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DECEMBER 2015
JyotiUrja welcomes teams from Gulf Jyoti, JS FZE and Jyoti Americas on board of the newsletter.

JSL COMPLETES 36 YEARS

Jyoti Americas News

1) Jyoti Americas has received a
contract to build multiple towers for
the Lower Church Hill Project. The
project has two installations with
combined capacity of 3000 MW

JSL's first factory was inaugurated on 27.12.1979 in Nasik. In 36

years we have grown to be a big happy family.
Let us all be proud of this achievement and continue to strive for
bigger and better success !!!

Lower Church Hill Project-USA

JSL Group News

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JSL India News

1) We have received an extension order from AEGCL,
Assam for construction of 5 numbers of pile
foundation.
2) Stringing work has started of 400 KV D/C Sagardighi TPS
to Gokarna S/s Transmission Line (J906).
3) Site Inauguration on 15-12-2015 at AI River Crossing
Location No 456- Bongaigaon

Jyoti Americas Operations Team

JSL Associate News

1) Mr Pradip Kumar Das is promoted as a
Group CEO for Jyoti Group companies
outside India viz. Gulf Jyoti International
LLC, Dubai, JS FZE, Dubai and Jyoti
Americas LLC.

Gulf Jyoti & JS FZE News

1) The Construction work of 500 KV DC Overhead
Transmission Line from Cairo Sub-station to North
Giza Power Station was successfully completed and
the line was energized on 16.10.2015.
2) Gulf Jyoti celebrated 44th UAE National Day on
2.12.2015.

2) Training department at Gurukul, Nashik conducted 2

batches of Self Development Training programme
(level 2) in November 2015. Mr Harshal Deshpande &
Ms Deepali Thete received the best participant award.
3) Project Management Institute (PMI), USA has renewed
the validity of professional credential certifications of
Mr M Kalivardhan for Project Management
Professional (PMP) and Risk Management Professional
(RMP). Hearty Congratulations.

We wish Happy Birthday to all the

members of JSL Family who are
c e l e b rat i n g t h e i r b i r t h d ays i n
December 2015.
UAE National Day celebration

Rooftop Solar Electricity

to revise net metering rules to eliminate cost-shifting

from customers with solar to other customers.

Rooftop Solar Will Transform The Energy Market

Similar fights have taken place in Arizona and New
Completely In 10 Years.
Mexico. Utilities are working to impose higher fees and
The costs and benefits of rooftop solar electricity is rollback incentives set up to help the solar industry get
emerging as a key topic of discussion globally. New set of established. They argue the cost of transitioning to solar
policies, actions and schemes are being announced has declined, and it's time for solar customers to pay their
globally, making it easier for homeowners, corporates share of fixed costs associated with maintaining the
and utilities to invest in green energy systems.
electrical grid.
There is a raging debate about costs to consumers The solar industry continues to fight the fees, arguing the
installing home rooftop solar panels and to utilities that utilities are just trying to maintain their monopoly
control the electric grids. But many experts believe that positions and profit margins. Slowly, but reluctantly the
rooftop systems do not necessarily mean a gridless tide is turning in the favour of the solar industry.
system. But it does call for a new set of rules and approach

for the future grids.

The Modern Grids
The electrical grids have remain pretty much the same for
the last 150 years. But with the rapid deployment of solar
systems, a major disruption is shaking the concepts and
beliefs of the giant utilities. Today's grids have to be seen
as a two way traffic system and the utilities are accepting
this fact slowly.

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As more states in India adopt Net Metering policies,

debates will rage on regarding how welcoming the
utilities should be of rooftop solar. We are still quite far
from having micro grid and storage systems which are
economical and technologically advanced enough to do
away with our current dependability on the grids. The
customers will have to bear the costs of maintain the
transmission systems from which they draw electricity
during peak use times and at night.

Globally, solar electricity is expected to become

competitive with other forms of electricity in an
increasing number of markets globally due to declining
solar panel and installation costs. By 2030, solar power
will generate $5 trillion in revenue worldwide.

Six Thinking Hats

Looking at a decision from all points of view

Six Thinking Hats' is an important and powerful

technique. It is used to look at decisions from a number of
important perspectives. This forces you to move outside
your habitual thinking style, and helps you to get a more
A report by Duestch Bank read, Despite the recent drop
rounded view of a situation.
in oil price, we expect solar electricity to become
competitive with retail electricity in an increasing number This tool was created by Edward de Bono in his book '6
of markets globally due to declining solar panel costs as Thinking Hats'.
well as improving financing and customer acquisition Many successful people think from a very rational,
costs. Unsubsidized rooftop solar electricity costs positive viewpoint. This is part of the reason that they are
between $0.08-$0.13/kWh, 30-40% below retail price of successful. Often, though, they may fail to look at a
electricity in many markets globally. In markets heavily problem from an emotional, intuitive, creative or
dependent on coal for electricity generation, the ratio of negative viewpoint. This can mean that they
coal based wholesale electricity to solar electricity cost underestimate resistance to plans, fail to make creative
was 7:1 four years ago. This ratio is now less than 2:1 and leaps and do not make essential contingency plans.
could likely approach 1:1 over the next 12-18 months.
Similarly, pessimists may be excessively defensive, and
What's Happening In The US?
more emotional people may fail to look at decisions
The utility are accept applications for rooftop solar calmly and rationally.
projects, but with caution. A utility recently obtained a If you look at a problem with the 'Six Thinking Hats'
cap on the applications to give state utility regulators time technique, then you will solve it using all approaches.

How to Use the Tool: You

can use Six Thinking Hats in
meetings or on your own.
In meetings it has the
benefit of blocking the
confrontations that
happen when people with
different thinking styles
discuss the same problem.
Each 'Thinking Hat' is a
different style of thinking.
T h e s e a re ex p l a i n e d
below:
White Hat: With this thinking hat you focus on the data
available. Look at the information you have, and see what
you can learn from it. Look for gaps in your knowledge,
and either try to fill them or take account of them.
This is where you analyze past trends, and try to
extrapolate from historical data.
Red Hat : 'Wearing' the red hat, you look at problems
using intuition, gut reaction, and emotion. Also try to
think how other people will react emotionally. Try to
understand the responses of people who do not fully
know your reasoning.
Black Hat : Using black hat thinking, look at all the bad
points of the decision. Look at it cautiously and
defensively. Try to see why it might not work. This is
important because it highlights the weak points in a plan.
It allows you to eliminate them, alter them, or prepare
contingency plans to counter them.
Black Hat thinking helps to make your plans 'tougher' and
more resilient. It can also help you to spot fatal flaws and
risks before you embark on a course of action. Black Hat
thinking is one of the real benefits of this technique, as
many successful people get so used to thinking positively
that often they cannot see problems in advance. This
leaves them under-prepared for difficulties.
Yellow Hat : The yellow hat helps you to think positively. It
is the optimistic viewpoint that helps you to see all the
benefits of the decision and the value in it. Yellow Hat
thinking helps you to keep going when everything looks
gloomy and difficult.
Green Hat : The Green Hat stands for creativity. This is
where you can develop creative solutions to a problem. It
is a freewheeling way of thinking, in which there is little
criticism of ideas. A whole range of creativity tools can
help you here.

Blue Hat : The Blue Hat stands for process control. This is
the hat worn by people chairing meetings. When running
into difficulties because ideas are running dry, they may
direct activity into Green Hat thinking. When contingency
plans are needed, they will ask for Black Hat thinking, etc.
A variant of this technique is to look at problems from the
point of view of different professionals (e.g. doctors,
architects, sales directors, etc.) or different customers.
Example : The directors of a property company are
looking at whether they should construct a new office
building. The economy is doing well, and the amount of
vacant office space is reducing sharply. As part of their
decision they decide to use the 6 Thinking Hats technique
during a planning meeting.
Looking at the problem with the White Hat, they analyze
the data they have. They examine the trend in vacant
office space, which shows a sharp reduction. They
anticipate that by the time the office block would be
completed, that there will be a severe shortage of office
space. Current government projections show steady
economic growth for at least the construction period.
With Red Hat thinking, some of the directors think the
proposed building looks quite ugly. While it would be
highly cost-effective, they worry that people would not
like to work in it.

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Your decisions and plans will mix ambition, skill in

execution, public sensitivity, creativity and good
contingency planning.

When they think with the Black Hat, they worry that
government projections may be wrong. The economy
may be about to enter a 'cyclical downturn', in which case
the office building may be empty for a long time. If the
building is not attractive, then companies will choose to
work in another better-looking building at the same rent.
With the Yellow Hat, however, if the economy holds up
and their projections are correct, the company stands to
make a great deal of money. If they are lucky, maybe they
could sell the building before the next downturn, or rent
to tenants on long-term leases that will last through any
recession.
With Green Hat thinking they consider whether they
should change the design to make the building more
pleasant. Perhaps they could build prestige offices that
people would want to rent in any economic climate.
Alternatively, maybe they should invest the money in the
short term to buy up property at a low cost when a
recession comes.
The Blue Hat has been used by the meeting's Chair to
move between the different thinking styles. He or she
may have needed to keep other members of the team
from switching styles, or from criticizing other peoples'
points.
It is well worth reading Edward de Bono's book 6 Thinking
Hats for more information on this technique.

Team Work

Brain Teaser of December 2015

A man was lost while driving through the countryside. As Please answer following 2 questions:he tried to reach for the map, he accidentally drove off the 1) What these seven words all have in common?
road into a ditch. Though he wasn't injured, his car was
a. Banana
b. Dresser
c. Grammar
stuck deep in the mud. So the man walked to a nearby
d. Potato
e. Revive
f. Uneven
farm to ask for help.
g. Assess
"Warwick can get you out of that ditch," said the farmer, 2) A delivery truck from the post office is sent to the
pointing to a Person standing in a field.
airport to meet a cargo plane. The plane lands ahead
The man looked at the Person and looked at the farmer
who just stood there repeating, "Yep, old Warwick can do
the job."

of schedule and its contents are brought toward the

post office by a car. After a half hour, the car meets the
truck and the mail is transferred to the truck. The
truck returns to the post office 20 minutes early. How
early did the plane arrive?

The man figured he had nothing to lose. The two men and
the Person made their way back to the ditch. The farmer
hitched the Person to the car. With a snap of the reins, he Please send your answers to the email address
shouted, "Pull, Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull, Warwick!"
jyotiurja@jsl.co.in by 10-1-2016.

Go ahead. And the Person pulled that car right out of the
ditch. The man was amazed. He thanked the farmer,
Answer of Brain Teaser of November 2015
patted the mule, and asked, "Why did you call out all of
Eighteen associates participated in the contest. The list of
those names before you called Warwick?"
associates who have scored more than 100 points is given
The farmer grinned and said, "Old Warwick is blind. As
below:long as he believes he's part of a team, he doesn't mind
1) Mr Venkatesha Prasad
2) Mr Ajay Shankar Gupta
pulling."
3) Mr Alok K Yadav
4) Mr Binoy C
You see all it matters is encouragement and a sense of 5) Mr Mandar C Parab
6) Mr Pramod V Joshi
care to say "You can do it". If so, you would witness 7) Mr Nikhil A Gohil
8) Ms Aparna Naik
incredible job
9) Mr Prince G Raj
Contributed by Mr Nikhil Belsare, Gulf Jyoti
The winner of the contest is Mr Venkatesha Prasad

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Thoughts that make you Think

In a Lighter Mode

Wish You All Merry Christmas

& Happy New Year
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