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Editor’s Note PAVING THE GREEN WAY
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oing green is a term that has been tossed around for several years now. Often with the impression that it is just another trendy phrase that may eventually fade into the background of our lives. It is also used widely and loosely. You can even say that it has become a part of the general 'green jargon' so to speak. However, regardless of its current state, there are questions about going green that still loom around us: what does going green mean? What are we actually doing about it? Who is really going green and who sees it as nothing more than just a buzzword? The practice of going green is all about making our world more environmentally friendly. It's not just about using less electricity. It is about changing the way we use and produce fuel in order to have a positive impact
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on the environment going forward, including going green in large cities with sustainable transportation systems. This comes in the form of products we use, buildings we construct, and jobs we take on. For example, when you choose to purchase a hybrid car that generates less carbon dioxide (CO2) than standard cars do, you're contributing to 'going green'.
energy is changing. That's why many energy companies are beginning to restructure, from exploration and production to focus on renewables and a place at the table in the electricity value chain. This has resulted in synergies between power and oil and gas companies, which have been crowned champions of renewables.
Going green involves a shift in the energy sector that involves a variety of companies and is based around a wide spectrum of activities. Several industries, including oil and gas, are striving to reduce their negative impacts on the environment by using renewable energy like solar or wind power.
As the global energy landscape continues to change and evolve, we believe that this convergence will continue to drive value creation. And the major players of the industry that have been featured in this latest edition of green energy providers will also continue to play their part in it.
Hence, the need for going energy is on the rise in the country. Whether it be electric car sales going headto-head with petrol-based vehicles, or a surge in investment in solar stocks, society's view of renewable
C O N T E N T S 08 Log9 Materials Empowering Automobile Space with Sustainable Solutions
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30 SafEarth Fostering a Sustainable Future
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Log9 Materials
Dr. Akshay Singhal Founder & CEO
Log9 Materials is on a mission to make global energy 100% clean. Log9 Materials is using its core competence in Graphene nanotechnology to develop advanced energy storage technologies from electrode materials, cell to pack level.
Pinakin Green Energy Pvt Ltd
Gulab Singh, Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Choudhary, Director - Operations
Pinakin Green Energy's vision is to become best green energy company in the globe by working towards generating green and clean life for our future generations, which covers sustainability, social and economic development.
Renkube
Laxmikanth Balaji, CEO and Founder
Renkube is a renewable energy focused company who are pioneers in the field of Motion Free Optical Tracking of solar panels.
SafEarth
Harshit Poddar, Co-Founder and Director Anuvrat Saboo, Co-Founder
Tata Power Solar
Ravi John CEO & Director
The SafEarth Foundation uses the vast network of climate conscious industry partners to plant trees at scale.
Tata power solar is India’s largest integrated solar company committed to enabling solar everywhere. Headquartered in Bangalore, Tata Power Solar operates in three distinct segments – cutting-edge manufacturing, EPC services and creating innovative solar products.
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echnology in business is touching new heights every day. Businesses somehow rely on technologies for the better growth and sustainability. Multiple technologies are responsible for the advancement of businesses.
Also, sustainable technologies are creating a huge impact all over the world. In recent times, it has been observed that the synergy between businesses and green energy concepts are impactful. Log9 is a company that is acing in providing sustainable transportation solutions to stop the emission of greenhouse gas. Located at Bengaluru, Karnataka its mission is to make green house energy 100% clean.
Empowering Automobile Space with Sustainable Solutions Please brief our audience about your company, its values, vision, and mission. The log goes exponential: The founders set out on an innovation spree - develop multiple technologies and build multi-faceted impactful prototypes, one novel smoke filter and one super-absorbent spill containment material. Log9 now leads the graphene revolution by zeroing in on the zero-emission fuel alternatives with its accented sense in materials, electrode, cell, and pack level fabrication of energy storage technologies. At Log9, we capitalize on our expertise in advanced materials, nanotechnology, and product innovation to create operative energy storage solutions. That are to be perfectly candid and way ahead of the current technology curve. Our products are engineered from the ground up and target tested for the Indian conditions and other developing markets. From generating the fastest-charging EV batteries in India to zero-emission alternatives with Aluminum fuel cells, we embrace the triple bottom line by designing products for the People, the Planet while keeping measuring profits. We live by a collective ethos of the 5 I’s: Innovation, Intellect, Integrity, Initiative, and Individual Growth. We forge our values of the 5 I’s to address the climate crisis by building energy storage technologies that are efficient, commercially viable, and scalable. We love a good challenge, driving us to reinvent the current electric vehicles for intracity and long-haul commercial usage, with our flagship batteries.
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Our prospects are to eliminate transportation related Green House Gas emissions by providing usage-specific, reliable, high-performance, and cost-effective energy storage solutions.
Dr. Akshay Singhal Founder & CEO
Brief us about the featured person and their journey in the green energy space. A nanotech entrepreneur with a problem-solving mindset. An environmentalist availing a profitable & positive climate change. A 2019 Forbes Under30 Awardee. I am the Founder and CEO of Log 9 Materials and a classic powerhouse. My journey in the green energy space dates back to my college days at IIT Roorkee, I was enthralled by Graphene and several projects later, I knew I had to make the most of this wonder material. With exhaustive research and practical experience, I realized the need for commercial production of high-quality nanomaterials, started my own venture - Log 9 Materials. Six plus years into entrepreneurship now, I spearhead log9’s product development and dissemination. Along with my team, I have established Log 9 Materials as one of India’s leading nanotechnologies and deeptechnology startups. Keen on progressive action for Climate Change, I also have, in the recent years, ventured into angel investing in start-ups with net positive environment goals. What kind of green solutions or services does your company provide? Green is the new Black - Electric Vehicles are here and they are here to stay. The idea of commercial fleet companies, who run millions of two or three wheelers on road, going all-electric, calls out a win-win situation for the said companies, (think soaring petrol/diesel costs) and the Planet. We took EV Batteries for two and three wheelers and shot them to the next level. Integrating safety, performance, and efficiency, Log9’s rapid charging EV batteries have transformed expectations for the energy storage division. We are running pilots of our utility batteries and have joined forces with leading Indian e-com fleet operators like Amazon, Shadow fax, Delivery, etc. To deploy fast-charging batteries in their two-wheeler and three-wheeler Evs. We have also entered a strategic partnership with Omega Seiki Pvt. Ltd., part of Anglian Omega Group of Companies, to introduce the rapid charging batteries technology in Omega Seiki’s Rage+ electric three-wheeler platform (commercial three-wheelers).
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For a better grip on the impact of such partnerships on the planet, we did some math: Assuming a daily usage of 100 km, which is pretty common for any commercial last-mile vehicle, the total carbon footprint of the last mile fleet operation in India alone is more than that of the entire population of Singapore!
Being in the green energy business, how important do you think sustainability is? How are you contributing to a sustainable future through your company? Sustainability is a crucial ally for any company and not just a CSR campaign. Only by expanding the economic, social, and environmental spheres we can maximize the volume of sustainable development. Our hearts lie at the Equitable use Two economy terms that will reset cleaner modes of energy of resources, bearable load on the environment, and viable inter-generational products. generation: Substitution and Dematerialization. We summon circular economy by being one of the only two companies globally to build no-emission Aluminum-air fuel What would be your advice to the budding entrepreneurs who aspire to venture into the green cells. energy business? Do what you love, save the planet, and make a buck out of Throw in aluminum and a graphene-based novel aircathode, your cars and homes can now run-on air and water, it. Tech entrepreneurs who aspire to enter the green energy space get the real deal. The entrepreneurship sprint will with no hassle of NOx, SOx, or other greenhouse gases. indeed be a rollercoaster ride, filled with ups and downs and Apart from the above ingenuities in the green energy sector, infinite coffee runs. Having a strong sense of purpose will Log 9 has also expanded its product line to graphene-based blur the lines between the fluctuations and illuminate the bigger picture. filters and to address oil and chemical spills. Delivering products that work out all user pressure points What kind of challenges have you faced industry-wise? and improve user’s quality of life will be the ultimate IC engine is ruling the Indian automotive space for over 80 driving force you need for your venture. years. Though EV stands to be the new cool kid who has been the talk of the town. Going electric is commonly perceived to be ‘expensive’ and as a luxury instead of a battle cry for a sustainable commute. Looking into the minds of an average Indian consumer, who • Are daunted by the on-road price for EVs as compared to a conventional IC two-wheeler • Fear charging would take forever and finding charging stations • Has second thoughts on the performance reliability of the vehicle • Think batteries are gold diggers that need to be replaced every two-three year • Are anxious about EV mileage • Trusts only well-known monopolies and has little confidence in new companies and startups, We find that changing an eighty-year-old mindset with a six-year-old company and the mass education of an underlying 21st-century, tech can be an uphill battle. However, we have figured out the solutions for all the above pain points and have them handy. Here are some bite-sized hard data on Log9’s EV batteries for twowheelers to crunch on:
Where do you envision yourself and your company to be in the long run and what are your future goals? We have the solutions and the breakthroughs. Extrapolating in this direction, we mean to locally produce new battery cell technologies including supercapacitors, high-power lithium cells, and aluminium fuel cells. Our secret game plan is to witness a chain of multiplication in the number of Vehicles with Log9 batteries on the road while eyeing the near net-zero carbon footprint. Also, stay on your toes to witness our advanced battery cell manufacturing plant come to light. What is the current scenario of the green energy space of India? Although the big names in the energy and mobility space have diversified to green fields, their efforts are overshadowed by the global carbon emissions (over 70%). However, there is visible spurge in the absolute number of start-ups nucleated in the green energy sector and particularly, the EV business. The green energy space knows it has a winner with the number of scientists, engineers, and innovators pouring in to avoid a climate disaster.
5X the performance, 5X the safety, 15 years of battery life, and mere 15 minutes of charging time, and intelligent subscription models enabling cost and risk reduction. With such a too-good-to-be-true product, we can help our average Indian consumer make superior, future-proof, and eco-driven decisions. 10 | September 2021 www.insightssuccess.in
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owadays, people are becoming more aware of how they are impacting the environment. They have realized the importance of utilizing renewable energy resources rather than conventional ones. Consumers have understood that green energy can ensure better sustainability of power. They are looking up to the leading green energy providers who deliver clean and renewable energy including solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, and so on. These companies deliver excellent green energy services while reducing the carbon footprint and contributing towards a greener and cleaner world. One such prominent name in the green energy industry, which is making its own mark is Pinakin Green Energy Pvt. Ltd. Established in May 2019, the company offers a wide range of solar solutions and focuses on making solar energy simple and affordable. In an interview with Insights Success,
the company sheds light on its mission and vision, the various services it provides, its opinions about the industry, and its plans. Following are the highlights of the interview: Please brief our audience about your company, its values, vision, and mission. Our Company name is Pinakin Green Energy Pvt. Ltd. We have a Portfolio of 6.3 MW on OPEX model and now we are doing small ground mounted and roof top projects (10 KW to 5 MW) on CAPEX modules Our Strength: ●
We believe in results and deliver projects within budget and agreed timelines. We deliver project with best quality and safety practices.
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Our team is having huge experience in execution of large ground mounted and Rooftop solar projects in India and abroad.
Our Vision: ● To become one of the leading green energy companies across the globe by working towards a green and clean environment for our future generations, which covers sustainability, social and economic development Our Mission: ● To deliver renewable energy solution by following best safety and quality practices and costeffective measures. Our Objective: ● To deliver best quality and services by adopting all national and internal standards, specification, and statutory requirements.
Mukesh Choudhary Director - Operations
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Focussed to achieve customer satisfaction through project management, cost effectiveness, safety and quality within stipulated timeline. Encourage all the employees for continuous improvement in quality, standard, documentation, and project management.
Brief us about the featured person and their journey in the green energy space. Gulab Singh (Chairman and Managing Director) Gulab Singh has more than 33 years of experience in project planning, project management and execution of thermal projects, oil refineries, cross country pipelines and solar projects. He has worked in renowned companies like NTPC, Engineers India limited, Reliance Industries, Reliance Power, Welspun Energy, ACME, and Sterling & Wilson. He has worked as COO in ACME Clean tech and as Director (Projects) in Sterling & Wilson. Mukesh Choudhary (Director Operations) Mukesh has more than 12 years of experience in execution of solar project and executed more than 2500 MW of solar projects in India for various developers like Adani, Welspun, Avada Energy, Solaire direct, Tata Power, Tata international, Myrta Energy and Nuevo sol Energy.
What kind of green solutions or services does your company provides? Our Company do small Ground Mounted and Roof Top solar projects (10 KW to 5 MW) from concept to commissioning on CAPEX model. What kind of challenges have you faced industry-wise? Cost and T&D Losses, (Cost increase in Solar panels, Inverters, Copper, Cables, and services), need for a better financial infrastructure, training and development, the need for focused, collaborative and goals driven R&D to help India attain technology leadership in PV. Being in the green energy business, how important do you think sustainability is? How are you contributing to a sustainable future through your company? Sustainability is most important in the green business and following are its benefits: ● Improve Brand Image and Competitive advantage. ● Increase productivity and reduce cost. ● Reduce waste ● Importance of environment awareness when running a business. ● Attract employees and investors What would be your advice to the budding entrepreneurs who aspire to venture into the green energy
business? From my side, I advise few points like find good people, face your fears, manage energy not time, take the risk, and believe in yourself, plan for raising capital, know your goal, learn from your mistakes, deliver more than expected, know your customer, etc. Where do you envision yourself and your company to be in the long run and what are your future goals? In the next 5 years, I see my company as an established EPC player in solar Business (Roof top and ground mounted) and My future goal is to help poor and needy people, do CSR activities and generate more and more opportunities of EPC business. What is the current scenario of the green energy space pertaining to India? The Government of India is aiming to achieve 227 KW of Renewable Energy Capacity by 2022, which is much ahead of its target 175 GW as per the Paris agreement. India was ranked fifth in wind power, fifth in Solar Power and fourth in Renewable power installed capacity as on 2019.The Government plans to establish renewable sector energy capacity of 523 GW including 72 GW from Hydro sector by 2031. In India Roof top solar potential is around 124 GW and so far, 1.7 GW is installed in a short span against target of 40 GW by 2022.
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t’s no secret that we live in a time of rapid technological change. And we’re not just talking about how quickly smartphones and apps can come and go, but the way sustainability and renewable energy is permeating every aspect of the business world. In the past, the main issue with renewable energy has been the cost involved. But as more and more consumers start demanding sustainability from companies, the price of going green is continually decreasing. The popularity of renewable energy is increasing; it’s no longer considered a niche market. Now, businesses and organizations everywhere are trying to use renewable energy and raise awareness of the issues surrounding climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. Switching to an alternative energy source has not only helped the businesses reduce their carbon footprint but has also helped them cut costs and improve their cash flow. Demands For Solar Power Are Growing Despite the pandemic, the world's renewable energy capacity increased by 45 percent in 2020, part of an 16 | September 2021 www.insightssuccess.in
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unprecedented boom in wind and solar energy, according to a new Energy Agency research. It is the highest yearly pace of growth since 1999.
more worker positioned in the green industry. Solar Panels Are Cheaper Than Ever One of the biggest barriers to a rapid transition to clean energy is the myth that dooming our businesses with high electricity prices is a necessary part of decarbonizing our economy. The truth is exactly the opposite: The cheapest energy resources are those that have been responsibly exploited and generate the lowest per-megawatt pollution. Our challenge now is no longer technological, but political.
As such, the government of India is also marching ahead, establishing a new policy framework for sustainable solar power development in the country. To this end, it has worked on establishing fair and binding arrangements amongst key sector players in solar energy—state and national agencies, state-owned enterprises, and private energy producers—as well as improving the regulatory and fiscal environment.
If we take the steps to get costs under control, we should be able to get there. The greatest challenge facing our energy system is not whether we can pay for clean energy; it’s whether we can make the decisions right now that will secure a future for our children and grandchildren.
Residential Solar Power is Picking Up Thanks in part to the benefits of solar, in addition to a growing interest in energy in general, people in the country are choosing solar power in greater numbers. In fact, solar power is now more affordable than ever. In 2017, more people installed solar panels on their homes than ever before. That number is only going to grow as costs continue to drop and lending terms of installers continue to improve. The Rise in Green Energy Jobs The green energy train is picking up speed, but investors are worried about qualified workers having all the right skills to install solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable energy technology. Work on solar, wind, wave, tidal, geothermal power generates employment positions for technicians and workers to construct these green energy installations. The rapid runup in investment-backed green energy program development will require
The rapid and ongoing collapses in the prices of solar and wind energy, and the declining cost of battery storage to back up these intermittent resources, have stunned experts. These longstanding rules were designed specifically to remove market distortions that unfairly benefitted incumbents while reducing competition from newcomers. In other words, policies set by the government played a key role in making clean energy cheap.
understandable as the technology had just been developed and those first attempts at commercializing it were being made. However, as those first attempts have ultimately turned into a roaring success story, the priceperformance ratio of solar technologies has begun to undercut traditional energy sources on a more and more regular basis. Increasing solar cell efficiencies, thanks to lower-cost technology, is certainly contributing to the reshaping of the energy market. Higher efficiency means solar panels can produce more electricity with less expensive materials. This cost reduction has already helped put solar in place in some incredibly sunny regions of the world, where electricity rates are naturally high. Green Tech is Here, Let's All Get Green! There are many ways which Greentech can help reduce our negative impact on the environment. Whether it is by replacing old technology with new or finding new ways to sustain our planet whilst doing so. The end result is that Greentech can help cut your electricity bills, remove the negative impact of technology on the environment, and save you lots of cash in spare parts; Greentech can do all three.
Residential Solar Panel Kits Are Abundant Even though solar energy has been around for a while now, solar power still often comes with a hefty price tag. In the early years, this was
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ustainable development should be brought into focus immediately. In the busy lifestyle, people often forget about the fact that eventually the natural resources will come to an end. It is high time to bring in change and support the innovations and technologies, which are helpful for the sustainable growth of people.
In our endeavour towards finding, The 5 Most Recommended Green Energy Providers, we came across Renkube Private Limited. It is a solar research and development company in the field of motion free optical tracking of solar panels. In the following interview, Laxmikanth Balaji, the CEO and Founder of Renkube Private Limited shares his opinions about how sustainable development is necessary. Below are the highlights of the interview. Please brief our audience about your company, its values, vision, and mission. Renkube Private Limited is a renewable energy R&D company started by ex-Cisco technologist. We consider ourselves as sun ray sculptor and have a pioneering design, technology, and methodology to redirect sunlight to a given destination in an optimal and efficient manner as dictated by the solar application. Our first innovation in this journey is an innovative glass for solar panel that boosts the energy generation in Solar panel by 20% more at no additional increase in panel cost.
What kind of green solutions or services does your company provides? We are proud to call ourselves as Research Oriented Solar company that is on the path to revolutionize the solar world with a new Solar Panel design, which will make solar panels more affordable and will accelerate Solar adoption with its attractive payback period and cost economics.
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The 5 Most Recommended Green Energy We are bringing to the market an innovative light harvesting glass that gathers more sunlight and redirects it to the solar cells thereby increasing the efficiency of the solar panel by 20%. This glass is engineered to work purely by the virtue of its design.
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It works without any motors/electro-mechanical components and without, chemical coating, and without any special chemical composition of glass. The solar panel cost remains the same as the current market price (Rs 19Rs22/Wp) but the solar project capital cost marginally increases by 5%. Thus, we bring all the benefits of a Single axis tracker at zero maintenance cost other than regular cleaning of solar panels. What kind of challenges have you faced industry-wise? Any innovation in the field of Solar have involved multiple years of research and has deep soaking time to test, validate, and get accepted in mainstream. Indian Solar Industry have always been piggybacking and been late in adoption of leading solar innovation like multi-busbar solar cells, advanced solar cells, PERC technology, BiFacial Solar Panels, half cut solar cells etc. Just like how the Indian pharmaceutical industry underwent a complete transformation decade back. Even Indian Solar Industry needs to invest more in developing technologies towards making the solar the default choice for power in India and across the world.
We need to nurture and facilitate more solar startups with incubation testbeds and lab facilities for quick prototyping and testing. We are indeed very thankful to Swelect Energy Systems and Enfros solar in helping our prototyping efforts. There are several other manufacturers who have come forward to collaborate and take it forward to the next level post our pilot activities.
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Being in the green energy business, how important do you think sustainability is? How are you contributing to a sustainable future through your company? We strongly believe in the UN goals that “Sustainability is meeting the current needs without disturbing the resources for future generations”. With skyrocketing prices of electricity bill and fuel like petrol, making a green switch is no longer an option but the default economical choice of people. We as a green energy startup, will facilitate the switch quicker with our efficient products. For the future generations to come, sustainable living is an essential and necessary skill needed to survive on earth. As our Solar panels are 20% more efficient than traditional ones, using our technology for a 1 MW solar plant will additionally reduce the carbon footprint by 7300 tons, which is equivalent to planting 0.1 Million trees (EPA link: 1 ton of co2 emission is equivalent to planting 15 trees)
What is the current scenario of the green energy space pertaining to India? India is at the right inflection point to see accelerated adoption of solar. We have an ambitious goal of generating 450 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030, a tremendous ecosystem push for producing indigenous technologies, and PLI incentives for manufacturers to promote Made in India products. Now with the right set of innovation and government subsidies we are set on a trajectory to promote a sustainable future with solar energy. Brief us about the featured person and their journey in the green energy space. Balaji is the CEO of Renkube Private Limited and the lead inventor in creating the Motionless Optical Tracking at Renkube. He is an eminent technologist with deep strategic and business insight and has been the recipient of prestigious Cisco Pioneer Awards three times in his career. Balaji holds about 13 USPTO approved patents.
Where do you envision yourself and your company to be in the long run and what are your future goals? There is no reason why India cannot produce 100% of its electricity needs from solar and we will make every effort to make this a realty. All manufacturing side innovation aimed to reduce the cost of making energy by vertically integrating the manufacturing.
His broad interests include solar PV, BIPV, solar water heater, AI/cognitive systems, other renewable energy solutions related to green building and reduction of carbon footprint. Having reached pinnacle of his technical career at Cisco, he dived into his entrepreneur journey in Solar as it was a booming field back in 2016.
All the components have vastly helped us to reach the tariff of ₹2 per unit of electricity and going forward newer innovation like ours can make an impact in bringing the prices down by at least another 40% to 50% in the next decade. Not all are going to believe to this prediction as many of them believe that we have already reached rock bottom prices.
He was always driven with a determination to create a meaningful innovation for a sunshine rich country like India. Balaji started his journey in converting thermal energy from the sun to electricity, but the cost economics didn’t work out. Hence, he took a conscious decision to create an innovation in the glass design as optical tracking was an unsolved problem for the last 40 years.
We want to be recognized as the R&D powerhouse in the solar world by supplying our efficient light harvesting glass design to glass manufacturers. We want to be ‘Intel inside’ in the solar photovoltaic world and want to expand our customer footprint with top PV manufacturers worldwide.
He then chose to apply his 20 years of deep software expertise in the cross-disciplinary field of Solar and developed a proprietary machine learning software. The intelligent software emulates the movements of the sun and can create a 3-dimensional CAD designs to redirect sunlight as dictated by the solar application. To put it in a nutshellwe have digitalized the process of creating efficient glass design for any solar application through a software created by us.
Solar Photovoltaic will be our steppingstone in the solar world and we intend to proliferate the Motion Free Optical Tracking in myriads of solar applications such as Solar Water Heater, Solar Shelf for daylighting applications, Green Buildings, Building Integrated Photovoltaic, etc.
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ndians spend considerably more time in the offices than at their homes. On average, employees spend about 55 hours at the office in a week. According to National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), the working hours have increased to even 60-84 hours. Many things matter in the workflow, and most of the time, it is the workplace environment that maintains the good energy flowing. Since most employees spend a considerable amount of their time at workplaces, the workplace environment should be pleasant and vibrant. Why is it essential to make a workplace healthy and vibrant for the employees, and how can this affect the business? Well, it is important because it is the employees that help industries to become mega-giant. The customer is the ‘KING’, but the employees are the lifeline of the business. Rather than providing them with a tight schedule and a workplace, which drains them every day, here are some eco-friendly ways to make the workplace environment more enjoyable, pleasant, and vibrant. This is not only useful for maintaining a good flow of energy in the workplace, but it also allows the employees to thrive with creativity. Let us look at a few things that help make the workplace enjoyable, pleasant, and vibrant. 4th Re of the traditional 3 Re-s Reuse, Reduce and Recycle have now become the global motto and is implemented in almost every workplace worldwide. Well, add another ‘Re’ to that list, Restyle. Reuse, Reduce, Recycle and Restyle will add more value to the already used product or services and give it a completely new shape that employees are usually attracted towards. The fourth 4th Re, Restyle, can also be added to the workplace. Make the workplace colourful depending on the work that the employees usually do. If the workload is immense, then having a collaboration of colours with green colour being the centre can help the employees feel calm.
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This also helps maintain good communication as it also has a psychological effect on the employees that allow more interaction. For a more energetic office that usually demands creativity and collaboration, colours like yellow, red, and even orange can be stimulating. These colours trigger mental activity and bring excitement and energy to the workspace. The office's interior does not usually need to go with the company’s structure but the type that the employees need. Digitalized workplace One of the best ways to promote ecofriendly measures at a workplace is by promoting paperless offices. These offices do not use paper for regular inoffice transactions or communication of any sort. These are being replaced by emails, etc., which are also efficient, streamlined, effective, and completely eco-friendly. Green Office, Happy Office The quality of air that the offices have these days is getting worse day by day. This is not because of the office environment or because of the airconditioned offices. It is because of the pollution and other factors that disturb the air quality. However, one of the most efficient and eco-friendly ways to maintain a good mood in the office as well as improve the air quality of the office is to use green offices. Now, any office can be a green office. All you have to do is to plant a few plants in the office area. These small measures
have an incredible effect on the air quality, and they can even brighten the workplace. One additional benefit of having plants at the workplace is that it reduces stress amongst people, and the good oxygen supply boosts productivity. Save Energy When running a business, energy or electricity is one of those things that needs to be conserved. Though most of the employees see it as a duty to the company, it should be more like a responsibility to sustainably use resources for the betterment of the planet. This not only helps the business to save some money, but it also contributes significantly in making the workplace more habitable and healthier.
ways that can make the office environment more vibrant and then bring those ideas into action. This boosts the morale of the employees and enlightens the workplace environment. Many eco-friendly ways can help in enhancing the workplace. This will result in boosting productivity and maintaining a good flow of positive energy at the workplace. A few ideas that can be implemented to make the environment livelier are walking meetings instead of closed-door meetings, stand-up meetings, etc. There are more creative and innovative ways to make the environment rich at the workplace while following ecofriendly measures. All it takes is to be a little more creative and active participation from both ends.
Active Awareness It might seem like hammering when someone at the workplace tells you about saving energy. Awareness is essential for the eco-friendly environment at the workplace; however, active awareness makes the difference. Rather than hammering the employees by telling them constantly about eco-friendly ways for a vibrant atmosphere at the workplace, engage the employees with greener workplaces and activities that revolve around ecofriendly ways. If this ideation is brought to life as a process, it can work wonders for the workplace. Begin with talking about ideas for eco-friendly
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eople often think to switch to renewable energy resources like solar energy but fail to realize its importance and end up using the non-renewable ones. Solar energy is a green and clean resource of energy that is environment friendly and saves the planet from pollution. Many people understand the importance of solar energy but do not know how to operate it or they do not have a suitable infrastructure for it. There are numerous green energy providers who help these people. SafEarth is one such green energy provider, which was established by two enthusiasts, Harshit Poddar, Cofounder and Director along with Anuvrat Saboo, Cofounder of the company. They bootstrapped SafEarth to make people understand the importance of sustainable future with green energy. Harshit and Anuvrat, started working in the field of renewable energy while they were in college In the following interview, Harshit and Anuvrat will share about their journey at SafEarth and how they transformed the challenges encountered into opportunities. Following are the highlights of interview: Please brief our audience about your company, its values, vision, and mission. SafEarth provides software as a service platform that helps industries in shifting to clean energy. Most people who will buy a distributed energy plant in 21st century have never bought one before. As a result, a user does not have the required technical, financial, or operational experience to buy and operate a solar power plant. The SafEarth platform helps these users in getting the right solar plant and deliver the best value out of the asset. The mission of the company is to build the country's go to renewable energy platform.
The vision of the company is to build the world's go to sustainability platform. As a company, we hold values such as honesty and transparency in very high regards. We believe in optimizing for customer experience. Above everything, sustainability is at the heart of everything that we do at SafEarth. Brief us about the featured person and their journey in the green energy space. When we first found out about the new modes of financing solar power projects, it was music to our ears. We realized that the solar industry is now going through a rapid phase of transformation, and this will create multiple opportunities in the field of sustainability. We wanted to be a part of this change and as a result, we started working at this startup. During this time, we were going to other colleges and industries to ask them to shift to solar power. Mind you, at the time, we were just 20-year-olds, still in college and trying to sell a product that would last 25 years. As a result, people were not very receptive towards us. However, we didn't lose heart. Instead, we doubled down the hard work. In the next two years, we met nearly 1000 industries and got a chance to evaluate the value proposition from the users' perspective. That is when we realized that there exists a massive structural flaw in the industry and to solve these flaws, we started SafEarth. What kind of green solutions or services does your company provide? SafEarth provides an online marketplace and project management tool to accelerate the transition to clean energy. The company uses these products to optimize and switch to clean energy.
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Being in the green energy business, how important do you think sustainability is? How are you contributing to a sustainable future through your company? We genuinely believe that the biggest challenge and the biggest opportunity for our generation is to build a cleaner and more sustainable planet. As a result, sustainability is at the heart of everything that we are doing at SafEarth. The company is proud of the fact that in the financial year 202122, our plants will save over 70,000 tons of carbon emissions. Over the next five years, we hope to take this number close to 1 billion tons of CO2 emissions. What would be your advice to the budding entrepreneurs who aspire to venture into the green energy business? The first thing that we wish, we knew seven years back was a little more about customer psyche. Many entrepreneurs develop clean products that are more expensive than their non-sustainable counterparts. We feel that consumers would be ready to accept these 'green premiums' or the additional cost of these sustainable products. We couldn't be farther from the truth. In reality, no product with a substantial green premium ever reaches scale. To make sustainability a central theme of our daily lives, we need products that are at par in terms of cost with their non-sustainable alternatives.
plants, we are lagging much behind in the distributed rooftop solar plants. This is because of the massive challenges, which exists in this space. In terms of solving these challenges, there are three major steps, which we would recommend. First, would be a company-wide policy on distributed solar. Today, all states have their own policies, and these policies are often not structured to promote solar power. As a result, solar is not growing as fast as it should. What instead required is a national policy that has the required provisions to promote clean energy adoptions. Next, we would recommend the involvement of our banks and other financial institutions in the financing of solar projects. There is a massive credit gap in the market, and this slows the adoption of clean energy. Lastly, we would recommend a national repository of plant performance, maintained and managed by the MNRE. This would allow users and industry participants to filter out companies, which are doing good work from the ones, which aren't.
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Where do you envision yourself and your company to be in the long run and what are your future goals? In the next ten years, we aim to build the 'Operating Backbone' for deployment and management of solar power plants. This would include building a network of skilled and unskilled people employed in operating these plants, development of technologies that are needed to monitor and operate these plants. Essentially, in the long run, we are looking to decentralize power generation and make it more customer centric and sustainable. What is the current scenario of the green energy space pertaining to India? In India, the green energy industry is at major crossroads. While we are making massive progress in utility scale solar
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What kind of challenges have you faced industry-wise? In India, most industries do not have very good credit history. This ensures that they are not able to get the required access to finance. Additionally, many companies have not invested into their long-term infrastructure and as a result, they too can't buy these solar plants.