The 10 Most Innovative Green Energy Providers in India

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The 10 Most Innovative

Green Energy

Providers in India Vivek Subramanian Executive Director

Saif Dhorajiwala Executive Director

Vikas Saluguti Executive Director

Fourth Partner

Energy Partnering for Sustainable Change

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“What we are doing to the forests of the world is nothing but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another”.

– Mahatma Gandhi

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Green Buildings: A Way towards Sustainable Future

n today’s highly interdependent world, it’s our collective and individual responsibility to protect and preserve the environment. Climate change and its disastrous consequences are stimulating the transformation towards sustainable development. As individuals and communities across the world are suffering the effects of extreme weather, the need for concerted action is of paramount importance. Growing concerns about the detrimental effects of urbanization on the environment and human health have increased the popularity of the green building globally.

To address a portion of the ecological issues, adaptation of green buildings in the urban areas is one of the necessary steps towards environmental protection. Green structures are large sustainable structures that provide a better environment and restrict negative effects. Green buildings usually consist of parks, gardens, grassy verges, green walls or green roofs, tree plantation along roads etc. Green buildings are made of a material that is non-toxic, ethical and sustainable substances.

Green structures offer numerous benefits to human mankind.

This structure reduces waste, cost, minimizes energy consumption and gives a cooling effect & environmental compatibility to buildings. These buildings require low maintenance and operation cost. Moreover, green buildings provide a feel of nature, reduce heat island effect and provide better environmental conditions.

On account of its numerous benefits, Green buildings are becoming popular across the world including India.

However, significant research needs to be undertaken to find out eco-friendly construction materials, designed planning, energy and water saving techniques, construction of cool or green roofs, cool pavements and many more. Now the key expectation from the government and policymakers is to make mandatory provisions under their legislative framework to develop green buildings in the urban planning process.

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Cover Story

08 FOURTH PARTNER ENERGY Partnering For Sustainable Change

CONTENTS INTERVIEW Onergy Solar Solarizing India, Energizing Lives

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32 Energizing India The Panoramic View of Solar Sector in India

20 ARTICLES

Bio-energy Microbial Fuel Cell – Powering Tomorrow

Autonic:

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Exploring the Power of the Sun at its Finest

Bati Energy: Harnessing Solar Power for a Better Planet

Coronium Solar:

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Harvesting Wind, Water, and Sun for All Energy Needs

enArka India:

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Eicient and Intelligent Power solutions

Oorjan Cleantech:

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Energizing Home and Businesses with Premium Solar Solutions

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Embracing Technological Innovation for Sustainable Future

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reen power is generated from various resources such as solar, geothermal, wind, biomass, and water. Technology and innovation is the key to expand the use of green energy in the country. It is also increasing India’s presence in the global market. Various tech giants, as well as SMEs, are embracing the new-age technologies to achieve excellence in this sector. India is witnessing a tremendous growth in green energy sector and what can be a better way than recognizing the industry stalwarts who are contributing distinctively in India?

In this edition, we introduce “The 10 Most Innovative Green Energy Providers in India” in 2019, in order to assist businesses to choose their right green energy solution provider company. Assessing the scenario in versatile perceptions, our magazine has brought light onto, the company which provides utmost quality of product with technological innovation. This list will lessen the search of organization that has perfect green energy companies.

In this issue, we have specially featured Fourth Partner Energy, as cover story. Fourth Partner Energy is one of India’s largest companies in the distributed solar sector.

Autonic is a leading brand in renewable energy products and solutions providers. Bati Energy Private Limited develops and manages solar power solutions with widespread applications. Coronium Solar is a full end-to-end solution provider for all solar products. enArka India works for creating intelligent and efficient power electronics systems and solutions. Oorjan Cleantech Private Limited is a technology enabled distributed solar company that caters to residential, commercial and industrial end users. Along with this we have also listed- DP CleanTech, Rays Power Infra, SolarSquare Energy Private Limited in this issue.

We also have ONergy Solar as Interview with insights success. With the unparalleled engineering expertise, ONergy Solar is India’s leading and multiple award winning solar enterprise that provides complete solar solutions.

Our in-house editors have come up with some adroitly written articles such as The Panoramic View of Solar Sector in India and Microbial Fuel Cell – Powering Tomorrow.

It’s time to flip the pages and enjoy green experience with a feeling of reading pleasure!

COVER STORY

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Fourth Partner Energy is at the forefront of technology and innovation in implementing highly efficient distributed solar solutions

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Partnering for Sustainable Change

From left to right Saif Dhorajiwala CO-Founder Vikas Saluguti CO-Founder Vivek Subramanian CO-Founder

“A transition to clean energy is about making an investment in our future.”

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when temperatures began to be recorded, 18 of the warmest years have been recorded in the last 2 decades.

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Since

1 in 5 CEOs and 1 in 3 Investors

is concerned about the effect of climate change on his or her organization's growth prospects.

Climate change is a reality we are battling and one firm leading its movement in India, a country where over 65% of power is still generated through conventional polluting sources like coal, is Fourth Partner Energy.

in society, one which is ‘responsible’, ‘sustainable’ and yet profitable. The company believes that in today’s world, it is vital for businesses to create a better, safer, and healthier environment.

Founded in 2010, Fourth Partner Energy is an award-winning entity that has managed to grab the eyeballs of the business fraternity by evolving as one of the largest distributed solar companies in India with over 1700 solar installations across 23 states in India. The company is an epitome of the new paradigm that empowers businesses for positive transformation

Distributed Solar industry presents India an ideal opportunity to lead the shift towards a decentralized and decarburized energy economy along with creating new opportunities to balance its ‘Energy Trilemma’ – Energy Security, Energy Affordability, and Environmental Sustainability.

Fourth Partner Energy stands committed to being the torchbearers

for initiating this clean movement.

Fourth Partner Energy has created a successful business platform that enables clients, mostly large private and government commercial and industrial entities, to drive 20-60% savings in energy bills by adopting solar at zero capital costs without stressing their liabilities through its flexible financing options. It further strengthens its clientele to gain greater control over energy costs and in achieving their sustainability goals.

Over the past eight years, the company has developed a unique proposition of being a full services company with complete in-house capabilities across

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We are a full services

company with

complete

in-house capabilities

Financing, Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Operation & Maintenance of critical solar infrastructure. With its team of over 250 members spread across 10 cities in India, Fourth Partner Energy continues to outperform its own milestones every other day! Fourth Partner was ranked as the 2nd largest EPC Company by Bridge to India.

Leading Lights of Fourth Partner Energy Saif Dhorajiwala, Vivek Subramanian & Vikas Saluguti are the three founding pillars that bring in years of acumen and professionalism in the business. Under their aegis, the firm was created with a strong ethos of making a positive impact on society rather than just focusing upon profitmaking and generating revenues. In 2010, the trio observed the mismatch between the rate at which demand for power was increasing versus the increase in supply. This was supplemented with the ever-increasing prices in grid power. At the same time, they had also spotted the improvement in solar technology and sensed the prices of solar would fall drastically to a point where solar would serve as a resourceful substitute to grid; Fourth

Partner Energy was thus conceptualized. The founders believe, the ultimate pillars that complete and cement this foundation are the customers, suppliers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.

Living by its name, the ‘fourth’ pillar is the focus of all its business activities.

Saif and Vivek play a pivotal role in stirring various operations at Fourth Partner Energy. While Saif is responsible for managing procurement, projects, sales, asset management, and operations & maintenance, Vivek handles corporate strategy, fundraising, FP&A, risk & pricing, quality, new initiatives, human resources and IT. The founders have been recognized amongst India’s Most Powerful Solar Industry Business Leaders by Solar Quarter for 2017 and 2018. Recently, in December 2018, they were also awarded as Best Green Leaders of the Year by Times Now. Distinctive In-house Services Energy Security | Energy Affordability | Environment Sustainability Fourth Partner Energy provides bestin-class distributed solar solutions

including tin and RCC rooftop solar solutions, ground mounted, solar carports and raised structures. The company offers complete in-house services across the entire spectrum covering financing, engineering, procurement, construction, and operations & maintenance of critical

We enable the

clients to drive

20-60% savings

in energy bills

by adopting solar

at zero capital

costs without stressing their liabilities through

flexible financing

options

solar infrastructure. This gives them control over the quality of the plant executed, timelines of execution, and cost of construction and ensures plant efficiency in the long-run which together culminates into delivering one of the lowest total costs of ownership to clients.

Empowering rural India, the company has touched the lives of a thousand farmer’s families through its solar pump solutions, facilitated financial inclusion of nearly 50,000 people by installing retrofitted solar systems in over 350 rural bank branches and is driving rural electrification through mini-grid solutions and other standalone projects.

The company has also designed a unique beneficiary program – “Power@1” that helps corporates to channelize their CSR funds towards electrification of grass root level nonprofit organization. This program enables the beneficiaries to avail regular source of power at a flat rate of 1 rupee per unit. The key principles of the program are designed around sustainability, measurability and accountability.

Achieving Milestones Having raised USD 70 million from The Rise Fund, a global impact investment fund, the company is armored with the financial muscle to

execute large multi-MW projects.

For the company, the past year has been monumental and a year of ‘firsts’ in many ways. · Effectively commissioned the phase1 (a 6.7 MWp ground-mounted solar plant) - India’s largest distributed solar plant for a single client. · First Lithium-Ion Battery backed micro-grid system successfully commissioned in a village. · Launch of its Power@1 program.

Soon after the successful launch of the first project at a government school, the same sponsor decided to extend funding to support another project. · Launch of its first mobile project where it installed battery backed solar project in a cold storage van.

We are

delivering

the lowest

total cost of ownership to

clients

· The company has been bestowed with countless, some of which include Best Green Organization of the Year (ET Now), Best Green Leaders of the Year, and Consumer Choice Award for Rooftop Solar (RESCO) and Monitoring Services, SME Growth Leadership Award Company of the Year and Techtors Award- Tech Companies to Watch out For. Standout in a High-Tech World Fourth Partner Energy is at the forefront of technology and innovation in implementing highly efficient distributed solar solutions.

Unlike the competition, which largely relies upon standard third-party apps, the company has developed an inhouse app which is used by their monitoring team and clients as well to track real-time performance of the plants. Alongside detecting the cases of malfunctioning, it also detects the cases of under-performance on a realtime basis. This helps the entity to identify and resolves the problems at an early stage.

The company has also developed products such as ‘Zero-feed In System’ which prevents any relay of power into the grid in places of installation where net-metering is not allowed. Their DG (diesel generator) protection / optimization system works on a similar

underlying algorithm and ensures no power is fed into the DG. It also ensures the genset runs at an optimum load as per its specific fuel consumption curve such that its fuel efficiency is not affected.

On the engineering side, Fourth Partner has developed a non-penetrative technology to mount its solar systems over tin-roofs. Through this technique, the company can mount panels without puncturing the roof which keeps the roof's longevity intact. It also uses ballast solutions for RCC roof. The two solutions help in reducing the installation to almost half as compared to a regular methodology.

Customer-Centric Business Philosophy The company’s customer-centric approach has helped them earn over twenty-five percent of repeat orders.

Apart from the direct benefits of immediate savings in power costs and adding to the client’s sustainability goals, the company is delivering the lowest total cost of ownership to clients (a function of unit savings and power generated over the life of the plant).

Fourth Partner Energy has developed an in-house platform to provide a seemingly hassle-free client engagement experience. ‘Solar Connect’ is a platform that enables a

two-way communication between the client and the firm and ensures ease of access to data and transparency of process. The client can access design drawing, proposals, track updates of project execution and seek clarification from the concerned person on a realtime basis through the platform. All the records of sales and progress of project execution are captured in the platform.

Our complete in-house execution leads

to control

over quality,

timelines, and costs

Empowering Nation for the Future Fourth Partner Energy is investing a large amount of money towards building a healthy portfolio of solar assets under the OPEX model. The company is planning to expand beyond distributed solar solutions and aspires to evolve into a full energy management company. The company is optimistic about crafting an operational niche through which it can manage the client’s entire energy portfolio. The firm is working on solutions such as energy efficiency, electric vehicle charging, energy storage, smart grids and much more!

Marching forward with a positive approach, the company also plans to tap the rural areas of the country in a big way, an opportunity that offers to serve nearly 300 million people who still don’t have access to a reliable source of power for their commercial use. Fourth Partner is also venturing overseas and is tapping the South-East Asian and Middle-East markets.

By the end of FY-19, Fourth Partner Energy’s work will have created approx. 2500 direct and indirect job opportunities. It has helped India to reduce its dependence on coal by approx. 100,000 tons per year, and carbon emissions by approx. 210,000 tons per year. These figures are equivalent to planting approx. 9.5 million mature trees. The company has termed this breakthrough achievement as #EnergyforGood.

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ONergy solar SOLARIZING INDIA, ENERGIZING LIVES

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ith the unparalleled engineering expertise, ONergy Solar is India’s leading and multiple award winning solar enterprise that provides complete solar solutions.

In an interview with Insights Success, Piyush Jaju, Co-founder and CEO of ONergy Solar gave some insightful answers highlighting the influences made by the company to take solar industry to next level.

01. Kindly brief us about the company.

ONergy Solar is the leading and award winning solar enterprise providing comprehensive and tailor-made solutions related to the design, procurement, testing, supply, installation, and commissioning and O&M services. Along with providing EPC service for 10 years, ONergy Solar is also providing cutting edge consultancy services making projects more professionally managed and win more projects from competition and faster turnaround time 02. Please tell us something about your Founder/CEO and his/her contribution towards the company and the industry Piyush Jaju, Co-founder and CEO: An Economics Graduate and University Topper with over 10 years work experience. Piyush has prior experience in financial services and investment banking within India, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia. Piyush has received prestigious international fellowships from GSBI, Santa Clara University (USA) and Unreasonable Institute (USA). Piyush is also co-founder of SwtichON. He is a regular speaker and various national and international forums. Piyush has been invited as guest lecturer by leading management institutes. He is a mentor to budding entrepreneurs and also actively engaged in industry associations and part of multiple working groups 03. What are the top trends shaping the future of the solar industry?

India has surpassed 26,000 MW of cumulative solar power in 2018 with government tendering activity

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providing ample growth opportunity. The latest technologies and innovations like robotic cleaning of solar panels, drone based site survey and map-pinning for sppedy and accurate survey have added up to the increase in exports making India a hub for solar energy.

Along with the technological innovation and digitalization of the solar industry, consultancy service is also shaping the future of the industry. The data analysis, reviewing the measures to increase generation, implementation of improved software in designing & drawing and developing black box for solar irrigation pump to forecast the pump functionality- these measures in consultancy service are in trend in the solar industry.

04. How Onergy Solar is contributing to this new trend?

The lack of proper technical knowledge solar organisations make engineering mistakes, install poor quality systems leading to malfunctioning of system which has raised the need gap for guidance. That is where Solar Consultancy services has become vital not just to bigger players but essentially for new companies to act as an educator, a catalyst to bring change or equip them with required knowledge to facilitate smooth processing, mitigating risks and saving cost.With the unparalled engineering expertise, ONergy Solar is developing highest quality solar projects by meeting tough budget constraints, and standing up to the stringent standards as required in the industry. By offering 360 degree services in consultancy over the complete project lifecycle, Onergy Solar is aiming to be the uber-hunk solar consultancy in India. Be it site survey and feasibility report, engineering audits, electrical, civil structural drawing, preparing market research reports and installation & commissioning the experts work hand in hand with the organization to ensure quality work alongside maintaining industry standards.

05. Kindly describe in detail about your services and products. How do they differ?

Two verticals comprising Grid & Rooftop system and MARCH 2019|

Interview With Insights success

Piyush Jaju Co-Founder & CEO

Rural Energy Access, ONergy Solar is working on by providing complete solar solutions. The product and service horizon has been expanded with the inclusion of consultancy service. ONergy Solar is offering engineering, consulting, transaction advisory, project management and training services with a present focus on clean energy covering the entire project life-cycle from conceptualization, commissioning to operational monitoring. With the solar- focused experienced team, they provide feasibility studies, design and development, construction management, O&M, performance monitoring and due diligence for solar developers and EPCs. 06. How is technology helping you or how technology has impacted the solar industry?

From bio-solar cells to floating solar firms, technology is getting upgraded every moment promising a bright MARCH 2019|

solar future. The major R&D is being held for increasing the generation rate in module.

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Ground mounted solar is becoming a viable option for rofftop power plant, the technology for this is getting breakthrough is the solar tracking mounts shifting in the angle of solar array by following the moving path of the sun, maximizing the electricity generation.

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The technological advancement is also an upward trend in the durability of the module with the emergence of perovskite solar cells.

07. Explain the industry challenges in terms of costs, current trends, and existing market players?

The current challenge that the industry undergoing is the

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substandard installation with several engineering faults and poor after sales service. The lack of understandig is resulting in the hike in project cost and also the high chances of disruption of the plants. The End to End solar solution providers, ONergy Solar is providing cutting edge consultancy services making projects more professionally managed.

08. Why is there an increased demand for gridconnected solar energy installations?

Grid-connected PC arrays enhance the performance of the electric network. To meet increased demand of energy while satisfying the same reliability criteria, utilities have to incrwase their generation capacity.

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Customers become the energy producers with surplus electricity (less consumption) fed to grid causing benefits either in form of energy credits or as per PPA terms with the DICOM.

09. What is your viewpoint on the increased interest in smart renewable sources?

Several fundamental bottlenecks like financing limitation, high price of installation are gradually being resolved with governmental policies and with the trend of using bidding to protract fierce competition and lower solar prices- are making the ambitious plan of 175GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022 achievable.

10. How does the funding mechanism work in the industry, especially in the rural and backward areas?

In rural areas Onergy Solar is working with more than 100 active channel partners in the rural and backward areas who build up a strong network to make the solar pump available to them.

ONergy has developed innovative financing models by establishing First Loss Guarantee Corpus and revolving energy corpus to support its partners and customers.

Financing is extended for solar lighting systems and solar irrigation systems. ONergy has been successfully working in the most difficult region of the country. The funding mechanism for the remotest regions is through MicroFinance Institutions to scale up the rural livelihoods.

11. Mention the role played by the Government and private ownership to expand the horizon of the solar industry in India.

The government policies, programmes and initiatives are pushing ahead private solar companies to go solar.

The long-term policies, large scale deployment goals,

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research & develpment programmes, domestic production of raw materials, several schemes of DISCOM are expanding the horizon of solar industry and initiatng the decarbonization trend.

12. Please tell us about the recent accolades, achievements, and recognition your company has earned.

ONergy Solar has been awarded as 2nd Global Re-Invest Startup for improving in the sectors of renewable energy serving the twin objectives of enhancing countrywide energy safety even as selling sustainable development. ONergy Solar’s work has been widely recognized both nationally and internationally as being awarded with SEED Award by UN-promoting Entrepreneurship for sustainable development; The Telegraph Infocom SME Awards, Innovations against Poverty Award from Swedish International Development Agency, UNDP, Govt. of India Ministry of New & Renewable Energy; United States of America, Embassy; Entrepreneur - 100 Small Business of the year 201; WWF climate Solver Award; Business Call to Action etc. Internationally Onergy Solar has collaboration with Miller Center (USA), TU Delft (Netherlands), Yale University and other leading institutes.

13. Kindly provide a quote which describes your company.

“A leader must have a ‘VISION’ for an organization, ‘PASSION’ to work for achieving the goals, ‘CURIOSITY’ to travel an unexplored path, and ‘COURAGE’ to take decisions”- APJ Abdul Kalam 14. What are the benefits gained by your clients while doing business with you?

Onergy Solar emphasises on quality service and rompt after sales service. The clients will enjoy engineering service facilities with cost optimization and will surely get the technologically enhanced prompt after sales service.

15. What can be expected from your company in the upcoming years? Brief us about the future goals of the company.

In the upcoming years ONergy Solar is going to lean on OPEX model installation and will strengthen their consultancy service with experienced and highly efficient team.

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he ever-growing world population's ever-increasing energy needs have multiplied over the years. The more we consume energy the less we are being left with it. The non-renewable sources, that are the most common source of energy have got depleted to a great extent. We have just enough time to stop, ponder and charge-up to utilize renewable and sustainable energy sources.

For the same, humankind is looking up to the elements and forces that make up the earth, i.e. sun, water, air and earth. While the use of sun, water and wind is not new, the quantity in which it is now being utilized is new and huge. What is new is the use of earth or moreprecisely, organisms and micro-organisms present around us to meet the energy demands. Here we talk about the use of microorganisms to transform chemical energy into electricity.

Understanding Microbial Fuel Cell A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bio-electrochemical device or system that produces electric current or electricity by using microbes (bacteria). It harnesses the power of respiring microbes to convert organic substrates directly into electrical energy by mimicking the bacterial interaction in nature in a closed or restricted area.

Analysing History and Working While the application is new, the concept of using microbes for producing electricity dates back to 1911 when a botany professor, M C Potter generated electricity from the yeast. However, his work got little recognition. In 1931, Barnet Cohen created ďŹ rst microbial half cells which were capable of generating electricity when connected in a series. Further, in the 1980s Peter Benetto's work and extensive research gave more insight into the operation of microbial fuel cells.

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Bio-energy

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Powering Tomorrow

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The working of an MFC is credited to the basic metabolism process of micro-organisms or cellular respiration. When microbes consume nutrients such as sugars in aerobic conditions, i.e. presence of oxygen, they produce and release carbon dioxide and water. However, in the absence of oxygen, i.e. anaerobic conditions, the resultants are carbon dioxide, protons/hydrogen ions and electrons. So basically, nature has been producing electricity all the while, while it took us some time to realise the potential of simple oxidisation and redox process. So an MFC basically lets the microbes do their work in the absence of oxygen and captures the free electrons to harness electricity. An MFC consists of an anode and cathode like any other cell. The two are separated by a specific membrane. Microbes at the anode oxidize the organic fuel which generates protons. These protons pass through the membrane to the cathode, and electrons are passed through the anode to an external circuit to generate current. This electron transfer is facilitated by mediators but there are mediator-free MFCs too.

What goes in?

An MFC can be mediated or mediator-less.

Mediated MFC requires a mediator chemical to transfer electrons from the microbial cells to the electrode.

Most common mediators are thionine, humic acid, neutral red, and methyl blue. However, these are toxic and expensive thus deterring the common usage.

Mediator-less MFC on the other hand, need no chemicals. Instead, they use electrochemically live microbes to transfer electrons to the electrodes. Such microbes, specifically bacteria are known as exoelectrogens or the living microbial catalyst. Such cells can use wastewater or even soil for functioning and are the basis of commercial usage of MFC. Multiple Roles As we know, for any fuel cell to work there needs to be a complete circuit. In the MFC, cathode and an anode are separated by a selective membrane and linked together with an external wire. When an organic fuel like wastewater enters the anode chamber, the bacteria oxidize and reduce the organic matter to generate the life-sustaining ATP that fuels their cellular machinery. The by-products generated are protons, electrons, and carbon dioxide and the anode serves as the electron acceptor in the bacteria's electron transport chain.

The electrons pass from the anode to the cathode using the wire as a conductive bridge. Protons, on the other hand, pass freely into the cathode chamber through the proton exchange membrane separating the two chambers. Finally, an oxidizing agent or oxygen present at the cathode recombines with hydrogen and the electrons from the cathode to produce pure water, completing the circuit.

Apart from electricity generation, MFCs can be used for: • Wastewater treatment – to generate electricity and reduce pathogens.

• Biosensors – to track undersea temperature, concentration of oxygen etc.

• science educational kits – teaching kids through home science kits MFC, when harnessed properly can actually serve multiple purposes. It can help with the energy crisis and can also lend a hand in treating water. Being a renewable and efficient resource, it can be used for long and give better outputs than conventional energy generation methods. With new-found knowledge about the MFCs, the time is ripe to utilize it on a bigger and better scale.

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Autonic Exploring the Power of the Sun at its Finest

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he year 2017-2018 called out for the peak electricity demands of 164GW and is expected to grow and reach up to 235GW by the year 2021-2022. The nation recorded around 10GW of solar power in 2017, almost doubled its record from the year 2016. All these developments are taking the Indian renewable energy industry to new heights. Autonic Energy Systems Private Limited is one such solar EPC firm which assisting the nation in becoming a solar superpower.

Autonic’s foray in solar domain started with the off-grid solar installation, solar street lights, and solar home lights. Autonic was empanelled as System Integrator and Channel Partner with various government programs. Autonic focuses on Solar Rooftops, and Floating Solar Solutions. The experience gained by Autonic in the last fourteen years is broadly based on ideation and drive to create a learning organization.

Starting as a manufacturer of solar products in 2005, Sachin Rele, CEO of Autonic, has led the company with his insightful leadership from the last two decade. The company created its name in industrial application for the energy industry and within a span of five years; the company a special niche in the Inverter and UPS segment. Recognizing the solar opportunity in the market, Sachin transitioned Autonic into solar energy solution provider in the year 2005.

The dedicated design and project monitoring team executes most complex projects PAN India, while a focused team, monitors solar generation and analytics to improve project performance.

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Our vision is to generate clean power by designing a robust performing system, install the system and enjoy the fruits over its designed life

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Autonic has received 1D rating from CARE, which denotes highest in technical competency. They have successful execution of 170 solar projects has established, today Autonic is a leading organization for providing solar power solutions.

Autonic has installations in Germany and received orders from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Today, Autonic has an independent BU for design and engineering service, offering the services including for a German solar EPC company.

The Vision The Vision of Autonic is to “generate clean power by designing a robust performing system, install the system enjoy the fruits over it designed life”. This philosophy is demonstrated with installation in Shoppers Stop and Mercedes India; the systems have performed seamlessly for over four years without any downtime.

Autonic has a professional managed by executive Board Supported by, Mr. Nainit Merchant, IIT, IIM with over 40 years of corporate experience, Mohan Raghavan, 33 year Industry stalwart as Chief Operating Officer and Hiren Shah, CA as CFO, Design and Project team on board.

The Achievement Graph The organization has created a ‘first’ time products for clients existing throughout the nation To summarize: Autonic Innovations The company’s products have been the first in the nation in their respective industries.

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Banking Industry - First Solar ATM in 2009 for Indusind Bank Freezers - Solar powered Visi cooler system for Coca Cola Retail Segment - India’s first retail shopping chain, Shoppers Stop Ware-houses - 100 kW installation at Deccan Warehouse Cold Chain - First solar solution for Bhoruka’s Coolex Cold Chain Micro Turbine - Grid-tied micro turbine installed for Infosys Fruits of Hard Work Autonic have received awards for ideation in renewable energy, creating a rock-solid landmark for the company, Tata Innovista award is recognition for Tata Capital project for design of solar forest. The project created an Art Deco integrating solar with design. The company also received honorable mention in the world’s most prestigious green award -The Green Dot Award - in 2014, which is established with the intention to recognize outstanding products and services, manufactured and delivered in an environmental friendly manner by an enterprise.

A Sustainable Future with floating solar Energy in the future will be complex mix of all the power generations. Solar will be an important component of the generation matrix. Solar is constraint by availability of land, now solar can migrate to underutilized areas, such as dam reservoirs, to become highly valuable power-generating station. Floating solar systems will perform better than land based solar farms due to optimization factors like temperature, shadow effect and dust. Other advantages will be water, which causes them to operate more efficiently.

Solar Modules can install on large bodies of water such as: reservoirs, lakes, canals, ponds, and hydro power dam reservoirs.

Autonic has collaborated with ISI Floating, Spain to create a special vertical for floating solar projects in India. ISI floating developed floating solar technology in 2008 and the project is successfully operating for over 10 years.

The advantage of ISI floating technology: • Nestable ISIFLOATING optimizes transport operations and logistics.

• Easy of Installation The modular design of the system enables the assembly and installation outside the water surface and gradually, different subareas are launched into water.

Sachin Rele CEO excessive ultraviolet radiation, plastics are also damaged by exposure to light. UV stabilizers provide outstanding protection against the degrading effects of sunlight, heat and oxygen on the mechanical, optical and physical performance of plastic parts.

• Flame Retardant ISI floats are designed with flame retardant masterbatches help to protect people and property by delaying the spread of fire and toxic by-products and, in some cases, preventing ignition entirely.

• Antistat Properties ISI floats are designed to operate near inert to electric charges as it is also critical to protect sensitive electronics flux and to reduce a major fire hazard in production environments.

ISI floating and Autonic will offer entire solution spectrum • Supply of floats • Design support • EPC The firm is also depending on Government of India, which has accepted the potential of floating solar and intends to install 1 GW of floating solar plants. Autonic believes that this will create blue ocean strategy, for early movers.

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Bati Energy Harnessing Solar Power for a Better Planet “

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trong convictions precede great actions.” James F. Clarke, American Theologian, Author No great action is without a strong conviction, and conviction is what drove Bhavesh Bati to start his company, after his eight year-long efforts failed to get several Wind Energy giants to invest in Solar Energy in India. His journey started in 2006, when he had to drop out of aeronautical engineering college. He roaming around India, living in railway stations and ashrams and visiting companies to get them interested in solar energy and to work with him. He was determined to work with solar and didn’t quit even after all the hardships of living without shelter, working random jobs to sustain himself, while continuing to dream of starting a solar company.

Bhavesh’s dream came true in 2011, when he got to work on Solar LED Street Lights for local village governments in Gujarat. In 2014, after receiving an order for solar water pumping system from a client based out in

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Poland, Bati Energy Private Limited was incorporated formally by Bhavesh with Gunajit Brahma (an IIM Graduate) as Co-founding Directors of the company. The company has been built from scratch

by Bhavesh who worked single-handedly creating business plans, meeting clients, creating the company website, doing online marketing for solar, talking with interested people about benefits of solar energy and carrying on with his vision to realize the greener and sustainable future with solar power. After the formal incorporation, he slowly and personally brought team members in Bati Energy who can compensate for the skills he lacked, to build the company and propel it in the direction of being a profitable renewable energy company.

Plethora of Services Bati Energy’s current portfolio of services and products includes System Integration of small-scale Solar Power Plants up to 1MW, Solar Powered Water Pumping Systems, Lithium-Ion battery integrated Solar LED street lights and fully customized, locationspecific Solar-Wind hybrid solutions with/without Lithium-ion storage. To spread awareness and convince customers to adopt and understand these green solutions, they provide free detailed technocommercial consulting. It details location-specific climate history based project performance estimation to the clients that gives them key insights into the investment requirements, performance of the project over its lifetime and understanding of break-even period, ROI and comparison of solar ROI with other investment ROIs i.e., bank FD returns, mutual funds returns, property investment returns.

The company has developed theft-proof portable solar power packs up to 2KW which can even run water pumping system on its own. It is working with NGOs in Zambia and South Africa to distribute portable water pumping powerpacks to smallholder farmers for their irrigation needs. In the pipeline is a fully solar-powered standalone water pump with built-in RO and UV purifiers which will serve as a pure water supply solution for places where clean drinking water is scarce. Bati Energy is more of a social enterprise capping its profits under 10% to make sure that its products and services benefit the underprivileged population of the world.

Bhavesh also provides online mentorship to underprivileged entrepreneurs from the African continent, based on his own entrepreneurial journey.

Solar Energy Trends and Technology The biggest trend in solar energy is the reduction in prices globally due to policy changes and increased competition in the sector,

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making it more affordable to the middle class. Green Energy sector is largely technology driven. Solar panel efficiency is increasing and resulting into reduction in installation space required for a project. Newer and more efficient Lithium-ion based storage technologies allow cheaper power storage options. Solar power prices are now lower than that of coal or petroleum based power plants.

Internationally the global issue of climate change has forced countries to adopt greener and sustainable development goals for the future.

Current Challenges Presently the global market is highly volatile in terms of price fluctuations and changes in technological developments. For example, the recent launch of new higher efficiency thin-film solar panels, and Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell technology. In terms of challenges, Subsidy is the primary enemy of the solar market in India due to the complexities of subsidies and difficulties in dealing with Government agencies. There are uncertainties in India, like availing working finance, import duties of solar panels and GST on solar panels, batteries, wind turbines and service components of a project.

Still talking about Government Policies Bhavesh says that import duties are very high and local Indian solar panel manufacturers are lagging in offering high efficiency and better technology solar panels. While this is an unfair advantage, he hopes that Indian manufacturers will rise up to the opportunity and improve the quality. More and more private companies are diverting into solar making it a highly competitive market in India ultimately resulting in more widespread adoption of solar and wind technologies.

Making a Mark Bati Energy has made a great repute among its clients who know its dedication and commitment towards solar vision.

Bati is here to provide quality solar solutions with much more customization than offered by any other competitor.

Its clients receive full technical and commercial knowledge and understanding of various available options for them to choose from. Thus enables informed decisions based on requirements, availability of solar/wind resources at their location, pros and cons of various technologies and budget.

Bati’s highly qualified staff with experience in executing hundreds of megawatts of solar power projects is fully aware of currently available, still futuristic, technologies in the market for various solar project components and it’s maintenance requirements.

Bati Energy, a Government (DIPP) recognized startup, is now developing futuristic solar power solutions with widespread applications in water pumping, water

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Bhavesh Bati Founder purification and desalination, street lighting etc. It has executed agreements for solar collaboration with Scientific and Research Institute of Agriculture, Crimea, Russia for development of agriculture-related solar solutions. It is also working with Finnish utility company Fortum for development of heat and electricity generating solar thermal photovoltaic power plants.

For a Sunny Future Bhavesh finds the renewed interest of technology in solar energy as a good move for the planet. He says, “With the development of new Information Technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, AI, VR, AR, Blockchain, Smart metering etc. and their integration with power generation, transmission and distribution is making way for much more automated energy landscape”.

Bati too is ready to adapt to future trends. It is developing some cool futuristic innovations in solar sector from portable solar powered water pumping and purifying systems to solar powered electric vehicles such as tractors, harvesters and other agricultural equipment. It is partnering with international organizations to promote solar based solutions for developing countries. It has made its goal to design and develop innovative solar powered solutions that can help underprivileged people get sustainable means of income generation and is looking forward to a more decentralized way of generating energy.

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mart renewable energy is an appealing field and virtually everyone loves to watch the live magic of electricity being brought on by the non-conventional manners in front of their eyes. In addition, from the internet revolution, the end users are acquainting themselves with the latest in sustainable energy. Right now major leaders of the world are very much focused about Solar.

Government, these days is emphasizing on energy generated by renewable sources. Urban or rural and are popular with different utilities in these sources as they have no limitation in such areas. Further, with the prices falling down drastically, the sector has centered itself with an easily approachable door. All the

above circumstances have driven the audience calling for, to learn further about energy generation by smart renewable devices and has raised the interest of general people in renewable especially solar.

From a hand-held device such as a smart Power bank to a power plant, a customer; based on his needs can choose his solution.

Coronium Solar is a professional EPC firm is engaged in the business of renewable power projects and delivering the same solutions in the hands of the common consumers. The firm was established in a small town Bilaspur in the state of Chhattisgarh.

The firm began in the year 2012 with the prime notion of providing renewable energy solutions to the last customer possible. Techno Savvy trade partner sides with the firm and along with continuous hard work and innovative products, Coronium has achieved feats over feats in last six years with an installed capacity of more than a megawatt of off-grid solar power plants.

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Coronium Solar is a green energy solution provider founded by professionals from Engineering, Energy, Management, and Marketing fields. The Founder and CEO of the company is Jitendra. With a Management degree from IBMT Bangalore, he commenced his career in the banking industry and grew consistently. His attitude and creativity lead him to achieve what he is today. Driven by a passion for green energy, the founder has merged his strengths and combined the experience of over a decade to grow into a leading provider of affordable, innovative, and highquality renewable energy solutions at a national level.

Why Coronium Solar The firm answers to this question by being aggressive and keeping in line with future technology. It is currently working on the

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technology of lithium batteries and has adopted the technology of RTC in solar ups. With a passionate team of professionals, it has satisfied more than 1000+ clients.

Some of the major clienteles are; NTPC, HDFC Bank, West Central Railway, CREDA, Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank, Apollo Hospitals and many more.

The Difference Differentiating apart from the rest, Coronium has always believed in innovation and after-sales services. With the will of adapting the latest technologies every time, the firm has adopted real-time monitoring in solar power plants with real-time clock technology along with MPPT. It has collaborated with companies, which are driven by innovation and future thinking. The firm has been using Lithium battery technology since the past five years from the day the technology was at a nascent stage. With the expertise in solar street lighting solutions and the Ace of the products being Solar High Mast light, its Chinese partners have adapted this same concept as well. Now Coronium is planning the same to spread all across the world after looking at the whopping response in India and China.

Taking into Account the Latest Technology According to the firm, technology is an integral part of green energy and without technology, humans cannot expect optimum results such as a constant increase in the efficiency of solar modules, constant improvisation in the Lithium Ion technology as well as pump sets. All these equipment are well backed up by the pinch of technology.

Without technology, the improvisations and equipment will lie idle. Through technology, the firm converts any rotational motion or energy taken from Sun into usable energy and pays homage to technology, which let humans integrate renewable energy into our everyday lives.

Jitendra Founder & CEO into renewable energy; however, the future holds immense scope for innovation from renewable energy. The firm demonstrates this by giving an example “we are working on the concept solar cooking stove driven by solar panels and batteries which will completely replace the need of LPG”.

The Solar Emergency Lift operating System (SELOS) concept will remove the need of generators from buildings, which will result in zero to none lift breakdowns due to power outages. Coronium is also considering rotational motion and with respect to that, is launching new productrotational doors to generate electricity. Another venture in which the firm is working is e-vehicles concept bike, which will be launched on March 19 at Delhi and full-fledged production will start soon after this launch.

A Renewable Future Ahead Coronium emphases on innovation and R&D and beliefs renewable energy is a vast field with a scope. It is currently

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ince time immemorial, the human race has survived, grown, flourished and prospered on the basis of the energy produced, established and utilized.

Energy is an essential input for socio-economic development and human welfare of any nation. On account of growing energy demand and minimum environmental impact, the role of renewable energy sources has increased significantly in recent years. Being a non- polluting, renewable and free source of energy, solar energy has evolved as the best alternative source of power supply in the contemporary world. The latest technologies and innovations in the solar sector have added up to the increase in exports, making India a global hub for solar energy.

India’s Potential in solar energy By the virtue of its geographical presence, India is well positioned to be a part of the ‘clean-energy’ revolution. India has huge potential for generating clean electricity through various renewable sources such as solar, window, hydro. It is among the leading countries having good Direct Normal Irradiance which is one of the most important parameters for successful solar power generation. The nation enjoys an average of 250-300 clear sunny days which represents the nation an

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ideal opportunity to develop solar based solutions.

Effective Utilization of Solar Energy As per independent reports, the country’s solar installed capacity reached 26.025 GW as of 31 December 2018. Rooftop solar power accounts for 3.4 GW, of which 70% is industrial or commercial. In addition to its large-scale grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) initiative, India is developing off-grid solar power for local energy needs.

cooking, drying, electricity and has the potential to transform rural as well as urban India. On a larger scale, solar energy could be used to run cars, power plants, powerboats, and space ships. Use of solar energy sources are resulting in a fossil fuel saving, emission-free environment, contribution to energy conservation, better economy and modern lifestyle with clean and cheap renewable energy sources. Solar Photovoltaic cells, solar water pumps are some of the technologies that are utilizing the sun’s energy in the most efficient way.

Solar energy is presently being used on a smaller scale in furnaces for residential purpose. It can be used for various purposes like heating,

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OF SOLAR SECTOR IN INDIA Government Initiatives Stimulating Growth The Government of India has taken various initiatives that are driving the growth of renewable energy in the nation. The Government of India launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) on 11th January 2010, as one of its eight missions under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC– 2008).

The policy visions to install 22,000 MW through grid connected and off-grid power plants.

According to independent reports, As of April 2014, India’s total installed capacity through grid-connected solar power plants has crossed 2.2 GW with major contribution coming through grid-connected solar PV power plants. Various government initiatives such as rooftop scheme, solar park scheme, viability gap funding scheme, Government Yojana

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Solar Energy Subsidy Scheme, UDAY Scheme give a stimulus to the authors to discuss the evolution of solar energy in India since Independence.

Barriers and challenges to overcome Indian solar sector is facing numerous challenges in terms of technology, policy mechanism, socioeconomic, institution levels which need to be addressed.

Technology is surrounded by many technical issues such as storage issues, risk, and efficiency of energy.

Due to these concerns, it has become difficult for solar energy to compete with traditional sources of energy. For consistent growth, solar sector demands supportive policies and encouraging regulations from government. Reluctance and uncertainty of investors can only be assured by strong and attractive policies for developing a market.

India is facing various socio-economic challenges in terms of availability of lands; non-availability of adequate data on land, planning by local bodies, reserved protected areas etc. These socio-economic challenges have a strong impact on the development of solar energy, as it can lead to less adoption and acceptance of the technology.

Government organizations and other institutions play an important role in developing and promoting technology in the country. A well-functioning institution can solve many challenges for solar to grow steadily.

Moving towards Greener Future The future solar industry only promises to be better, bigger and brighter. The sustained increase in the number of solar energy solutions has triggered the market, which has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry today. Solar energy will become a vital component of India’s energy portfolio in the coming decade.

Increased use of renewable energy sources for energy generation will not only meet the energy demand but also result in substantial environmental benefits. The solar sector is having three-fold impacts on economy, society, and environment. The nation is moving towards a sustainable future through clean energy. Along with government and private institutes, each and every individual of the country needs to support the clean source of the energy.

Sun is undoubtedly the ultimate source of power; however, utilizing the energy in the most efficient way is the duty of today’s mankind!

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nArka India Pvt. Ltd. (EIPL) leads the market by providing products & solutions in four key business areas organized around the verticals of Industrial Power electronics, E-mobility & storage, renewable energy, and engineering services.

The company innovates, designs, develops, manufactures and markets high-quality, intelligent and efficient power conversion products for industrial, commercial & residential applications, serving new, emerging and niche markets.

Under the industrial power products & solutions, enArka serves defense, space, aerospace, automotive, medical, process industry, welding, and telecom markets. In India, enArka is a leading producer of a whole range of high-precision, high-current and high-voltage programmable 19-inch rack-mounted DC power supplies in the 1U, 2U

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and 3U form factor. These power supplies find application in driving magnets, electroplating, particle physics, water treatment, component burn-in systems, Battery chargers, ATE (Automatic Test & Measurement Equipment) market, technology development centers and research labs in educational institutions.

Within the E-mobility & storage business vertical, enArka serves the market with its AC and DC fast-charging systems (Bharath AC-001 & DC-001) for Electric Vehicles (EV). EnArka also produces a wide range of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) using various Lithium-ion chemistries for EVs (2W, 3W & 4W), telecom storage, micro-grids, and Inverter market.

Under the renewable energy vertical, EIPL serves the market with a whole range of high-performance Solar Power conditioning units (SPCU) from sub kilowatt to upwards of 10kW (both single-phase & three-phase systems). The SPCUs have efficient energy management software system that optimizes utilization of solar power, Battery and Grid/DG power.

Principal Founder Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan, Founder, and Managing Director hold a Ph.D. degree in Power Electronics from National University of Singapore and a Master of Engineering degree (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He brings more than two decades of experience working with global technology MNCs like Bloom Energy, TDK, Lambda (New Jersey) and Kepco (New York).

Ramesh had delivered two high-end Switch Mode Power Supply product lines in both Lambda and Kepco that are still in production.

He was a founder member of Bloom Energy Bangalore and served as General Manager Operations & Product Development. At Bloom, he built the team from scratch for its center-of-excellence in engineering and delivered grid-tied power products up to 200kW in record time.

Ramesh has traveled extensively in North America, Asia, Europe & Mexico to build a strategic business relationship with large corporate

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houses for critical parts development used within fuel Cell systems.

With several International patents & publications under his belt, he championed the conversion of a 19-seater commercial bus to an Electric Vehicle in Singapore that was propelled by a combination of lead-acid and zinc-air batteries.

The Expert, on the Industry Dr. Ramesh views the growing interest of individuals and businesses in the E-mobility, ESS & renewable system as a great trend. Governments from across the globe are trying to rely on more clean energy sources and reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. Some of the factors contributing to the cause are (a) Government push with subsidies (b) aging grid and increased power failure/grid instabilities in the existing power systems and (c) falling prices of solar panel and ESS. He also points out that the growing energy demand in developing nations has triggered the issue of energy security.

This has made essential to utilize the untapped potential of renewable resources and ESS. Stored energy can be transported and then utilized at a different place where a shortage of energy arises.

Championing the Cause EnArka recently got certified with ISO 9001-2015. Its dedicated team is spread across India and is well equipped with proper training for all its services/solutions. On its products, the clients get quality and timely support services guaranteeing customer satisfaction.

Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan Founder & Managing Director Looking Forward In the coming years, with its highly qualified & experienced engineering and management team, enArka wishes to see itself as a globally recognized quality solution provider in the Power Electronics industry. In addition to supporting the EV industry through its Battery Charging stations, enArka also aims at providing the best test solutions for Electric Vehicle Manufacturer with advanced/affordable Indian designed and manufactured battery test solutions.

The company provides efficient and intelligent power conversion products through a careful choice of reliable topology and control method along with next-generation semiconductor devices, cooling, magnetic and interconnects technologies. The affordable price for its products is achieved through circuit modularity, component reuse and adhering to lean manufacturing principles. Its products are engineered to meet global safety and environmental compliance standards with appropriate certifications as necessitated by the markets.

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enewable energy has the potential to become the solution to the longstanding energy and environmental challenges faced by the developing countries.

India is one of the few countries with long sunny days and abundant sunlight, and hence, is endowed with vast solar energy potential.

The cost of solar solutions has decreased in recent years and commercial viability of solar energy has improved significantly. Now, solar power cost is much lower that the grid electricity price, and in addition, policies are favorable. However, the consumers like homeowners, business-owners, non-profit organizations and housing societies face a frictionful experience on a few operational aspects while adopting renewable energy!

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Oorjan Cleantech Private Limited makes it easy for people to save money while doing well for environment by providing premium solar solutions. Oorjan is one of the most innovative and fastest growing solar solution provider in India. The platform brings the best of solar technology, data and financing under Oorjan brand to help customer to join the solar revolution.

Premium Solar | Easy Finance | Greener Future Oorjan is a technology enabled distributed solar company that caters to residential, commercial and industrial end users. Oorjan’s offerings include premium solar products of international brands, easy financing options, installations and hassle free maintenance.

The company has built bank and private investor partnership which helps Oorjan to provide financing options to consumers. The company offers multiple financing options like loan under Capex or Opex /BOOT/ PPA (Power Purchase Agreement).

Oorjan has its proprietary technology of site assessment, proposal making and IoT based remote monitoring tool which provides real time and historical generations and savings, and also provide proactive maintenance alerts. These tools are also licensed to more than twenty installers across India.

About the Trailblazers Oorjan is led by IIT Mumbai (and also Berkley / ISB/ Stanford) alumni each with more than fifteen years of experiences collectively across Solar, Engineering, Finance and Technology. Gautam Das (IIT Mumbai & ISB), Roli Gupta (IIT Mumbai & Berkeley) are the Co-founders and Directors of the company. Manjesh Nayak (Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary) is one of the founding team members. Gautam is responsible for driving business, partnership and fund raising activities. Prior to co-founding Oorjan, Gautam was a Director with Treasury Citibank India and has worked with Citibank & Citigroup for more than fifteen years. Gautam grew up in rural India without access to electricity at home and school, and feels happy to run a solar energy company! Roli is responsible for driving products and technology at Oorjan. Prior founding Oorjan, she was part of business development team at Areva Solar, and has worked in US and India.

She won Top-10, Women Entrepreneurship Quest (WEQ) award in 2016 - Department of Science and Technology in association Anita

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Bora Institute. Manjesh is responsible for business development and client management. Prior joining Oorjan, he too was part of Citibank India’s treasury business along with Gautam. Core team includes young and dynamic team members from other IITs and engineers across functions.

One platform for all Solar Products and Services Ecosystem in India is improving fast and better than ever before. Renewable energy technology has come long way and improvement has been phenomenon. As price goes down, Investors’ are confident to have reasonable and predictable return and adopting solar is commercially viable. Solar energy sources have potential to replace traditional energy sources. Still the sector faces some challenges like Aggressive bidding of traffic, poor quality hardware, access to capital at the reasonable cost of fund.

For better future of green energy it is important to build the awareness about the solar solution. The solar industry faces the challenges in terms of lack of awareness, access to finance and quality of hardware and services to build scalable business.

Oorjan is dedicatedly working on building awareness, providing finance and adopting best technologies. The company extensively use technology to build awareness and relevance of green energy that is “commercially viable and environmentally responsible”. Oorjan reaches out to consumers digitally and selectively runs outbound programs to onboard clients. The company has built financial tie-ups with banks and private players to provide access to capital.

Eventually, customer pays from the money it saves and hence, solar adoption becomes easier. Oorjan has its proprietary monitoring tool which tracks real-time and historical generations, saving and also provides proactive maintenance alerts. The company’s proprietary tools like site assessment and customer relationship management (CRM) tools make the delivery process seamless and provide better client experience.

Achieving Milestones by Overcoming Challenges Renewable energy space in India is yet to mature. Concerns over quality and sustainability of the business need to improve. Poor quality hardware’s and technology spoiled the market and investor confidence is shaken in many cases.

Cheapest system on day one could be the most expensive to consumers and/or investor in long term. Oorjan overcomes all these challenges by adopting best-in-class hardware and technology for sustainable growth in renewable energy space.

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Gautam Das Co-founders & Director Oorjan has touched about 200 projects across eight (8) states in a short span of time. Oorjan has received several awards and accolades such as “New Energy Leaders in Asia” by Asian Development Bank (ADB), “Top-10 WEQ awards 2016” by Department of Science and Technology in association Anita Bora Institute, and “Top 30 Technology Enabled Start-up of India” by Your Story to name a few.

A Look into the Future The global energy crisis is an important issue at international level. The whole world is looking towards energy security and environmental protection by reducing the dependency on traditional fossil fuels and solar energy technologies are proving itself as a best alternative source.

With its best in class solar solutions, Oorjan plans to operate across ten states in immediate future. Progressing forward with positive future, Oorjan will be amongst the most trust worthy solar partners in India with reliable technology.

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