmental impact over ever before. Sensible resolution suppliers area unit following suit, providing hi-tech infrastructure choices which will facilitate town governments save on energy prices

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at the same time as they cut back their carbon output. this is often Associate in the Nursing particularly sensible pairing as a result of it permits municipalities to consolidate efforts to enhance the quality of life and property below one umbrella initiative, instead of in multiple separate solutions.

Department of Transportation Makes DC star a Partner for sensible town Challenge. Other government department’s area unit pushing smaller initiatives for property sensible town development, too. The sensible town Challenge, for example — a contest instigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) — offered up to $40 million to town that came up with the most effective "smart city" set up.

The challenge inspired cities to become totally integrated and connected victimization sensible technology and property energy to form however individuals and product get from one place to a different.

DC star partnered with the U.S. DOT, giving mobile star generators and electric vehicle chargers price $1.5 million to winning town Columbus, Ohio. Additionally, the corporate pledged to figure with the opposite six competition cities to adopt mobile star technology and incorporate the use of electric cars into town infrastructure. DC star also will facilitate the cities convert diesel off-grid power generators to star.

IBM Predicts Weather Patterns to maximize solar energy The movement toward adopting renewable energy to power sensible cities is not while not its hurdles. Solar energy is nice as long because the sun is shining, however cloudy days will minimize the energy output star arrays will manufacture.

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periods of low potency is crucial.

In a trial to mitigate the impact of overcast weather, school big IBM is staring at ways that to accurately predict bad weather. As a part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Sun Shot Initiative, IBM has conducted analysis that they claim produces weather predictions that area unit half-hour a lot of correct than the National Weather Service.

Increased accuracy can facilitate town governments and utility firms recognize beforehand what quantity sun a star plant can receive at any given time, permitting them to raised set up their power masses. With the correct response, this foresight has the potential to save lots of cash and cut back reliance on coal and gas power plants that usually got to obtain the slack once clouds appear.

These examples area unit simply the tip of the iceberg once it involves sensible town initiatives. Due to solar energy efforts and alternative renewable energy sources, the town of the longer term goes to be a lot of economical, a lot of connections, and a lot of property. Creating cities smarter and greener can amendment the manner municipalities operate and facilitate voters maximize their potential as accountable, property members of a world community?

Azure power to put in top star comes on government buildings Independent solar energy producer Azure Power these days proclaimed it's bagged a contract to put in two power unit capability top star comes for Udaipur sensible town restricted (USCL).

As per the contract, the company’s subsidiary Azure Roof Power can style, supply, install, commission and operate the grid-connected top star Photo-Voltaic (PV) comes for

twenty-five years at multiple government buildings in Udaipur.

The project is calculable to save lots of twenty-five per cent of USCL’s existing electricity price.

“Rooftop star forms a necessary a part of the sensible cities development and is remedies to the growing infrastructural issues of the Asian nation to create a better and a lot of property future. In 2013, we have a tendency to designed the primary MW-scale top project in Gandhinagar below the sensible town initiative and recently we've got worked on many sensible towns comes in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack,” same Inderpreet Wadhwa, Founder, Chairman and Chief officer of Azure Power.

Azure Roof Power offers top solar energy solutions for industrial and industrial customers in cities across the Asian nation to lower their energy bill and meet their greenhouse emission (GHG) emission reduction targets. The corporate has over one hundred fifty Mw of in operation and committed star assets in twenty states with government-backed entities accounting for a bulk of the client base Azure’s customers embrace industrial property firms, a sequence of premium hotels, distribution firms in sensible cities, warehouses, urban Centre railway Rail Corporation (DMRC), Indian Railways, a water utility company in the urban Centre and government ministries.

Azure Power incorporates a total portfolio of over one, 600 Mw capabilities comes in the Asian nation.

Alternative energy solutions for sensible cities The vision of a contemporary Asian nation encapsulates the conception of 'smart cities' to deal with the phenomenally speedy urbanization of our nation. The govt. has proclaimed plans to form 100 sensible cities to satisfy the challenge of the longer term, because it has been calculable that by 2050 India's urban community’s square measure expected to rise to a thumping fifty per cent of the population. Significantly, regarding sixty six per cent of the world's population would then be living in urban areas. Cities worldwide would consume simple fraction of worldwide energy and contribute up to eighty per cent of worldwide greenhouse emission. At present, regarding three hundred million of our countrymen live sans electricity. Therefore, we've protracted thanks to go as way as our endeavors to administer basic wants and quality of life to voter’s square measure involved. This, indeed, could be a warning sign.

The vision of a contemporary Asian nation encapsulates the conception of 'smart cities' to deal with the phenomenally speedy urbanization of our nation. The govt. has proclaimed plans to form 100 sensible cities to satisfy the challenge of the longer term, because it has been calculable that by 2050 India's urban community’s square measure expected to rise to a thumping fifty per cent of the population. Significantly, regarding sixty six per cent of the world's population would

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then be living in urban areas. Cities worldwide would consume simple fraction of worldwide energy and contribute up to eighty per cent of worldwide greenhouse emission. At present, regarding three hundred million of our countrymen live sans electricity. Therefore, we've protracted thanks to go as way as our endeavors to administer basic wants and quality of life to voter’s square measure involved. This, indeed, could be a warning sign.

However, Asian nation would positively return up with answers for such challenges of the twenty first century supported its civilization's knowledge and attribute. Indians square measure conservative naturally, however precocious with such qualities as resilience, ability and frugalness - these square measure our strengths. For instance, even those that will afford to pay the next electricity bill can have solely such lights switched on as square measure essential. Most homes have one house that's unbroken cool within the summer or warm up in winter.

Entire homes square measure rarely climate-controlled. If one were to require a glance at rural Asian nation, a revolution of kinds has taken place within the past few years. Lightemitting diode lamps have replaced traditional electrical bulbs all over, thereby saving an enormous quantity of electricity.

It is calculable that by 2030, India's energy demand can increase by virtually two hundred per cent. in line with AN analysis allotted by the ministry of recent and renewable energy, at AN doable and conservative gross domestic product increase of half-dozen.5 per cent, our energy would like would bit 7,55,719 MW. This was capably exhorted by the prime minister at the COP twenty one summits in Paris - "We ought to guarantee, within the spirit of climate justice, that the lifetime of some doesn't force out the opportunities for the various still on the initial steps of the event ladder". whereas coal is probably going to be our dominant energy supply for the close to and mid-term future, we have a tendency to square measure doubtless to ascertain larger use of other, carbon-free sources of energy like gas, hydro, nuclear and a bunch of alternative renewable sources.

We have no alternative however to travel sure less and fewer fossil fuels and step by step enhance dependence on nature-based clean and renewable energy sources and reach planned targets in an exceedingly time-bound manner. What’s additional vital is that we've to reinforce investments in research project and develop technologies to maximise the assembly, storage and loss-free distribution of unpolluted energy. Besides that, new technology would want to be exploited to evolve energy-saving and energy-efficient techniques and build the entire initiative property as an integrated 'smart energy system'. India, as an accountable international player, has set for itself formidable targets of, firstly, cutting carbon emissions intensity of its gross domestic product by thirty five per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 with forty per cent of its energy returning from 'non-fossil fuels'. Secondly, it aims at making

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a hundred seventy five GW of renewable energy by 2022, of that a hundred GW would be made from alternative energy.

The International star Alliance was launched throughout the COP twenty one summit in Paris by Narendra Modi and therefore the French president, François Hollande. The latter not solely praised India's initiative however conjointly assured handsome support by France. This step would possibly well become another pillar of the strategic partnership between the 2 countries. The importance of alternative energy as another power supply has so been globally enshrined.

The conception of sensible cities is so a visionary, innovative and timely plan. Though there's no universally accepted definition of a wise town, there's convergence on vital options that frame one. primarily, a wise town should offer '21st century standard' quality of life supported innovative info and communication technology in order that the voters square measure able to sleep in a secure, peaceful, productive and arranged setting with assured amenities, together with public transportation, and services that square measure efficient, integrated, wired and property. The stress ought to get on greening the town therefore on scale back the carbon signature and on the utilization of economical and renewable energy systems. All this can't be achieved while not the institutionalized participation of the voters. The sensible cities of the longer term ought to have none of the ills and therefore the urban chaos that almost all of our contemporary cities and metros suffer from.

As way as Asian nation worries, plans for brand spanking new sensible cities have to be compelled to be enforced efficiently.

Moreover, our metros and tier 2 cities would before long become all chaotic and unlivable unless they're modernized and 'retrofitted' on the lines of sensible cities. President John F. Kennedy had capably expressed, "We can neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we have a tendency to neglect the state." A recent study by IIT Kanpur, highlight the first causes of pollution in metropolis, disclosed that besides others, traffic at the solon International airfield, with over 800 air movements per day, and therefore the use of wood and coal primarily based tandoors in nine,000 odd restaurants and eateries are important polluters and contributors to greenhouse gases and particulate. Astonishingly these square measure hardly taken into thought. However, it might be incorrect to hold the impression that nothing is being done to ameliorate the case. for instance, additionally to Chandigarh, metropolis has conjointly taken a formidable leap and "carved for itself a distinct segment among trendy and world category cities of Asian nation... in terms of roads, sanitation system, waste management system, energy conservation etc". In another initiative, the govt has pop out with a replacement policy that has provisions for 'time of the day metering', inexperienced power purchase, and 24x7 powers provide to any or all by 2022 besides alternative options. In a number of India's states like state, new homes don't seem to be approved unless top ||www.renewablemirror.com||

side star panels for heating of water are incorporated. The programme for building Amravati, the planned capital town of state, has been shrunken to Singapore, the town state better-known for impeccable governance. It’s hoped that this is able to fructify into a collector's item 'smart state capital' of a contemporary Asian nation.

In view of rigorous climate management protocols, in Kyoto and recently in Paris, Asian nation has committed to bring down 'emissions by thirty five % of 2005 levels and forty % of its put in capability are from non-fossil fuels'. Further, the prime minister has given AN assurance that the 'balance between ecology and economy' would be reconditioned and conjointly that 'between our inheritance and obligation to the future'. However, it might be unreasonable to expect the govt. alone up-to-date the value of such an enormous transformation within the manner urban Asian nation lives.

Resorting to public-private partnerships, encouraging the non-public sector and voters by giving grants, subsidies and concessions and adopting the simplest practices of developed countries would be the manner forward during this endeavor.

Productive models of public-private partnerships worldwide ought to be studied, fitly changed, and incorporated to suit our culture and manner of life.

In the close to term, whereas we have a tendency to specialise in new and various sources for power, we'd primarily ought to rely upon fuel and gas-based energy. Yet, efforts should be created to realize cleaner power and to lower the carbon footprints of existing power plants. The choice suggests that comprise nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, solid bio-mass, biogas, biofuel and energy created from waste. significantly, for our sensible cities, we'd like to crank in these 'almost carbon-free' and environment-friendly energy therefore at the origin stage itself so on guarantee uninterrupted and stable power provide once the cities develop. These cities should have integrated and networked grids that will not solely lower the consumption of power however conjointly build it efficient. Urban Asian nation produces over forty per cent of carbon emissions on account of business activity, transportation, and construction, renovation of infrastructure, assets, and handling and disposal of solid waste. Sensible cities conceive of the utilization of inexperienced and renewable energy with newer technologies that, hopefully, square measure doubtless to be shared by the advanced countries on the idea of real international partnerships.

In a country like ours, wherever there's abundance of daylight, alternative energy has the potential to satisfy a serious a part of our future energy wants. The govt. has consequently created a formidable decide to reach a target of a 100,000 MW from alternative energy throughout subsequent six years close to. Besides harnessing this renewable and clean energy in giant star plants and desegregation the facility made with the national power system, sensible cities would have ||www.renewablemirror.com||

integrated roof-top star harvest all told major buildings, railway and railroad line stations, schools, hospitals and even residential complexes, thereby creating economical use of house. The suburbanized alternative energy so made would be meshed with sensible grids to serve the native communities. To realize this, we'd have to be compelled to have in situ progressive transmission and distribution systems for power that are planned with the assistance of geographic info systems. Driving on the throughway the Mohave Desert, one is actually hypnotized by what seems to be an enormous lake with its surface shimmering within the sun and some brightly lit towers among it. Amazingly, unfolded over some kilometers, it's the 392 MW Ivanpah solar-thermal power project, the most important of its kind within the world. We’d like star parks of this type.

Impetus should be provided to construct energy-efficient inexperienced buildings with intelligent metering devices to control power, gas and installation and be joined to a wise town grid. The sensible grid would be the in group or the backbone of the 'e-governance' set up of the town and can connect the administration with every district, infrastructure project, industry, piece of ground, public facility or sweetness, residential advanced and colony. This may facilitate industrial growth that will be globally competitive and make jobs. This new approach to manage cities can have high dependence on digital technology. The Indian railways has plans to provide an enormous quantity of solar energy by having panels on its platforms and enormous railway yards as conjointly to run locomotives on solar energy. Similarly, the metropolis railroad line has plans to travel 'completely solar'.

India is that the world's fifth largest producer of wind energy.

To create it to the highest, the govt. has planned to extend wind-power generation to 60,000 MW by 2028. This is able to imply that roughly 5,300 MW would be extra each year, and for that tidy tax incentives are proclaimed. The advantage of alternative energy is that such plants might be unfolded everywhere the country supported surveys of wind conditions and so be able to feed electricity on to the closest town or city grid. This set-up would be fairly efficient as transmission losses would be reduced.

The other renewable energy sources square measure biomass and tiny hydro comes, that are targeted to achieve up to 10,000 MW and 5,000 MW, severally, by 2022. Pulp co-generation is pegged at a pair of waste to power at 107 MW presently, though plans square measure afoot to reinforce energy production from these clean sources. These facilities might be set getting ready to sensible cities and metros. The electricity generated by these sources would be integrated within the urban power grids and enhance the handiness of electricity. Biogas made from organic material like municipal waste, sewage, food and plant waste includes regarding sixty five per cent of gas and therefore the rest is greenhouse emission. It is || March 2022 ||

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wont to generate electricity and, once compressed as fuel, for conveyance in role of CNG. Sub-Himalayan states like Arunachal Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh square measure putting in several mini electricity plants within the remote square measure as; a number of them in locations wherever roads are nevertheless to achieve. Apparently, the primary tiny hydro-power plant in Asia was established by British in 1897 at Sidrapong regarding twelve kilometres from Darjeeling.

This visionary project had 2 electricity sets manufacturing sixty five kW every, that was adequate to satisfy the energy wants of Darjeeling at that point.

In addition, new technologies with an enormous potential square measure rising. Among them square measure 'geothermal'- a viable various supply of unpolluted and renewable energy whereby the warmth in geothermic zones below the surface of the planet is getting used to provide electricity in several elements of the globe (at gift this can be at a aborning stage in India) - and 'hydricity'- solely an idea at the instant, wherever alternative energy isn't solely wont to generate electricity, however conjointly for manufacturing and storing H from superheated water; the H, later, getting used to provide electricity employing a turbine-based hydrogenpower cycle.

As a viable various to standard and coal or gas primarily based power generation, Asian nation has conjointly planned to supply a serious portion of its energy from atomic energy plants having the most recent technology and larger safeguards.

"Energy independence is India's 1st and highest priority", aforementioned India's former president, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, a soul of repute. Further, he declared that the state has "to get in for atomic energy generation in exceedingly massive manner victimization thorium-based reactors". The govt has planned to reinforce the assembly of atomic energy therefore on fulfil twenty five per cent of the national energy necessities by 2050. Within the developing world, Asian nation is among the front runners within the field of atomic energy. At present, 5,780 MW of electricity is generated from seven atomic energy plants. That approximates to regarding a pair of.2 per cent of India's energy production. There square measure plans to require it up to 20,000 MW within the next few years. On the opposite hand, France generates seventy five per cent of its energy necessities from atomic energy plants and could be a web bourgeois of power price 3 billion Euros each year.

Asian nation has similar aspirations of changing into a 'world leader in nuclear technology thanks to its experience in quick reactors and the fuel cycle'.

As an accountable, Asian nation would honour its commitment to considerably scale back carbon emissions by 2030. India, that is presently the fourth highest producer of greenhouse gases, has embarked upon a journey to step by step scale back its dependence on fossil-fuel primarily based energy.

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Therefore, to satisfy its energy demand, it's immersion on various, cleaner, renewable as conjointly unconventional sources of energy and introduces this energy design into the plans of sensible cities. This strategy of 100 sensible cities with sensible and economical energy populous by 'smart citizens' would be a serious step to deal with the challenges of a speedily urbanizing Asian nation. At an equivalent time, we have a tendency to should ruminate and act on the sagacious words of Plato spoken 2 millennia ago: "Any town, but tiny, is indeed divided into 2, one the town of the poor, the opposite of the wealthy. This Square Measure it's imperative that we have a tendency to forestall such a war.

Road Ahead The Government is committed to increased use of clean energy sources and is already undertaking various largescale sustainable power projects and promoting green energy heavily. In addition, renewable energy has the potential to create many employment opportunities at all levels, especially in rural areas. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set an ambitious target to set up renewable energy capacities to the tune of 227 GW by 2022, of which about 114 GW is planned for solar, 67 GW for wind and other for hydro and bio among other. India’s renewable energy sector is expected to attract investment worth US$ 80 billion in the next four years. About 5,000 Compressed Biogas plants will be set up across India by 2023.

It is expected that by 2040, around 49% of the total electricity will be generated by renewable energy as more efficient batteries will be used to store electricity, which will further cut the solar energy cost by 66% as compared to the current cost. *Use of renewables in place of coal will save India Rs. 54,000 crore (US$ 8.43 billion) annually3. Renewable energy will account for 55% of the total installed power capacity by 2030.

As per the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) estimates, by 2029-30, the share of renewable energy generation would increase from 18% to 44%, while that of thermal is expected to reduce from 78% to 52%.

According to the year-end review (2020) by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, another 49.59 GW of renewable energy capacity is under installation and an additional 27.41 GW of capacity has been tendered. This puts the total capacity of renewable energy projects (already commissioned or in the pipeline) at ~167 GW. The Government of India wants to develop a ‘green city’ in every state of the country, powered by renewable energy.

The ‘green city’ will mainstream environment-friendly power through solar rooftop systems on all its houses, solar parks on the city’s outskirts, waste to energy plants and electric mobility-enabled public transport systems. RM

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Ravi Kumar Assistant Vice President (AVP) Oorjan Cleantech

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Going Green-

India is significantly on the move towards renewable energy In the recent past, India has witnessed one of the fastest growth rates in renewable energy capacity addition among all large economies, with renewable energy capacity growing by 2.5 times and the most growing sector is solar energy which is expanding by over 13 times. The renewable energy sector contributes more than 24 percent of the country’s installed power capacity and around 11.62 percent of the electrical energy generation.

these goals, a major deployment of clean energy technology such as renewables, electric vehicles, and energy-efficient building retrofits is required.

A strong network of storage batteries is required to ensure the full utilisation of captured solar energy. The trend of the last five years indicates that the cost will come down in the next three to five years. The main challenge in India is to acquire large parcels of land and will be more so in the next 10-20 years as the population grows, urbanisation expands and more and more land becomes arable. To address this, the efficiency of solar panels needs to be improved from the current 19-21% and similarly further R&D on the technology front would be necessary.

The share of renewable energy in electric installed capacity consists of over 36 percent and over 26 percent of the electric energy generation. Around 49.59 GW renewable energy capacity is under installation, and an additional 27.41 GW capacity has been tendered. This will contribute to the commission of the total capacity of the renewable energy Rapid and modern technological innovation in these areas will sector about 166.63 GW. The target is to install non-fossil boost new and cost-effective technology development. More fuel electricity of 500 GW capacity by 2030, for which India’s engaging collaboration between private R&D, engineering Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has done an energy mix projection for 2030, another main goal is to source 50 percent energy requirement from renewables by the same time. To reduce 1 billion tonnes (1 Gt) of projected emissions from the current CO2 levels (2.9 Gt) even as one projection indicates, in a business-as-usual-scenario, it will be 4.5 Gt in 2030.

The fourth aim is to achieve a 45% carbon intensity reduction over 2005 levels by 2030. India has already reduced its GDP emission intensity by 25% between 2005 and 2016, and is on track to reduce it by more than 40% by 2030. To meet

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institutes and the solar panel manufacturing industry should be encouraged and incentivised. The main enabler for this sector is the upgradation and expansion of grid capacity for the 500 GW target. The cost of electrolysers needs to be reduced to achieve the goal of green hydrogen cost parity with natural gas.

companies (discoms) a roughly $13 billion liquidity injection as part of a stimulus package to shore up the Indian economy.

Discoms fell deeper into debt due to weak power demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. To keep India’s clean energy transition moving forward, the financial health of the utility sector is critical.

In the coming years, India will eventually become the largest market for utility-scale battery storage. The government is grappling with what the ecosystem for energy storage in India should look like, including the mix of standalone battery projects versus renewable energy hybrid systems and requirements for ancillary services. Over the last decade, the Indian government has focused on adding solar and wind energy capacity and has pushed forward for installing solar-wind hybrid systems to address the peak-valley energy demand situation. It requires deep structural reforms to create a cleaner, more flexible and more efficient power system. With the deployment of renewable energy and the To achieve green missions, the basic and growing energy willingness of the government to constantly experiment with needs of the common man should be met through clean but new policy approaches, there is a reason for optimism about affordable sources. India needs to transition to a low-carbon India’s energy future. RM economy, workforce transition will need to be managed in fossil fuel-based industries with social safety nets, as also to ensure that the green opportunity provides avenues for economic prosperity. But while the renewable energy industry endured a turbulent 2021, coal remains the dominant player in India’s electricity mix. By 2040, the power demand is expected to triple as India’s population helps to achieve upward mobility, fossil fuels are poised to see continued growth even as the clean energy market thrives.

The main challenge in this field is the overall financing of solar generation plants, storage battery network, hydrogen electrolysers, EV charging infrastructure, grid upgradation.

Working in consonance, there should be serious moves to attract sizable long-term funding at low interest. Already significant interest has been developed around ‘green bonds’ and promotion & adoption of green finance is the way forward.

These technologies need to continue to develop and get more efficient, there is a need for viability gap funding – to bridge the gap between what a user can pay as a fair price and what is viable from the point of justifying the investment or at least cover the cost of capital.

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EVENT DIARY 23rd-25th March 2022 Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

https://www.smartcitiesindia.com/

Since its inception in 2015, Smart Cities India expo has evolved into the largest Expo & Conference on the subject in Asia. The event is a carefully curated platform to enable deeper communication and a more practical approach to solving urban issues, and offers business opportunities for organisations working towards making smart cities a reality. Join us, and Accelerate Nation Building at India’s Largest Technology & Infrastructure event.

9-11 May 2022

27th – 29th April 2022

Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi www.worldutilitiescongress.com

https://windergy.in/

Organised by Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) and PDA Trade Fairs Pvt Ltd, the 3-day trade fair and conference will provide a vibrant platform to meet, interact and engage with policymakers, regulatory authorities, international and domestic technology, solutions and service providers from the wind power industry.

The increasing demand for energy services is paving the way for a new energy ecosystem.

The power and utilities industry, particularly in the MENA region, will witness unprecedented multi-billion dollar investment opportunities over the next decade. In order to remain competitive within the energy landscape, 67% of business leaders believe that efficiency is key.

An organizations ability to adopt and adapt towards new technologies is fundamental to its success.

17-18 June 2022

19 – 21 May 2022

10-11 June 2022 Hitex, Hyderabad www.renewx.in

Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai www.oshindia.com

LED Expo is India's only show covering the entire value chain of the LED industry. It has recognised the industry potential and has identified it as a futuristic technology which will take the lighting industry by storm. It has created a platform for its exhibitors and visitors to source and explore the latest in trend products and technologies from around the globe.

Informa Markets in India (formerly UBM India) is India's leading exhibition organizer, dedicated to help specialist markets and customer communities, domestically and around the world to trade, innovate and grow through exhibitions, digital content & services, and conferences & seminars.

Every year, we hosts over 25 large scale exhibitions, 40 conferences, along with industry awards and trainings across the country; thereby enabling trade across multiple industry verticals.

South Asia’s largest occupational safety & health event, OSH India Expo brings together internationally renowned exhibitors, consultants, business experts and key government officials on an industry platform. The show facilitates exchanges of global best practices and seeks solutions for challenges in upholding workplace safety and health. The show witness safety professionals from across India.

28 - 30 Sept 2022

1st-3rd December 2022 Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

7th–9th December, 2022 Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Bombay exhibition centre (BEC), Mumbai, India www.led-expo-mumbai.in

India Expo Centre, Greater Noida www.worldutilitiescongress.com

Renewable Energy India Expo celebrated 14 glorious years of Global entrepreneurship and unparalleled industry collaborations during September 2021.

Renewable Energy India Expo popularly known as REI offers an all-inclusive platform to domestic and international manufacturers, traders, buyers and professionals from across the renewable energy domain. REI is recognized as Asia’s Leading b2b expo focusing on Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Bio-Energy, Energy Storage and Electric Vehicles and charging infra.

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https://www.thesmartere.in/en/intersolar-india

Over 40 years of experience and innovation, IFSEC Global has become the pre-eminent authority on the global security and fire industry. Its relationship and collaboration with leading industry associations, government bodies, research partners, training providers and education specialists allows UBM to create a series of events and an online community that caters for the entire security and fire buying chain.

Intersolar is the world’s leading exhibition & conference series for the solar industry. As part of this event series, Intersolar India in Gujarat is India’s most pioneering exhibition and conference for India’s solar industry. It takes place annually and has a focus on the areas of photovoltaics, PV production and solar thermal technologies. Since 2019, Intersolar India is held under the umbrella of The smarter E India – India’s innovation hub for the new energy world.

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