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Dear Energetica India Readers,
Welcome to our second issue of the
year 2013; the Energetica India March
2013 issue.
The budget has brought some
good news for the renewable energy
sector. The wind energy sector in India
is buzzing again with the reintroduc-
tion of generation based incentives.
Energetica India studies the
budget and the Industry reaction in
our article on Indias 2013-14 Budget.
Industry leaders such as speak on
their thoughts on the budget.
The Indian solar scenario has
seen State Policies driving the on-grid
market in solar for sometime- Gujarat,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and
now Uttar Pradesh.
The issue brings to the front the
Request for Proposal from the Punjab
State Government for 300MW and
Uttar Pradesh State for 200 MW. You
can use the articles as a quick guide
to the RfP.
The March 2013 also features
interviews with Mr. Vivek Sharma, Re-
gional Vice President, Greater China
and South Asia Region, - India Opera-
tions, Director India Design Centers,
STMicroelectronics on role of semi-
conductors in Indias growing power
sector and discussion with Mr. Milind
Kamat, CEO at Atos in India on com-
panys goal of Zero Carbon Company.
In addition, we have for our read-
ers articles from Mr. Lalit Jalan, CEO,
Reliance Infrastructure Limited, Sie-
mens and Industry Experts (from Ener-
getica India blog stable).
The March 2013 issue also helps
understand the macro environment
of renewable energy in India through
Statistics of renewable energy pro-
jects in India and the article Current
State of Renewable Energy Sector in
India
Energetica India moves forward
with our Belgium based Partner Al-
liance for Rural Electrication; we
study the work done by the organiza-
tion in small wind space in developing
economies.
Energetica India team would also
like to welcome Ms.Susanna Huang,
Founder, Green Energy Village LLC in
USA and Mr.Urvesh Dave, Gujarat.
We always spoke about interna-
tional reach of Energetica India and
Ms.Huangs coming on board proves
the point.
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distribute their knowledge /blogs.
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CONTENTS
Mitigating Froject 8isk and 0ncertainty for 8ankahIe 5oIar
Froject kssessment
8iomass - k 5ustainahIe 8enewahIe nergy 5ource for India
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FhotovoItaic 5afety and Ferformance 5tandards in a 6IohaI
Market: the 0haIIenge for 8acksheet Manufacturers
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ECONOMICS
India Budget 2013-14 32-36
INTERVIEW
Vivek Sharma, Regional Vice President, Greater China and South
Asia Region - India Operations, Director India Design Centers,
STMicroelectronics
24-26
Mr. Milind Kamat, CEO at Atos in India 28-30
INDUSTRY JEWEL
Mr. Rammohan Venkata, Head of Business Development, Mahindra EPC
Services Pvt. Ltd.
74
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Current State of Renewable Energy Sector in India 48-50
From Energetica Indias Blog Stable 36-41
India Renewable Energy Statistics 42-46
POWER SECTOR
Powering Up Discoms 52-53
India pays Heavy Price for Inefcient Energy Consumption 51
SOLAR
CERCs analysis on Benchmark Capital Cost for Solar PV Power Projects and
Solar Thermal Power Projects
64-66
Low Cost Solar PV Project Development in Each Indian Taluka 60-63
What goes below the Panel is as Critical as the Panel itself 54-55
Punjab States Solar RfP 58-59
UP State Governments 200 MW Solar RfP 67-68
Plan your Captive Power Consumption;by Utilizing & Planning your roof 56-57
SUSTAINABLE HABITAT
Recommendations for Energy Positive Habitat from Auroville Green
Practices
69-71
WIND
Mid-term ndings of an Information Campaign in Developing Countries 72-73
TAKEADVICE
SOLAR ENERGY INVESTMENT & TECHNOLOGY
FORUM
ENERGETICA INDIA IS THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE PARTNER
Date: 9 April 2013
Place: Coimbatore
Organizer: UBM
Tel: + 91 (0) 22 61727001
Website: http://www.
renewableenergyindiaexpo.com/defaultsolar.
aspx?refer=80
HYDRO POWER MARKET INDIA
ENERGETICA INDIA IS THE OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER
Date: 26 April 2013
Place: New Delhi
Organizer: Infra Market India
Tel: 91-22-251 82 110
Email: nanajee.rao@inframarketindia.com
Website: http://inframarketindia.com/events/
index.php?event_id=2
SNEC 2013 PV POWER EXPO
ENERGETICA INDIA IS A MEDIA PARTNER
Date: 14-16 May 2013
Place: Shanghai, China
Organizer: Energy & Environment Foundation
Tel: +86-21-64276991
Email: info@snec.org.cn
Website: http://www.snec.org.cn
SOLARCON INDIA 2013
Date: 1-3 Aug 2013
Place: Bangalore
Organizer: SEMI Tech Services India Pvt Ltd
Tel: +91.80.4040.7103
Email: rgurumurti@semi.org
Website: http://www.solarconindia.org/
3RD WORLD SMART GRID CONFERENCE INDIA
WEEK
ENERGETICA INDIA IS AN ONLINE MEDIA PARTNER
Date: 10-12 Sept 2103
Place: New Delhi
Organizer: SZ&W Group
Tel: +86 21 5830 0710
Email: info@szwgroup.com
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WORLD RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
CONGRESS
Date: 25th 27th September 2013
Place: New Delhi India
Tel: +91 9213901510
Email: punit.nagi@wretc.in
Website: http://www.wretc.in/
ECOBUILD INDIA
ECOCONSTRUCTION INDIA IS A MEDIA PARTNER
Date: 16-18 April 2013
Place: Mumbai
Organizer: UBM
Tel: +91 +91 9920080077
Email: vijay.adhikari@ubm.com
Website: http://www.ecobuild-india.com/
POWER GEN INDIA 2013
Date: 6-8 May 2013
Place: Mumbai
Organizer: Pennwell
Tel: +91 (0) 0124 452 4508
Email: avnish-seth@interadsindia.com
Website: http://www.power-genindia.com
BUILDING SOLAR CHINA
Date: 9-12 June 2013
Place: Guangzhou, China
Organizer: WIP and Messe Frankfurt
Tel: +852 2238 9953
Email: bsc@hongkong.messefrankfurt.com
Website: http://www.buildingsolarchina.com/
en/
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LIVEWEEK 2013
Date: 29-30 Aug 2013
Place: Bangalore
Organizer: Liveweek Business
Tel: +91-98101-70265
Email: shobhit@liveweekbusiness.com:
sustainableenergyliveweek.com
7TH RENEWABLE ENERGY INDIA EXPO 2013
Date: 12-14 Sept 2013
Place: Noida
Organizer: UBM
Tel: +91 98717 26762
Email: rajneesh.khattar@ubm.com
renewableenergyindiaexpo.com :
EU PVSEC 2013
Date: 30 Sept 3 Oct 2013
Place: Paris, France
Tel: +49 89 720 12 735
Email: pv.conference@wip-munich.de
Website: http://www.photovoltaic-conference.
com/
SOUTH ASIAN CITIES SUMMIT 2013
Date: 17-18 April 2013
Place: New Delhi
Organizer: Cities Network Campaign
Tel: +91-9818572546
Email: anuradha.das@citiesnetworkcampaign.org
Website: http://www.southasiancitiessummit.com/
RENERGY 2013
ENERGETICA INDIA IS A STRATEGIC MEDIA PARTNER
Date: 9-11 May 2013
Place: Chennai
Tel: +91 9043249391
Email: marketing@renergyteda.com
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INTER SOLAR EUROPE 2013
Date: 19-21 June 2013
Place: Munich
Organizer: Solar Promotion GmbH
Tel: +49 761 3881-3700
Email: info@intersolar.de
Website: http://www.intersolar.de/
POWER INDUSTRY INDIA
Date: 11-12 September 2013
Place: New Delhi
Organizer: ITE
Tel: +91 11 4082 8282 (India)
Email: powerindustry@ite-events.com
Website: http://www.powerindustry-events.
com/
4TH RENEWABLE ENERGY CONGRESS & EXPO
2013
Date: 25-27 September 2013
Place: New Delhi
Organizer: Energy & Environment
Tel: +91-9213901510
Email: punit.nagi@gmail.com
Website: http://www.wretc.in/
INTER SOLAR INDIA 2013
Date: 11-14 Nov 2013
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Energetica News
GOVERNMENT
WIND ENERGY
Renewable Energy
Contributes 12.5%
in total power
generation
Dr. Farooq Abdul-
lah, Minister for New &
Renewable Energy, has
informed the Rajya Sab-
ha that the present in-
stalled capacity of power
generation in the country
is about 2,12,829 MW
which includes 26,920
MW from renewable
sources.
This constitutes
12.5% contribution of
renewable in the total
power generation in-
stalled capacity in the
country. The Ministry has
projected a capacity ad-
dition of about 29,800
MW from renewable en-
ergy sources during 12th
Plan period. It is expected
that the contribution of
renewable power in the
total installed capacity
would be in the range of
16 to 17% at the end of
12th Five Year Plan.
Offshore Wind Energy Steering Committee Constituted
The Indian Government has con-
stituted an Offshore Wind En-
ergy Steering Committee under
the Chairmanship of Secretary,
M/o New & Renewable Energy
(MNRE) associating the stake-
holder Ministries to steer the
offshore wind energy develop-
ment in the country in a directed
and focused manner including
modality for inter-agency coordi-
nation. The development of off-
shore wind energy projects also
depends upon rming of wind
resource, oceanographic stud-
ies, environmental impact as-
sessment, infrastructure to sup-
port fabrication, interconnection
and evacuation of electricity
from these systems, clearances
required from various Ministries/
stakeholders etc.
India ranks 5th in terms
of installed capacity from wind
energy projects globally which
has reached to 18522 MW as
on 31.01.2013. The preliminary
assessment along the coastline
suggests that there could be po-
tential to develop offshore wind
energy along Tamil Nadu, Guja-
rat and Maharashtra coasts.
MNRE calls for R&D Proposals in thrust
areas of Solar Energy
MNRE solicits R&D project pro-
posals from research entities, in
public as well as private sector,
preferably in consortiums of in-
dustrial partner and academic/
research institutions in identi-
ed areas in the eld of solar
energy.
The project proposals need
to mention clearly
(i) specic objectives with iden-
tiable deliverables,
(ii) roles of each and every par-
ticipating institution,
(iii) work modules and time-
lines and
(iv) nancial contribution of
the participating institutions
wherever applicable.
The projects are expected
to lead to the technologies/
applications ready for commer-
cialization by the participating
industry.
The following are the iden-
tied thrust areas for this call:
1. Development of large area
anti-dust, self-cleaning
coatings for glass surfaces.
2. Development of high quality
back sheets and EVA mate-
rials for indigenous manu-
facturing of PV modules.
3. Improvement of commercial
efciencies of silicon solar
cells greater than 20%.
4. Development of high quality
and low cost deep discharge
batteries for solar PV appli-
cations (specic applications
need to be identied by the
proposers).
5. Development of CZTS so-
lar cells with efciency tar-
get of 15% on one cm.
square area.
6. Development of advanced
selective coatings for ap-
plications on high tempera-
ture solar receivers for pow-
er generation and process
heat systems.
7. Development of advanced
receiver systems for para-
bolic trough, CLFR, solar-
dish and central receiver
power technologies.
8. Development of storage
systems for medium and
high temperature applica-
tions which have low cost,
long service life and low
parasitic power require-
ments.
9. Alternative design congura-
tions of concentrating col-
lector systems with high ef-
ciency and low cost.
10. Development of Solar Cells
with peak efciencies at
30C 40C ambient tem-
perature.
11. Development of Smart
Control Systems for roof top
PV applications with meter-
ing for use in domestic sec-
tor.
12. Development of Solar
based water purication
system for domestic use
Ten hard copies of the pro-
ject proposals along with soft
copy may be submitted to the
following address before 30
June, 2013:
Mr. I.P. Singh, Director (Solar
R&D). Ministry of New & Re-
newable Energy
Block-14, CGO Complex, Lodhi
Road
New Delhi 110 003
E-mail: ipsingh@nic.in / cha-
lapathi.rao@nic.in
Energetica News
I N D I A
Tata Power registers its Wind project under CDM
Tata Power, Indias largest
integrated power utility has
announced the successful
registration of its 50.4 MW
Wind power project at Sa-
mana, Gujarat under Clean
Development Mechanism
(CDM) program by United
Nations Framework Con-
vention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC).
The 50.4 MW wind
plant at Samana was com-
missioned in May 2009 and
uses 63 wind turbine gen-
erators of 800 KW capacity
each to harness wind energy
for power generation. The
Samana plant helps in reducing
an annual average of 96,821
tons of Carbon Dioxide equiva-
lent, by producing 104,970
MWh per year (average) equiv-
alent amount of clean energy.
The Samana wind plant is
Tata Powers Third CDM reg-
istered project, with the 50.4
MW Wind project at Khandke,
Maharashtra & 25 MW Solar
project at Mithapur, Gujarat
registered in June 2010 and
January 2013 respectively. Tata
Power also has another wind
project in advanced stages of
CDM registration with UN-
FCCC. Samana is expected to
generate ~76,000 CERs per
annum.
Tata Power, as part of its
sustainability initiative, is com-
mitted to reducing its carbon
footprint. One of the ways to-
wards reaching this goal is ad-
dition of clean and renewable
energy generation capacity.
Tata Power currently has 376
MW of operating wind power
generation capacity and 28
MW of operating solar power
generation capacity, making it
one of the largest wind and
solar power generators in In-
dia. Its subsidiary Tata Power
Delhi Distribution Ltd has also
commissioned a 1 MW grid-
connected roof top solar plant
in Delhi. A 60.48 KWP solar
power plant has also been
functional on top of one of the
building at its ofce in Carnac
Bunder, Mumbai. The Com-
pany proposes to add 150-200
MW of wind and 50 MW of so-
lar power capacity every year.
CDM is an instrument
established under the Kyoto
Protocol to achieve both
sustainable development
and contribute to the cost
effective mitigation of cli-
mate change. It allows coun-
tries with emission reduction
commitments to meet part
of their reduction abroad,
where Green House Gas
(GHG) abatement costs can
be lower. The mechanism
will also enable developing
countries to attract invest-
ments in clean energy tech-
nology and assist them on
a sustainable development
path.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Mr. Anil Sardana, Man-
aging Director, Tata Power,
said, We have always estab-
lished that clean and renew-
able energy is the need of
the hour and Tata Power will
continue its efforts towards
this. It gives us great pride
that our third project, the 50.4
MW Wind plant at Samana
has been registered as under
Clean Development Mecha-
nism (CDM) program by United
Nations Framework Conven-
tion on Climate Change (UN-
FCCC).
Suzlon Group: Update on equity issuance under CDR
Suzlon Group, the worlds fth
largest wind turbine maker, to-
day announced the approval
of the Board for various deci-
sions pertaining to equity issu-
ance under the CDR scheme.
Under these, the company will
seek approval of shareholders
through postal ballot for key
measures, including the allot-
ment of equity to lenders un-
der the CDR scheme, increase
in share capital of the company
and sale of undertakings.
Speaking on the develop-
ment, Mr Kirti Vagadia CFO,
Suzlon Group, said: While
this is an important step for
the company to complete the
various aspects of the CDR
scheme, it is also a key step
towards improving the nan-
cial health of the company. We
anticipate that with these steps
we will, by mid-April 2013,
improve our leverage position
in terms of our debt-to-equity
ratio.
We believe that by our
lenders taking an equity posi-
tion, in addition to providing
critical nancial support, is an
important signal of their con-
dence in our fundamental
viability as a business, and our
long term outlook. Along with
the other enabling resolutions
around the acquisition of out-
standing shares in a subsidiary
and approval for sale of under-
takings, these steps will help us
realise greater efciencies and
continue to normalize our busi-
ness.
Energetica News
I N D I A
Invest in the future of your Wind Turbine Health
Romax Technology has an-
nounced the immediate avail-
ability of its latest release of
the InSight wind turbine health
management platform. This is
the core part of Romaxs suite
of products and services for the
wind industry.
For offshore and onshore
wind farms, the InSight platform
enables wind farm owners and
operators to combine data from
wind turbine CMS and SCADA
on a single intuitive system. A
hardware independent tool, In-
Sight enables the user to collate
and easily visualise the health of
individual turbines and the entire
eet, in turn reducing operating
costs, improving maintenance
and investment planning and
maximising revenue and energy
generation.
As the offshore wind market
grows and an increasing number
of turbines are coming out of
their end-of-warranty periods,
there is a critical need for a sys-
tem to enable predictive main-
tenance planning for the wind
turbine drivetrain.
Reports show that over
32% of wind farm failures are
due to gearbox failure, fol-
lowed by 23% in generator
failures. Having foresight of
potential issues means replace-
ments can be properly planned
and executed to ensure they
are as cost effective as possible.
Already, InSight products have
monitored and analysed over
1.6 GW of assets.
The use of simulation soft-
ware that can provide detailed,
24/7 diagnosis into the health of
a wind turbine via our monitor-
ing services with reporting across
US, EU and Asia, delivers savings
of millions of pounds when fac-
tors such as vessel costs, down-
time and replacement parts are
considered.
With a combination of In-
Sight and expert services, Romax
work with operators to inde-
pendently analyse data, make
recommendations and under-
take solutions to minimise cost
and downtime. InSight was rst
launched at EWEA 2012 and
Romaxs suite of products and
services is to date addressing the
whole life-cycle management,
from software to engineering,
for clients in Europe, USA and
Asia.
Were very excited about
this next generation capability for
moving wind farm owners and
operators from reactive to predic-
tive management of their wind
farm which enables increased up
time, reduced cost and improved
revenue said Dr Poon, CEO Ro-
max.
SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC
Maetel joins hands with InSolare to offer Solar EPC services in India
Maetel, a renowed EPC player
from Spain has joined hands
with InSolare from Bangalore.
The two companies recently
decided to work together to
tap the potential of Solar Pow-
er Plants in India.
Energetica India, the most
distributed renewable energy
focused magazine in India, was
consultant to the deal.
Says Dr.Sunit Tyagi, CEO,
InSolare; InSolare is excited
with our exclusive partnership
with MAETEL for solar pro-
jects in India. We are delighted
to note that MAETEL with its
large and wide global solar EPC
experience of more than 300
MW; has chosen to partner
with InSolare, due to our focus
on highest standards of Quality
and commitment to delivery of
projects on time.
According to Mr. Alejan-
dro Aliaga, Business Develop-
ment Manager, Maetel; This
unique partnership brings to
India a Global Reach with Local
expertise to provide Bankable
and responsive EPC for high
Quality Solar Projects
The Spanish company
MAETEL, with its head ofce
located in the city of Zaragoza,
belongs to the industrial group
SEMI MAESSA, which is incor-
porated within the industrial
division of A.C.S.
The principal activities of
the company are:
Electricity generation and dis-
tribution
Renewable energy sources
and the environment
Industrial installations
Engineering and telecommu-
nications installations
InSolare is a System Inte-
grator and Solar Energy EPC
Provider. The company was
founded by Dr.Sunit Tyagi and
Dr.Hemanshu Bhatt and has
Indias largest solar power
plant with single axis tracking
and thin lm modules.
Solar PV manufacturing capacity in India multiplied by 10
Following the launch of the
Jawaharlal Nehru National So-
lar Mission, (JNNSM) in 2010
the domestic manufacturing
capacity of SPV cells and mod-
ules has increased from about
200 MW to 2000 MW.
One of the important
objectives of the JNNSM is
to promote domestic manu-
facturing in solar energy
sector and certain domestic
content requirements were
made mandatory in various
schemes of JNNSM Phase-I.
The Government has also ex-
tended the benets of excise
duty exemption on nished
products and of concessional
customs duty on raw materi-
als and equipment required
for manufacturing, to encour-
age domestic industry.
However, recently there
have been reports in media of
some of manufacturers facing
difculties in operating their
plants to full capacity in the
absence of adequate orders
resulting from intense cost
competition with suppliers of
imported cells/modules.
On the other hand, from
the electricity consumers in-
terest point of view, another
objective of the JNNSM is to
also progressively reduce the
cost of solar power. This can
be achieved through con-
tinuous research as well as
through induction of latest,
state-of-art technologies. In
this regard, besides increased
support to research projects,
benets of concessional cus-
toms duty is being provided
for imports of the nished so-
lar products/equipments also.
Energetica News
AEG Power
Solutions bags
major solar contract
in Madhya Pradesh
AEG Power Solutions,
a leading global man-
ufacturer of power
electronic systems and
solutions for industrial
power supplies and re-
newable energies, was
awarded a 30 MW so-
lar power plant project
from the pioneers of
Renewable Energy Cer-
ticate Mechanisms in
India, M and B Switch-
gears Ltd.
Located in Mad-
hya Pradesh, M and B
Switchgears Ltd. will be
provided with high reli-
ability inverters for their
solar power plant by
AEGPS (India) within the
rst quarter of 2013.
We are thrilled
to have bagged this
contract. We start the
year with two major
achievements: this
30MW contract and
totaling orders over
100MW within the last
one year. The growing
energy demand in the
country requires an
uninterruptable power
supply and a reliable in-
frastructure for indus-
trial power users. AEG
PS offers a consistent
product portfolio cov-
ering these demands
perfectly,said Sridhar
Murthy, Managing Di-
rector of AEG Power
Solutions in India.
Mr. Vikalp Mun-
dra, Director M and B
Switchgears Ltd said
We are glad to have
AEGPS as our partners
on board for this pro-
ject. M and B Switch-
gears was the rst so-
lar power producer in
India to be issued 249
solar Renewable En-
ergy Certicates. Part-
nering with AEGPS,
known for their premi-
um quality and highly
efcient products, will
further strengthen our
commitment towards
an alternative energy
future.
Developing our-
selves in India meant
facing specic chal-
lenges; technical chal-
lenges due to location
and climates, as well
as market challenges
due to erce competi-
tion. This contract is a
success for our Indian
team and a step for-
ward in our develop-
ment on the Indian
solar market, explains
Bob Roos, VP Solar
Strategic Business Unit
of AEG Power Solu-
tions.
With a strong ser-
vice capability and a
local state-of-the-art
manufacturing facility
for centralized solar in-
verters, AEGPS has met
varied customer ex-
pectations despite the
market challenges in
the last twelve months.
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REFUsol opens inverter production in Pune
REFUsol, a leading manufactur-
er of solar inverters has started
producing its high efciency
solar inverters in a local pro-
duction in Pune, India. The rst
inverters were produced in Feb-
ruary 2013. REFUsol will manu-
facture its 10kW, 13kW ,17kW,
20kW and 23kW string invert-
ers for the Indian, South Asian
and Middle East market. The
inauguration ceremony took
place today, March 19th, 2013.
The three-phase string in-
verters REFUsol 010K, 013K,
017K and 020K are suitable for
rooftop systems from 10 kW up-
wards, right through to mega-
watt parks. They comply with all
requirements for IP65 protection
and their housing provides reli-
able protection from dust and
water, including high pressure
washing. Therefore, these sys-
tems can be installed out in the
open without any problem. All
four string inverters are easy to
handle and compact. They can
be installed on an area smaller
than three A4 pages laid side
by side for example. Operation
and monitoring are easy, further
facilitated by the graphic display,
the integrated RS485 interface
and an Ethernet connection.
Fast MPP tracking and a wide
input voltage range also ensure
the high levels of efciency that
are typical in REFUsol systems.
Even at low irradiation, the
three-phase inverters achieve an
efciency of up to 98.2 per cent.
As a result of these high ef-
ciency levels, convection cooling
is all that is needed to dissipate
the heat. Thanks to the low volt-
age uctuations against earth,
the transformer-less devices can
also be used for many thin-lm
modules. The integrated data-
logger can send all important
operating data to the REFUlog
internet portal. For visualization
and evaluation purposes, data
can be transferred via the stand-
ard cable or an optional wireless
connection using the new REFU-
connect radio module.
With an output voltage of
460 volts and an input voltage
range of 575 to 850 volts, the RE-
FUsol 023K-460 VAC is the ideal
solution for medium-voltage ap-
plications on large-scale PV sites.
It has an efciency factor of more
than 98 per cent. The high ef-
ciency enables noise-free con-
vection cooling and ensures the
inner workings of the inverter are
maintenance-free.
EPCs and investors like
the concept of our high ef-
ciency inverters which is not
only giving them capital cost
benets but also help them to
reduce the operational cost of
plant and getting 2 to 3% more
generation benets. With our
local production here in Pune
we are now able to meet our
customers needs even better
and in shorter time conrms
Thomas Wittek, CEO at Refu
Solar Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
Sonali Solar introduces range of BIPV Solar Modules
Sonali Solar, a global company
having international ofce at
New Jersey, USA and leading
manufacturer of SPV Solar Mod-
ules, has announced their new
range of BIPV (Building Integrat-
ed Photo Voltaic) solar panels.
Having fully automated
and computerized plant of
50MW line to produce SPV
modules in range from 3W to
300W, Sonali Solar is always
committed for best quality
products at competitive prices
and at dened delivery sched-
ule. To add new feather in the
cap, Sonali Solar has come up
with BIPV Solar modules with
range from 100W to 200W.
President and CEO Mr.
Pankaj Desai of Sonali Solar de-
scribed elaborately about BIPV
solar panels that; We know
that the world has very limited
resources of fossil fuel to gener-
ate electricity. We are aiming in
direction to provide solar prod-
ucts and services like SPV mod-
ules, BIPV modules, BIPV Solar
systems, Solar Power Plants, De-
velopment of solar farm, all are
based on renewable energy re-
sources. We always do business
with noble cause to help world
to create green environment and
to contribute in reducing global
warming effect.
Sonali Solar describes about
various advantages for using
BIPV modules:
1. Cost Effective: BIPV is often
cheaper than some conven-
tional cladding and glazing
materials. Many of the BIPV
systems are designed in as
part of a building thereby sav-
ing money and time in the
design process
2. Enhanced Energy Efciency:
BIPV is producing electric-
ity whilst you go about your
business in a building
3. Generates Income: With
Feed-in-Tariffs (FiT), it will be
possible to generate tax free
revenues from the sun
4. Energy Security: Relying on
getting power only from the
grid (electricity companies)
is reduced as you generate
some of your electricity needs
from BIPV
5. Aesthetics and Creative De-
signs: Different types of BIPV
can be incorporated onto
buildings to create unique
architecture and interesting
designs. PV cells are now
available in a range of differ-
ent colors
6. Green energy: BIPV is part of
your contribution to Climate
Change by reducing your
carbon footprint, the Green
Agenda and (Corporate) So-
cial Responsibility
Managing Director Mr.
Nitesh Desai of Sonali Solar in-
formed about systematic mar-
keting and sales plan to make
their products available thought
out the world. He revealed that
Sonali Solar is a company always
working with a goal to sale so-
lar panels and modules at easily
reachable stockiest, convenient
ways of delivery and efcient ser-
vices. He added that, We have
started approaching government
ofces, architectures, build-
ers, contractors to make them
aware about advantages of our
BIPC modules. And we have re-
ceived remarkable response from
them.
Sonali Solar has established
network throughout the world
in which mainly USA, Europe
market, Asia-pacic and India are
covered.
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Panasonic kicks-off the 100 thousand Solar
Lantern Project in India
Panasonic India has an-
nounced the launch of the
100 THOUSAND SOLAR LAN-
TERN PROJECT, a project to
contribute a total of 100,000
solar LED lights to people in
regions in the world without
electricity, by 2018, the year
marking 100thanniversary of
the companys founding. By
the end of this scal year Pa-
nasonic plans to contribute a
total of 10,000 units of solar
lights in 3 strategic regions
across Asia and Africa. As the
rst stage of this effort, 3,000
solar lights were provided in
February in Myanmar. In a cer-
emony held today at New Del-
hi, 5,000 compact solar lights
were allotted to off-grid ar-
eas in India and the additional
2,000 lights will be given to a
refugee camp in Africa.
Currently, there are about
1.32 billion people world-
wide living without electricity,
mainly in developing coun-
tries in Asia and Africa1.Many
homes in these regions use
kerosene lamps for lighting,
but these lamps pose the risk
of re and the smoke released
by the lamps is also harmful to
human health. Since kerosene
lamps also do not provide suf-
cient light, they signicantly
restrict what people can do at
night while creating consider-
able hazards for them.
In order to help solve
the various problems in these
non-electried regions, Pa-
nasonic has been promoting
corporate citizenship projects
by actively utilizing its core
technologies and products.
The contribution of the solar
lights is one example of these
efforts. By generating electric-
ity from sunlight during the
day and storing it in a battery,
Panasonics solar lights can be
used as a small lighting xture
at night. It poses no risk of re
or harm to human health, and
generates no CO
2
emissions
during use.
This project in India has
been launched in collabora-
tion with four leading NGOs
(non-prot organizations) and
SE (Social Enterprise) to tackle
social issues by contributing
5,000 units of solar lights in
FY 2012.These include the
World Health Partners, Sway-
am Shikshan Prayog, Plan
International India and Sahaj
in the areas of Bihar, Andhra
Pradesh and West Bengal.
Commenting on this ini-
tiative Mr. Tarun Kapoor, Joint
Secretary, Ministry of New &
Renewable Energy, Govt of In-
dia said There is a severe im-
balance in demand and supply
of power and India risks fac-
ing an energy crisis. Renew-
able energy can help improve
the situation to a large extent
as it is no longer considered as
an alternate energy source;
rather it is expected to play
a signicant role in help-
ing meet the nations energy
needs. There is no disputing
the power of clean, renewable
energy in the present world
and the contribution of solar
lights to non-electried areas
is a one of its kind initiative
by Panasonic which will help
solve various existing social is-
sues. I would like to commend
Panasonic for promoting such
corporate citizenship projects
in India by lending a hand to
countrys growth.
Ms. Michiko Ogawa,
General Manager, CSR & Cor-
porate Citizenship Group, Pa-
nasonic Corporation marked
the occasion by passing the
solar lights to NGO and SE
representative. Commenting
on this initiative she said Pa-
nasonic has already enriched
the lives of a considerable
population in the world by
contributing successful solar
lights in association with in-
ternational institutions, NPOs
and NGOs in Africa, Cam-
bodia and Japan. The 100
THOUSAND SOLAR LANTERN
PROJECT is being launched
with the rm belief that these
lights can play a major role in
helping to solve social issues
in developing countries and
newly emerging economies.
Also, present on the oc-
casion Mr. Manish Sharma,
Managing Director, Con-
sumer Product Division, Pa-
nasonic India said Panasonic
will continue to strengthen
efforts towards achieving sus-
tainable development in the
country though undertaking
various activities across edu-
cation, health and environ-
ment. India has a tremen-
dous growth potential but,
it is marred by a number of
infrastructure problems, chief
amongst them is electricity
deciency. Contributing so-
lar lights to off-grid areas not
only adds majorly towards
the development and em-
powerment of India but also
brings Panasonic one step
closer to its aim of becoming
No.1 Green Innovation Com-
pany by 2018. In addition to
this, we are hopeful that this
initiative will make a differ-
ence in building countrys
future as a support center for
off-grid areas
Panasonic will continue
to donate solar lanterns to de-
veloping countries and newly
emerging countries in Asia
and Africa, where many peo-
ple live without electricity. The
company is striving to help
improve living conditions in
these regions and is carrying
out initiatives to help achieve
sustainable development and
the UN Millennium Develop-
ment Goals (MDGs). Making
the environment central to
all of its business activities,
Panasonic aims to offer a bet-
ter living to people around the
world with peace of mind,
comfort and joy in a sustain-
able way.
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Solarcon India 2013 to highlight importance of PV
Manufacturing in India
SEMI, the global industry as-
sociation serving the photo-
voltaics, nano- and microelec-
tronics manufacturing supply
chains, announced SOLAR-
CON India 2013 the fth edi-
tion of its solar focused trade
show and conference to be
held at the KTPO Exhibition
Complex in Whiteeld, Banga-
lore, India from 1-3 August,
2013.
Impressive PV installa-
tion growth in India, now cu-
mulatively in excess of 1 GW,
has been overshadowed by the
fact that PV manufacturing in
India is going through a deeply
challenging phase with several
cell and module manufacturers
having to restructure and sub-
sequently re-target their busi-
nesses. This seemingly para-
doxical situation has played out
across the global PV market
due to over-capacity, bloated
inventories, intense cost com-
petition and scaling back of
solar targets in some regions.
Against this backdrop,
SOLARCON India 2013 will
provide a framework to discuss
the enormous role for solar
in power hungry India. From
power plants to rooftops and
off-grid applications SOLAR-
CON India will be the place to
reafrm the need for invest-
ments and commitment in
both R&D and manufacturing
to address the next demand
cycle; and to enable Indian in-
dustry to regroup and compete
on quality and price.
Balancing PV supply and
demand within regions pro-
vides greater economic ben-
ets, reduces carbon emissions
and the costs of transporting
PV products, making a case
for a strong regional manufac-
turing industry, said Bettina
Weiss, VP Business Develop-
ment, SEMI.
New Orders for L&T
L&T Constructions Solar Busi-
ness Unit, the largest EPC play-
er in solar power projects in
India, has won new EPC orders
worth `413 crores from Kiran
Energy for the construction of
Solar PV plants in Tamil Nadu.
In the Power Transmission
& Distribution business, L&T
construction has won a new
order worth ` 265 crores from
the Tamil Nadu Generation &
Distribution Corporation Lim-
ited (TANGEDCO) for power
distribution work across vari-
ous districts in Tamil Nadu
Su-Kam launches complete Solar Powered Packages
for homes and ofces
Su-Kam Power Systems Lim-
ited, the leading player in the
power back-up industry in In-
dia, has launched special solar
powered packages to provide
its customers easy home and
ofce back up solutions by us-
ing the power of sunlight. The
company has come up with a
complete solar solution, which
harnesses solar energy into
power thus, reducing the cost
of hefty electricity bills.The
completesystem can operate
on both Solar as well as Grid
Power thereby making ita reli-
able energy source, anywhere
anytime!
The complete package of
the eco friendly solar powered
system is a one time solution
to customers for uninterrupted
power supply to their homes
and ofces. The system is con-
venient, easy to install and
sports a modern & contempo-
rary design to suit the overall
ambience of home and ofce
locations.
Speaking on the launch,
Mr. Kunwer Sachdev, Manag-
ing Director, Su-Kam Power
Systems Limited said,We are
constantly evaluating solar ap-
plications in order to reach a
wider customer base. Thiscom-
plete solar package synergizes
the power of innovative renew-
able technology in providing
uninterrupted power back up
solutions to our customers.
The smart solar power
systems built in articial in-
telligence uses solar power
to simultaneously charge the
battery and also run/share the
load. The solar power package
which sports a shock proof,
non corrosive plastic body al-
lows the user to program the
system to automatically switch
over to solar power to power
the load partially or completely
during uninterrupted power
supply from the grid. User
friendly and an informative
LCDdisplay helpsthe customer
in understanding the func-
tionalities of the system. In ad-
dition to this, it also displays
the amount of money saved (in
Rupees) while charging from
solar power source and also
while sharing the load with
grid power source, at a pre-
determined tariff.
More savings
Reduced electricity bills - Us-
age of renewable energy
of sunlight in charging the
battery increases efciency
in charging and substantial
reduction in electricity bills
Increased battery life
Charging the battery from
solar power increases the
battery life by 30% thereby
reducing cost of replacing
batteries
Power generator Acts as a
power generator in case of
constant electricity supply
from the grid and automati-
cally switches over to solar
power to power the load
partially or completely
The complete solar powered
package comprises of Solar
PV Panel, a trolley and a
battery. Unlike convention-
al energy fuel, the power
package solution doesnt
emit any gases or leave any
residuals thereby contribut-
ing to a greener environ-
ment and at the same time
adding to the overall ambi-
ence of your home/ ofce
Su-Kams Solar Powered
Package starts at Rs. 20,000/-
onwards and is available
through Su-Kams extensive
dealer network.
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Emmvee Solar to target emerging customer segments
with new range of Solar Water Heaters
Emmvee Solar, Indias leading
manufacturer of solar water
heaters and a joint venture
with Solarcap Denmark, is to
launch a new range of its pop-
ular Solarizer brand, specically
targeted at a number of key
emerging customer segments.
The Bangalore-based com-
pany has identied custom-
ers seeking hard water and
high-pressure solutions as high
growth segments in the com-
ing years. With the majority of
new homes relying on bore-well
water, hard water and its corro-
sive effects are becoming a ma-
jor concern for customers when
choosing water heaters, says
Emmvee founder and Manag-
ing Director Mr DV Manjuna-
tha. At the same time more
and more new home owners
are upgrading their bathrooms
to the latest hi-tech ttings
which require high pressure to
fully realise their benets.
On the back of these in-
sights Emmvee Solar has de-
cided to launch a new range
of its successful Solarizer
brand. According to Mr Man-
junatha Our new range will
have two new agship prod-
ucts to meet these emerging
customer needs. Our Solarizer
Ultra system will combine the
benets of Emmvees unique
glass enamelled tank technol-
ogy with a heat exchanger sys-
tem to provide the only truly
long-life solution for consum-
ers in hard water areas. Glass
enamelling gives a corrosion
free nish to steel to prevent
rust and the build-up of bacte-
ria. It has become the standard
in markets like Europe but to-
date only Emmvee is offering
this technology in India. A heat
exchanger is an indirect meth-
od of heating which circulates
a specially formulated uid
rather than water, avoiding the
risk of blockages.
Mr Manjunatha adds,
Our new Solarizer Spring
product will meet the needs of
customers looking for a high
pressure system that meets
the highest quality and safety
standards Emmvees new So-
larizer range will also feature
an all-new solar collector that
brings two new technologies
to the Indian market. Firstly, it
incorporates a high selective
full plate absorber, produced
using a state-of-the-art laser
welding process to give a sur-
face that absorbs solar radia-
tion more efciently. Secondly,
it uses the latest solar glass that
boasts higher transmission for
improved water heating -even
in cloudy conditions.
According to Mr Manjuna-
tha, Emmvee has always been
ahead of the curve in bringing
such innovations to the Indian
market. We consistently meet
the highest global quality stand-
ards to satisfy our customers in
countries like Germany. This re-
quires investment in world class
manufacturing facilities and re-
search and development
A year after celebrating
their 20th anniversary, Em-
mvee is still at the forefront of
advances in the Indian solar
industry it pioneered all those
years ago. When asked how
it has maintained this position
Mr. Manjunatha replied We
believe that customers will al-
ways value Emmvees combi-
nation of a trusted brand and
the latest technological innova-
tions
Tata Powers Energy Audits helps save 15 million units of electricity
Tata Power, Indias largest
integrated power company
continues to drive energy con-
servation and efciency to its
customers in Mumbai. In an-
other such initiative, Tata Pow-
er conducted special Energy
Audits targeting its industrial
and commercial consumers in
the city. The exercise helped
these customers to optimize
their energy use by receiving
facility specic saving recom-
mendations leading to savings
of 15 MUs of electricity com-
bined with cost savings.
Under this program, cus-
tomers premise is audited by a
certied Energy Audit Agency
and recommendations are pro-
vided by this agency for achiev-
ing further reduction in energy
consumption. The consumer
pays only 25% of the fees, while
the remaining is borne by Tata
Power. Tata Power has so far car-
ried out these audits for over 62
customers and cumulatively pro-
vided recommendations leading
to reduction of over 15 Million
Units. Many more custom-
ers have enrolled for this pro-
gramme and larger savings are
expected through this initiative.
Speaking on this initiative,
Mr. S. Padmanabhan, Execu-
tive Director Operations, Tata
Power, said The Energy Audit
Initiative is a successful energy
efciency drive from Tata Pow-
er and we are happy to offer
such innovative and attractive
schemes for all our customer
segments. We are condent
that our demand side efforts will
not only help our customers to
signicantly reduce their month-
ly bills but enable them to make
Mumbai a greener city.
Major consumers such as
M&M, Oberoi Mall, Tata Com-
munication, Lilavati Hospital,
Hotel Leela and many more
have availed these Energy au-
dits and have beneted by
implementing the recommen-
dations provided during these
audits.
The success stories also in-
clude many small and medium
establishments such as malls,
ofces and factories that have
reduced their energy consump-
tion by over 10 to 15 % since
the audits have been conducted
in their premises.
A Walk through Energy
Audit has been introduced to
facilitate energy conservation
for Low Tension customers. 11
customers (<100 kW category)
were benetted under this ser-
vices.
These audits are conduct-
ed by professional and special-
ist energy auditors accredited
by Bureau of Energy Efciency
(BEE) which enables consum-
ers to undertake a studied
approach towards energy sav-
ing by mapping their unique
power consumption pattern
and identify several opportuni-
ties to save energy. Tata Power
has also been conducting vari-
ous Demand Response Events
during which curtailment of 15
MW load was achieved.
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RENEWABLES
Government impetus to Energize Market for
Chemicals & Materials used in PV - Frost & Sullivan
The implementation of the
Jawaharlal Nehru National
Solar Mission (JNNSM) by the
Government of India (GoI) is
driving growth in the solar in-
dustry, specically, the manu-
facturing of cells and mod-
ules. This will drive growth in
related upstream chemicals
and materials markets.
New analysis from Frost
& Sullivan, Strategic Insight
on the Indian Market for
Chemicals and Materials
Used in Photovoltaics, nds
that the market was worth
$1.05 billion in 2012 and
estimates this to reach $2.05
billion in 2015. The research
covers chemicals and ma-
terials used to manufacture
solar cells (polysilicon, metal
paste and wet process chem-
icals) and solar modules
(frontsheet, backsheet and
encapsulants).
With high peak power
decit, erratic crude oil pric-
es, coal shortages and uncer-
tainty of nuclear power, re-
newable energy sources such
as solar power will be the
future of sustainable power
generation, noted Frost &
Sullivan Analyst. New op-
portunities to explore in the
market for chemicals and
materials used in solar cells
and modules are presented
with the JNNSM mandating
indigenization of solar cells
and modules.
JNNSM aims to develop
20,000 MW of grid-connect-
ed solar power by 2022. Ad-
ditionally, plans to promote
India as a manufacturing hub
for solar products with man-
datory indigenization of solar
cells and modules are being
implemented. The scheme
offers new opportunities
to invest in the market for
chemicals and materials used
in the manufacture of solar
products in India. The de-
mand for chemicals and ma-
terials used in solar cells and
modules is estimated to grow
at a CAGR of 22.2 percent
till 2015, with the growth for
module components estimat-
ed at over 25 percent CAGR
for the same time period.
With government man-
dates on indigenization and
benets such as competitive
price and quicker lead times,
there is a strong case sup-
porting local manufacture of
chemicals and materials used
in solar photovoltaic products.
While the market is
poised for growth, a key
challenge remains low-cost
imports of nished cells
and modules from China.
Backed by state-sponsored
loans by the Chinese gov-
ernment, Chinese compa-
nies have rapidly built large-
scale manufacturing units
for cells/modules and other
components at lower pro-
duction costs. This, coupled
with monopolized access to
certain critical raw materi-
als, such as uorspar that is
used in the manufacture of
backsheets, offers an advan-
tageous position to Chinese
companies that threaten clo-
sure of competitors even in
developed economies.
Investment in prod-
ucts, such as encapsulants
that benet from smaller
lead times, backed by gov-
ernment support through
JNNSM will aid in overcom-
ing competition from Chi-
na, advised the analyst.
Continuous innovation to
reduce costs and upgrade
efciency will further sustain
market expansion.
Strategic Insight on the
Indian Market for Chemicals
and Materials Used in Photo-
voltaics is part of the Chemi-
cals & Materials Growth
Partnership Service program.
Frost & Sullivans related re-
search services include: In-
dian Solar Photovoltaic Mar-
ket and Electronic Chemicals
Market in India. All research
included in subscriptions
provide detailed market op-
portunities and industry
trends that have been evalu-
ated following extensive in-
terviews with market partici-
pants.
RECs validity extended 730 days
The Central Electricity Regula-
tory Commission(CERC) has
extended the validity of Renew-
able Energy Certicates(REC)
to 730 days. The commission
issued these guidelines after
hearing the petitions from
stakeholders including wind
developers and solar develop-
ers.
The idea behind this ex-
tension wasto uphold the main
objective of RECs and to give
opportunity and time to the
RE generators to trade RECs
at the Power Exchanges. Ac-
cordingly the Commission pro-
posed to grant relief to the af-
fected RE Generators, whose
RECs had lapsed with effect
from 1.11.2012 or was likely
to lapse in near future.
From the submissions
from various stakeholders, it
emergeed that there is a con-
sensus in favour of extending
the period of validity of the
RECs, though theduration of
the period varies from one year
to ve years or till the RECs are
extinguished after trading.
Some other suggestions
included introduction and im-
plementation of enforcement
mechanism for RECs and in-
troduction of a national level
body known as Market Maker
or REC Price Guarantor to act
as the buyer of last resort and
seller of last resort.
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POWER SECTOR
GL Garrad Hassan
appointed new Country
Manager for India
Mr Dilip Kumar will take up
the role of Country Manager
for GL Garrad Hassan in In-
dia. India is the worlds third
largest market for wind, with
annual installations doubling
over the last several years.
The reintroduction of a gov-
ernment subsidy wind farms
and low coast loans for clean
energy production should
help to ensure that Indias im-
portance continues to grow
as a centre for the design,
development and manufac-
ture of wind turbines.
Mathias Steck, Asia-
Pacic Vice President for GL
Garrad Hassan, announced
the appointment, saying
Mr Kumars breadth and di-
versity of experience will be
invaluable to GL Garrad Has-
san in helping our custom-
ers in dealing with the wide
range of projects and geo-
graphical diversity they face.
And his deep and long last-
ing connection will help to
forge and cement excellent
customer relationships.
Mr Kumar is a mechani-
cal engineer with degrees
from Madras University and
the Indian Institute of Sci-
ence. He has over 30 years
experience in professional
engineering roles. Mr. Ku-
mar has previous consulting
experience, having worked
for a major engineering con-
sultancy on power projects
throughout India, Middle
East and Africa.
In his last position as
General Manager of a ma-
jor wind turbine OEM Mr
Kumar was responsible for
setting up manufacturing
plant for wind turbine and
generator components. His
experience is diverse cover-
ing Plant Engineering, Qual-
ity System Managements,
Greeneld Project Manage-
ment and Operations and
Maintenance. He has special-
ized in Turbo-Machinery and
Non-Conventional Sources of
Energy.
In his management roles
Mr Kumar successfully im-
plemented Quality Manage-
ment Systems, continuous
Improvement methodolo-
gies, industry benchmarking,
knowledge sharing and train-
ing activities.
In his role of country
manager for GL Garrad Has-
san, he will manage a team
of 28 engineers and support
staff who specialise in a wide
range of service offerings to
the wind and solar energy
industries. These services in-
clude resource and energy
analysis for wind and solar
farms, due diligence of wind
farms and solar farms for in-
vestors, wind turbine perfor-
mance testing (power, loads,
quality, noise), manufactur-
ing inspections, and owners
engineer for wind farm con-
struction and operations.
Alstom Grid India
won rst FSC contract
from PGCIL
Alstom T&D India has
been awarded a turnkey
Fixed Series Compensa-
tion (FSC) contract worth
around 10 million (INR
650 million) by Power
Grid Corporation of India
Limited (PGCIL) to im-
prove power quality on
the 400 kV Wardha - Au-
rangabad Transmission
Network.. The contract
marks yet another mile-
stone in Alstoms strong
partnership with PGCIL
to upgrade the existing
transmission infrastruc-
ture in the country.
Alstom will deliver
the project on a turnkey
basis, including design,
engineering, manufac-
turing, supply, erection,
testing & commissioning
of the FSC system. Under
the contract, Alstom will
supply capacitors, spark
gaps, as well as control
and instrumentation sys-
tems and an insulated
platform. The project will
be executed by Alstom
T&D India and Alstom
Grid Finland and is sched-
uled for commissioning in
2014.
Commenting on the
success, Rathin Basu,
Managing Director, Al-
stom T&D India said:
This is the rst FSC con-
tract won by Alstom Grid
in India and conrms the
increasing demand for
advanced infrastructure
technology in India. To
prevent future blackouts
on the Indian network,
Power Grid & CEA have
taken special initiatives
to introduce compensa-
tion technology in the
transmission grid. Alstom
T&D India is a leader in
delivering highly reliable
and advanced transmis-
sion solutions and is well
poised to make signi-
cant contributions to the
Indian transmission grid
in this emerging seg-
ment.
Alstoms FSC system,
one of the largest to be
built in the world, will
increase power capacity
across the entire trans-
mission line. Fixed series
compensation has long
been the preferred solu-
tion for optimizing per-
formance in very large
bulk transmission corri-
dors. The function of the
FSC system and its ca-
pacitors in a power grid
is to improve efciency
by minimizing electrical
losses and increasing the
transmission systems
overall transfer capabil-
ity. Alstoms comprehen-
sive portfolio of FACTS
devices is dedicated to
enhancing the power
quality and performance
of its customers high-
voltage AC transmis-
sion systems around the
world.
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ExxonMobil shares insights on Getting Smart about Grease
ExxonMobil Lubricants Pvt. Ltd.
participated at the 15th National
Lubricating Grease Institute
(NLGI) India Chapter Annual
Conference and demonstrated
an indepth understanding of the
coding of industry specications
such as DIN and ISO. The confer-
ence, organized by NLGI - India
chapter from Feb. 7th to 9th,
2013in Kovalam, is a premier
platform for grease-related in-
dustry stakeholders in India.
Understanding the coding
used by industry specication
such as DIN and ISO can help us-
ers select the proper grease for
their equipment, and OEMs to
specify the grease requirements
for their equipment, in a trans-
parent, cost effective manner.
As equipment is commonly in-
stalled and operated thousands
of kilometres from where it is
manufactured, it is important
that the grease requirements are
clearly noted. Understanding
and using industry specications
such as DIN and ISO can provide
clear lubrication selection guid-
ance across the entire supply
chain, said Paul Grives, Global
Industrial Strategy Advisor, Exx-
onMobil Fuels Lubricants & Spe-
cialties Marketing Company.
The use of industry perfor-
mance specication can allow
original equipment manufac-
turers (OEMs) to cost effectively
dene performance standards
without the need to specify the
use of particular product brands.
They enable operators to choose
their lubricant supplier based on
OEM performance requirements
rather than lubricant denota-
tion. Lubricant suppliers con-
tinue to have the opportunity
to differentiate their products to
exceed minimum performance
standards.
According to ExxonMobil,
smart usage of greases starts
at its advanced formulation
process, and extends to recom-
mending correct application
expertise, up to product perfor-
mance that delivers even under
some of the most extreme oper-
ating conditions.
Backed by more than 100
years of industry expertise, Mo-
bil-branded greases are expertly
formulated to meet a wide va-
riety of operating conditions
in both industrial and mobile
equipment, including extreme
applications such as high and
low temperatures; water con-
tamination; heavy or shock
loads; or variable speeds. Mobil
greases are available in a range
of viscosity grades to offer cus-
tomers added choice and ex-
ibility.
Mobil Industrial Lubricants
offered portfolio of greases in
India includes MobilithSHC,
Mobil SHC Polyrex, Mobil
Centaur XHP, Mobilgrease
XHP 461/462, , Mobilgrease
XHP 222 and Mobilgrease
XHP 222 Special.
Through consistent quality
and performance, ExxonMobil
grease products ensure produc-
tivity and protability for Indias
industries.
Tata Ficosa Automotive
Systems Private Limited recently
selected Mobilgrease XHP
222 for the lubrication of con-
veyor bearings that witnessed
high level of contamination
from water. The water had led
to bearing failures and high fre-
quency of regreasing. However,
the use of Mobilgrease XHP
222,a lithium complex grease
with excellent adhesion and
water resistance characteristics
helped reduce the consumption
of grease, reduce the number
of bearing failures from four to
zero and also reduce the bearing
temperature by 6 Deg. C
Another company which
beneted from the use of Mo-
bil grease is JSW Steel Ltd. It had
replaced mineral oils with Mo-
biltemp SHC 460 Special in its
COREX unit at its Bellary plant.
Eaton Consolidates Power Distribution
Diversied industrial manu-
facturer Eaton announced
that the companys New Delhi
based Power Distribution and
Power Quality commercial or-
ganizations for South Asia have
been consolidated and Sushil
Virmani has been named as
sales director, Electrical Sector,
South Asia to lead the consoli-
dated organization, reporting
to Anoop Nanda, managing di-
rector Rest of Asia, Electrical
Sector, Eaton.
The consolidation aims to
increase Eatons penetration in
key market segments, better
leverage the companys key ac-
count strategy, increase value
assemblies and solutions sales,
and grow the overall business
in South Asia.
I believe Sushils vast ex-
perience and contributions
will play a crucial role in imple-
mentation of many new strat-
egies and programs that we
are developing as part of our
new strategic direction to build
business in South Asia, com-
mented Nanda.
Virmani has three decades
of multi-disciplinary cross-sec-
torial experience in the power
solutions industry and has a
proven track record of success-
ful integrated sales campaigns
and channel programs. In his
new role, Virmani will be re-
sponsible for leading the South
Asia commercial organization
and driving a unied strategy
in this market. He will iden-
tify synergies across product
groups and ensure penetration
across key accounts and seg-
ments.
Virmani has held a variety
of senior management roles
over his 13 years with Eaton.
In his most recent role as sales
director for Eatons Power
Quality business in South Asia,
he was responsible for the de-
velopment to the companys
Power Quality sales strategy,
channel partner development,
customer service and sales
team management across
South Asian countries.
Eaton is a diversied
power management company
providing energy-efcient so-
lutions that help our custom-
ers effectively manage electri-
cal, hydraulic and mechanical
power. With 2012 sales of
$16.3 billion, Eaton is a global
technology leader in electrical
products, systems and services
for power quality, distribution
and control, power trans-
mission, lighting and wiring
products; hydraulics compo-
nents, systems and services for
industrial and mobile equip-
ment; aerospace fuel, hydrau-
lics and pneumatic systems
for commercial and military
use; and truck and automo-
tive drivetrain and powertrain
systems for performance, fuel
economy and safety. Eaton ac-
quired Cooper Industries plc in
2012. Eaton has approximate-
ly 103,000 employees and sells
products to customers in more
than 175 countries.
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URS extends global brand to its India operations
URS, a leading global engineer-
ing, construction and technical
services company, announced
today that all its India opera-
tions will now be branded URS.
The extension of the single URS
brand to India is reected in
how the company is success-
fully bringing the capabilities,
standards and health & safety
record of its world-renowned
international brand to the Indian
market. Todays adoption of the
single brand underscores the
close ties between URS business
in India and the global parent
company, headquartered in Cali-
fornia, USA.
Through bringing the repu-
tation, standards and benets of
an international company to the
Indian market, we hope to create
new opportunities for our global
clients as they expand in the re-
gion, said Mr. Tom Bishop, Exec-
utive Chairman of URS in Europe,
India and the Middle East. Our
global scale and expertise also
enable us to support Indian-head-
quartered companies as they ex-
pand their operations worldwide.
We are excited by the opportuni-
ties India offers and we hope to
make a positive contribution to
the country, both as an employer
and through our work as an inte-
grated services provider.
The India operations will
continue to be led by Mr. Srini
Kris, who has served as Manag-
ing Director, South Asia Opera-
tions, since March 2012. Mr Kris
is an Indian national born in Ben-
galuru and raised and educated
in Ranchi, where he gained a
degree from the Birla Institute
of Technology. Mr Kris worked
in the USA for more than two
decades in a number of senior
management roles at engineer-
ing companies, including 14
years with URS in California. He
has extensive experience in large
public and private sector pro-
jects, including major transport
infrastructure projects and multi-
billion dollar schemes to build
and modernise hospitals, schools
and universities.
Mr. Srini Kris said: URS
global experience of high-end
programme, project and con-
struction management, together
with the environmental exper-
tise, engineering design and in-
frastructure heritage of our India
operations, enable us to deliver
an unparalleled range of services
with quality and sustainability
at their core. Last year a host of
global multinational companies
awarded our India operations
exciting programmes of work.
With our India operations set to
expand further in 2013, espe-
cially in rail, power, buildings and
infrastructure, and facilities man-
agement, we are increasing our
recruitment drive. Indias highly-
skilled engineers, environmental
scientists and construction man-
agers are renowned throughout
the world, and we are on a mis-
sion to attract them.
The new headquarters of
URS India operations will now
be based in DLF Cyber City in
Gurgaon, Haryana.
URS origins in India can
be traced back more than half
a century to the 1960s when,
through a legacy company, it
was appointed the sole engineer
and agent for the Port of Bom-
bay. Since then, URS major pro-
jects include Dhamra Port in Oris-
sa and internationally acclaimed,
award-winning work on widen-
ing the NH-9 highway between
Hyderabad and Machilipatnam.
Power-One showcases new Inverters for Residential Market
Power-One, Inc. (Nasdaq:
PWER), a leading global manu-
facturer of renewable energy
and energy-efcient power con-
version and power management
solutions, will launch the two
latest additions to its AURORA
inverter family at the 28thSym-
posium Photovoltaische Solar-
energie in the monastery Banz
near Bad Staffelstein, Germany,
from March 6 to 8, 2013.
At its booth in the foyer
east, Power-One will present
the new transformerless AU-
RORA PVI-8.0-TL and AURORA
PVI-6.0-TL three-phase string
inverters for residential appli-
cations to the German public
for the rst time. Furthermore,
visitors will have the opportu-
nity to learn more about Pow-
er-Ones innovative AURORA
MICRO inverters as well as its
broad portfolio of PV inverter
products and monitoring so-
lutions, including the single-
phase AURORA UNO inverters
and the three-phase AURORA
TRIO inverters.
At the Symposium Pho-
tovoltaische Solarenergie, the
German PV industry meets to
discuss the future of renewable
energy generation, says Ger-
hard Schackert, Sales Director
Northern EMEA at Power-One.
This is why we have chosen
this event to present our latest
PV inverter innovations to the
public.
AURORA PVI-8.0-TL and
AURORA PVI-6.0-TL
With an output of 8kW and
6kW respectively, the AURORA
PVI-8.0-TL and AURORA PVI-
6.0-TL are the smallest trans-
formerless three-phase string
inverters Power-One has ever
offered. Both models benet
from the cutting-edge technol-
ogy perfected in the AURORA
PVI-10.0/12.5 inverters and are
ideally suited for single-family
or semi-detached houses.
Thanks to two independ-
ent MPP trackers, systems can
be designed with two separate
strings with different orienta-
tions. This allows for an optimal
energy yield from installations
with two different roof pitches.
Moreover, a wide input voltage
range and high efciency val-
ues of up to 97.6 percent per-
mit deploying the two inverter
models in different installation
conditions. This does not only
ensure a maximum energy har-
vesting, but also guarantees
the high reliability and exibil-
ity that distinguishes Power-
Ones AURORA inverters.
AURORA MICRO-0.25-I
and AURORA MICRO-0.3-I
Both the AURORA MI-
CRO-0.25-I and AURORA MI-
CRO-0.3-I micro-inverters offer
efciency values of up to 96.5
percent, which are amongst
the best in their class. Their
broad DC input voltage range
with a maximum of 60V DC
and the improved MPPTs allow
installers to use these micro-
inverters with a number of dif-
ferent manufacturers modules
as well as a range of various
outputs. By offering greater
design exibility, the micro-
inverters guarantee maximum
energy harvest on roofs with
different pitches and orienta-
tions.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
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Energy Storage Tops the List of Requirements
for PV Inverter Buyers
A new survey conducted by
IMS Research now part of
IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) of more
than 400 global photovoltaic
(PV) inverter customers has
revealed a rapidly growing
need for energy storage in PV
systems. Despite the infancy
of the energy storage market,
nearly one third of respond-
ents indicated that they expect
to be using energy storage in
over 40 percent of the PV sys-
tems they install by 2015. The
recent survey of global install-
ers, system integrators and
wholesalers also revealed that
Chinese PV inverters are gain-
ing acceptance and that the
high price of microinverters is
the main barrier to them gain-
ing share.
Growing Need for
Energy Storage
When asked which require-
ment they saw becoming
most important over the next
two years, respondents from
Germany, Italy, and the U.K.
selected energy storage as be-
ing more critical than any other
requirement for future PV in-
verters. When asked what the
main driver for the adoption of
energy storage would be, the
most common response from
customers was a reduction in
battery prices helping to drive
lower system prices and make
storage nancially viable.
The survey found that over
60 percent of respondents be-
lieved that an acceptable in-
crease in system price for the
inclusion of energy storage
would be between 10 and 29
percent, however, almost 30
percent of respondents indi-
cated they would be willing to
pay an even higher premium.
Energy storage is becom-
ing an increasingly important
feature for PV systems and if
suppliers are able to deliver
products in line with the indus-
trys expectations, the market
for energy storage in PV could
increase signicantly over the
next two years, explained
Sam Wilkinson, manager pow-
er and energy research at IHS.
High Price of
Microinverters
Restricting Adoption
Price was also an important
factor for respondents when
considering using microinvert-
ers, and their high price was the
most common reason given for
not using them in their PV in-
stallations. However, the survey
found that the proportion of
customers using microinverters
had increased by 10 percentage
points in 2012 compared to
2011, with their ability to com-
bat shading and the additional
design exibility that they offer
given as the most common rea-
sons for using them.
As a result of the advan-
tages and features that they of-
fer, microinverters and power op-
timizers are beginning to become
more widely accepted, however
price is a major drawback and
the majority of respondents who
do not currently purchase micro-
inverters stated they would need
to reduce in price by over 50 per-
cent for them to consider using
them, added Wilkinson.
Chinese Products Gaining
Acceptance
The survey also highlighted
a growing acceptance for
Chinese inverter products.
In comparison to the sur-
vey conducted over one year
ago, respondents that believe
Chinese inverters are of an
acceptable level of quality
increased from 30 percent to
40 percent. The most nota-
ble increase came from cus-
tomers located in Germany,
where the proportion more
than doubled. The most com-
mon concerns quoted by
those that did not consider
Chinese inverters to offer an
acceptable level of quality
were reliability of the prod-
ucts and the levels of service
and warranty offered.
In total, over 400 purchas-
ers of PV inverters including
distributors, installers, integra-
tors, EPCs, and wholesalers
were surveyed by IHS to un-
derstand more about their re-
quirements when choosing an
inverter and a supplier.
Fronius unveils its Hybrid Inverter for the rst time
Between 19th and 21st
June, Fronius International
GmbH will be presenting
its latest developments at
the Intersolar trade fair in
Munich. The highlight on
the 512 m stand will be a
prototype of the Fronius hy-
brid inverter, which enables
self-generated energy to be
temporarily stored with the
help of batteries.
For Fronius, 2013 is
the year of innovations. We
are excited to be present-
ing numerous new products
at Intersolar, says Martin
Hackl, head of the Solar
Electronics division at Fro-
nius International GmbH.
Fronius hybrid inverter -
the exible storage solution
for photovoltaic systems
The Fronius hybrid in-
verter is used when there is
no immediate demand for
self-generated solar power
by storing the energy for
use at a later time. This
means that green electric-
ity can also be used during
the night, for example. Fur-
ther key advantages include
increased self-consumption
along with a more inde-
pendent power supply. In
addition, the power supply
is maintained in the event of
a grid failure.
Thanks to its modular
design, the storage unit can
be easily expanded - and
the battery retrotted - at
any time. By harnessing in-
novative communication
channels such as web server,
WLAN and Ethernet, system
operators have an overview
of their PV system perfor-
mance constantly at hand.
The device will be available
in 2014.
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Siemens opens worlds largest Wind Turbine R&D Test Facilities
Siemens Energy has opened
two major Research & Devel-
opment test facilities for wind
turbine technology in Den-
mark. The new test center in
Brande features test stands
for major components of Sie-
mens wind turbines, including
generators, main bearings and
complete nacelles. In Aalborg,
seven blade test stands are
capable to perform full scale
tests of rotor blades, includ-
ing the worlds largest blade
in operation with a length of
75 meters. In combination, the
two facilities form the worlds
largest R&D test center for
wind turbine technology.
Our investments in test-
ing today will result in savings
for our customers tomorrow;
says Felix Ferlemann, CEO of
the Siemens Wind Power Divi-
sion in Siemens Energy. With
our extensive tests of all major
components of a wind turbine
we can signicantly reduce the
risk of technical issues in the
eld. Our continued commit-
ment to R&D and testing ena-
bles us to deliver wind turbines
that are both the most innova-
tive and the most reliable at
the same time.
The two test centers in
Denmark feature indoor test-
ing facilities of more than
27,000 square meters. The na-
celle test stands in Brande are
among the most advanced in
the industry. They are capable
of testing Siemens D6 direct
drive platform, the companys
largest current wind turbines
with a six megawatt rated ca-
pacity, and are prepared to test
even larger turbines.
The seven blade test stands
in Aalborg and three blade
tests stands in Brande together
form the largest blade test fa-
cility in the world both in size
and in scope. The Aalborg fa-
cilities are able not only to fully
test Siemens 75-meter long
B75 blade, the largest wind
turbine blade in operation, but
also even larger blades. Wind
turbine blades are now big-
ger than any other composite
structure in the world. For ex-
ample, the wing of an Airbus
380 is less than half as long as
the B75 blade.
In its new test facilities, Sie-
mens can perform Highly Accel-
erated Lifetime Tests (HALT) on
all major components of its di-
rect drive and geared wind tur-
bine platforms. In HALT testing
programs, which can last to up
to six months, Siemens expos-
es prototypes to much higher
loads than they would normally
experience over the course their
full life-time in the eld.
In HALT tests, we com-
press the biggest loads over a
short time, as they affect the
turbine the most, says Sie-
mens Wind Power CEO Fer-
lemann. During the HALT test
of blades, for example, full-
scale prototypes are oscillated
at larger deections than they
would ever experience on site
for 2 million cycles vertically
and then for another 2 million
cycles horizontally.
2013 marks the 25th an-
niversary of Siemens Wind
Powers Test and Measurement
Department. In 1988, the com-
pany was the rst in the wind
industry to establish an in-
house Test and Measurement
Department capable of the full
range of eld measurements
required by modern wind tur-
bine development and veri-
cation. Innovation requires
validation to be employed
successfully, says Ferlemann.
Siemens is the company with
the greatest experience in test-
ing and making eld measure-
ments in the wind industry.
Krempel starts new PV Backsheet Production
Designed for solar modules
with cells for rear-side con-
tacting, AKACON BCF,
which is now being offered
by the KREMPEL Group, is
a new PV backsheet which
is ready to go into produc-
tion. The specialist in solar
materials is thus making an
important contribution to
further development of this
young technology, which will
undoubtedly increase the ef-
ciency of PV modules. Thru
exploitation of the potential
for innovation, an important
product group has now been
created in a market strongly
oriented to prices.
As regards contacting,
the contacts are only lo-
cated on the cell rear side.
This means that space on
the front is freed up so that
cell output can be increased.
Corresponding cell designs
are available, as well as eco-
nomically efcient process
concepts and production
lines. This new technology is
still on the sensitive threshold
between a promising concept
and a marketable product.
For companies who are will-
ing to take the next step,
KREMPEL is a reliable part-
ner with the appropriate PV
backsheet laminates at just
the right time.
The new AKACON BCF
(Back Contacting Foil) family
of products has everything
that is essential for rear-side
contacting: highly conduc-
tive contact surfaces on the
cell side and excellent electri-
cal insulation on the outward
facing side. At the same time,
the new product reliably per-
forms all the other functions
of a classical PV backsheet
laminate such as lasting pro-
tection against harmful envi-
ronmental inuences. More-
over, AKACON BCF stands
out due to two special char-
acteristics that are technically
important in terms of the
process involved: outstanding
atness and high dimensional
stability; the thermal shrink-
age is less than 0.1 percent.
All this is based on more
than four years of intense
development work and the
Groups several years of prac-
tical experience, including 20
years with solar materials and
30 years with copper ma-
terials for ne and very ne
conductor technology. For
example, KREMPEL makes
materials for exible printed
circuit boards with conductor
paths that are smaller than
100 m, whereas rear-side
contacting is still in the mil-
limeter range. And to make
sure that solar module manu-
facturers can submit orders
exibly, KREMPEL supplies
individual quantities of the
new metal laminates with
a customized structured form
at mass-production prices.
KREMPEL machines are now
good to go for series-produc-
tion.
INTERVIEW
Energetica India speaks to VIVEK SHARMA from STMicroelectronics to discuss the role of semiconductors in
Indias Power and Renewable Energy Sector.
ENERGETICA INDIA: How is the
semiconductor market doing w.r.t
Indias Power Sector?
VIVEK SHARMA: India is a fast emerging econ-
omy where the demand on electric power
is increasing at an amazing pace. Today, al-
though 70% of Indian Population lives in
villages, there are still thousands of villages
with no electricity or inadequate electricity.
This scenario continues to create
many opportunities for semiconductors to
contribute to making peoples lives better
on two fronts: The Semiconductor industry
is developing products which are helping
the Indian Power Sector in generation and
distribution of Power through Smart Grid
and Smart Metering solutions.
And consumers are benetting from
products like LED lights (low cost high ef-
ciency), higher efciency gadget charg-
ers with much lower standby power and
higher efciency domestic equipment that
can operate more efciently and therefore
dont need to consume as much energy.
Outside the domestic sector, industry
is also moving towards better utilizing sili-
con content to offer better and more ef-
cient HVAC, motor drives, and industrial
control systems.
The semiconductor industry is playing
an increasingly important role in improving
the efciency of the conventional genera-
tion and distribution systems.
ENERGETICA INDIA: What are your views on
Indias Renewable Energy Sector?
VIVEK SHARMA: India has been consistently
recognized for its market potential for re-
newable energy. Developing and capturing
renewable energy can help India increase
its energy security, reduce adverse impacts
on the local environment, lower its carbon
intensity and contribute to realizing its as-
pirations for leadership in high-technology
industries.
Leveraging strong natural resources,
greater accommodation to international
investments and a variety of government
incentives, renewable energy has gotten
a boost in India in recent years. Solar and
wind energy are already seeing increasing
overseas investments and acquisitions, as
India presents a signicant market opportu-
nity for renewable energy rms worldwide.
VIVEK SHARMA, REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, GREATER CHINA AND SOUTH ASIA REGION
- INDIA OPERATIONS, DIRECTOR INDIA DESIGN CENTERS, STMICROELECTRONICS
The semiconductor industry is playing
an increasingly important role
in improving the efciency of the power
generation and distribution systems
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Solar photovoltaic plants provide an immediate
opportunity at all sizes: from very small sub 100W
panels for a single home to a 5 kW facility for a small
community to grid-connected large systems. It is per-
fectly possible to have PV plants operating at >95%
efciency levels with panels at 17% efciency levels.
Technology is easily available to implement the same
at any scale. Government subsidies and standards
have also been put in place and all that is required is
to scale up the penetration.
Wind may take a little longer, as wind farms re-
quire a critical mass to become economically viable.
ENERGETICA INDIA: What kind of markets/applications
does STMicroelectronics target in Indias Power
Sector?
VIVEK SHARMA: A unique challenge of the India Power
Sector is power loss during transmission and distri-
bution. STMicroelectronics is developing products to
overcome these challenges.
ST believes the Smart Grid will benet the power
sector on many levels. A smart grid is widely accept-
ed as being a digital, self-healing energy system that
delivers electricity from the energy source, including
renewable sources, to the points of consumption.
It optimizes power delivery and facilitates two-way
communication across the grid, enabling end-user
energy management, minimizing power disruptions
and transporting only the required amount of power.
The result is more balanced power demands
through the day, lower costs for the utility and the
customer, more reliable power and reduced carbon
emissions. Enhancing the existing power grids by add-
ing intelligence and digital communications increases
reliability and power quality, improves responsiveness,
increases efciency, handles current and future de-
mand, potentially reduces costs for the provider and
consumer, and provides the communication platform
for new applications and that is precisely what ST is
working towards.
An ICT (information and communication tech-
nology) infrastructure in the home, called home area
network (HAN), enables smart management of all
digital devices typically found in the home. A HAN
can use several connectivity technologies, wired and
wireless, in the home system. STMicroelectronics of-
fers highly-efcient products for both wired (PLM,
Ethernet) and wireless communication technologies
for HAN applications aimed to meet the new market
requirements. We offer a full range of components
and evaluation boards as reference for HAN appli-
cations. The range of solutions covers smart plugs,
smart energy meters, in-home displays and home
gateways. Apart from this, most forms of renewable
energy require power conversion in stages, to suit
the end application and ST has been a leader in the
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components and also circuit topologies
and algorithms for implementing power
conversion. So while developing system
solutions, it is also important to ensure
which is the most efcient and elegant
way of implementation of the system.
Also, in smart grids scenarios, it is not
necessary to look at the grid in a large
scale: it may be possible to look at it in a
nano grid or a micro grid scale, where op-
portunities in India are huge.
ENERGETICA INDIA: What kind of markets/
applications does STMicroelectronics
target in Indias Alternate Energy
Sector?
VIVEK SHARMA: India is among the countries
with the most renewable-energy power
generation capacity. We have an estimat-
ed renewable energy potential of around
85,000 MW from commercially exploit-
able sources: Wind, 45,000 MW; small hy-
dro, 15,000 MW and biomass/bio-energy,
25,000 MW. In addition, India has the po-
tential to generate 35MW per square km
using solar photovoltaic and solar thermal
energy.
STMicroelectronics is addressing the
alternate energy sector in India as we rec-
ognize its huge potential. The availability
of biomass including residues from agri-
culture, forestry, and plantations -- in India
is huge. By using these surplus agriculture
residues, India could generate huge grid-
quality power.
STMicroelectronics sees positive
growth in these sectors and, with applica-
tions like Smart Grid and Smart Metering,
we think the alternate energy sector has a
great potential. ST has also played a role in
remote connectivity, using RF or the GSM
backbone. From low data-rate mesh-capa-
ble RF data nodes connecting meters, to a
high data-rate RF network for urban en-
vironments, ST has all of the components
and the system expertise to put them to-
gether. This is particularly important not
only for basic data collection/concentra-
tion but also as a security measure for the
large investment made in the panel farm
or wind turbine sites. Also, it serves as the
diagnostic method to pinpoint the fault, in
case a sector or a component within the
farm goes faulty.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Please share details of
your products/applications in Indias
Solar Sector?
VIVEK SHARMA: Solar power is the most
promising renewable energy source to-
day. Maximising energy harvesting and
the conversion efciency of the panels is
critical to making solar energy competitive
with fossil-fuel and combustion genera-
tion methods. ST has introduced several
innovative technologies that improve ef-
ciency in solar-power converters, include
our proprietary MDmesh and STrip-
FETTM VII DeepGATETM power MOSFETs
which ensure ultra-low loss performance,
the trench-gate eld-stop IGBTs, and the
second generation of silicon carbide (SiC)
Schottky diodes for minimizing switching
losses and improving thermal performance
in solar-power systems, where capturing
every fractional improvement in energy ef-
ciency is valuable.
STs trials, using the Companys latest
1200V silicon carbide diodes, have deliv-
ered a 2% increase in overall inverter yield,
even when operating at high load and
high frequency. Over the intended lifetime
of inverters used in installations such as
residential photovoltaic systems and high-
power solar farms, this improvement can
save many Megawatt-hours of valuable
energy. ST has also made considerable
progress in its silicon carbide MOSFET pro-
gram. These will be among the worlds rst
commercial silicon carbide MOSFETs, an
advanced class of devices that we expect
to deliver a number of advantages in solar
inverters.
ST has also recently introduced new
cool bypass devices to minimize internal
energy losses when routing high-efciency
solar power. STs cool bypass devices com-
bine efcient power switching and intel-
ligent control in a single chip to compen-
sate for the variable effects of hotspots
and shadows on the solar panel surface.
These new devices can recover and save
up to 1% of the energy produced and
normally lost through conventional bypass
diodes. And we are not standing still: Even
our Cool bypass devices have now moved
onto the next generation of Iceberg de-
vices.
ENERGETICA INDIA: How is
STMicroelectronics helping Indias
Power Sector with Efciency?
VIVEK SHARMA: ST is a world leader in Power
and Power management semiconductor
and it offers a broad product portfolio that
includes innovative solutions for handling
power in various applications like SMPS,
lighting, and handheld equipment and
power transistors, power conversion and
industrial ICs able to meet the needs of
diverse industries from HVAC, home appli-
ances, robotics, healthcare, home automa-
tion, factory automation, POS terminals as
well as power supply and management.
STs strong portfolio in power MOS-
FETs, thyristors, switching regulators, and
lighting ICs, as well as a host of other In-
dustrial and power discretes, is particularly
well positioned for Indias fast-growing
industrialization needs. In addition, the
booming local manufacturing landscape
for home appliances, lighting and power
supply equipment, among others, creates
an insatiable demand that only a high vol-
ume provider like ST can address fully and
efciently.
To meet Indias specic market needs,
STMicroelectronics has developed a new
family of compact, high-efciency, dual
in-line intelligent power modules with op-
tional extra features called small lowloss
intelligent moulded module (SLLIMM). This
module is ideal for BLDC motors, which
are slowly replacing standard induction
motors in domestic and industrial sector. A
typical ceiling fan in an Indian household
draws 60watts which would be reduced to
less than 30W with STs SL:LIMM, ACs are
now inverter ACs, refrigerators are now
less power hungry and washing machines
make lesser noise!
Efcient energy generation, distribu-
tion, conversion and consumption are all
critical components in helping to meet In-
dias large and growing energy needs. In
power generation, STs technologies im-
prove the output efciency of solar panels.
Its smart metering and smart-grid solutions
improve distribution and management of
energy, while its efcient MOSFET tran-
sistors are found in Uninterrupted Power
Supply (UPS) devices in countless homes
and ofces across India. Finally at end con-
sumption, the millions of LED modules and
motorized appliances deployed are able to
optimize energy use thanks to LED drivers
and brushless DC motors controlled by STs
power transistors.
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Mr.Milind Kamat discusses the
Atos journey to a Zero Carbon
Company.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Please share some
details of Atos Indias work in the
Energy/Power Sector
MILIND KAMAT: Atos is one of those few
companies that not only offers software
services for the core function, but also a
complete product and services offering in
the Energy and Power domain. We work
with our experts in Atos Worldgrid, an
Atos business unit that delivers sophisti-
cated integration projects and real time
Smart Energy solutions to Energy & Utili-
ties companies across the power, water, oil
& gas value chains. Some of our successes
in India include: A successful implementa-
tion of one of the largest SAP implementa-
tion for the biggest Central Power Genera-
tion Company, SAP implementation for
the biggest Oil Exploration Company of
India, a complete Bill to Cash for one of
the private electrical distribution company
in West Bengal, and Retail Automation for
one of the major integrated oil rening
and marketing companies in India.
There is a change in Indian Power Sec-
tor, after the electricity act 2003 like de-
bundling the state board, increased par-
ticipation of private players in generation,
transmission & distribution, emergence
of private franchise in power distribution,
and power trading. Atos anticipated this
trend and is ready with next generation
product, technology and services to serve
this industry.
Some of our key offering:
ERP for Power sector
Power Trading Solution, we have prod-
uct PTRS (Power Trading and Retail
Management) to help power trading
and generation/distribution companies.
GenTAIL for Generation and Fuel Man-
agement
Mobility solution
ASGS ATOS Smart Grid Suite
Meter Billing Collection
SCADA, EMS and DMS for Transmission
and Distribution
CRM
GIS
ADACS - SCADA for Nuclear Power
Plant
E-CRGA for electrical Vehicle Charging
and billing
Services and Software on CLOUD
MRA Meter Rollout Accelerator for
deployment of large number of energy
meters.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Atos is among the few
global companies to have focused on
reducing its carbon footprints. It will be
inspiration for many Indian companies.
Can we know what kind of steps is Atos
planning to take to reduce it carbon
footprints?
MILIND KAMAT: Since 2008, Atos has under-
taken an annual evaluation of the carbon
footprint of the entire company, including
all its activities. This initiative involves iden-
tifying the main sources of emission and
taking the right actions to reduce the vol-
ume of CO
2
(directly or indirectly) emitted.
Considering the increasing pressure
on IT (partly due to the digitalization of
the economy), the increasing volume of
data to store (data deluge) and the vastly
increased size of Atos, Atos decided to re-
inforce its efforts to tackle climate change.
In 2012, on its journey to become a Zero
Carbon Company, Atos has now set a
new objective to reduce its Carbon Foot-
print by 50% by 2015 (2008 baseline)
which put us at the top of the most com-
petitive companies in the IT sector in terms
of Carbon Reduction.
The approach is twofold: reduce the
carbon footprint of the organization and
operations, while providing to clients, the
smartest services in terms of environmen-
tal footprint.
Carbon emissions produced by Atos
are managed, measured, tracked and pub-
licly report each year. The scope is In terms
of methodology, Atos applies the Green-
house Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol), which
is the most widely used international ac-
MR. MILIND KAMAT, CEO AT ATOS IN INDIA
On its journey to become
a Zero Carbon Company,
Atos has now set a new
objective to reduce its Carbon
Footprint by 50% by 2015
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counting tool to understand, quantify, and
manage greenhouse gas emissions.
Concerning the market trend, with
environmental regulation strengthening,
many Atos customers are increasingly
mindful of their carbon emissions and the
cost they represent. That is why we feel it
is essential that our customers do not in-
crease their carbon footprint when work-
ing with Atos. As a result, the company
took the decision in 2010 that clients that
choose to outsource their IT infrastructure
and applications to Atos carbon neutral
datacenters benet from the Ambition
Zero Carbon Program aimed at further re-
ducing its CO2 footprint in its worldwide
activities, particularly in its datacenters.
Atos Worldline datacenters, part of Atos
core expertise in Hi-Tech Transactional Ser-
vices, enable to process billions of critical
electronic transactions, also operate under
similar carbon neutral requirements.
Atos carbon neutral hosting services
are based on four key activities. Firstly, an
energy efciency program to reduce its
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), reinforce
the virtualization, close energy-inefcient
datacenters after consolidation, and pro-
mote green innovations; secondly a global
Carbon Audit program applied to all its
main datacenters; thirdly a renewable en-
ergy sourcing strategy; and nally offset
the carbon emission produced by its data-
centers (127.000 t CO
2
).
The carbon footprint measurement
revealed that the emissions are split as
following: 31% datacenters, 32% ofces
and 27% travels (2011 data).
The datacenter demand is booming
as the use of information and communi-
cation technologies (ICT) by all actors of
the economy is dramatically growing. This
continual increasing demand for electric-
ity to power IT and cooling equipment has
a signicant impact on environment. The
ICT industry accounts for approximately
4% of the global COE emissions, data-
center consumption contributing partly to
this situation. Atos is the European leader
in outsourcing and Managed Services. The
company has 90 multi-customer data-
centers in 31 countries, of which 65 in 13
strategic countries. To tackle the Carbon
footprint of this activity, several initiatives
have been designed to reduce the energy
consumption (in volume), and the carbon
emissions (also linked to type of energy
supplied).
The company measures and monitors
the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of all
its units. This metric is used to measure the
energy efciency of datacenter facilities.
The average weighted PUE for these 65
DCs was 1,80 in 2012 (1,85 in 2011). The
objective is to reach the target average of
1,65 in 2014.
In addition, Atos is investing in highly
eco-efcient datacenters in Finland. These
last generations of datacenter utilize eco-
efcient cooling, and the extra heat cre-
ated by its servers is transferred to the dis-
trict heating network to provide heat and
warm water apartments in the city. When
we consider datacenter life cycle costs by
up to 80% are energy-related, this kind of
project is really fundamental to move to-
wards a decarbonized world.
As a large part of CO
2
emissions is
produced by datacenter operations, in ad-
dition of the PUE program, Atos has de-
signed a Carbon management program
focused on datacenters: it is composed of
Carbon audit (program launched in 2009),
renewable energy sourcing (supply data-
centers with low carbon electricity) and
carbon offsetting (launched in 2010).
By end of 2012, 22 datacenters were
audited (results to add), more than 60% of
Atos Datacenters operations were sourced
by decarbonized energies (the objective is
to reach 100% of Datacenter operation
by 2015), and all hosting activities are free
of carbon (Atos nances a wind project
to offset 100% of carbon emissions of its
datacenters relying on electricity consump-
tion).
With regards to the ofces, Atos is
expending the concept of the Smart Cam-
pus which includes infrastructure solution
contributing to the optimization of the
energy management. The roll out of the
ISO 14001 certication (gures) strength-
ens environmental concerns into the de-
velopment strategy of the company. Its
implementation in our main sites should
contribute to reduce the carbon footprint
of Atos.
Respecting to travels, the smart travel
policy, technological solutions supporting
remote collaboration (Unied Communi-
cations, enterprise social networking, col-
laborative spaces ...) as well as the promo-
tion of teleworking should help to reduce
the amount of CO
2
due to travel in the
years come.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Atos India has invested
in a wind energy power plant. Can you
share more details here? Question: With
the role of an investor; how did Atos
India nd the environment of investing
in wind energy in India?
MILIND KAMAT: To achieve its objective of
becoming a Zero Carbon Company, Atos
has put in place its Ambition Zero Carbon
program which aims to reduce its carbon
footprint. In order to neutralise any re-
maining CO2 emissions, Atos has invested
in a sustainable, carbon reduction project
in a developing country.
In 2012, in partnership with South
Pole Carbon, Atos selected a carbon cred-
its wind farm project in India to offset its
worldwide datacenter emissions. The wind
energy industry in India is rapidly develop-
ing, introducing an environmentally sound
and cost-effective alternative to supplying
the countrys growing power demand.
The 22 wind turbines are located in
the district of Tirunelveli in Indias south-
ernmost province Tamil Nadu. The wind
energy project has been set up in an at-
tempt to avoid the building of new ther-
mal power plants. These had already been
planned, and were foreseen to supply the
power-decient southern grid with fossil
fuelled energy.
The project aims to encourage sus-
tainable development of the rural region
in which the wind turbines are located.
The building of the wind farms has created
more employment opportunities (mostly in
construction and maintenance) for local
people. In addition, roads and drainage
systems in the vicinity of the wind farms
have been improved and several schools in
the region have received funding for reno-
vation works.
The project supports local initiatives to
increase preventive and curative health ser-
vices. It nances a dispensary to address
the basic medical needs of the villagers,
and an ambulance to serve employees and
the local population. It also supports local
access to clean drinking water. The pro-
ject represents a truly holistic approach to
mitigate climate change, contribute to en-
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vironmental protection, and support rural
communities. This would not be possible
without the funding from carbon revenues.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Which kind and make of
turbines is the project using?
MILIND KAMAT: The project installed 22 new
grid-connected Wind Energy Generators
with an individual capacity of 1.5 MW
ENERGETICA INDIA: Is the project completed?
MILIND KAMAT: Yes
ENERGETICA INDIA: How is Atos supporting
clients on sustainable operations?
MILIND KAMAT: Besides rooting sustainable
development in Atos strategy and organiza-
tion (policies, processes, expertise, innova-
tion, performance indicators), we strive to
offer a wide array of sustainable solutions.
In this respect, the Atos portfolio is
split as follows:
A part of our solutions have been de-
signed to make the IT infrastructure
greener, like Ambition Zero Carbon,
Green IT and datacenter infrastructure
management.
Other offers consist in optimizing the
sustainable performance like Intelli-
gent sustainability, Compliance, Energy
management, Water services and waste
management, Health Safety and En-
vironment, Product Lifecycle manage-
ment, Risk management.
Lastly, to answer new challenges of our
society, we have designed smart citizen-
ship solutions like Smart Campus, Zero
Email, MyCity or Smart Mobility.
Atos sets the example to its customers
and delivered a number of business, social
and environmental commitments includ-
ing:
Achieved its target to reduce carbon
footprint by 15% within 3 years over
the period 2009-2011 with a nal re-
duction obtained of 34,6% (2008
baseline, similar scope) and set an addi-
tional target of 30% (2011 baseline) to
achieve a 50% reduction by 2015.
Entered FTSE index and ASPI Eurozone
index in recognition of its leading envi-
ronmental and social practices.
Renewed corporate support to the Unit-
ed Nations Global Compact to operate
under universally recognized responsi-
ble business principles.
Strengthened Social Corporate engage-
ment and innovation with over 4000
employees participating in 265 world-
wide social initiatives and EUR 2,7mil-
lion invested in responsible IT projects.
Launch of The Zero Email program to
become a Zero Email Company by end
2013 as part of its Wellbeing@work
initiative and contributes to positively
transforming Atos way of working.
Provided a carbon neutral hosting to all
Atos clients around the world thanks to
a carbon offsetting program addressing
all Atos data-centers.
Received the SAP Pinnacle award as the
Sustainability Partner of the Year and
promoted sustainable solutions with its
clients helping them to better manage
energy and carbon, and monitoring the
CSR performance.
Opened a new carbon neutral data
center in Helsinki where cooling is pro-
duced with heat pumps, cold sea water
and surplus thermal energy from energy
generation, and the excess heat pro-
vides heating for more than 4,500 new
households
Carried out employee survey within
Great Place to Work program resulted in
good scores on corporate responsibility.
Strengthened its Stakeholder Dialogue
by organizing its rst stakeholder dia-
logue at its Olympic Technology Center
in London and proposing to its stake-
holders to contribute to Atos CSR re-
port: 100% of them recognized that
Atos has made progress on Corporate
responsibility over the last year. In ad-
dition, the company decided to rely on
SAPs Sustainability Performance Man-
agement (SuPM) application.
ENERGETICA INDIA: Smart Buildings are a
growing concept worldwide. Can you
share some details on the services
in this space w.r.t. Home Energy
Management system of Atos?
MILIND KAMAT: The Future Workplace con-
cept is part of Atos Well Being @ Work
initiative aimed at imagining new ways of
working and intensively using new tech-
nologies while matching the social ex-
pectations of employees and the Y gen-
eration. It covers all aspects of the future
workplace, from implementing new spac-
es design, reengineering management
processes, delivering specic tools for us-
ers, enabling new levels of collaboration
and exible working thanks last innovative
solutions (Zero Email TM, Cloud comput-
ing and Zero carbon hosting).
We have a fructuous ve-year work-
ing experience with AOS Studley who was
our partner during the creation of Atos
new headquarters in Bezons (near Paris).
The campus represented a real transforma-
tion with an excellent business case and its
success story convinced us to share our ex-
perience with our customers. We have a
long-term commitment to innovation and
sustainability and wish to accompany our
clients with a joint Atos and AOS Studley
offering so that they can excel environ-
mentally and socially.
ENERGETICA INDIA: At what stage is Indias
Smart Grid Industry compared to smart
grid sector in Europe and USA?
MILIND KAMAT: Europe and the USA are cer-
tainly in a leadership position and ahead
of India in terms of Smart Grid technol-
ogy and Project implementation. In India
we need to focus on reducing the OPEX
and sharing the CAPEX. Atos can denite-
ly add value in this market as we have a
worldwide team of experts in this domain,
good references and expertise that can be
exported and adapted to the local needs.
For example, our European Smart Grid
Success with the agship smart grid pro-
ject in France.
In order to enhance the knowledge
and draft the specication and function-
alities required for India, two major smart
grid forums were carved i.e. ISGF (India
Smart Grid Forum) and ISGTF (India Smart
Grid Task Force). There are various working
groups dedicated to work on key functions
of smart grids like Network Security, Com-
munication, AMI, Commercial Models
among others.
POWERSECTORUPDATE
The article looks at the main points of Indian Budget 2013-14 w.r.t Indias Power Sector.
We then take budget feedback from leading Industry Personalities.
BHARAT VASANDANI, ENERGETICA INDIA
India Budget 2013-14 for Power Sector
Main Consideration Points for
Indias Power Sector from the
Indian Budget 2013
Scheme lo be evolved lor encourag-
ing cilies and municipalilies lo lake up
wasle-lo-energy projecls under PPP
model. Covernmenl lo supporl lhe
municipalilies lhal will implemenl such
projecls
Low inleresl bearing lunds lo be pro-
vided lrom Nalional Clean Lnergy lund
(NCLl) lo lndian Penewable Lnergy De-
velopmenl Agency Limiled (lPLDA) lor
on-lending lo viable renewable energy
projecls.
lNP 8 billion allocaled lo Minislry ol
Non Penewable Lnergy lor lhe purpose
ol reinlroduclion ol generalion-based
incenlive lor wind energy projecls
Wilh lhe aim ol reducing dependency
on imporled coal, a Public Privale Parl-
nership (PPP) policy lramework is lo be
devised wilh Coal lndia Limiled (ClL) in
order lo increase coal produclion lor
supply lo power producers and olher
consumers.
The Minislry ol Coal has noliled lhe
Auclion ol Compelilive bidding ol Coal
Mines Pules, 20!2. The rules prescribe
separale procedures lor allocalion ol
area conlaining coal.
- lhrough auclion by compelilive bid-
ding,
- lo Covernmenl companies, and
- lo a corporalion awarded a power
projecl on lhe basis ol compelilive
bids lor larill
Covernmenl lo conslrucl a lransmission
syslem lrom Srinagar lo Leh al a cosl
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ol lNP !8.4 billion (lNP 2.26 billion lo
be provided in 20!3-!4) lor improving
power supply in lhe Leh-Kargil region
lndian companies in lhe power sec-
lor can ulilize 40 ol lresh LC8 raised
lowards relnancing ol rupee loan(s)
availed lrom domeslic banks under lhe
approval roule.
lnveslmenl allowance ol !5 allowed
lo companies engaged in lhe business
ol manulaclure ol an arlicle or a lhing
where such company invesls lNP ! bil-
lion in new planl and machinery (does
nol include second hand assels, vehi-
cles, ships, aircralls, elc) during lhe peri-
od lrom ! April 20!3 lo 3! March 20!5
Sunsel clause lor lhe power seclor un-
der seclion 80-lA exlended by one year
i.e. lill 3! March 20!4 lor underlakings
which are sel up lor generalion and/ or
dislribulion, lransmission or dislribulion
ol power or which underlake subslan-
lial renovalion and modernizalion ol
lhe exisling lransmission or dislribulion
lines
Clariled lhal all goods including chemi-
cals and eleclronic parls required lor
lhe manulaclure ol solar cells whelher
or nol assembled in modules or panels
are eligible lor 8CD exemplion under S.
No. 39 ol Nolilcalion No. 24/2005-Cus
daled ! March 2005
Pale ol 8asic Cusloms Duly ('8CD') on
imporl ol sleam coal increased lrom Nil
lo 2 and ol Addilional Cusloms Duly
in lieu ol Lxcise ('ACD') lrom ! lo 2
(valid lrom ! March 20!3)
Pale ol 8asic Cusloms Duly ('8CD') on
imporl ol biluminous coal decreased
lrom 5 lo 2 and ol Addilional Cus-
loms Duly in lieu ol Lxcise ('ACD') lrom
6 lo 2 (valid lrom ! March 20!3).
ln addilion during lhe year, lhe Cov-
ernmenl has liberalized lhe lDl policy
lor Power Trading Lxchanges. loreign
lnveslmenl in power exchanges reg-
islered under lhe Cenlral Lleclricily
Pegulalory Commission (Power Markel)
Pegulalions, 20!0 allowed up lo 49
(lDl-26 and lll-23) subjecl lo.
- lll lnveslmenls allowed under aulo-
malic roule and lDl under approval
roule,
- lll inveslmenl reslricled lo secondary
markel,
- Non residenl inveslor/enlily including
persons acling in concerl nol allowed
lo hold more lhan 5 ol lhe equily in
lhese companies, and
- lnveslmenl lo be complianl wilh SL8l
Pegulalions and olher applicable
laws/ regulalions, securily and condi-
lions.
Cuidelines regarding lnancial reslruc-
luring ol dislribulion companies have
been announced. Slale Covernmenl
urged lo prepare lhe lnancial reslruc-
luring plan, quickly sign memorandum
ol underslanding and lake advanlage
ol lhe scheme.
The Covernmenl has noliled guide-
lines lor shorl lerm (ie lor a period ol
less lhan or equal lo one year) procure-
menl ol eleclricily by dislribulion licen-
sees lhrough larill based process. The
guidelines are expecled lo promole
compelilive procuremenl ol shorl lerm
power requiremenl by lhe dislribulion
licensees and are expecled lo reduce
lhe overall cosl ol procuremenl ol
power.
The CCLA has approved a scheme lor
lnancial reslrucluring ol slale dislribulion
companies which remain open uplo 3!
December 20!2, unless lhe same is ex-
lended. The salienl lealures ol lhe scheme
are.
- 50 ol lhe oulslanding shorl lerm
liabililies uplo 3! March 20!2 lo be
laken over by Slale Covernmenls,
- lhe balance 50 would be reslruc-
lured by rescheduling loans and pro-
viding moralorium on principal,
- lakeover ol liabilily in lhe nexl 2 lo 5
years by way ol special securilies and
repaymenl lill lhe dale ol lakeover,
and
- lhe reslrucluring is lo be accompa-
nied by concrele and measurable
aclion by lhe dislribulion companies
lo improve lhe operalional perlor-
mance.
Indirect Budget Points
No change in lhe rale ol Service lax
No change in lhe peak rale ol 8asic
Cusloms Duly ('8CD')
No change in lhe peak rale ol Lxcise
duly
Surcharge on domeslic and loreign
companies where laxable income ex-
ceeds lNP !0million bul is less lhan
lNP!00million sland unchanged al 5
and 2.5 respeclively. However, where
income ol domeslic and loreign compa-
nies exceeds lNP !00million, surcharge
has been increased lo !0 and 5 re-
speclively
Power and Renewable Energy and
Smart Building Potential
lnlraslruclure Debl lunds (lDls) lo be
encouraged lo raise resources (lhrough
lake-oul lnance, credil enhancemenl,
elc) and provide long-lerm low-cosl
debl lor inlraslruclure projecls
Plans lor seven new cilies have been
lnalised on lhe Delhi Mumbai lndus-
lrial Corridor. Work on lwo new smarl
induslrial cilies al Dholera, Cujaral and
Shendra 8idkin, Maharashlra lo slarl
during 20!3-!4
Preparalion ol comprehensive plan lor
lhe Chennai 8angalore lnduslrial Cor-
ridor by lhe Deparlmenl ol lnduslrial
Policy and Promolion (DlPP) and lhe Ja-
pan lnlernalional Cooperalion Agency
(JlCA)
Preparalory work has slarled on lhe
8engaluru Mumbai lnduslrial Corridor
Budget Reaction from Industry
MR. ANIL SARDANA,
MANAGING DIRECTOR, TATA POWER
"Tala Power welcomes lhe budgel 20!3
presenled by Hon'ble linance Minisler P.
Chidambaram loday. The inilialives lo-
wards slrenglhening lnancial seclor and
lhe decision lo exlend lax holiday will
posilively impacl capacily addilions. We
are lhanklul lor lhe Minisler's announce-
menl lo equalise lhe cuslom and CVD lor
sleam and biluminous coal used in lher-
mal power generalion al 2 per cenl each
as lhis provides clarily lo olherwise claims
lhal gol raised by cusloms deparlmenl.
While lhe budgel has lhe welcome
menlion ol inveslmenl on lransmission
nelwork in J&K, lhere is need lor several
such incenlives in olher slales. The deci-
sion lo supporl lhe renewable and non-
convenlional energy seclor by various ini-
lialives is posilive, however, lhe real boosl
lor lhe seclor would come by slrenglhen-
ing lhe Penewable Purchase Obligalions
(PPO) mechanism.
ln addilion, a long lerm view needs
lo be laken lo ensure energy securily
POWERSECTORUPDATE
lhrough lhe developmenl ol appropriale
allernalives lo convenlional luels and also
lo accelerale dislribulion relorms."
MR. RAMESH KYMAL,
CHAIRMAN, INDIAN WIND TURBINE
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (IWTMA)
"We are happy lhal wind energy sec-
lor has been recognized as a signilcanl
conlribulor lo lhe power scenario ol lhe
counlry in lhe 8udgel 20!3 proposals an-
nounced by lhe Union linance Minisler,
Mr. P. Chidambaram".
"The re-inlroduclion ol Ceneralion
8ased lncenlive (C8l) is a limely inlerven-
lion lor lhe wind induslry which was sul-
lering lor more lhan one year. This would
cerlainly rejuvenale and boosl lhe seclor
wilh more inveslmenls in lhe wind indus-
lry. Peinlroduclion ol C8l assumes grealer
signilcance as lhe induslry has an ambi-
lious plan ol capacily addilion in lhe cur-
renl Plan Period. l am conldenl lhal lhe
induslry would bounce back by 20!4-!5
and may be able lo cross lhe sel largel ol
5000 MW capacily every year," he added.
Mr Kymal, who heads lhe Penewable
Lnergy Council ol Conlederalion ol lndian
lnduslry, also welcomed lhe linance Min-
isler's announcemenl ol providing low in-
leresl rale loans lor lunding wind energy
projecls. This lund allocalion will be made
available lrom Nalional Clean Lnergy lund
(NCLl) lhrough lndian Penewable Lnergy
Developmenl Agency (lPLDA).
The Wind induslry is glad aboul lhe
exlension ol lax exemplion ol lhe clause
80-lA lor one more year. This means lhal
lhe green energy power projecls can avail
a lax holiday lor a period ol !0 years oul
ol lhe lolal !5 year period.
Mr Kymal said lhal lhe Union 8udgel
20!3-!4 proposal is silenl on lhe reinlro-
duclion ol acceleraled deprecialion (AD),
which is a lax delerral. We are conldenl
lhal lhe AD lgures in lhe lne prinl which
would help lhe small and medium induslry
in lhe wind energy segmenl.
lWTMA lhanks lhe Prime Minisler, Dr
Manmohan Singh, lhe linance Minisler P
Chidambaram and lhe Minsler lor New
and Penewable Lnergy, Dr larooq Abdul-
lah lor lhe supporl exlended lo lhe Pe-
newable Lnergy Seclor, especially lo Wind
Lnergy.
MR. HEMANT KANORIA,
CHAIRMAN DPSC LTD
"linance Minisler's announcemenl in lhe
Union 8udgel lor 20!3-!4 lo exlend lax
holiday uplo March 20!4 is a welcome
move lor lhe power seclor, which has
been lacing many bolllenecks in recenl
pasl. However, lhe announcemenl lo im-
pose 2 percenl cusloms duly on coal im-
porl is disappoinling as many power pro-
jecls in lhe counlry are sullering lrom luel
linkage issues."
"Peinlroduclion ol 'generalion-based
incenlive' lor wind energy projecls in
loday's 8udgel is a major incenlive an-
nouncemenl lor lhe renewable energy
seclor. The C8l reinlroduclion will help lhe
seclor in lerms ol molivalion lor inslalling
addilional capacily & reducing power del-
cil ol counlry.
lurlher, lhe governmenl's announce-
menl lo provide low cosl lnance lo re-
newable projecl should be seen a posilive
developmenl lor seclor. ll will help lhe
companies lo pass on lhe lower lnanc-
ing cosl lo end users. Covernmenl loday
announced lhal il will provide low inler-
esl bearing lunds lrom lhe Nalional Clean
Lnergy lund (NCLl) lo lPLDA lo on-lend
lo viable renewable energy projecls. The
scheme will have a lile span ol lve years.
Low cosl ol lnance shall improve projecl
viabilily as lndia is lell wilh low energy
yield siles."
MR. P.P.GUPTA,
MANAGING DIRECTOR, TECHNO ELECTRIC &
ENGINEERING LTD
"Allocalion ol Ps.8 billion lor lhe Minislry
ol New & Penewable Lnergy, resloralion
ol C8l is a very good move lor renewable
energy induslry. l welcome linance Minis-
ler move lo provide low inleresl bearing
lunds lrom Nalional Clean Lnergy lund
lo lPLDA lor lending lo viable renewable
energy projecls. This will help in lowering
inleresl cosl which will ullimalely benell
lhe cuslomer. The inilialive on renewable
energy will also lower lhe coal imporl bill
which has been one ol lhe main reasons
lor high Currenl Accounl Delcil as high-
lighled by linance Minisler."
MR. J. G. KULKARNI,
PRESIDENT - IEEMA
ln response lo lhe lY!4 budgel announce-
menls, lhe lndian Lleclrical & Lleclronics
Manulaclurers' Associalion (lLLMA) slaled
lhal lhe domeslic eleclrical equipmenl
POWERSECTORUPDATE
induslry is generally disappoinled by lhe
Union 8udgel proposals announced loday
as il does nol provide lhe desired impelus
essenlial lor growlh, suslainabilily and vi-
abilily.
The downlurn in lhe domeslic de-
mand and increase in imporls have played
double whammy resulling in negalive
growlh (- 6.!4) over lhe lasl 9 monlhs
and lor lhe lrsl lime in lasl decade.
lLLMA was hopelul ol some lavour-
able announcemenls in lhe budgel lor
counlering increasing imporls ol eleclri-
cal equipmenl. ll was also expecled lhal
service lax exemplion would be granled lo
all projecls covered in power generalion,
lransmission and dislribulion in line wilh
exemplion provided lo olher inlraslruclure
developmenl projecls.
"We were hoping lor some correclive
measures lo revive lhe downlurn in lhe do-
meslic eleclrical equipmenl induslry which
is reeling under lhe lwin onslaughl ol lhe
slowdown in lhe counlry's power seclor,
which has depressed domeslic demand.
Addilionally lhe rapidly escalaling imporls
ol eleclrical equipmenl. This has resulled
inlo underulilisalion ol lhe manulacluring
capacily lor eleclrical equipmenl".
MR. KAILASH TARACHANDANI,
CEO KENERSYS INDIA PVT LTD
Pe-inlroduclion ol C8l will nol only boosl
lhe wind power markel in lndia bul will
also encourage more inveslmenls lrom
bolh domeslic and loreign lPPs which will
benell lhe economy. ll's a welcome nole
lor lhe already ailing wind induslry markel
and should allracl more inveslmenls in lhe
seclor. We welcome lhe governmenl ini-
lialives in re launching C8l lor wind energy
projecls. This will help lhe wind induslry lo
regain ils momenlum
MR. SANJAY KAUL,
PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY
STUDIES
Oil and gas exploralion policy will be
reviewed and moved lrom proll sharing lo
revenue sharing
On lhe above change in budgel. Peve-
nue sharing mechanism creales uncerlain-
ly ol cosl recovery and in a inlernalionally
compelilive environmenl lor acerages, lhis
is comparalive disadvanlage lor L&P Cos.
lurlher, in case ol smaller discoveries
lhere may be a possibilily lhal lhe conces-
sionaire may never able lo recover lhe de-
velopmenl cosl over lhe lile ol lhe assel.
Wilh opporlunily cosl ol exploralion and
developmenl rising over a longer produc-
lion cycle and slower recovery ol L&P cosl
lhe reinveslmenl capabilily ol lhe operalor
will also gel reduced.
MR. SUBHRAKANT PANDA,
INDIAN METALS & FERRO ALLOYS
Overall il is a pragmalic budgel where lhe
linance Minisler has lried lo balance lhe
need lo boosl growlh wilh prudenl lscal
policies. 8ul il would have been nice lo
see some direclional guidance / movemenl
lowards bold relorms. There is a slaled in-
lenl lo boosl manulacluring growlh bul
no signilcanl measures have been laken
beyond an addilional inveslmenl allow-
ance ol !5 lor capex ol Ps. !00 crore
and exlension ol 80 lA benell lor power
planls lor one more year. ll may be loo
much lo expecl being lhe lasl lull budgel
belore eleclions bul an emphasis on big
lickel relorms would have been very wel-
come.
Also, lhe imporlance ol inlraslruclure
was menlioned bul no signilcanl meas-
ures have been laken in lhis regard al-
lhough lhere are some posilive indicalors.
l would rale lhe budgel 6.5 oul ol !0
- perhaps slighlly underslaled because one
expecls more lrom Mr. Chidambaram!
Conclusion
The Power Seclor has nol been lell in
lurch, wilh lhe budgel providing some
good news.
The lndian Wind lnduslry has gol a
new lile wilh lhe re-inlroduclion ol C8l,
giving lurlher boosl lo lhe seclor. The em-
phasis is surely on generalion as compared
lo pulling up a wind larm lor deprecalion
benell.
The availabilily ol soll loans lrom lPL-
DA can be a big boosl lor enlrepreneurs
and companies. Maybe il could have come
up wilh a provision lor lndian made equip-
menls, lo encourage lndian power manu-
laclurers.
THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF
GENERATION BASED INCENTIVE
(GBI) IS A TIMELY INTERVENTION
FOR THE WIND INDUSTRY WHICH
WAS SUFFERING FOR MORE
THAN ONE YEAR - RAMESH KYMAL
ALLOCATION OF RS.8 BILLION
FOR THE MINISTRY OF NEW
& RENEWABLE ENERGY,
RESTORATION OF GBI IS A VERY
GOOD MOVE FOR RENEWABLE
ENERGY INDUSTRY - P. P. Gupta
RENEWABLEENERGY
From Energetica Indias Blog Stable
MR. NILESH PATEL, CEO, MOVYA CONSULTANCY
Gujarat nally deciding on Solar PV project based REC Scheme
W
ith Recent market reports on
nancial debt and strength of
state power distribution com-
panies across India, clearly four States:
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
and West Bengal, shows some strength to
payback to solar power generators.
Based on this scenario and lack of
state based solar power policy, many in-
vestors and solar developers are inclined to
go to only these States; even if it is for REC
based solar PV projects under APPC rates.
Having one of the best transmission
network and infrastructure, Gujarat natu-
rally becomes most favoured destination
for most of the solar developers. But there
were rumours that Gujarat Government
is not accrediting any REC project due to
reasons:
Gujarat has already been able to comply
with its RPO obligation
Gujarat is working on new avatar of
third phase state based solar policy
Last week GEDA organized a meeting
calling up individually, to-be Solar Devel-
opers/Investors who have already initiated
process to set up REC based solar project
in Gujarat.
The meeting was attended by Prin-
cipal Secretary Energy and Petrochemical
department, Managing Director GETCO,
Deputy Director GEDA and Managing Di-
rector GUVNL along with all ofce bearers
who are associated with business of Solar
power generation from government of
Gujarat.
As GEDA reported, more than 700
MW of REC based solar project request
came from 68 individual applicants so far
and are receiving many more. But only 5
developers had actually provided complete
documentation, specically about exact
Land details. GEDA needs this details to
proceed further for them to convey GET-
CO to carry out Feasibility study and re-
port them back, so GEDA can assess the
application and ask all remaining docu-
mentations from the developer which are
necessary for REC accreditation process.
Some of the conclusions reached dur-
ing this meet were:
Government will be ready to sign PPA
on APPC rate up to 100 MW
Government will not have any objection
on capacity of Captive or third party sale
based REC projects. The cost charges
for power transmission and wheeling
will be decided soon. That means Cap-
tive customer can now go forward with
however big capacity one can afford on
REC based solar project. There is no re-
striction
All associated department i.e. GETCO,
GEDA, GUVNL and EPD along with
PGVCL, DGVCL, MGVCL, SGVCL will
convey a meeting shortly and will draft
REC policy documents for all REC devel-
opers to follow for accreditation of the
solar PV project in Gujarat.
REC draft policy will be circulated
among the REC solar project applicants
to get feedback and there after accom-
modating needed feedback, EPD will
get approval in the legislative assembly.
So Gujarat now on track to start ac-
creditation and thats good news for Inves-
tors, Captive consumers and Developers of
REC based solar power project.
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industry experience.
RENEWABLEENERGY
MR. HARI MANOHARAN; RESOLVE ENERGY CONSULTANTS
Budget 2013: Some good news for the renewable energy sector
T
he budget proposals being an-
nounced are matter of some joy
to those involved in the renew-
able energy sector. The announced pro-
posals breathes some much needed life
into the wind energy sector which had
lost steam due to the lack of clarity on
the available incentives. There was also
some good news for the solar manufac-
turing sector as well as renewable en-
ergy developers.
Some of the highlights pertaining
to renewable energy sector include:
The biggest announcement was the
allocation of Rs. 800 crores to MNRE
for providing Generation Based In-
centives (GBI) for wind energy pro-
jects.
The government has proposed to
introduce an investment allow-
ance of 15% for high value invest-
ments (above Rs. 100 crores) in plant
and machinery during the period
1.4.2013 to 31.3.2015. Thus any
company investing Rs. 100 crores
or more in plant and machinery for
manufacturing would be allowed to
deduct 15% of the investment in ad-
dition to the current rates of depre-
ciation. This is specically benecial
to the solar manufacturing sector as
it would help improve the returns on
new manufacturing units.
In addition to the above, specic in-
centives have been announced for
semiconductor wafer fab manufac-
turing facilities which includes zero
customs duty for plant and machin-
ery. This is again is good news for
companies looking to invest in set-
ting up solar manufacturing units
(fully integrated) and could help drive
down the cost of domestic modules
and help them hold their own against
foreign competition.
From a developers perspective, there
is more good news. It has been pro-
posed that low interest rate loans
would be provided to developers
from the national Clean Energy Fund
(NCEF). The scheme is proposed to
have a lifespan of 5 years. As I have
mentioned earlier, low interest rate
loans are the primary driver in facili-
tating investment in solar projects.
Low interest rate loans would mean
that developers would not be pigeon-
holed into looking for foreign funds
(and thus forced to buy foreign com-
ponents). This means that this an-
nouncement could benet not only
the developers, but also the domestic
manufacturers. Again all this depends
on what the interest rates are going
to be. For reference, power projects
nanced using foreign funds typically
have interest rates between 7% and
9%. One specic project that I recall
had a varying interest rate @ LIBOR
+ 4.9%.
The 80IA benet would be ex-
tended for another year. 80IA stands
for a tax holiday of 10 years given to
power projects.
The Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT)
+ ancillaries which would have to
be paid even during the tax holiday
would be retained at around 20%.
The education cess levied on import-
ed goods would remain at 3%
India Infrastructure Finance Corpora-
tion (IIFC), in partnership with ADB
will help infrastructure companies to
access bond market to tap long term
funds.
Finally there is also an evolving
proposal to encourage cities and mu-
nicipalities to take up waste to en-
ergy projects in a Public Private Part-
nership (PPP) model while remaining
technology neutral. The Government
will support municipalities that will
implement waste-to-energy projects
through different instruments such as
viability gap funding, repayable grant
and low cost capital.
All in all, this is some good news
for the entire renewable energy sector
and the solar/wind energy sector in par-
ticular. Further, the note on waste to en-
ergy technologies is heartening as this
is remains an untapped source for en-
ergy inspite of signicant efforts taking
in the area and should have the added
benet of helping manage the burgeon-
ing waste pockets in the country.
RENEWABLEENERGY
DR. SANJAY VASHISTHA, FIRST GREEN CONSULTING
Understanding Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for Solar Projects
T
raditionally PPA was vehicle for
purchase of electricity from power
producers and distribution utilities.
However, now days independent power
producers as well as owner of solar power
projects assigning PPAs with non-utility
buyers/ open access consumers who have
also obligation to meet their solar portfo-
lio. Typically a third party PPA model works
in such a way that a project developer
builds own and operates a solar plant and
signs an agreement (PPA) for selling elec-
tricity to any consumers via a long term
PPA. In this process, while the open access
consumers gets a benet of solar electric-
ity available at a cheaper rate, it also meets
its solar power obligation as mandated by
the RPOs. If a project developer do not
want to sell its green electricity he can sign
a PPA only for the sale of electricity ( grey
electricity) and can sell environmental at-
tributes/ green power ( RECs) in the open
market through exchange. This means
that solar electricity can be bought by a
consumer who want to meet its solar obli-
gation as well as to a consumer who only
want to buy electricity.
While selling electricity from a so-
lar power generator to any open access
consumer located in the
SUSANNA HUANG, FOUNDER, GREEN ENERGY VILLAGE LLC
My Observation of Globalization and Solar PV Industry
T
he best speech I had heard on glo-
balization was given by a Honda ex-
ecutive from Japan delivered in not-
so-uent English. He shared his experience
of visiting a supermarket where he picked
up goods made in different kinds of coun-
tries. He concluded that the global compe-
tition occurs everywhere in our daily lives.
I reect on my personal experience of
globalization.
My rst job out of graduate school in
China was working for a global consulting
rm. At that time, the foreign invest-
ments in China were still rare. Manage-
ment was expatriates. Students chose to
work for foreign companies. I had training
opportunities in the U.S. every year, en-
vied by many students. Domestic compa-
nies not only lost their competitive advan-
tage but also lost many talents to foreign
companies. People with obsolete skills lost
their jobs. People had mixed feelings of
concerns and hopes.
Over years, more and more companies
have entered the China market. Interest-
ingly, domestic companies did not disap-
pear; instead, some of them grew much
stronger. Take one example, when I con-
ducted Global PC strategic sourcing project
at Switzerland, I negotiated with Lenovo. I
used to pass by Lenovos building in Beijing
when it was still a Chinese brand name. In
2005, Lenovo acquired IBM PC division and
now became the third largest PC vendor in
the world.
I visited many manufacturing plants in
the U.S. and in China. In the U.S., I some-
times was surprised by the age of the produc-
tion equipments, 20+ years, 30+years etc. I
also observed low morale (my sample size is
small). In contrast, the plants I visited in China
had modern plants with advanced equip-
ments and highly motivated workforce.
What happened? How did it happen?
China learned the lesson taken almost
one hundred years ago. At that time, Chi-
na closed the door to avoid foreign in-
uence. The country became weaker over-
time until it was invaded by other countries.
About 30 years ago, China adopted a
open door policy. Foreign companies
are welcomed to compete directly on China
market. The advanced technologies and
management practices brought by for-
eign companies spilled over to domestic
companies, which grew stronger under
tough competitive environment.
Some domestic Solar PV companies
led bankrupt recently, causing concerns.
Maybe other domestic companies can learn
from China experience. Global competi-
tion will stay. Industry change is inevita-
ble. Protectionism might help an immature
industry; it is by no means a long-term solu-
tion. A company under too much protec-
tion might lose its competitive edge. Com-
plaining the outside environment does not
help improve the situation.
US Solar market is at a critical stage.
In my view, this might be dening moment
for U.S. PV industry. It can be a great op-
portunity for a change under crisis. An
U.S company might want to face the real-
ity, focusing on its strength (i.e. advanced
technologies, service market etc.) instead
of improving its weak areas (i.e. cost struc-
ture etc.). I like the word co-petition. It
means competitors cooperate while com-
pete with each other. There might be ways
for U.S. companies to collaborate with
Chinese companies and jointly develop the
market in the U.S and in China.
I dont have a silver bulletin to the prob-
lem which Solar PV industry is facing in the
U.S. I only believe that the crisis breeds op-
portunities. Globalization is everywhere in
our lives. A company might want to listen
very carefully at this teaching moment and
take actions to change its strategy match
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Global warming can increase power prices in India
L
ast week I had
an opportu-
nity to visit
Mr.Vyas, Director-
Solar at International
Marketing Corpora-
tion. We had a good
discussion on the cur-
rent state of climate change being expe-
rienced in India.
We did touch upon the fact that
this year India has experienced a long-
er winter; compared to previous years.
Though nobody is complaining; this
does show the impact of global warm-
ing.
Following the long winter; is the
expected long and much hotter summer.
This will surely further increase the peak
power demand everywhere in India.
Taking into account; the coal supply
issues, the decit in electricity to meet
daily demands and the increasing diesel
prices; we can surely expect the prices
to further increase to meet the current
peak demand.
This, along with increasing diesel
prices, can be good news for solar in
India.
Maybe the metros will be spared of
power cuts; but smaller towns will not
escape the heat.
Straying off-the-course
With solar modules from outside India
taking up most of the pie with on-grid
projects, the reasons above can be a
game changer for solar manufacturers
in India. Ofcourse there are other factors
which will come into play such as loca-
tion, current awareness of solar off-grid
in the particular area, etc.
One thing that was quite an eye-
opener; during the discussion with
Mr.Vyas, was the fact that Indian manu-
facturers were supplying solar modules
to the European market before the an-
nouncement of JNNSM. This resulted
in a small but existing market for solar
equipment companies in India.
What JNNSM was supposed to do;
was increase the role of Indian solar
manufacturers. This would also have re-
sulted in a much bigger market for solar
equipment companies. But infact the
opposite has happened.
After JNNSM, the Indian solar
manufacturers have lost market share.
Global solar equipment companies who
started coming to India in 2009 have
now stopped focusing in India. They are
waiting for the right impetus to restart
their sales & marketing efforts in India.
same state following
charges apply (see table).
The above table shows that typically if
an electricity generator signs PPA from Rs. 5
with an open access consumer, the net rate
to the consumer ranges between Rs. 5.6-
7.8 depending on the location of the state.
Cross subsidy surcharges are the major
factor in the state which
Open Access at
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Gujarat Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Rajasthan Karnataka
Transmission losses
(%)
7.00% 4.85% 5% 4.02% 4.40% 4.03%
Wheeling Losses (%) 7.00% 6% 7% 7.89% 3.80% 5.00%
Banking Charges (%) 12% 0 0 2% 2% 2%
Wheeling Charges
(Rs/kWh)
0.13 0.04 0.14 0 0.11 0
Cross Subsidy
Charges (Rs/kWh)
0 0.61 2.07 0 0.38 0.11
Electricity Duty (Rs/
kWh)
0 15% 0% 0 0 0
Base Rate( assumed)
(Rs/kWh)
5 5 5 5 5 5
Effective Rate (Rs/
kWh)
6.43 6.3425 7.81 5.6955 6 5.6615
Open Access
Charges
0.79 Rs/Kwh 0.84 Rs/Kwh 6483Rs/Kwh/Month 1592Rs/Mwh/Month 146.61Rs/Kwh/Month 1.56 Rs/Kwh
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MR. SANDEEP GOSWAMI, COO, FOUNTAINHEAD II CLEANTECH INDIA PVT LTD
Geothermal to beat Recession away Future Renewable Energy
Thoughts
W
hile we wait
for Solar to
take its place
under the Sun, which no
doubt it would and even
avoid eating up large
swats of land by just
oating on water, while
keeping in mind to allow sunlight down
below; and compliment Wind turbine
which line the Oceans along the sea faring
route, in large oats which allow ships to
charge up their dynamos from one point
to the next, thus limiting the use and car-
riage of bunker fuel; especially when they
enter territorial waters form the Blue Seas.
In fact these oating Wind turbines could
act as buoys / light-houses too and being
closer to shore more easy to maintain,
while avoiding the socio-political problems
it faces on land, we must at the UNFCCC
level hail Geo-thermal as the Messiah for
now.
Low temperature geothermal applica-
tions include space heating and in agricul-
tural uses (greenhouse heating, the drying
of fruits and vegetables, aquaculture and
seawater desalination, and in spas), provid-
ing an ideal synergy with other widespread
commercial ventures. As technological ad-
vances allow for the exploitation of lower
temperature geothermal resources, found
at just a few meters below the ground
surface, the heating and cooling of water
for domestic use, for instance, becomes
highly viable and attractive. Such applica-
tions lessen reliance of non-RE resources,
are highly reliable and cost effective, and
emit far less carbon dioxide.
Advantages of investing in Geother-
mal are many as there are wealth of geo-
thermal resources around the World. This
can provide emerging markets with sub-
stantial entry-stage opportunities due to
wide variety of synergistic applications.
And Messiah it could very well be for
Greece. All the Greeks need to do is look
towards Santorini. It is the most famous
volcano in Greece. The most recent vol-
canic eruption in Greece was Santorini in
1950. Greece has 752 hot springs which
are popular tourist destinations. Greece
lies in a geographic position that is favora-
ble to geothermal resources, both high
temperature and low temperature.
High temperature resources, suitable
for power generation coupled with heat-
ing and cooling, are found at depths of 1-2
kilometres on the Aegean islands of Milos,
Santorini, and Nisyros. Other locations that
are promising at depths of 2-3 kilomteres
are on the islands of Lesvos, Chios, and
Samothraki as well as the basins of Cen-
tral-Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. Low
temperature geothermal resources are
found at the plains of Macedonia-Thrace
and in the vicinity of each of the 56 hot
springs found in Greece. These areas in-
clude Loutra-Samothrakis, Lesvos, Chios,
Alexandroupolis, Serres, Thermopyles,
Chalkidiki, and many others.
Geothermal power the energy de-
rived from stores of superheated water and
steam in seismically-active areas could,
according to geologists, offer a realistic al-
ternative to fossil fuels in the production
of electricity and position the country as a
regional leader in what is a growing global
market. According to an energy prole of
Greece in a US Commercial Service report,
there are up to 2,000MW of electrical
output available from high temperature
elds across the country.
By the end of 2007 the installed ther-
mal capacity of the direct geothermal uses
in Greece amounted to roughly 75 MWt.
Despite the large high-enthalpy resources
in the active Aegean volcanic arc ,no elec-
tric power is produced from geothermal
resources in Greece. With the existence
of 30 geothermal elds in Greece two of
them sizable enough to produce at least
250MW of uninterrupted electrical pow-
er, Greece can not only pay its way out
of the Economic crisis but also show the
way to the EU Nations on how they could
meets its Kyoto Protocol and EU targets on
greenhouse gas emissions.
The above story is also true for India,
which does not even exploit its easily avail-
able recourses. In fact Mumbai is practi-
cally sitting on it.
Should the State Government of Ma-
harashtra seriously consider the use and
application of geothermal lying underu-
impact the electricity
sale to a third party while few states such
as Gujarat do not have any cross subsidy
surcharge for Solar on the other hand
states such as Tamil Nadu charge over Rs.2
as cross subsidy surcharge.
In order to avoid the cross subsidy
surcharge many solar investors sign a PPA
under group captive scheme. The group
captive scheme requires at least 26% of
equity share in the solar project by the
consumer and has to consume a minimum
of 51% electricity from the solar project.
Many large consumers are now tying
up PPAs with solar generators to take ben-
et of group captive generation scheme. It is
important that the buyers and sellers of elec-
tricity must be aware of the different state
regulations and nd out an appropriate way
for the third party sale. In recent time, third
party sale model has also been adopted by
roof top owners where in the solar power
developer installs a solar plant at the roof top
of any building owner and signs a PPA for
electricity sale through roof top solar.
In case the electricity is consumed di-
rectly by the building as off- grid consump-
tion, no REC benets are available. 30%
capital subsidy and accelerated deprecia-
tion can be availed.
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tilized it could use the applications of geothermal
energy, which vary according to their temperature
and include:
Power generation(>90 C)
Space heating (with radiators, >60 C, fan-coils,
>40 C, oor heating systems, >25 C)
Refrigeration and air conditioning (using absorp-
tion heat pumps, >60 C, or with water-cooled
heat pumps, <30 C)
Heating greenhouses and soil because plants
grow more quickly and become bigger with heat
(>25 C), and for protection from frost
Aquaculture (>15 C) because sh need a spe-
cic temperature to grow
Industrial applications such as desalination of sea-
water (>60 C), drying agricultural products, etc.
Thermal spas ( = 25-40 C)
Besides geothermal elds, with todays technol-
ogy, heat from rock at a shallow depth, as well as
low temperature underground or surface water can
be used for heating and air conditioning. Hot dry
rock, which is found everywhere at depths between
3 and 5 kilometers, by articial water circulation
through it at a temperature of up to 150 C . If the
cost of energy is calculated over the life cycle of the
system, geothermal heat pumps cost less than a sys-
tem which consumes oil or natural gas.
Geothermal energy should be exploited in India
where using Nuclear Energy is meeting with stiff so-
cial resistance, especially after the Fukushima daiichi
incident in Japan . Moreover, it has been proved be-
yond doubt by the experts of Geo-thermal in India
that setting up a plant would cost far less than that
of Nuclear and produce more and safer energy.
The other advantage it could have over coal
based thermal or large hydle generated power is its
portability. The size of a Geo-thermal plant com-
pared to the above two would be very small gener-
ation capacity wise. Moreover it would neither ood
vast areas causing socio-economic upheaval nor
produce y-ash a dangerous polluter. The only thing
it emits is water vapor. However, in some certain
trace gases are found which can be easily treated.
This portability has a very great business advan-
tage, which perhaps power companies have over-
looked. It is a fact that energy generation and dis-
tribution in India is far costly than the tariff applied.
Typically, domestic (24% of total power supply up-
take) and agricultural (22%) enjoy cross subsidies
from industrial (38%) and commercial (16%) users.
Industrial and commercial users still pay 30-60%
above average power price. Therefore if Geo-ther-
mal plants are placed close to the industrial & com-
mercial areas by the Private power companies, they
would be able to evacuate and distribute power at a
far cheaper cost, which would be benecial to both.
RENEWABLEENERGY
The article gives an insights into numbers of the Renewable Energy Industry in India.
India Renewable Energy Statistics
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS
States
2009-10
Apr-Mar
2010-11
Apr-Mar
2011-12
Apr-Mar
2012-13
Apr-Dec
Total
USD USD USD USD
Andhra Pradesh 0,00 30,07 132,04 8,90 171,01
Gujarat 37,60 124,98 0,00 0,08 162,66
Karnataka 29,55 26,77 9,03 52,96 118,31
Maharashtra, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu 71,87 21,49 142,95 120,14 356,45
Rajasthan 0,00 0,00 0,10 0,00 0,10
Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry 3,03 4,48 20,57 202,87 230,95
Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal 0,21 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,21
West Bengal, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0,00 0,14 0,00 4,13 4,27
Chandigarh, Punjab, Harayana, Himachal Pradesh 0,00 0,54 0,57 0,00 1,11
Delhi, Part of UP & Haryana 480,25 5,79 145,83 58,75 690,62
Goa 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,15 0,15
Region not Indicated 0,02 0,13 1,08 19,08 20,31
Grand Total 622,53 214,39 452,17 467,06 1.756,15
CUMULATIVE DEPLOYMENT OF VARIOUS RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS/ DEVICES IN INDIA AS ON 28/2/2013
Renewable Energy
Programme/ Systems
Target for 2012-13
Deployment during
Feb 2013
Deployment during
January, 2013
Total Deployment
in 2012-13
Cumulative
achievement up to
28.02.2013
I. POWER FROM RENEWABLES:
A. GRID-INTERACTIVE POWER (CAPACITIES IN MW)
Wind Power 2500 83,20 131,30 1.282,20 18.634,90
Small Hydro Power 350 46,05 10,10 156,98 3552,29
Biomass Power 105 15,00 - 113,50 1.263,60
Bagasse Cogeneration 350 20,00 41,30 315,70 2.300,90
Waste to Power
-Urban 20
- 6,40 96,08
-Industrial -
Solar Power (SPV) 800 210,18 60,23 505,48 1.446,66
Total 4125 374,43 242,93 2.380,26 27.294,43
B. OFF-GRID/ CAPTIVE POWER (CAPACITIES IN MWEQ)
Waste to Energy
-Urban 20
1,06 0,90 13,82 115,56
-Industrial
Biomass(non-bagasse)
Cogeneration
60 5,06 12,00 60,59 443,10
Biomass Gasiers
-Rural
1,50 - 0,096 0,672 16,792
Biomass Gasiers
-Industrial
10 - 1,20 6,02 140,10
Aero-Genrators/Hybrid
systems
0,50 0,24 0,11 0,44 2,09
SPV Systems (>1kW) 30 - 1,47 17,59 107,80
Water mills/micro hydel 2.00(500 Nos.) - (10 nos.) (270 nos) 2131 Nos.
Total 126 6,36 15,776 99,13 825,44
II. REMOTE VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION
No. of Remote Village/
Hamlets provided with
RE Systems
- - - - -
III. OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
Family Biogas Plants
(No. in lakhs)
1,25 - 0,26 0,77 46,11
Solar Water Heating -
Coll. Areas (Million m2)
0,6 - 0,7 0,91 6,92
RENEWABLEENERGY
SOLAR RADIATION RESOURCE ASSESSMENT (SRRA)
STATIONS IN INDIA
State/Union Territory No. of Stations
Andhra Pradesh 6
Chhattisgarh 1
Gujarat 11
Haryana 1
Jammu &Kashmir 1
Madhya Pradesh 3
Maharashtra 3
Karnataka 5
Pondicherry 1
Rajasthan 12
Tamil Nadu 7
Total 51
TARIFFS NOTIFIED BY SERCS FOR WIND ENERGY
State Buy Back Rate (Rs.per Kwh)
Andhra Pradesh 4,7
Karnataka 3,7
Madhya Pradesh 4,35
Maharashtra
3.78-5.67
(depending upon wind zone)
Rajasthan
5.18 for Jaisalmer area
5.44 for rest of Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu 3,51
Gujarat 4,15
Kerala 4,77
Orissa 4,48
STATE-WISE WIND POWER
INSTALLATION
States Capacity (MW)
Andhra Pradesh 435
Gujarat 3093
Karnataka 2113
Kerala 35
Madhya
Pradesh
386
Maharashtra 2.976
Rajasthan 2.355
Tamil Nadu 7.154
Others 4
Total 18.551
Please Note: Uttar Pradesh
and Jharkhand do not have any
wind potential site
WIND ENERGY PROJECTS ESTABLISHED BY PSUS
Name of the
Company
State MW
ONGC Gujarat 51
HPCL Rajasthan/ Maharashtra 50,5
IOCL Gujarat 21
SBI
Tamil Nadu/
Gujarat/ Maharshtra
15
PTC Maharashtra/ Karnataka 12
Integral Coach Factory Tamil Nadu 10,5
National Mineral
Development
Corporation (NMDC)
Karnataka 10,5
Nuclear Power
Corporation (NPCL)
Tamil Nadu 10
Bharat Earth Movers
(BEML)
Karnataka 5
BPCL Karnataka 5
The Hutti Gold Mines
Company Ltd
Karnataka 9,3
GAIL
Gujarat/ Tamil Nadu/
Karnataka
118
Bharat Electronics
Limited
Karnataka 3
Tide water Oil Company
India Limited
Tamil Nadu 3
Manganese Ore India ltd Madhya Pradesh 20
Minerals and Metals
Trading corporation Ltd
Karnataka 15
Chennai Petroleum Ltd Tamil Nadu 17,6
Manganese Oil India Ltd Madhya Pradesh 14
Rajasthan Mines and
Minerals
Rajasthan 22,5
Rajasthan Renewable
Energy Corporation
Rajasthan 20
Rajasthan Electronics
and Instruments Ltd
Rajasthan 1,2
Oil India Ltd Rajasthan 13,6
NREDCAP ( Renewable
Energy Nodal Agency
for AP)
Andhra Pradesh 5,95
NALCO Andhra 50,4
Gujarat Mineral
Development
Corporation
Gujarat 100 .5
Gujarat Alkalies And
Chemicals Limited
Gujarat 84
Gujarat Narmada Valley
Fertilizers Ltd and GSFC
Gujarat 123,4
TOTAL 711,45
STATE-WISE POWER GENERATED FROM SUGAR CANE
BAGASSE BASED COGENERATION PROJECTS AND BIOMASS
POWER PROJECTS DURING LAST THREE YEARS
States
Generation in
2009-10
Generation in
2010-11
Generation in
2011-12
MU MU MU
Andhra Pradesh 2.059,50 2.179,50 2.179,50
Bihar 38,00
Chattisgarh 936,60 1.199,40 1.391,40
Gujarat 3,00 3,00 3,00
Haryana 36,00 46,80 214,80
Karnataka 1.176,72 1.344,72 1.460,72
Madhya Pradesh 6,00 6,00 6,00
Maharashtra 742,00 874,00 1.612,00
Orissa
Punjab 112,00 250,00 298,00
Rajasthan 187,80 187,80 439,80
Tamil Nadu 1.334,80 1.582,80 1.952,80
Uttarkhand 40,00
Uttar Pradesh 1.490,00 2.268,00 2.370,00
West Bengal 96,00 96,00
Grand Total 8.084,42 10.038,02 12.102,02
RENEWABLEENERGY
THE STATE/ UT-WISE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD BIOGAS PLANTS INSTALLED DURING EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE
CURRENT YEAR ARE GIVEN AS UNDER:
Name of State/ Union
Territory
Numbers of Household size Biogas Plants installed
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 (up to Jan. 2013)
Andhra Pradesh 13699 16275 15346 10488
Arunachal Pradesh 162 175 150 14
Assam 10450 6732 6581 4335
Bihar 200 350 3285 ---
Chhattisgarh 3433 3832 4779 1254
Goa 31 18 65 21
Gujarat 10556 6105 2631 2482
Haryana 1422 1379 1819 929
Himachal Pradesh 245 445 426 243
Jammu & Kashmir 155 114 136 193
Jharkhand 1030 913 750 150
Karnataka 10323 14464 12363 8778
Kerala 4085 3941 3483 2047
Madhya Pradesh 15114 16742 12415 6584
Maharashtra 11235 21456 22220 9262
Meghalaya 825 1275 1390 170
Mizoram 50 100 100 461
Nagaland 605 1171 1325 396
Odisha 5296 6050 7186 2828
Punjab 7250 23700 14173 6735
Rajasthan 176 275 498 73
Sikkim 555 358 635 136
Tamilnadu 1740 1493 1531 391
Tripura 47 89 117 68
Uttar Pradesh 3252 4603 4759 1282
Uttarakhand 1225 2082 2114 687
West Bengal 16748 17000 19986 7135
Delhi/ New Delhi - 1 1 --
Pondicherry 5 - -- --
TOTAL : 119914 151138 140264 67142
STATE/UNION TERRITORY -WISE NUMBER OF AKSHAY URJA /
ADITYA SOLAR SHOPS
States / Union Territory
No. of Akshay Urja/Aditya Solar
Shops set up
A&N Island 2
Andhra Pradesh 20
Arunachal Pradesh 7
Assam 12
Bihar 33
Chandigarh 1
Chattisgarh 15
Dadar& Nagar Haveli 0
Delhi 1
Goa 2
Gujarat 8
Haryana 19
Himachal Pradesh 4
J & K 11
Jharkhand 22
Karnataka 6
Kerala 10
Lakshadweep 0
STATE/UNION TERRITORY -WISE NUMBER OF AKSHAY URJA /
ADITYA SOLAR SHOPS
States / Union Territory
No. of Akshay Urja/Aditya Solar
Shops set up
Madhya Pradesh 50
Maharashtra 21
Manipur 1
Meghalaya 0
Mizoram 3
Nagaland 5
Odisha 2
Puducherry 4
Punjab 18
Rajasthan 15
Sikkim 1
Tamil Nadu 17
Tripura 2
Uttar Pradesh 74
Uttarakhand 8
West Bengal 6
Total 400
RENEWABLEENERGY
THE STATE-WISE DETAILS OF VILLAGES AND HAMLETS SANCTIONED BASED ON THE COMPLETE PROPOSALS AS PER THE
GUIDELINES OF THE SCHEME SUBMITTED BY DIFFERENT STATES AND APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY DURING THE ELEVENTH FIVE
YEAR PLAN ARE GIVEN IN THE TABLE BELOW.
State
No. of villages and hamlets
sanctioned during the 11thPlan
No. of villages and hamlets
completedduring the 11thPlan
Funds released
(Rs. Lakhs)
Andhra Pradesh 13 13 31,47
Arunachal Pradesh 0 141 476,09
Assam 1691 1817 11089,97
Chhattisgarh 314 243 1621,34
Delhi* 0 0 24,96
Goa 19 0 9,74
Gujarat 0 36 0
Haryana 92 241 68,55
Himachal Pradesh 0 20 0
Jammu & Kashmir 320 43 5954,69
Jharkhand 251 206 4424,99
Karnataka 59 30 125,98
Kerala 49 49 339,04
Madhya Pradesh 424 351 3150,7
Maharashtra 82 228 2220,207
Manipur 49 106 520,59
Meghalaya 66 124 229,73
Nagaland 8 11 83,477
Orissa 1528 584 5244,19
Rajasthan 103 163 2152,74
Sikkim 0 0 8,04
Tamil Nadu 32 0 66,76
Tripura 479 539 2740,41
Uttarakhand 173 76 640,525
Uttar Pradesh 257 184 1969,19
West Bengal 24 6 2785,24
Other (TERI)* 0 0 38,86
Total 6033 5211 46017,479
RENEWABLEENERGY
LIST OF HISTORICAL/ RELIGIOUS PLACES WHERE RENEWABLE
ENERGY SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED UNDER SPECIAL
AREA DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMME
State/Union
Territory
Historical/Religious Places
Delhi
Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
Safdarjung Tomb, New Delhi
Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, New Delhi
Gujarat Saifee Villa, Dandi
Jammu & Kashmir
Sri Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine, Katra
Ziyarat Sharif Dargah, Hazratbal, Srinagar
Ziyarat Sharief of Hazrat Noor Din Wali Chrar-e-Sharief,
Srinagar
Karnataka Group of Monuments at Hampi, WHS, Hampi
Maharashtra
Bibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad
Daulatabad Fort, Daulatabad, Aurangabad
Pandulena Caves, Nashik
Siddhi Vinayak Temple, Mumbai
VitthalRukmani Temple, Pandharpur, Solapur
YogeshwariDevasthan, Ambajoi, Beed
Tulja Bhawani Temple, Tulja, Osmanabad
Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior Fort, Gwalior
Raani Roopmati Pavallion, Mandu
Odisha Shri Jagan Nath Shrine, Puri
Punjab
World Sikh Heritage
Centre, Takht Anandpur Sahib,Roop Nagar (Ropar)
DurgianaTirathTemple, Amritsar
Anandpur Sahib Fort, Roop Nagar (Ropar)
Golden Temple, Amritsar
Rajasthan
Keoladev National park, WHS, Bharatpur
Hazarat Kwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chisti Dargah, Ajmer
Chittorgarh Fort, Chittorgarh
Tamil Nadu Rameshwaram Shrine, Ramanathapuram
Uttrakhand
Badrinath Shrine, Chamoli
Kedarnath Shrine, Kedarnath town, Rudraprayag
West Bengal Shanti Niketan, Birbhum
LIST OF CENTRAL/ STATE GOVERNMENT INSTALLATIONS
WHERE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS/ DEVICESHAVE BEEN
INSTALLED UNDER SPECIAL AREA DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAMME
State/Union
Territory
Central/ State Government Installations
Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhawan, Hyderabad
Arunachal Pradesh Raj Bhawan, Itanagar
Assam Raj Bhawan, Guwahati
Chandigarh U.T. Secretariat
Chhattisgarh
Raj Bhawan, Raipur
Collectorates of Raipur, Bilaspur, Narayanpur,
Rajnandgaon, Surguja, Kabirdham, Bijapur,
Rajgarh,Kanker, Dantewada, Jaspur, Koria, Janjgir
Champa,Mahasamud, Durg, Jagdalpur, Korba
Delhi
Parliament House
Delhi Secretariat
Tihar Prison Complex
Goa Raj Bhawan, Goa
Haryana
Haryana Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh
Collectorates of Ambala, Jind, Kurukshetra,
Rewari,Fatehabad, Hisar, Faridabad, Sonepat,
Narnaul,Panchkula
Himachal Pradesh
H.P. Secretariat, Shimla
Collectorates of Bilaspur, Chamba, Hamirpur,
Kangra,Kinnaur, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti, Shimla, Simaur,
Mandi,Solan, Una
Jammu &Kashmir
Raj Bhawan Jammu & Kashmir
State Legislative Assembly& Council, Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand Raj Bhawan, Ranchi
Maharashtra Raj Bhawan, Mumbai
Madhya Pradesh
Raj Bhwawan, Bhopal
Vidhan Sabha Bhawan, Bhopal
Mantralaya, Bhopal
Manipur Raj Bhawan, Imphal
Meghalaya Raj Bhawan, Shillong
Odisha Raj Bhawan, Bhubaneshwar
Punjab
Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh
State Legislative Assembly, Chandigarh
Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh
Rajasthan Raj Bhawan, Jaipur
Sikkim Sikkim State Assembly
Tamilnadu Raj Bhawan, Chennai
Tripura Raj Bhawan, Agartala
Uttarakhand Raj Bhawan, Dehradun and Nainital
Uttar Pradesh
Raj Bhawan, Lucknow
Collectorates of Muzzafarnagar, Baghpat,
Balrampur,Gazipur, Saharanpur, Kanpur
West Bengal
Raj Bhawan, Kolkata
State Assembly, Kolkata
Writers Building, Kolkata
RENEWABLEENERGY
Rapid economic expansion in recent times has made India one of the worlds fastest
growing energy markets. It will be the second-largest contributor to the increase in global
energy demand by 2035, accounting for 18% of the rise in global energy consumption.
This burgeoning demand coupled with countrys ever widening energy decit makes
Renewable Energy (RE) sector critical for sustained economic growth. The article
attempts to examine and evaluate the current state of Renewable energy (RE) sector in
India, and the potential it holds in addressing the countrys rising energy demand.
VINITI MOHAN DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS), COGNITIVE CORPORATE SOLUTIONS
Current State of Renewable Energy
Sector in India
Indias Energy Woes a preface
Energy is closely associated with progress
in human development. Despite being
blessed with a large, young population, In-
dia cannot capitalize on this demographic
strength till the time it is affected by unre-
liable power supplies, or its health being
under threat due to exposure to polluting
traditional fuels at home.
While there is a continuous growth in
energy availability and peak demand met,
the rate of increasing energy demand still
outstrips the supply growth creating a hor-
rifying scenario of ever widening energy
decit. Indias energy decit in 2011-12
was estimated to be around 10%. It is a
matter of great concern that our country
is referred to as energy constrained econ-
omy, with an extremely low oil equivalent
(kgoe) of energy usage (one-third of aver-
age Chinese and one twelfth of average
American).
We are still over reliant on fossil fu-
els for meeting our energy requirements
- about 70% of Indias energy generation
capacity is from fossil fuels, with coal ac-
counting for 40% of Indias total energy
consumption followed by crude oil and
natural gas at 24% and 6% respectively.
Indias planning commission projects that
dependence on energy imports could dou-
ble to 53% of commercial energy con-
sumption in 2031-32 from about 25% in
2003-04.
Electricity supply and demand lie
at the core of Indias energy future and
its ambition to maintain an annual GDP
growth rate of 8% in the medium term.
A growing reliance on imports of coal, as
well as oil and gas, will for sure aggravate
energy concerns in the coming decade.
The country, in fact, faces the triple
challenge of climate change, energy secu-
rity and economic development.
The above scenario clearly necessi-
tates the need for diversication in energy
development with use of alternative sourc-
es. In its decentralized or stand alone form,
renewable energy is the most appropriate,
scalable, sustainable and optimal solution
for providing power to a large number of
remote areas and communities. While mil-
lions of decentralized energy systems, solar
lighting systems, irrigation pumps, biogas
plants, solar cookers, and biomass gasiers
are currently being used in the remotest,
inaccessible places in the country, much
more needs to be accomplished. Providing
energy access to the most disadvantaged
and remote communities can lead to one
of the biggest drivers of inclusive growth.
Current Status and Potential
The phrase necessity is the mother of
invention is apt for describing Indias
emergence as one of the fastest growing
renewable energy markets, having added
15 gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy
capacity during the Eleventh Five Year Plan
(2007-12). The government has set a more
ambitious target to add 30 GW of renew-
able energy capacity in the Twelfth Five
Year Plan (2012-17). About 27,000 MW
renewable power generation capacity has
been installed in the country from various
renewable energy sources.
A capacity of 12,437 MW from re-
newable energy projects has been
added during the last 3 years (2009-
10 to 2011-12) and current year (as on
31.01.2013) - India added 1.8GW of
biomass, 1.2GW of solar and 1.1GW of
hydro power in the three years through
January 2013
TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY (DECEMBER 2012)
Source
Total
Capacity
(MW)
Percentage
Coal 120,873.38 57.29
Hydroelectricity 39,339.40 18.64
Renewable energy
source
25,856.14 12.25
Gas 18,903.05 8.96
Nuclear 4780 2.26
Oil 1,199.75 0.56
Total 2,10,951.72
As per a report published by the Cen-
tral Electricity Authority (CEA), 36,947
million units, 41,150 million units and
51,226 million units were generated
during 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-
RENEWABLEENERGY
12 respectively from renewable energy
sources. During 2012-13, about 23,557
million units (April-August) have been
generated from renewable energy
sources in the country
The year 2012-13, however, has been
a tough year. As against a target of
4,125 MW of grid-connected capacity,
the country has been able to achieve
only 2,005 MW. Also, the government
estimates that, of the 500MW of CSP
projects due to be completed between
February and May 2013, only a third of
that capacity may be ready on time
India currently has the worlds fth
largest wind power market and plans to
add about 20GW of solar power capac-
ity by 2022. India also envisages increas-
ing the contribution of nuclear power to
overall electricity generation capacity to
9% within 25 years. The country has ve
nuclear reactors under construction (third
highest in the world) and plans to con-
struct 18 additional nuclear reactors (sec-
ond highest in the world) by 2025.
Policy Support
Government policy is a critical factor in
determining a countrys energy future.
The ministry of new and renewable energy
(MNRE) is implementing a number of re-
newable energy schemes and programmes
throughout the country for enhancing
power generation from renewable energy
sources.
The government has formulated an In-
tegrated Energy Policy (IEP) which charts
out a roadmap to develop energy sup-
ply options and increased exploitation
of renewable energy sources
The government is also developing vari-
ous nancial incentives:
- MNRE recently announced plans to
adopt a viability gap funding (VGF)
model for the second phase of its
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mis-
sion (JNNSM), to provide nancing to
grid-connected solar power projects.
- Announcement to provide low in-
terest bearing funds by the National
Clean Energy Fund to the Indian Re-
newable Energy Development Agency
for duration of ve years to fund re-
newable energy projects
- Other incentives include capital/inter-
est subsidy, accelerated depreciation,
concessional excise and customs du-
ties, preferential tariff for purchase
of power generated from renewable
sources, introduction of Renewable
Energy Certicates and Renewable
Purchase Obligation
In early December 2012, the govern-
ment released a draft JNNSM phase II
policy that set out its target to install
9GW of solar power by 2017, 30% of
which will be generated from CSP and
the remaining 70% from solar PV. The
policy also outlined plans for a central
government auction in FY13 involving
1,650MW of PV capacity, and for the
rst time, solar projects will receive di-
rect grants covering as much as 40% of
the upfront cost of building projects
Union Minister for Finance Mr P Chid-
ambaram recently offered incentives for
wind-based energy and waste-to-ener-
gy projects. The governments reintro-
duction of the generation-based incen-
tive coupled with a nancial package
worth US$ 145.5 million would help
drive investments in the wind-based en-
ergy sector in the nancial year 2013-14
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) upto
100% under the automatic route is per-
mitted in Renewable Energy Generation
and Distribution projects subject to pro-
visions of Electricity Act, 2003
Challenges
Indias transition to a clean energy econ-
omy is vital not just to undertake the cli-
mate crisis, but also to spur development
through new economic opportunities,
new investment, and the creation of new
green jobs. Despite being much publicised
and advocated, renewable energy options
remain expensive and do not attract the
merit they deserve.
Grid continues to be a barrier to real-
izing the wind potential - the sharp fall
in installations in 2012 is undoubtedly
due to a lack of grid connections. The
state of Tamil Nadu, which has 40%
of the countrys wind resource, has to
force farms to stop generating electric-
ity due to an over-congested grid. It has
installed 7.1GW of wind energy but is
unable to transport this to other regions
in the absence of sufcient connectiv-
ity. Infrastructure investment therefore
remains key if the country wants to get
anywhere close to developing its 89GW
of generating capacity potential
One of the challenges that India cur-
rently faces is pertaining to the trade
rules. The United States has recently
led a case at the World Trade Organi-
zation (WTO) to challenge Indias use of
subsidies and buy local rules in its do-
mestic solar program.
Another challenge that the country fac-
es is the high per-unit cost of renewable
energy. There is a continuous need to
innovate to increase efciencies and
bring down costs
Climate policy initiatives (CPI) analysis
shows that though there appear to be
a reasonable number of investors will-
ing to invest in both debt and equity in
RENEWABLEENERGY
renewable energy projects, the cost and
terms of the debt available to nance
these projects is a major issue, increas-
ing the cost of renewable energy by
up to a third when compared to simi-
lar projects in the US and Europe. Also,
even if the cost of debt goes down,
issues with loan terms, access to low-
cost equity, limits on foreign debt, and
national banking practices are likely to
present additional barriers for growth in
Indias renewable energy sector in the
medium and long term.
Indias Global Position
As per the Renewable energy country at-
tractiveness indices report, released by
Ernst & Young in February 2013, India is
ranked 4th globally, behind China, Germa-
ny and ths US. Marked out of 100, China
scored 70.1 in the All Renewables Index
(ARI), followed by Germany with 65.6, the
US with 64.9, and India with 61.8. The US
took rst place in the Solar Index, includ-
ing the highest ranking for concentrating
solar power (CSP), with China and India
tied for second place in the Solar Index.
Recent trends
India attracted foreign direct investment
(FDI) worth 8,569 crores in renewable
energy sector during the last three years
and current year (as on 31.12.2012)
Private sector companies are partnering
with government and co-investing in
R&D and technology development
The sector saw 12 private equity deals
valued at US$ 325.1 million in the 2012
calendar year, according to VCCEdge
Is Renewable Energy really the
Answer to Indias Energy Woes?
The potential of renewable energy is indis-
putable. However, scaling up renewables
generation means resolving core issues of
supply instability, grid integration, geo-
graphic distribution and competitiveness.
Also, across the value chain, there has to
be someone who must bear the higher
costs of renewable power sources. While
the central government has developed
several policies to address this, states
and consumers might not be as willing
to nance further renewables develop-
ment. Its only with the help of a strong
and coherent energy policy that India can
manage its energy trilemma. This needs
immediate attention as the global Energy
Sustainability Index by the World Energy
Council (WEC) indicates that Indias per-
formance has been declining in all three
dimensions, particularly energy security. In
the medium term, it is important for India
to draft holistic policies that will encourage
investment in energy infrastructure, create
a strategic energy mix, and promote co-
ordination between the central and state
governments. By striving to achieve these,
India can hope to match its energy supply
with its economic growth aspirations.
As the Indian economy evolves, the
stress on nding sustainable clean energy
assumes greater importance. The key to a
robust energy portfolio is to ensure grass-
roots level systems that not only optimise
available resources but have the inbuilt
vigour and scalability to cope with the
requirements of a nation on a fast-track
growth path.
References: Press releases, media reports
ECONOMICS
New report from Siemens Financial Services illustrates the enormous cost saving
potential in industrial sector through the use of energy-efcient technologies.
SIEMENS FINANCIAL SERVICES
India pays Heavy Price for Inefcient Energy Consumption
I
ndustrial enterprises could save crores of
rupees on their electricity bills by imple-
menting variable speed drives (VSDs) on
motors in their production environment. A
new report from Siemens Financial Services
(SFS) has calculated that up to Rs.36,600
crores of energy cost savings could be gained
by industry with the full implementation of
VSDs over the next ve years. The SFS report,
which quanties potential energy-efciency
gains from VSD implementation, highlights
just one of several energy-efciency initia-
tives that could lead to substantial cost sav-
ings in the industrial sector.
VSDs optimize the voltage and frequen-
cy supply to an industrial motor to change
its speed of operation, rather than the tradi-
tional method of choking constant speed
motors, thus greatly reducing consumption
of electricity. Electric motor systems use ap-
proximately 40% of total global electricity
(according to Electric Motor Systems Motor
Policy Guide published in January 2011) and
account for 69% of total industrial electricity
consumption as per the report titled Energy
Efciency Policy Opportunities for Electric
Motor-Driven Systems published by Interna-
tional Energy Agency in 2011.
The Consortium for Energy Efciency re-
ports that over 95% of the lifetime costs of
an industrial motor is the cost of the electric-
ity it consumes. In light of this, the case for
implementing VSDs becomes all the more
compelling. Even though not all motors are
applied to variable speed processes, it is es-
timated that between 50-70% of industrial
processes would benet from this technology.
Currently, the global penetration of VSDs (as
a proportion of installed motors) is still low,
there is thus a long way to go in realising its
full energy and cost-saving potential.
Sunil Kapoor, CEO, Siemens Financial
Services Pvt. Ltd. comments: In light of the
steady upward trajectory of electricity prices,
greater energy efciency is becoming an
urgent concern for industrial organizations
as escalating energy costs will erode prot
margins and damage competitiveness. The
magnitude of the estimated potential sav-
ings enabled by VSDs presents an extremely
compelling business case for industrial com-
panies to invest in this power-saving technol-
ogy. More importantly, keeping in mind that
VSD is just one of the many possible energy
efciency initiatives that industrial companies
can adopt, the true potential for energy and
costs savings in industry is very large indeed.
Smaller businesses, in particular, are
confronted with capital shortages. However,
companies can easily overcome this nancial
barrier by using alternative methods to fund
energy-efcient equipment upgrades. As-
set nancing techniques such as leasing and
renting aim to offset the monthly cost of the
new equipment against the energy savings it
delivers across the nancing term, effectively
making the investment zero net cost or even
cash positive. Even when a project cannot
completely offset the equipment upgrade
with energy-efciency cost savings, the -
nancing arrangement can nevertheless subsi-
dize the larger part of the upgrade cost. As
up-to date equipment may not only reduce
energy costs but also boost productivity and
extend manufacturing capability, leading to
improved revenues and margin, manufactur-
ers should leverage such alternative nancing
solutions to capture the signicant potential
cost savings hidden in the industrial processes.
The most receptive applications for
VSDs tend to be pumps, fans and centrifugal
compressors, although worthwhile savings
may even be achieved on more demanding
applications such as mixers, centrifuges, re-
ciprocating compressors and extruders.
In addition to providing substantial en-
ergy reduction, other VSD benets include
soft start-up of the equipment, reduced cur-
rent on starting, reduced mechanical stress
and high power factor. Correctly designed
VSD systems typically reduce energy con-
sumption between 20% and 70%, depend-
ing on the application.
Mr.Jalan speaks about the current state of Indian Discoms, the challenges and the way
ahead for the discoms.
MR. LALIT JALAN, CEO, RELIANCE INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
A
s the Indian economy gears up
for a more optimistic 2013, its
sustainable development will
warrant growth from all sectors particu-
larly the power sector, which will play
an instrumental part in catalyzing Indias
growth. Moreover, it can be rmly said
that any rationalization and modernization
of the policy regime in the power sector
will set an example for other infrastructure
sectors.
The year 2012 saw the power sector
face a quagmire of issues; from the coun-
trys worst grid collapse to critical issues
surrounding fuel availability and pricing,
and mega power projects hanging in the
lurch. As we leave behind the past, there
are lessons to be learnt and amends to be
made.
The clear lesson from the recent In-
dian experience is that the most critical
challenge faced by the power sector is the
dismal health of discoms, which has led to
inadequate investments in the sector. This
has, in turn, led to serious power shortfall,
as well as poor quality of supply, which are
both very serious constraining factors on
overall economic output.
Powering Discoms
The combined nancial losses of all the
power distribution companies stand at a
staggering Rs 1,200 billion (Rs. 1,20,000
crore or nearly 1.5 % of the countrys
GDP). These losses were due to the rising
gap between average cost of supply and
the average realisation; going by which
distribution companies lose Rs 2 for every
unit of electricity sold by them.
Timely tariff hikes in the power sector
are perhaps its most politically sensitive is-
sue. Many states have not revised tariffs
in the last 5-6 years, and some for over a
decade. With average cost of supply grow-
ing at over 7% CAGR in recent years, the
situation has become untenable.
Today, distribution entities across the
country, whether in public or private sec-
tor, urgently require tariff hikes to the tune
of 50-60% to meet their operating costs
and serve the economy with reliable sup-
ply of power. An increase of this magni-
tude will seem staggering to the political
leadership and the consumer, but the stark
fact is that this hike would still leave un-
attended the subject of past accumulated
losses due to irrationally-low tariffs.
Its important to note some positive
signs initiated by government and policy
makers in this regard. Calendar year 2012
witnessed tariff hikes in 30 Indian states
& UTs averaging between 10% and 37%.
This is for the rst time that almost all
states have issued tariff orders.
Of course rationalization of power tar-
iffs has to happen on a perennial basis. Its
critical to understand that purchase costs
for power typically comprise up to 80 % of
the total cost of the distribution function.
Since the truing up process, involving a
x on the gap between power purchase
costs and the revenues from sales, can
take a few years for reasonable estimation,
its important to institute and implement
mechanisms that enable immediate pass
Powering Up Discoms
SMARTGRID
SMARTGRID
through of any variation in power costs.
This will avoid build up of so-called regu-
latory assets.
Other Challenges
There are other bedeviling issues too. One
of these is the need for reduction in cross-
subsidies between diverse consumers. One
testimony to the twisted deal in such ar-
rangements is provided by the fact that
24% of entire electricity supplied ows to
the agricultural sector, but yields less than
6 per cent of the total revenues. While it is
laudable that the Government is investing
huge amounts in electrifying villages under
the RGGVY program, but the question is,
are nancially distressed distribution utili-
ties in a position to supply power to these
villages at zero net realization that is after
accounting for cash expenses. Very often,
we nd that cash constrained SEBs, prefer
selling power outside the state to paying
customers rather than supply to non paying
farmers. With the average cost of supply at
over Rs 5.0 per unit every 10 % increase
in Agricultural supply will add Rs 7,500 Cr
to the decit. Decision makers and peo-
ple in governance fail to realize that more
than subsidy; it is round the clock & qual-
ity power supply that holds the potential &
promise to completely transform life in rural
India. A beginning has been made in Tamil
Nadu, which has increased tariff on electric-
ity supplied to its agricultural consumers by
589%, to Rs 1.75 per unit.
Investments in capacity building and
modernization are also key requisites for
improving the health of the sector. Delhi
has proven to be a shining example in this
regard, where only ve to six years ago,
a typical resident was exasperated by 4 to
5 hours of daily power cut. This has now
reduced to a mere 4 to 5 hours of inter-
ruptions in the entire year. This dramatic
improvement in quality and reliability of
supply has been possible due to large in-
vestments in network and technology (Rs
6,500 Cr) along with streamlining of sys-
tems and processes. A true testimony of
the fact, that reliability levels in Delhi are
now comparable to international bench-
marks. Yet all the improvements and the
entire reform of the Delhi electricity sup-
ply market is under risk for want of urgent
tariff rationalization.
Conclusion
As serious bottlenecks have emerged, the
need of the hour is to identify and imple-
ment solution with utmost urgency. The
debt restructuring package for state utili-
ties is one of these positive developments,
yet only for the short term. Its long-term
benets will actually depend on the dis-
coms ability to lower AT&C losses, hike
tariffs and limit operational costs.
To sum up, reforms at the power util-
ity level are vital for the overhaul of the
Indian power sector, and will lead the way
for its sustainable growth in 2013. It is a
welcome sign that government has recent-
ly shown some resolve in this direction.
SOLARPOWER
Behind every sustainable power solution, there is a reliable mounting system. Developing
sustainable solar power plants depends on the triumvirate of Design, Quality and Cost,
and mounting systems form a key component in each of these.
HIMAMSU POPURI, CEO NUEVOSOL ENERGY PVT LTD.
What goes below the Panel
is as Critical as the Panel itself
S
ustainability is dened as the ca-
pacity to endure. A sustainable
power plant can be dened as one
which lasts for its complete design life,
with the efciency which is planned for
and ensuring the projected returns over
the years. Developing sustainable solar
power plants mainly depends on the tri-
umvirate of Design, Quality and Cost.
Design determines the efciency, Quality
determines thedurability, and nally Cost
to completion impacts the overall viability
of the project. While most power plants
are designed by prioritising for these con-
straints, the notion that is most prevalent
is that the Panels which form the major
cost component determine the sustain-
ability of the whole plant. This being true
to some extent, Mounting systems play a
much larger role in optimizing the design,
quality and cost of plant and ensuring its
sustainability. In the ensuing article we
shall see how mounting systems form the
crux of sustainability.
Optimal Plant Design via
Intelligent Mounting
The widely prevalent practice in the de-
sign of power plants is to mainly optimize
various parameters of cost involved in BOS
while ensuring the required power ef-
ciency. At this level, Panels and their qual-
ity seem to be the most important facets in
making a project viable. What is neglected
is the inclusion of mounting systems opti-
mization, which when performed will en-
sure that the minutest of the parameters
involved in the whole plant are optimized
for.
Involving the mounting structures de-
sign right from the early stages of project
conception would bring about a holistic
approach to address the main concerns
of building a sustainable powerplant.
Optimization of the plant via mounting
structures should be in the forefront from
the inception of the project. Design of
mounting structures deals with area op-
timization, cost to manufacturing, speed
of execution, and nally the quality of the
complete installation. These facets when
not paid heed to can affect the sustain-
ability of the plant in the long run.
A Quality Plant through
Systematic Mounting
Performance of a PV Plant depends on the
quality of the complete system and how
each component interacts with the other.
Even when each component of the highest
quality is procured, durability of the plant
eventually depends on how the compo-
nents are integrated, and 90% of this in-
volves integrating the mounting systems.A
highly integrated approach towards design
of the layout, foundation design, structure
design, and complete erection including
module mounting is needed to ensure the
integrity of the plant. Also, what affects
the quality is the time to execute the pro-
ject. Typical time for construction of Solar
PV plants has come down to two months.
Time to commission is completely depend-
ent on time to mount and mounting in the
short span has to be performed with im-
peccable quality. This calls for simplifying
the manufacturing and onsite execution,
yet maintaining the sophistication and
quality in structures.
Ensuring quality of the power plant
does not only depend on the micron thick-
ness of galvanization but a whole gamut
of things revolving around mounting
structures integration to ensure that the
system behaves as one entity.
Cost Dynamics Controlled by
Scientic Mounting
Solar power plants are multi-variable
equations. Increasing demand for cost
competitiveness without compromising on
quality calls for large scale optimization on
all fronts. But most people concentrate on
a single front i.e. the panels without giv-
ing due importance to other components.
It is true that the panel forms the major
cost component.However, panel costs are
dependent on a lot of uncertain global
factors and negotiations.The only certain
component whose cost can be controlled
in a scientic manner is the Mounting 6.35 MW, Rajastan. Contour Following Nuevo ADAPT 2.0.
SOLARPOWER
Structure. Parameters like area utilization
vs. energy output, weight of the structure,
the manufacturing and installation costs,
time to commissioning, all of which have
huge economic implications,depend heav-
ily on the design of mounting structures.
A highly integrated, turnkey package of
design, supply and installation would en-
able us to optimize on numerous fronts
and provide the best solutions.
From Rooftops to Mega Power
Plants; Pivotal Role of Mounting
In the recent past there has been a tidal
shift in consumer attitude towards solar
power and this has opened a galore of av-
enues. Rooftop mounting, Car Park Solar
Systems, Inclined Industrial Roofs, Agricul-
tural pumps are some of those which have
been in high demand. In all of these, the
crux of the system is the mounting mecha-
nism. These systems call for a challenge of
customization. The key to optimize costs
here lies in a right blend of customiza-
tion and standardization. High amount of
customization can lead to increased costs,
while increased standardization may not
address all the needs, calling for optimal
solutions. Specialized structures are all
about mounting- the design, the quality
and cost, including O&M costs are all di-
rectly linked to the mounting solutions in
place.
The Art of Optimization and
Science of Mounting
Optimization is not a onetime activity,
or something purely related to design. It
evolves with experience and in the Solar
industry it mainly revolves around the sci-
ence of mounting. It is a process which
can be inbuilt into all the facets, includ-
ing design, manufacturing, supply chain,
installation, work force scheduling, pro-
ject planning and management. It can
be used to hedge for unexpected delays,
and can be improvised through stream-
lined processes. What should be realised
is that there is a huge scope for optimi-
zation via a Cybernetic Model of design
process, wherein all stages of the design
process are interlinked to each other, giv-
ing and receiving inputs from one another,
leading to holistic optimization. This is in
stark contrast to a highly compartmental-
ised model of design process where each
stage of design is alienated from the other
leading to what can be called an Off-The-
Shelf system, which is not in synergy with
other parameters of the whole plant. A cy-
bernetic process would convert a Structure
into a System that is dynamically modelled
andintelligent.
The Road to Grid Party
A lot has been spoken about how grid
parity in solar PV will be achieved in com-
ing years. Grid parity is not just about wait-
ing for module and component prices to
fall sufciently, or for conventional fuel
prices to escalate. It is a question of nd-
ing the optimum solution.
20 MW , Andhra Pradesh.
SOLARPOWER
Pramod Hargude discusses the ner details of Indias captive solar consumption market.
MR. PRAMOD V. HARGUDE, BUSINESS HEAD - PIRE, GODREJ ELECTRICALS & ELECTRONICS. GODREJ & BOYCE MFG. CO.LTD
Plan your Captive Power Consumption;
by Utilizing & Planning your roof
Electricity Sector
in India -Power
Demand from
Industrial
Increasing demand from
industrial consumers, who
are suffering from inad-
equate power supply and
high tariff rate charged by state utilities, will
nd captive generation as the best alterna-
tive for meeting their demand. There is an
approximate 7% decrease in the turnovers
of Indian companies due to power cuts. As
a consequence, most factories, businesses,
and private customers have set up their own
power generation capacities in the form of
captive power plants or diesel generators in
order to ensure power supply.
The electricity sector in India had an in-
stalled capacity of 211.766 GW as of Janu-
ary 2013, the worlds fth largest. Captive
power plants generate an additional 31.5
GW. Non Renewable Power Plants con-
stitute 87.55% of the installed capacity
and 11.45% of Renewable Capacity. India
generated 855 BU (855 000 MU i.e. 855
TWh) electricity during 201112 scal.
Inspite of above generation, in De-
cember 2011, over 300 million Indian
citizens had no access to electricity. Over
one third of Indias rural population lacked
electricity, as did 6% of the urban popula-
tion. Of those who did have access to elec-
tricity in India, the supply was intermittent
and unreliable. In 2010, blackouts and
power shedding interrupted irrigation and
manufacturing across the country.
Key implementation challenges for
Indias electricity sector include new pro-
ject management and execution, ensuring
availability of fuel quantities and qualities,
lack of initiative to develop large coal and
natural gas resources present in India.
Need for Solar Generation- Key
Facts to be Considered
It is a known fact that half of India still
faces the brunt of power cuts ,mainly in
the summer season. When environmental
temperature rises above 35 Deg Cel and
power cuts prevail, it becomes unbearable
to everyone. Many households and com-
mercials users turn to diesel at this junc-
ture. To the common mass, diesel is the
prime mover for generation of distributed
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type of electricity and sold at approximate
INR 47- 50 INR/ ltr. The diesel generating
set produces maximum 3.00 kWh of en-
ergy per Ltr. So per kWh (each unit) gen-
erator running cost is ( Approx. INR 16.5).
Considering the life cycle (capex and opex)
and running costs of such small genera-
tor sets, this becomes an high price + High
emmisson of CO
2
to envirnoment.
Various facts and gures reveal that
one of the prime reasons for power de-
cit is the scarcity of fossil fuels since most
of what is available is conned to certain
countries. This is an alarming situation for
a country like India who is one of the fast-
est growing economies globally. To main-
tain the growth of approx. 7 -9 % India
has projected its demand for electricity to
go up 800 GW by 2032.
To meet this demand, cost effective,
clean and reliable sources of energy is nec-
essary and renewable energy forms, espe-
cially Solar plays a crucial role in achieving
energy independence.
Benets of Captive Solar
Solutions
Project nance available for power plants
above 10 KW at low interest rates.
1 Kw solar power system will yield ap-
proximate 1500 Kwh 1700 Kwh/ an-
num unit of electricity (Approximate can
vary from city to city).
Accelerated depreciation on the project
cost can be availed.
Capital subsidy benets 30 % of the
total project cost,special 90%subsidy
on the SPV systems in North-Eastern
states through respective State Nodal
Agencies are made available to own-
ers.
Signicant size projects under REC
scheme are eligible for both REC cer-
ticates and accelerated depreciation.
One REC certicate will be issued for
every 1000 units generated, its current
oor price being Rs.9300/-
Low maintenance cost.
Reduces power bills. Direct savings vis-
ible in monthly electricity bills.
Reduces CO
2
emission in the environ-
ment. Approx. 0.9 kg of CO
2
emission
reduction for every kWh generated
through solar.
Pay back of 7-8 years (Approx.)for a tar-
iff of 5.5 ~ 6 and IRRequity of 15- 20%
The Rooftop solar power plant provides
shade and helps to bring down the
overall temperature of the building thus
reducing the energy consumption.
A building with solar roof top presents
a Green Banner to the customers &
reduces carbon footprint.
The captive solar power plant also has
a lot of weightage in green rating sys-
tems.
Last but not the least Contribute for
making Greener & better India.
Stabilizing the Grid by Solar
Power Generation
Distributing solar installations across the
state evenly and capping the maximum
capacity of solar power installed per sq.
km. will help insulate the grid in sharp
drops in power generation. These will help
make the Grid stable and ensure that solar
power is a dependable source of energy.
Steps involved in designing
a successful captive solar PV
installation
Dening /heading the Projects scope of work.
Electrical load Analysis
Soar insolation data
Energy need assessment
Site survey
System sizing.
Componentselection ( Detail Design)
Installation & Commissioning
Other considerations before
installation of solar power plants
Orientation of a Solar Panel- towards
South.
System should be placed in such a place
which is shadow free, i.e no obstruction
of trees or adjoining building.
Calculating the load carrying capacity
of the roof where solar panels are to be
installed should be done.
Tilt angle at which solar panel is to be
installed depending upon the latitude of
the locations.
Mounting structure should be able to
handle the wind speed of the location.
Godrej & Boyce is an accredited MNRE channel
partner withSP 1A rating, for availing the capital
subsidies and other benets and to power the Go
Green Initiative of Godrej.
INSPITE OF ABOVE GENERATION,
IN DECEMBER 2011, OVER 300
MILLION INDIAN CITIZENS HAD
NO ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY.
OVER ONE THIRD OF INDIAS
RURAL POPULATION LACKED
ELECTRICITY, AS DID 6% OF THE
URBAN POPULATION
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The article summarizes the Request for Proposal from State of Punjab for grid connected
solar PV power plants
ENERGETICA INDIA
Punjab States Solar RfP
D
etails of RfP for New Grid Con-
nected Solar Photo Voltaic Power
Projects 300 mw capacity under
phase I; Issued by Punjab Energy Develop-
ment Agency (PEDA)
The Punjab State will support setting
up of 300 MW (under phase - I) Solar
Photovoltaic (PV) power plants for di-
rect sale of power to PSPCL, Punjab for
which PEDA will select solar power de-
velopers.
Selection of these Solar Power Projects
shall be through tariff based competi-
tive e - bidding process as per the direc-
tives of Punjab State Electricity Regula-
tory Commission (PSERC).
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
PSPCL, will directly purchase power
generated from these selected 300 MW
Solar PV Projects at the tariff arrived af-
ter competitive bidding.
Fiscal Assistance / Benets
Available for Developers under
the New and Renewable Sources
of Energy (NRSE) Policy 2012
100% electricity duty for power con-
sumed from State licensee during con-
struction and testing of the project shall
be waived
Octroi on NRSE fuels to be used for
energy generation and NRSE devices /
equipment / machinery for NRSE Power
Particular Applicable Tariff Rate
Benet of
Accelerated
Depreciation, if
availed
Tariff upon adjusting
for Accelerated
Deprecation benet,
if availved
Rs. / kWh Rs. / kWh Rs. / kWh
Solar PV 8,75 0,88 7,87
TABLE 1. CERC TARIFF FOR FY 2013-14
FOR SOLAR PV POWER PROJECTS
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Projects shall be fully exempted
Similarly Octroi on self - consumption
of power by captive power plants in
the same premises or thru wheeling by
open access to same group companies
shall also be exempted
To promote usage / generation from
NRSE, manufacturing & sale of NRSE
devices / systems and equipments /
machinery required for NRSE Power
Projects shall be exempted from
Value Added Tax (VAT) and any cess
there upon.
100% Exemption from entry tax
in respect of all supplies (including
capital goods, structure and raw ma-
terials) made for setting up and trial
operations of the projects.
100% exemption from payment of
fee and stamp duty for registration
/ lease deed charges for the land re-
quired for the project.
Solar PV Power projects shall be ex-
empted from obtaining any NOC /
consent under Pollution control laws
from the PPCB.
Agricultural land shall be allowed for
setting up of Renewable Energy Power
Projects in the state and no Change of
Land Use (CLU), External Development
Charges (EDC) / or any other charges /
fees for the same shall be payable.
Total Capacity and Portfolio of
Solar PV Projects
The total aggregated capacity of the grid
connected solar projects to be developed
under Phase - I shall be 300 MW.
Total capacity shall be divided into two
categories as under:
Category I
Total 50 MW to be allotted to new &
existing companies; with minimum ca-
pacity of the project at 1 MW and the
maximum capacity at 4 MW.
The allotment of project capacities un-
der this category shall be in multiples of
1 MW only.
Category II
Total 250 MW to be allotted to exist-
ing companies; with minimum capacity
of the project at 5 MW and maximum
capacity shall be 30 MW.
The allotment of project capacities un-
der this category shall be multiples of
5 MW only.
Technology
The policy gives the bidders the freedom
to choose any Solar PV power generation
technology viz. Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell
Modules / Thin Film Modules / Concen-
trated PV Modules / any other technology
which can be sourced from any country.
Tariff:
See table 1.
Submission of Proposal and
Selection of Bidders
Proposals against Request for Proposal
are invited through e - bidding system
for selection of bidders and to be submit-
ted online in electronic formats in www.
etender.punjabgovt.gov.in (Table 2).
Selection of Bidders
According to the RfP, the selection of
bidders will happen on net availed tariff
after providing discount on generic tar-
iff notied by CERC for Solar PV Power
Projects for FY 2013-14; irrespective of
availing Normal Rate of depreciation /
Accelerated Rate of depreciation.
PEDA will shortlist the bidders based
on the net tariff arrived in Rs. Per kWh af-
ter reduction of discount offered by the
bidder.
Time Schedule
See table 3.
Description Details
RfP No PEDA/PRJ/SLR/2013-14/11313
Bid Document Fee through IPG/RTGS (Non-Refundable) Rs. 5.000
E-Processing fee through IPG/RTGS (Non-Refundable) Rs. 2.247
Bid Processing Fee through IPG/RTGS (Non-Refundable) Rs.1,00,000 per bid (Category I); Rs.2,00,000 per bid (Category II)
Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)
Rs.20,00,000 per MW for each project in form of Bank Guarantee or through
RTGS/IPG mode at time of RfP submission, valid for 180 days
Performance Bank Guarantee
Rs.40,00,000 per MW for each project in form of Bank Guarantee or through
RTGS/IPG mode to be submitted at signing of Implementation Agreement
Validity of Proposal 150 days after the date of opening of techno commercial Part I of the bid
Description Details
Date of uploading / publishing of e-NIT 11th March 2013 at 10.00am
Last date for submission of pre-bid query/
clarication to be submitted online
26th March 2013
Pre-bid meeting of PEDA ofce 3rd April 2013 at 11.30am
Last date & time for submission of Processing Fee
(Non-Refundable), EMD, Formats & Technical Bid
and Financial Bid through E-bid
25th April 2013 at 12 noon
Date & Time of opening of techno commercial e-bid 25th April 2013 at 12.30 pm
Date of opening of price bid
To be conveyed subsequently on www.etender.
punjabgov.in
TABLE 2.
TABLE 3.
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This article discusses Low Cost Renewable Energy development and Employment
generation through small and new generation Entrepreneurs with Mentoring and Interest
subsidy on the Debt Fund to achieve the lowest interest rate (without exposure to Foreign
Exchange risk).
PRAVEEN KULKARNI, DIRECTOR, KK NESAR PROJECTS
Low Cost Solar PV Project
Development in Each Indian Taluka
The Thought
Low cost solar PV project development in
each Indian Taluka place with an average
generation of 1.5 MU / MW / year at an
average selling price of Rs.5 to 7/ kWh or
less with interest subsidy to load on com-
mon man while developing many small
and new generation entrepreneurs.
A renewable energy company can
work with a Financial Institution (FI); with
the Financial Institution being the lead eq-
uity holder with Debt fund syndicate as
they enjoy, but, no EXIM Bank.
FI (or Clean Tech fund) can arrange
Equity and Debt (with 7 to 8%) and seek
the remaining 6% interest from the Gov-
ernment as subsidy. The normal deprecia-
tion can be taken on the JV, thus, a fair
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game for new generation entrepreneurs,
who need NOT own the project for Accel-
erated Depreciation. Thus, we bring good
equipment and EPC to get interest subsidy
only against assured generation.
The current subsidies/incentives such
as Accelerated Depreciation, Capital Sub-
sidy and Viable Gap Funding lower the in-
come to the government.
A smaller entrepreneur could be mi-
nor partner and can pay the interest on
Equity and Debt fund to own the project
stake of 75% after full and nal payment
of loan with interest while taking the O
& M Charges as appropriate to cover his
company services apart from long term as-
set creation, which is the value addition.
Till the loan re payment, FI can be the con-
trolling stake holder.
After some pilot projects, FI can sup-
port or Government can support with
funds tied up to many small entrepreneurs
who can agree to 100% ownership, if they
are capable to invest 20% Equity. The idea
is to distribute the wealth to many small
entrepreneurs through inclusive growth
and long term value creation with a cap
of 100 MW per entity till next 25 years (no
cross holding), thus, a democratic norm
to distribute the wealth across the nation
and to allow rural development with low
cost and overheads with good quality EPC
companies.
Calculations
ROE (Return on Equity) and Normal Depre-
ciation cost recovery are higher than the
Cost of Generation (COG) with Interest
subsidy from the Government. The Small
Entrepreneurs may also agree to little less
ROE due to Self Employment and low cost
of Employees in Rural Area.
This is a case for a Ground mounted
Solar PV energy developer (due to low in-
terest rate) as the COG is only Rs. 1.72 /
kwh with such interest subsidy i.e. project
interest rate is only 2%.
Energy supplied to grid can be al-
lowed with a 5% escalation for an O & M
cost recovery and sustainability as the sala-
ries and project overheads will be affected
with Ination.
Normal Depreciation is to be allowed.
The project is to be implemented in
talukas where the point of consumption
is nearby; thereby decreasing transmission
losses.
Storage challenge can be addressed at
an appropriate time.
Key Advantages
This arrangement helps in creation of
many small entrepreneurs with Mentors
and Government or Lenders nominee
on the Board till the debt and interest
payments are done.
New Generation Entrepreneurs (En-
gineers with PV back ground) can be
supported with 20% equity (without
collateral security for Debt due to board
position/control till loan repayment) and
80% debt from IREDA or FI (at 5% in-
terest rate). So depending upon the
energy yield, the states have to pay the
differential interest subsidy while keep-
ing the energy buying rate as constant
throughout India; with a goal that every
taluka can have a minimum 25 MW so-
lar PV to 100 MW per entity (thereby
encouraging entrepreneurship)
Job Creation at rural India by SME or
new generation Entrepreneurs. Thereby
reducing urban migration. Energy in-
efciency can be counterbalanced by
increased interest subsidy depending
upon energy yield.
No NPAs (Non Performing Assets); due
to FI Nominee on the Board with Men-
toring
The Policy can support Indian made
modules; thereby further giving boost
to the local economy
An important fact and Very Good
Benet for Government and
hence Nation
For a Rs.7 Crore / MW project, the interest
subsidy of (7-2 = 5) 5% for 12 years = Rs.
182 lakhs for a debt of Rs.560 lakhs (80%
of 700).
Please note that the payment (Cash out
to Government every year in lakhs is
given in table 1.
However, if Government pays 30%
Capital subsidy (for Roof top) as per the
current MNRE guidelines, at Rs.160/w
for a 500kw = 160000x500x 0.3 = Rs.
2.4 Crore, but, for 1 MW it will be =
Rs. 4.8 Crore/MW (upfront paid within
2 years)
Comparatively, the interest subsidy will
cost only Rs. 1.82 Cr/MW
If we can assume that only 30% of
7 Crore is given (in 2 years mainly with a
Viability Gap Funding), then it will be = 0.3
x 7 = Rs. 2.1 Crore/ MW
If a facility similar to Gujarat Govern-
ments soft loan for Tata Nano; is extended
Entrepreneurs, with 5% equity and 95%
Debt at 0.1% interest rate for 20 years
term, the Total Cost of Generation works
out to be Rs. 4.18/kwh, out of which the
Normal Depreciations contribution is = Rs.
2.71/kwh.
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
28 25,67 23,33 21 18,67 16,33 14 11,67 9,33 7 4,67 2,33
Table 1.
FI (OR CLEAN TECH FUND) CAN
ARRANGE EQUITY AND DEBT
(WITH 7 TO 8%) AND SEEK THE
REMAINING 6% INTEREST FROM
THE GOVERNMENT AS SUBSIDY.
THE NORMAL DEPRECIATION
CAN BE TAKEN ON THE JV,
THUS, A FAIR GAME FOR NEW
GENERATION ENTREPRENEURS,
WHO NEED NOT OWN THE
PROJECT FOR ACCELERATED
DEPRECIATION
AFTER SOME PILOT PROJECTS,
FI CAN SUPPORT OR
GOVERNMENT CAN SUPPORT
WITH FUNDS TIED UP TO MANY
SMALL ENTREPRENEURS
WHO CAN AGREE TO 100%
OWNERSHIP, IF THEY ARE
CAPABLE TO INVEST 20% EQUITY.
THE IDEA IS TO DISTRIBUTE
THE WEALTHTO MANY SMALL
ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH
INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND LONG
TERM VALUE CREATION
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The small Entrepreneurs can give up
few of the Depreciation costs and sell the
power at low cost. However, the article fo-
cuses on comparing low cost funding cas-
es from outside India to few cases of low
cost interest subsidy (soft loans) provided
DETERMINATION OF IRR AND CASHFLOW
Solar Power Project
Units Generation Unit Year---> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Installed Capacity MW 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Gross Generation (per MW) MU 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55
Net Generation MU 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55
Incomes Cash In Year---> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Tariff with 5% Escalation / yr for 1st 10yrs Rs / kwh 7,17 5,00 5,25 5,51 5,79 6,08 6,38 6,70 7,04 7,39
REC Benets 1 Mwh = 9300 rupees Rs. Lakh 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
Only from Energy Generation Rs. Lakh 77,50 81,38 85,44 89,72 94,20 98,91 103,86 109,05 114,50
Total Incomes Cash In Rs. Lakh 77,50 81,38 85,44 89,72 94,20 98,91 103,86 109,05 114,50
KEY POINTERS / INDICATORS: Year---> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
ROE (19%@0to10yrs n 24% @11to25yrs) Rs. Lakh 26,6 26,6 26,6 26,6 26,6 26,6 26,6 26,6 26,6
Depreciation (Normal) Rs. Lakh 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00
Working Capital (2Mrecv+1M of O&M) Rs. Lakh 20,85 21,17 21,50 21,84 22,19 22,55 22,92 23,30 23,70
Total COG (Cost of Generation) Rs./kwh 6,15 6,13 6,11 6,09 6,08 6,07 6,06 6,05 6,05
ROE / kwh Rs./kwh 1,72 1,72 1,72 1,72 1,72 1,72 1,72 1,72 1,72
Depreciation (Normal) in Rs/kwh Rs./kwh 2,71 2,71 2,71 2,71 2,71 2,71 2,71 2,71 2,71
COG (Without ROE and Depreciation)
but [with O & M Charges+ Interest on
(Debt+WC)+Wheeling Charges]
Rs./kwh 1,73 1,70 1,68 1,67 1,65 1,64 1,63 1,62 1,62
Fixed Cost (Cash OUT) Unit Year---> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
O & M Expenses Rs. Lakh 0,057 10 10,57 11,18 11,82 12,49 13,21 13,96 14,76 15,60
Interest on Term Loan Rs. Lakh 2 11,20 10,27 9,33 8,40 7,47 6,53 5,60 4,67 3,73
Insurance fee Rs. Lakh 0,70 0,71 0,72 0,73 0,74 0,75 0,77 0,78 0,79
Interest on Working Capital Rs. Lakh 8 1,67 1,69 1,72 1,75 1,78 1,80 1,83 1,86 1,90
Repayment of Loan Rs. Lakh 46,67 46,67 46,67 46,67 46,67 46,67 46,67 46,67 46,67
Wheeling Charges @0.25paise/kwh Rs. Lakh 0,25 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88
Total Fixed Cost Rs. Lakh 74,11 73,78 73,49 73,24 73,02 72,84 72,70 72,61 72,56
Project Equity cash Out -140,00
Cash FLOW Rs. Lakh 3,39 7,59 11,95 16,48 21,18 26,07 31,16 36,44 41,94
Accrued Income (Cumlative Income) Rs. Lakh -140,00 -136,61 -129,02 -117,07 -100,59 -79,41 -53,33 -22,18 14,26 56,20
Project IRR based on yrly Incomes -700,00 77,50 81,38 85,44 89,72 94,20 98,91 103,86 109,05 114,50
Project IRR based on yearly INCOMES 12,92%
INCOME TAX WITH P & L Year---> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Total Expenses Rs. Lakhs 74,11 73,78 73,49 73,24 73,02 72,84 72,70 72,61 72,56
Depreciation Rs. Lakhs 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00 42,00
Sub total of (expenses+Depreciation) Rs. Lakhs 116,11 115,78 115,49 115,24 115,02 114,84 114,70 114,61 114,56
Total INCOME (Cash In) Rs. Lakhs 77,50 81,38 85,44 89,72 94,20 98,91 103,86 109,05 114,50
Net Prot (+)/Loss(-)[Income-subtotal] Rs. Lakhs -38,61 -34,41 -30,05 -25,52 -20,82 -15,93 -10,84 -5,56 -0,06
Carry forward of losses (Cumlative) 0 -38,61 -73,02 -103,07 -128,59 -149,41 -165,33 -176,18 -181,74 -181,80
Taxable Income -38,61 -73,02 -103,07 -128,59 -149,41 -165,33 -176,18 -181,74 -181,80
Income tax or MAT Rs. Lakhs 33,99 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0
PROFIT AFTER TAX (PAT) Rs.Lakhs -38,6 -73,0 -103,1 -128,6 -149,4 -165,3 -176,2 -181,7 -181,8
Cost / MW: 700 lakhs Total Cost of Project: 700 lakhs
Project IRR based on Cumulative Income 86,9%
Total Investment 700 Rs. Lakhs
Debt 560 80%
Equity 140 20%
Total Accrued INCOME 1308
Total Interest paid on Term loan 73
Total interest paid on WC for 25 years 52
RO Int% 2
WC Int% 8
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by some Indian States.
India can be little more innovative to
create low cost energy generation costs
while creating many small entrepreneurs;
boost GDP of rural India with sustainability
and good low cost service.
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55
1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55 1,55
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76 7,76
0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23
120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6 33,6
42,00 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31
24,11 24,53 24,97 25,42 25,89 26,37 26,88 27,40 27,94 28,50 29,09 29,70 30,33 30,99 31,67 32,38
6,05 4,39 4,40 4,41 4,48 4,56 4,64 4,73 4,82 4,92 5,02 5,13 5,25 5,37 5,50 5,64
1,72 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17 2,17
2,71 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60 0,60
1,62 1,62 1,63 1,64 1,71 1,79 1,87 1,96 2,06 2,15 2,26 2,37 2,48 2,60 2,73 2,87
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
16,50 17,44 18,44 19,49 20,61 21,79 23,03 24,35 25,74 27,22 28,77 30,42 32,16 34,00 35,94 38,00
2,80 1,87 0,93 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
0,80 0,81 0,82 0,84 0,85 0,86 0,88 0,89 0,90 0,92 0,93 0,94 0,96 0,97 0,99 1,00
1,93 1,96 2,00 2,03 2,07 2,11 2,15 2,19 2,24 2,28 2,33 2,38 2,43 2,48 2,53 2,59
46,67 46,67 46,67 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88 3,88
72,57 72,62 72,74 26,24 27,40 28,63 29,93 31,31 32,76 34,29 35,90 37,61 39,42 41,32 43,34 45,47
0
47,66 47,60 47,49 93,99 92,82 91,59 90,29 88,92 87,47 85,94 84,32 82,62 80,81 78,90 76,89 74,76
103,86 151,46 198,96 292,95 385,77 477,36 567,66 656,58 744,05 829,99 914,32 996,93 1077,74 1156,65 1233,54 1308,30
120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
72,57 72,62 72,74 26,24 27,40 28,63 29,93 31,31 32,76 34,29 35,90 37,61 39,42 41,32 43,34 45,47
42,00 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31 9,31
114,57 81,93 82,05 35,55 36,71 37,94 39,24 40,62 42,07 43,60 45,21 46,92 48,73 50,63 52,65 54,78
120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23 120,23
5,66 38,29 38,18 84,68 83,51 82,28 80,98 79,61 78,16 76,63 75,01 73,31 71,50 69,59 67,58 65,45
-176,14 -137,85 -99,66 -14,98 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
-176,14 -137,85 -99,66 -14,98 68,53 82,28 80,98 79,61 78,16 76,63 75,01 73,31 71,50 69,59 67,58 65,45
0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 23,3 28,0 27,5 27,1 26,6 26,0 25,5 24,9 24,3 23,7 23,0 22,2
-176,1 -137,8 -99,7 -15,0 45,2 54,3 53,5 52,6 51,6 50,6 49,5 48,4 47,2 45,9 44,6 43,2
REC upto2017 2018-2023
Floor price 0 0
Total Project cost 700 lakh
Project Equity 140 lakh
EPC Costs 595 lakh
Loan tenure 12 years
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The article revisits the costs breakup from CERC to arrive an benchmark capital cost for
solar pv and solar thermal projects in India.
ENERGETICA INDIA
CERCs analysis on Benchmark
Capital Cost for Solar PV Power Projects
and Solar Thermal Power Projects
BENCHMARK CAPITAL COST NORM
FOR SOLAR PV POWER PROJECTS FOR
THE FY 2013-14
BackGround
CERC had noted that the solar PV industry
had seen signicant cost reductions over
the last three years showing a declining
trend of over 20-22% on annual basis.
It was pointed out that the cost of so-
lar PV crystalline module cost was in the
range of 0.6-0.65 USD/Wp; at the time of
CERC report. This remarkable reduction in
module prices was due to a combination
of factors like economies of scale, techno-
logical advances and manufacturing pro-
cess advances, and over production vis-a-
vis demand.
CERC noted a similar declining trend
in terms of the price of balance of system
(BoS) due to the reduction in the power
electronics, inverters, streamlined installa-
tion technologies and processes.
The combined reduction in prices and
low cost nancing has contributed to the
low cost solar electricity sale price in the
recent bids in India.
India has seen the following price bids
under JNNSM:
In batch I, the bid range varied from
10.95/kWh to 12.76/kWh with an aver-
age bid price of Rs. 12.12/kWh.
The winning bids for solar PV under
batch II of JNNSM phase I varied from
7.49/kWh to 9.44/kWh with an average
bid price of Rs. 8.77/kWh
Module Cost
The analysis of CERC; with inputs from
leading databases and consulting compa-
nies, indicated that the current thin lm
module price per Wp varies in the range of
$0.4 to $1.0 and crystalline module price
varies in the range of $0.50 to 1.0.
Also most of the international studies
showed that the prices are expected to de-
cline in future.
Considering the above reasons, the
Commission proposed to consider base
module cost at $0.65/Wp (CIF) i.e. cost,
insurance, freight and taxes, for the de-
termination of benchmark capital cost for
solar PV projects for FY2013-14. With the
exchange rate of Rs. 53/US$, the module
cost works out to Rs. 344.5 Lakh/ MW
for the FY 2013-14 for determination of
benchmark cost for Solar PV projects for
FY 2013-14.
Non-Module Cost Component
The non-module cost components com-
prise cost towards land, civil & general
works, ground mounting structures,
power conditioning unit, cabling & trans-
former/ switchgears and preliminary/pre-
operating expenses & nancing costs.
LAND:
The land requirement for Solar PV based
power project depends upon the technol-
ogy employed i.e. Crystalline or Thin lm,
conversion efciency and solar radiation
incident in respective area.
The Commission, while determining
the benchmark capital cost for Solar PV
projects for the year 2012-13, had consid-
ered land requirement of 5 Acre/MW for
crystalline PV project and its cost was con-
sidered as Rs. 16 Lakh / MW. The Commis-
sion proposed to escalate the normative
land cost of FY2012-13 at 5% and pro-
poses the land cost at Rs. 16.80 Lakh/ MW
for the determination of benchmark capi-
tal cost of Solar PV projects for FY2013-14.
CIVIL AND GENERAL WORKS:
The cost associated with civil works in-
cludes testing of soil, preparation of soil/
ground with all necessary works like
earthmoving, digging holes for the foun-
dations/pilings and leveling, fencing of the
land, development of approach road, ca-
ble trenches, water supply arrangement in
solar farm, control room etc.
The General works include security of
solar farm, setting up of power back-up
generator; yard lighting, Earthling Kits, etc.
ered the civil and general works together
as Rs. 90.00 Lakh /MW.
After allowing cost escalation of 5%
over the last years cost the Commission
proposed to consider 94.50 lakh/MW as
the cost for Civil and General work for
benchmark capital cost of Solar PV pro-
jects for FY2013-14.
GROUND MOUNTING STRUCTURES:
This expenditure includes cost associated
with manufacturing, delivery, installation
and calibration of either hot galvanized
steel or aluminium structures including all
necessary material, works and installation
on prepared foundations/pilings.
The Commission, while determin-
ing the benchmark capital cost for Solar
PV projects for the year 2012-13, had
considered the cost of ground mounting
structure as Rs. 100.00 Lakh/MW. After
allowing cost escalation of 5% over the
last years cost the Commission proposed
to consider Rs. 105.00 Lakh/MW towards
the cost for Ground Mounting Structures
for benchmark capital cost of Solar PV pro-
jects for FY2013-14.
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POWER CONDITIONING UNIT (INVERTER):
Power conditioning equipment is an im-
portant component of the balance-of-sys-
tem. Power conditioners process the DC
power produced by a photovoltaic system
to AC power and match the same with
utilitys power.
While specifying the benchmark capital
cost for solar PV projects in 2012-13, the
Commission had considered 98 Lakh/MW
as cost towards Power conditioning unit.
Considering the reduction of inverter prices
globally and in India it was proposed that ex-
penditure towards Power conditioning unit
to be considered as Rs. 60.00 Lakh/MW.
CABLES AND TRANSFORMERS:
This expenditure includes EPC cost to-
wards DC cabels between Solar PV panels
& Inverters including junction boxes, AC
cabling between Inverter & substation,
Earthling arrangements and Transformer.
The transformer cost includes the EPC cost
of a step up outdoor type transformer,
breaker, Current Transformers, Potential
Transformers, Isolators, LAs, protection re-
lay and TOD meter.
ered the cost of cables and transformers
and other associated equipments as Rs.
100.00 Lakh/MW.
After allowing cost escalation of 5%
over the last years cost, the Commission
proposed that Rs. 105 Lakh/ MW may be
considered as expenditure towards cables
and transformers for solar PV projects.
PRELIMINARY/PRE-OPERATING EXPENSES AND
FINANCING COSTS:
The preliminary/pre-operating expenses
include transportation of equipment, stor-
age of equipment at site, insurance, con-
tingency, taxes and duties, IDC and nance
charges etc. Detailed breakup of Prelimi-
nary and Pre-operative expenses and -
nancing cost, lump sum in percentage of
total capital cost is proposed as under:
a. Insurance Cost: 0.5%
b. Contingency: 0.5%
c. Interest during Construction (IDC): 5%
d. Financing cost: 1%
e. Project management cost: 1%
f. Pre-operative Cost: 1.0%
Preliminary/Pre-operating expenses
and Financing Cost contribute to above
10% of total capital cost on average basis.
In past years, while determining the bench-
mark capital cost for solar PV projects, the
Commission had considered 10% of total
capital cost as preliminary /Pre-operating
expenses and Financing cost.
Accordingly, Rs. 80.00 Lakh/MW was
proposed to be considered as preliminary /
Preoperating expenses and Financing cost.
Considering data in table 1 the total
cost of Solar Photo voltaic power projects
for the FY2013-14 was proposed to be con-
sidered at Rs. 800.00 lakh/MW as bench-
mark project cost of Solar PV projects.
BENCHMARK CAPITAL COST FOR SOLAR
THERMAL POWER PROJECTS
As per rst proviso under Regulation 5 of
the RE Tariff Regulations, 2012, the bench-
mark capital cost for Solar thermal power
projects is reviewed annually. The norma-
tive capital cost for Solar Thermal Power
Projects in past are shown in table 2.
Under the National Solar Mission
(NSM), the total aggregated capacity 500
Table 2.
Table 1.
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MW of grid connected Solar thermal Pro-
jects in Phase 1 was to be developed.
Seven Solar Thermal power projects
(470 MW) were selected through the bid-
ding process under JNNSM PhaseI and the
discount offered on CERC determined tariff
of Rs. 15.31/kWh was as seen in table 3.
Developers of solar thermal projects in
India are reported to be facing some prob-
lems especially in terms of lack of avail-
ability of solar irradiation data which is es-
sential for planning and optimizing a solar
thermal power project. Due to much lower
DNI vis a vis initial estimate, solar eld re-
engineering is reported to have been car-
ried out by some of the developers. Gen-
eration of revised technical specications
and modication of relevant orders placed
on various suppliers may cause the delay
on the commissioning of the projects.
Lack of authentic solar irradiation
data and lack of data on project costs of
projects under commissioning in India,
electricity generation potential of typical
sites and knowledge of performance of
technology in India, and possible impact
of rupee depreciation on project cost were
the issues considered by the Commission
while determining the benchmark capital
cost of the solar thermal project.
The International renewable energy
Agency (IRENA) has in its report on Renew-
able energy technologies: Cost analysis
series Concentrating Solar Power (June
2012) mentioned that the estimated cost
of CSP plants varies signicantly, depend-
ing on the capacity factor, which in turn
depends on the quality of the solar re-
sources, thermal energy storage levels and
the technical characteristics of CSP plant.
The said report also states that based
on the data analysis, for parabolic trough
plants without thermal storage, cost could
be as low as USD 4600/kW with capacity
factor in the range of 20-25%. Report also
estimated possible cost reduction by 2015
(table 4).
However the Commission considered
the total installed cost in India to be lower
compared to Europe and US.
Though there are opportunities for
cost reductions for CSP plant, the fact
remains that the commercial deployment
of CSP is still in its infancy in India. As ex-
perience is gained, R&D advances, mass
production of components occurs and in-
creased competition in technology provid-
ers develops, costs will come down.
However, signicant investment in
further R&D and deployment will be re-
quired to realize these cost reductions.
Considering the expected reduction in
cost of thermal power projects globally as
well as the tariff quoted by the bidders se-
lected under JNNSM, the Commission pro-
posed the benchmark capital cost of solar
thermal project as 1200 Lakh/MW for FY
2013-14.
Table 3.
Table 4.
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The article summarizes the Request for Proposal from State of Uttar Pradesh for grid
connected solar PV power plants.
ENERGETICA INDIA
UP State Governments 200 MW Solar RfP
U
ttar Pradesh New & Renewable En-
ergy Development Agency (UPNE-
DA) has invited interested Bidders
to purchase the RfP; to participate in the
bidding process for procurement of power
from Grid Connect Solar PV Power Projects
through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding
Process.
UPNEDA will select solar power pro-
ducer for setting up of minimum 5 MW ca-
pacities Solar PV Power Plants (total capacity
200MW) and the maximum capacity of the
Project shall be up to 50 MW. The plant ca-
pacity shall remain in multiples of 5 MW.
The total capacity of Solar PV Projects to
be allocated to a Company including its Par-
ent, Afliate or Ultimate Parent or any Group
Company shall be limited to 50 MW.
UPNEDA on behalf of Uttar Pradesh
Power Corporation Ltd. (UPPCL) will sign the
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the
successful bidders.
RfP Points
RECEIPT AND OPENING OF BID
Bid is to be submitted on or before 12:00
hours (IST) on 25th April 2013 and will be
opened at 12:30 PM in presence of the bid-
ders.
CAPACITY OF EACH PROJECT
The capacity of each Solar Power Projects is
minimum 5 MW. Any bidder can apply for
minimum 5 MW and the maximum capacity
for each project will be 50 MW. The capacity
of Solar PV Power Plant can be in multiples
of 5 MW.
MINIMUM CUF LIMITS
The Projects developed on conventional so-
lar PV technology should have a minimum
CUF of 15% in any given contract year. In
case the developers fail to supply energy per-
taining to minimum CUF in a contract year
then the developer will be required to pay a
penalty equal to 10% of the project tariff to
the Procurer, for such shortfall in units.
SUPPLY OF POWER TO PROCURER
After completion of evaluation process a
LoI will be issued to the successful bidder
to sign a PPA with the Procure for dura-
tion of 10 years.
180 days prior to the expiry of 10 years
term of PPA; the PPA can be renewed
with UPPCL for a further period of 15
years; but at the then prevailing APPC.
However the budgetary support form UP
State Government as incentive as per pro-
vision in the solar policy will be available
only for initial 10 years of PPA.
TARIFF FOR SUPPLY OF POWER
Bidders will be required to quote a single
tariff for 10 years only in the price bid.
Out of the total per unit tariff the tariff
which has been arrived from the Latest Fi-
nalized Case I bidding for conventional
power project as conducted by UPPCL
will be paid from the UPPCL kitty and the
balance amount will be rooted through
UPNEDA to UPPCL and will be paid to the
developer on monthly basis for the entire
duration of the PPA
The tariff for supply of power for fur-
ther 15 years (after completion of 10 years
of tenure of PPA) shall be the tariff as arrived
from Average Pooled Purchase Cost (APPC)
at that time. The balance support from
UPNEDA / U.P. State Govt. will not be pro-
vided for extended PPA of 15 years
GRID CONNECTIVITY
The grid connectivity and associated evacu-
ation facilities from the solar power plant
substation/switchyard to distribution/trans-
mission system feed in substation will be
provided in accordance with UPERC (Grant
of Connectivity to Intra-State Transmission
System) Regulations 2010 as amended from
time to time.
The project developer is responsible to
get connectivity with the transmission sys-
tem owned by the Discom. The cost of the
transmission line up to the feed in substa-
tion viz the point of interconnection where
the metering is done will be borne by the
Solar Project Developer.
This transmission line shall be construct-
ed by the Discom. However the entire cost of
transmission including cost of construction
of line, wheeling charges, losses etc. will be
borne by the Project Developer and will not
be met by the Discom.
Expenditure on the construction of
transmission line and substation will be
borne by the State Government on all the
projects in the Bundelkhand region.
Solar developer will be responsible for
the Operation and maintenance of dedi-
cated transmission line up to the point of
connectivity.
Construction and operation/mainte-
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nance of evacuation system associated with
plants shall be the responsibility of generat-
ing company.
FINANCIAL CRITERIA
Net worth:
Net worth of solar bidder needs to be
equal to or greater than the value calcu-
lated at the rate of Rs. 3.50 Crores per
MW of capacity offered by the bidder in
its bid for the capacity up to 25 MW.
For every MW additional capacity, beyond
25 MW, additional net worth of Rs. 2.50
Crores per MW is to be proved
The computation of net worth is to be
based on unconsolidated audited annual
accounts of any of the last three (3) nan-
cial years immediately preceding the bid
deadline.
TECHNICAL CRITERIA
The bidder should have acquired sufcient
experience and capacity in building infra-
structure projects. This can be measured
either from the construction work under-
taken/ commissioned by the bidder, or from
revenues of BOT/BOLT/BOO projects, or from
both, during the 5 years preceding the ap-
plication date.
i. The technical capacity of a bidder will be
assessed on the following parameters:
ii. Project experience on BOT projects in the
specied sector.
iii. Project experience on BOT Projects in the
core sector.
iv. Construction experience in the specied
sector.
v. Construction experience in the core sec-
tor.
vi. O&M Experience.
SITE IDENTIFICATION AND LAND ACQUISITION
The project developer would need to prove
that the required land for project develop-
ment @ 2 Hectares/MW is under clear pos-
session of the project developer.
In this regard the Project developer shall
be required to furnish the following docu-
mentary evidences:-
g. Ownership or lease hold rights (for at least
30 years) in the name of the Project
h. Developer and possession of 100% of
the area of land required for the allotted
project
Requisite documents from the con-
cerned and competent revenue/registration
authority for the acquisition/ownership/vest-
ing of the land in the name of Project Devel-
oper and in case private land converted for
industrial use.
Change in the location of land from one
place to other location is not permitted after
240 days from the date of issue of LoI or at
nancial closure,
BID BOND
Each bidder will be asked to submit the bid
accompanied by bid bond for an amount of
Rs. 20 Lakh (Twenty lakhs) per MW of the
offered capacity.
In the case of a consortium, the lead
member shall furnish the bid bond, on be-
half of the Consortium Members as per the
Consortium Agreement. The bid bond shall
be valid for a period of ninety (90) days be-
yond the validity of the bid.
CONTRACT PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE (CPG)
Within fteen (15) days of issue of Letter
of Intent (LOI), the successful bidder(s) will
provide to UPNEDA the Performance Guar-
antee; for an amount of Rs. 75 Lakh (Sev-
enty Five lakh) per MW of the contracted
capacity, which shall be provided to UPNE-
DA / Procurer for the amount calculated
pro-rata.
The Performance Guarantee will be
initially valid for a period of eight (8) months
after the scheduled delivery date and there-
after shall be dealt with in accordance with
the provisions of the PPA.
BANK GUARANTEES
The bidder needs to provide the following
Bank Guarantees to UPNEDA in a phased
manner as detailed hereunder:
Bid Bond for the amount calculated as per
Clause 2.18 (@ Rs. 20 Lacs / MW) in the
form of Bank Guarantee along with RfP
(valid for a period of ninety (90) days be-
yond the validity of the Bid)
Contract Performance Guarantee calcu-
lated as per Clause 2.19 (@ Rs. 75 Lacs
/ MW) in the form of Bank Guarantee
within fteen (15) days of issue of Let-
ter of Intent, (initially valid for a period
of eight (8) months after the scheduled
delivery date)
Within fteen (15) days of issue of Letter
of Intent the total bank guarantee value
towards contract performance guaran-
tee shall be submitted in 03 Nos. of bank
guarantee in the ratio of 20%, 40% &
40%. (Example - If total contract perfor-
mance guarantee value is Rs.4.00 Cr. then
03 BGs of value Rs.0.80 Cr, Rs.1.60 Cr &
Rs.1.60 Cr are to be submitted)
MINIMUM EQUITY HOLDING/EQUITY LOCK-IN
The aggregate equity shareholding of the
selected bidder in the issued and paid up
equity share capital of the seller needs to be
atleast fty one percent (51%) from effec-
tive date up to a period of three (3) years
after commencement of supply of power.
The time schedule for completion of the
bidding process appears in the table below.
How to submit bids
The bidders need to submit their bids by
12:00 hrs (IST) on 25 Apr 2013:
Director,
Uttar Pradesh New & Renewable Energy
Development Agency,
Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow
Phone: 0522-2720652
Fax: 0522-2720779
Email: compneda@rediffmail.com
Website: http://neda.up.nic.in
Event Schedule Date
Date of issue of RfP Zero date 3/15/2013
Submission of written claricationon RfP Zero date + 10 days 3/25/2013
Pre-Bid Meeting Zero date + 20 days 4/4/2013
Revision of RfP Zero date + 26 days 4/10/2013
Bid submission & opening of non-nancial
bids
Zero date + 41 days 4/25/2013
Financial bid opening Zero date + 56 days 5/10/2013
Approval of bids and issue of LOI Zero date + 87 days 6/10/2013
Signing of PPA Zero date + 105 days (LOI + 30 days)
Exact date to be
communicated
Completion of the following tasks :
a) Financial Closure of the project,
b) Land allotment/purchase,
c) Grant for grid connectivity
Zero date + 315 days (LOI + 240 days)
Exact date to be
communicated
Commissioning of Solar PV power plant 13 months from PPA
SUSTAINABLEHABITAT
H
uman Habitats today have be-
come centres of energy consump-
tion. By conserving energy with
appropriate building design, reducing
energy by efcient energy management
and producing energy with decentralized
systems that allows feeding surplus en-
ergy into the grid, we can create a shift
towards energy positive habitats. Essential
to this movement is the fact that humans
have to change their life styles to consume
less energy.
Some of the key environmental and
social challenges are associated with the
building sector. Buildings consume large
amounts of energy and other resources
and at the same time produce immense
quantities of waste and pollution. Since
buildings have a long life span; their effect
on people and environment is long and
continuing. This makes the building sec-
tor a critical issue in terms of sustainability.
Higher energy efciency and developing
renewable energy resources are all desir-
able, but not adequate enough to make
a substantial positive impact on our envi-
ronment. It is becoming clear that our en-
ergy needs have to be moderated through
change in lifestyles, as well as the way we
conceive and develop our habitats.
In a 3 days hands-on workshop held
at Auroville in 2012, more than 75 partici-
pants explored ways of realizing Energy
Positive Habitats. Participants came from
various professional backgrounds such
as: urban planning, architecture, policy
and consulting. Highly interactive sessions
stimulated discussion and knowledge
sharing among all participants. The work-
shops sessions at Energy Positive Habitats
were facilitated by senior experts in areas
of urban ecology, energy policies, energy
management, governance, green archi-
tecture, solar and wind installations and
related areas.
This document attempts to compile
the major points addressing Energy Posi-
tive Habitats as they were discussed dur-
ing the 3-days workshop. Its objective is
to highlight some of the major issues and
solutions for implementing energy positive
or at least energy neutral habits.
Nevertheless, one particular point that
consistently emerged from all the sessions
is that specic Government policies are an
absolute necessity to bring about a change
from our energy intensive lifestyles of to-
day to a more energy conscious develop-
ment.
Background
Each European has about 60 energy slaves,
each American about 110 energy slaves.
That is the energy equivalent of a strong
man working 10 hours a day six days a
week represented by the energy output of
the motors and engines, powered by fossil
fuel energy, working on our behalf. In total
the world is presently home to about 130
billion energy slaves 40 billion more than
the Earth can sustain. Europeans are us-
ing four times and Americans nearly seven
times the amount of energy per person
that the earth could sustain. In a sustain-
able world this gure would have to come
down to a quarter or less.
The average annual energy consump-
tion per head is around 6,000 watts in
Western Europe, 12,000 watts in the Unit-
ed States, 1,500 watts in China, and 1,000
watts in India. Current developments in
India indicate that its energy consumption
per head is heading in the same direction
as the more developed countries.
Need
Need to link energy and climate policy.
Demand for future-proof global en-
ergy system.

Suggestion
Decarbonise economic and urban de-
velopment?.
Pressure from civil society on policy
makers.
Energy Policies
Facilitator: Herbert Giradet, Co-founder,
World Future Council
The need of policies for Feed-in-Tariffs (FiT):
A feed-in tariff is a policy mechanism de-
signed to accelerate investment in renew-
able energy technologies. It achieves this
by offering long-term contracts to renew-
able energy producers, typically based on
the cost of generation of each technol-
ogy. Technologies such as wind power, for
instance, are awarded a lower per-kWh
price, while technologies such as solar PV
and tidal power are offered a higher price,
reecting higher costs.
Highly effective policy mechanism that
lowers the barriers to rapid develop-
ment of renewable energy.
Differenced price set for each RE tech-
nology.
FITs assure a good return on RE invest-
ment.
The cost of introduction of RE is shared
by all energy consumers.
Increased demand for RE has led to
technology innovation and increased
production.
Improving efciency standards
Currently existing energy efcient build-
Auroville Green Practices is an annual event that brings together architects, consultants,
project developers and policy makers for envisioning sustainable habitats. EcoConstruction
India brings forward the discussions and recommendations from the 2012 event.
ENERGTICA INDIA
Recommendations for Energy Positive
Habitat from Auroville Green Practices
SUSTAINABLEHABITAT
ing standards, LEED US, BREAM UK,
GRIHA - INDIA.
Energy performance contracting; (ECP
is an innovative nancing technique
that uses cost savings from reduced
energy consumption to repay the cost
of installing energy conservation meas-
ures.).
Utilities allowed charging slightly more
for unit of electricity and offering at the
same time energy efciency programs
to encourage consumers to make en-
ergy savings.
Smart grid development better
management of energy demand to re-
duce need for energy supply.
The benets of avoiding investment in
new generating capacity.
Emphasize the benets of avoiding in-
vestment in new generating capacity
(negawatts).
Outcome of the workshop with rec-
ommendations from participants:
Policies for Decentralized Solar Rooftop
Installations
Financial incentives for either the instal-
lation (capital investment) or the pro-
duction.
Policies to foster research in solar tech-
nologies.
Policies to enable the renting of private
rooftops for solar pv installation.
Mandatory percentage of green energy
for cities, townships, communities, cor-
porates.
Mainstreaming sustainable practices
e.g. incentivize targeting the middle
class to switch to more renewable en-
ergy sources.
Public buildings can be used as best
practices show cases (for both decen-
tralized renewable energy systems and
energy efciency interventions).
Mandatory renewable energy installa-
tion for commercial buildings.
Policies for the Building Energy Sector
Introduce lifecycle assessments for en-
ergy, water, etc. to reduce resource con-
sumption in all areas.
Mandating energy audit and energy ef-
ciency practices for all buildings - espe-
cially so for public buildings.
Developing and mandating energy ef-
ciency standards for new building (max.
consumption per m/2 ) energy budget.
Regular energy audits could be mandat-
ed by lhe governmenl Limil/ban in-
candescent lamps and CFL and replace
them with LED (introduce an economic
model for this).
Time zone shift for India (to increase the
daylight available during working hours).
Educational programs and awareness
campaigns.
Energy Efciency in the Building
Sector
Facilitators: Tanmay Tathaghat, Principal,
Edsglobal and Mili Majumdar, Director,
Sustainable Habitat, TERI
Impact of the built environment
40% of the worlds energy.
25% of the timber harvested.
16% of the fresh water used.
50% ozone depleting CFCs.
30% of raw materials used.
35% of CO
2
emissions.
40% of land ll waste Energy Efciency.
50% of water pollution.
Findings of a recent study
The average household is likely to con-
sume ve times more electricity in 2020
than in 2000.
If commercial buildings, continue to be
built and operated in the conventional
manner, their electricity consumption
may increase by more than 3.5 times by
2021.
There is a huge potential for electric-
ity savings by buildings sector in India,
20% of the total electricity consump-
tion by residential sector in 2021 can
be saved by using energy efcient appli-
ances. Lighting alone has 50% electric-
ity saving potential.
42,370 MW of power plant can be
avoided in 2021 through building en-
ergy efciency.
GRIHA: Some key drivers to rethink design
approach
Minimize demand, use efcient materi-
als and systems, use of controls: ECBC+.
Maximum 60% WWR; mandatory day-
light points; mandatory solar control
SUSTAINABLEHABITAT
through shading devices high perfor-
mance glass.
Mandatory usage of renewable energy
sources.
Reduce embodied energy for construction.
Challenges
Lack of Resources is the key Driver for
Energy Efciency.
Acute water and electricity shortage in
most cities.
Poor air/water/power-quality.
Overloaded infrastructure.
Global environmental concerns.
Awareness of business opportunities
among the building industry.
Interest of the national/international
agencies.
Key Barriers to Building Energy Efciency
Implementation
Strong rst cost bias.
Split Incentives.
Lack of availability of efcient products.
No easy accoun3ng of Embodied Energy.
Lack of energy exper3se.
Lack of awareness, info. and tools.
Electricity rate structures / rural subsidies.
Territoriality by agencies.
Lack of government & utility Cham-
pions.
Solutions
Control heat island impacts in urban
areas through proper land use planning
controlled paved areas, vegetation, cool
roof or shaded (solar) roof.
Promote buildings that are climate re-
sponsive, have suitable interventions of
energy efcient envelope, systems and
controls (Use of Energy conservation
building code);.
Integration of renewable energy sys-
tems.
Lifestyle change (adaptive comfort).
Use materials and technologies with
low embodied energy, recycled content
or that are reusable.
Policies Recommendations
Mandatory Building Energy Codes -
based on current levels.
Mandatory Building Codes - Super strin-
gent (Zero Energy Target).
Mandatory ECBC for Residential Build-
ings.
Voluntary ECBC for Residential Buildings.
Mandatory Appliances Standards
(MEPS).
Building Benchmarking.
White Certicates.
Govt./Public Buildings EE Program.
Demonstration Projects/Training/Profes-
sional Certication.
Green Building Certication.
Onsite/offsite renewable energy incen-
tives/promotion/standards.
EE Depreciation.
EE Retrot Incentive Program.
DSM/Utility Incentive Programs.
CDM Incentives.
Sustainable Urban Development Policies
(smart growth).
Sustainable Land-Use Policies.
Building Energy Auditing and
Management
Facilitator: Dr. Brahmanand Mohanty, Profes-
sor, Asian institute of Technology, Bangkok
Energy in buildings: Factors inuencing the
growth of energy use in buildings
Demographic evolution.
Socio-cultural changes (lifestyle chang-
es).
Design of building and greater use of
energy consuming home and ofce ap-
pliances.
Energy efciency versus Renewable Energy
Initial energy efciency measures (low-
hanging fruits) are easy to attain; one
can achieve high energy saving while
investment stays low.
The more we try to reduce the energy
demand, the higher the Life cycle cost
becomes.
At a certain point, Energy efciency
measures become more expensive than
Renewable technologies.
It is time to shift efforts to renewable
energy investments.
ENERGY AUDIT
Why energy audits?
Energy audit is the rst step to reducing
energy costs at your facility.
There are many ways to reduce energy
costs but not all are costeffective.
An energy audit provides focus and di-
rection, serving as the road map to en-
ergy savings.
Level 1: Analysis of utility bills, brief
survey or walk-through of building and
facilities
Qualitative analysis Recommendations
usually do not include costs, savings and
payback information.
But recommendations address specic
building areas and systems.
Sufcient for proposing low--cost and
no-cost energy saving measures.
Level 2: Detailed analysis of utility bills, in-
depth inspection of building, breakdown
of energy use by facility and identication
of specic end uses
Quantitative analysis.
Recommendations include implementa-
tion costs, savings and payback infor-
mation.
Sufcient for developing energy perfor-
mance improvement measures.
Replacement of inefcient equipment
by energy efcient alternatives.
Lighting, air conditioning, motive power
(fans, pumps, compressors, variable fre-
quency drives).
Level 3: Also known as Investment-grade
audit
Thorough eld inspection of facility,
professional engineering analysis of en-
ergy use and potential improvements.
Recommendations include implementa-
tion costs, savings and payback, life
cycle cost analysis.
If needed, provision of bid specication
services.
Necessary for largescale projects
where many components and major
changes are being considered .
Major HVAC upgrades, redesign and
reengineering of HVAC systems, en-
ergy management systems.
Major alteration to the building structure.
Summary
Energy auditing & management are ef-
fective in reducing energy costs.
Without affecting buildings functional
requirements.
Without compromising comfort and
well-being.
Gain compounded savings through
whole system analysis.
Conduct life cycle cost analysis to reap
long-term benets.
WINDENERGY
The article from ex-Secretary General of ARE showcases the work from Alliance for Rural
Electrication in the eld of Small and Medium Wind Turbines.
SIMON ROLLAND, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ALLIANCE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
Mid-term ndings of an Information
Campaign in Developing Countries
S
mall and Medium Wind Turbines
(SMWT) often offer the most envi-
ronmentally friendly and cost-com-
petitive technology for rural electrication
in developing countries. Yet, they are even
more often left out of the energy-solutions
options by decision-makers and project
developers.
Here are some facts about SMWT
and its promising market that cannot be
ignored:
The global market for SMWT is fore-
casted to double between 2010 and
2015especially in developing and
emerging markets, reaching USD 634
millions.
These technologies already have a track
record of success in rural electrication
projects. For instance, in China, SMWT
started to be implemented in 1980, and
by 2010 there were 400.000 systems
reported.
The price of small wind lies between
USD 0.15-0.35 per kWh over the life-
time of the system, making it, under fa-
vourable conditions, cheaper than small
PV, small hydro and other renewable
and non-renewable solutions, such as
diesel or kerosene.
Furthermore, small wind can be easily
integrated in hybrid systems with solar
energy or diesel. Such hybrid systems
offer a more sustainable, higher quality
and lower costs solution than diesel-
only systems.
So why arent these technologies
more widely used, especially in developing
countries where cost is such a big issue?
Despite the lack of market informa-
tion on SMWT in these areas, there is the
general agreement that theyare only a
small percentage of the off-grid market.
The answer is blowing in the wind
With this question in mind, at the begin-
ning of 2012 the Alliance for Rural Electri-
cationasked its wind members to identify
the barriers they have faced while doing
business in developing countries.
These were the main conclusions:
SMWT remains relatively unknown to
decision-makers in developing coun-
tries. Through regulation, Governments
are directly responsible for the growth
of the market and the performance and
safety of the systems, but theyare not
fully aware of the potential of wind (as
demonstrated by the very limited num-
ber of countries with a well established
policy and regulatory framework cover-
ing SMWT). The knowledge and the lev-
el of experience with small windremains
rare amongst practitioners from the
public and the private sector.
The production of SMWT is highly con-
centrated in developed countries. More
than a third of companies manufactur-
ing wind turbines are located in the USA
and United Kingdom.
Determining a proper setting and loca-
tion for the wind systems is essential to
maximise the energy production, so an
exhaustive on-site wind resource assess-
ment iskey during the projects formula-
tion. Unfortunately, collecting this data
is often too expensive and the studys
duration is just too long for developing
countries to invest, especially in such
small-scale projects.
There is a wide-spread lack of quality
standards and certications for both
the technologies and the installation
process, which would guarantee the
reliability and safety of the systems and
avoid the production of low quality
products that damage the image of the
technology.
In order to tackle these barriers, the
Alliance launched a year-long Small Wind
Campaign in June 2012.
One of the common elements in the
barriers identied was the lack of informa-
tion/awareness on the part of energy de-
cision-makers. Without proper knowledge
and with such a small amount of small
wind systems installed in developing coun-
tries, it is very difcult for those responsi-
ble to create a suitable legal framework for
fostering SMWT. Therefore, the rst step
of the Campaign was to pass on reliable,
transparent, relevant and tailored informa-
tion about SMWT.
The approached favoured mainly small
groups and personal meetings, and the
content focused on real-life projects with
DESPITE THE LACK OF MARKET
INFORMATION ON SMWT IN
THESE AREAS, THERE IS THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT
THEYARE ONLY A SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF THE OFF-GRID
MARKET
WITHOUT PROPER KNOWLEDGE
AND WITH SUCH A SMALL
AMOUNT OF SMALL WIND
SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, IT
IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE
RESPONSIBLE TO CREATE A
SUITABLE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
FOR FOSTERING SMWT
WINDENERGY
challenges that the audience could relate
to and apply in their own communities.
The pillar of the Small Wind Cam-
paign is the position paper The potential
of small and medium wind energy in de-
veloping countries, which does not just
describe the technology, but also includes
recommendations and policy tools. The
challenge of the initiative was to create
opportunities for contact in a market that
remains extremely fragmented sector.
Six months into the project, activities
included online webinar sessions, a side
event during the 1stInternational Off-
Grid Renewable Energy Conference and
Exhibition (IOREC) celebrated in Ghana,
a Business Delegation to Ivory Cost and
several virtual and physical workshops
throughout the developing world. The
initial contact has been made, and the
basics about SMWT delivered to an esti-
mated 100 stakeholders from developing
countries.
Long Way to Go
The good news is that decision-makers in
developing countries have shown interest
and curiosity about renewable energies
in general and wind in particular. Renew-
able seem to tick all the boxes of their
particular energy needs: the decreasing
renewables costs and the rising price of
fossil fuels, the increasing electricity needs
in off-grid areas and even the increasing
international nancing for renewable en-
ergies, environment and climate change
as well as energy access.
With the Alliances Small Wind Cam-
paign the foot is on the door so how
to move forward and what challenge to
approach next?
Balthasar Klimbie, Director of Dutch
Small Wind and one of the participating
members suggests In my opinion, this
rst step was quite good for raising aware-
ness. Next we should try to
work on training and capacity building.
Only through passing on knowledge to
the local communities can we ensure the
sustainability of the systems. We need to
make sure that decision-makers know
how to deal with this issue. There is a long
way to go.
Taking into consideration the conclu-
sions and information needs detected dur-
ing the rst part of the Campaign, new
efforts will also address the nancial side
of projects. For some of the next online
and in-person meetings, the Alliance will
partner with international organizations
such as the Asian Development Bank. A
virtual Business Delegation covering Asia
and the Pacic, and several Webinars are
already in the works. And, since the en-
ergy storage sector is facing similar barri-
ers in developing markets, the Alliance is
already planning the launch of the Battery
Campaign in June 2013, in order to ease
the path of a technology that ensures the
provision of reliable electricity service.
During its rst six months, the Small
Wind Campaign has walked a few steps
towards reaching its very ambitious goal,
and although its impact may seem a drop
of water in the ocean (especially com-
pared to the 1.3 billion people without
electricity today), if the enthusiasm and
belief of the people involved shows any-
thing, is that we are on the right track.
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION
THE CONCLUSIONS AND
INFORMATION NEEDS
DETECTED DURING THE FIRST
PART OF THE CAMPAIGN, NEW
EFFORTS WILL ALSO ADDRESS
THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF
PROJECTS. FOR SOME OF THE
NEXT ONLINE AND IN-PERSON
MEETINGS, THE ALLIANCEWILL
PARTNERWITH INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
INDUSTRYJEWELS
In constant business meetings and deals, we forget the human aspect of business and
are not able to get an opportunity to understand the human being we are dealing with.
Industry Jewel column helps the Industry Professional understand each other better.
ENERGETICA INDIA
Mr. Rammohan Venkata, Head of Business
Development, Mahindra EPC Services Pvt. Ltd.
Name:
Mr. Rammohan Venkata
Education Background:
Mr. Rammohan Venkata has a Bachelors in
Civil Engineering and a Post-Graduate Di-
ploma in Construction Management
He is leading the Business develop-
ment team and is spearheading the ex-
pansion of business. In his current role he
is responsible for Business Development,
Geographic Expansion, Corporate Brand-
ing, Market Intelligence, Customer feed-
back and Customer interaction.
Work Experience:
Mr. Rammohan Venkata joined Mahindra
& Mahindra in 2011 as the Head of Busi-
ness Development, Mahindra EPC.
With experience of over 22 years in
various business domains, he has cross
functional experience in the elds of Busi-
ness Development, Contracts and Procure-
ments, Planning and Execution and Project
Management.
He brings with him vast experience in
various verticals of Engineering, Procure-
ment and Construction and above all,
an in-depth understanding of the Indian
Power and EPC Industry crucial to Mahi-
ndra EPC.
Current Designation &
Company:
Mr. Rammohan Venkata is the Head of
Business Development, Mahindra EPC Ser-
vices Pvt. Ltd.
Mahindra EPC Services Private Lim-
ited is part of the USD 15.9 billion Mahi-
ndra Group. A portfolio company under
the Cleantech arm of Mahindra Partners,
they offer a range of solar solutions span-
ning On-Grid solutions, EPC (Engineer-
ing, Procurement and Construction) and
Off-Grid Product solutions. The company
commenced its services in the year 2011
by making a beginning in the renewable
energy space with the turnkey execution
of Utility scale and commercial & indus-
trial rooftop Solar PV projects. As of March
2013, Mahindra EPC has a project portfo-
lio of over 60 MW.
Current Work Goals and
Achievements:
Mr. Rammohan Venkata has played an in-
strumental role in bagging orders worth 2
MW in Uttar Pradesh, 23 MW in Bikaner,
and 30 MW in Jodhpur during his tenure
at Mahindra EPC.
Apart from this, he has built an order
book of more than 2.5 MW Solar rooftop
projects across India.
He is actively leading Mahindra EPCs
entry into newer segments and geogra-
phies.
Industry Outlook:
Over the past few years, the levelized cost
of solar energy has fallen sharply helping
us get closer to achieve the grid parity. The
way forward, to achieve grid parity, is to
get cost competitive through frugal inno-
vations in every aspect of plant design, en-
gineering and execution and still maintain
high level of quality.
We believe that to build such high
quality and durable plants, one has to
choose the right technology, optimize the
plant design and innovate the execution.
Mahindra EPC has these elements in its
DNA and through its vast experience and
nancial capability helps its client achieve
sustainable high generation plant.
PRODUCTS
Solar Inverter from TBEA: TBEA-GC-500KTL
Features
Perlecl sine wave currenl
oulpul
High conversion ellciency
Maximum power poinl
lracking(MPPT)>99 MPPT
ellciency
Wide inpul vollage range
Wilhoul lranslormer de-
signing
Advanced lC8T power de-
vices
Truecolor louch human-
machine inlerlace
Lasy-lo-sel mullilingual
LCD display
Higher reliabilily due lo Per-
lecl proleclion lunclion
Mullilorm communicalion
inlerlace
Modular design, easy inslal-
lalion and mainlenance
Adjuslable proleclion and
operalion paramelers
Technical Parameters
DC DATA
Max.array open-circuil voll-
age 880Vdc
Max.DC power 550kWp
Max.DC operaling vollage
range 420-880Vdc
Max. lnpul currenl !200A
Max.Number ol slrings !6
AC DATA
Oulpul power 500kW
Paled Crid vollage 300Vac
Allow Crid vollage 270-
330Vac
Paled Crid lrequency 50Hz
Allow Crid lrequency 48.5-
5!.5Hz
Currenl THD <4
Power laclor >0.99
SYSTEM DATA
Max.Lllciency 98.7
(Wilhoul lranslormer)
Luro Lllciency 98.2
(Wilhoul lranslormer)
Proleclion Degree lP20
lnlernal Power Consump-
lion al nighl <!00W
Noise < 65 d8
Operalion Temp.
-25C~+55C
Cooling Melhod Conlrolled
lorced-air cooling
Pelalive Humidily
0~95,non-condensing
Display LCD
Comm. lnlerlaces
PS232/485 or Llhernel
MECHANICAL DATA
Shape Dimension(W/D/H)
2400/850/2200mm
Weighl 2!00 kg
Phaesun Solar Fridges PN-BCD
lr i dge- l reezer !2/ 24VDC,
48W+!5, 25l lreezer, 5l
lridge, polyurelhane, P!34a,
+8 lo -!8C, cigarelle adapler
included
Wall. 48 W
DC Syslem Vollage.
!2/24VDC
Dimension . 560 x 400 x
380 mm
Weighl . 22.00 kg
Description
Designed lor car, 4WD,
boal, deep cycle ballery,
solar panel lo ballery, and
mains power (240V) via
adaplor.
Low power consumplion
low drain on your vehicle/
dual/deep cycle ballery.
8allery anli discharge pro-
leclion prolecls your vehi-
cle lrom lal balleries.
Direcl conneclion lo !2/24V
DC ballery charged lrom
your vehicle or solar panel.
LFLEX CLASSIC 110
LlLLX CLASSlC !!0 is
a number coded, mulli-
conduclor conlrol and
power cable lor use in all
eleclrical equipmenl in dry,
damp or wel condilions. ll
is a Luropean slyle cable
conlorming lo CL and is
available unshielded and
shielded.
Recommended
Applications
Conlrol syslems, Assembly
lines, Conlrol panels, Dala
processing equipmenl and
olher Luropean inluenced
machinery specilcalions
Application
Advantage
Common Luropean
conlrol cable
Conlorms lo CL sland-
ards
Available wilh inner
jackel and linned cop-
per braid lor LMl & Pll
proleclion
Pressure exlruded jack-
el lor improved lex-
ibilily
Technical Data
linely slranded bare cop-
per conduclors, PVC insu-
lalion, conduclors cabled
wilh non-wicking lllers,
dry lubricanl, gray PVC
jackel.
Technical Data:
Minimum Bend Radius 4 x cable diameter
Temperature Range: -40C to +80C
Nominal Voltage: 300/500V
Test Voltage: 4000V
Conductor stranding:
Fine wire per VDE 0295, Class 5,
IEC 60228 Cl.5
Color Code
Black with white numbers, plus
green/yellow ground
Approvals: VDE Reg No. 7030
PRODUCTS
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION OF SOLAR WATER PUMPING SYSTEM
General
Total System Capacity 2400 Wp
Module Capacity 240Wp
No of modules 10
Specication of SPV System
PV Module Type Mono/Poly Crystalline
Mechanical Characteristics
Module dimensions (mm) 1660 * 990 * 50 mm
Weight (Kg) 21 kgs
Electrical Parameters
Open Circuit Voltage 37.30 V
Maximum Power Voltage 31.80 V
Short Circuit current 8.62 A
Maximum Power Current 7.55 A
Tilt Angle of PV module 28
Solar Pump Controller
Model 2 hp
Total Panel Wattage 2400
Max PV Volt 750
Output 3 phase 415 motor
Operating Temperature 0,5
Input Preferential Logic Solar + Grid
Water Pump System
Pump Capacity 2 Hp (AC)
Discharge (litres/day) @150 foots head 30000
Solar Pump from
Shashwat Green Fuels
One ol lhe mosl cosl-
elleclive ways lo ensure
groundwaler supply is
using solar energy. The
solar pump lrom Shash-
wal provide solar waler
pumping syslem de-
signed lo lill waler lrom
dillerenl deplhs lor irriga-
lion, horlicullure larms,
gardens, drinking pur-
pose, and olher similar
applicalions.
The solar waler
pumping syslem can also
be remolely monilored
lor dala.
The syslem includes.
Solar panels, panel
supporl slruclure, ca-
bles, pipes, and lhe
pump.
Solar panels are lhe
main componenl driv-
ing lhe solar pump.
lnlerconneclions are
made using series or
parallel combinalions
lo achieve desired DC
vollage and power.
Cenlrilugal or sub-
mersible pumps are
connecled direclly lo
lhe solar array using
DC power produced
by solar panels or in
case ol AC pumping
syslems, via conlrollers
which converl power
lrom DC lo AC.
PRODUCTS
LooWatt; Solar Toilet from TiSun
The lack ol clean waler and ellu-
enl disposal in many developing
counlries has moved inlo lhe lo-
cus ol public allenlion in recenl
years. This is why lhe Uniled Na-
lions has declared lhe decade
lrom 2005 lo 20!5 lo be lhe
"lnlernalional Decade lor Aclion
Waler lor Lile". Since 20!2 a
TiSUN solar syslem has supporl-
ed lhe ground-breaking projecl
ol lhe "LooWall" loilel, which
guaranlees an energy ellcienl
use ol loilel waler wilh lhe pow-
er ol lhe sun and wilhoul any en-
ergy wasle. ll is applicalion lhal
ollers polenlial nol only in de-
veloping counlries, which is also
conlrmed by lhe "Climale week
award lor lhe besl new producl".
The "LooWall" loilel syslem has
been honoured wilh lhis prize on
March 4, 20!3.
One billion people world-
wide have no loilel lacililies,
every ninlh person has no access
lo clean drinking waler. Yel in
lhe counlries ol lhe lrsl world
aboul lour lilers ol lresh drink-
ing waler are used lor a single
loilel lush. The palenled "Loo-
Wall" loilel operales wilhoul
waler and has no unpleasanl
smell. The small parcels ol "de-
posils" conlaining human wasle
are collecled lrom a conlainer
and added lo an anaerobic di-
geslor, which produces melhane
gas. The gas is collecled and can
be used lor lighl generalion.
The digeslion process oc-
curs belween 30 and 35 C, and
in colder climales heal needs
lo be added lo lhe digeslor lo
achieve lhe besl digeslion. The
TiSUN solar syslem adds lhe
heal needed lo achieve lhe re-
quired operaling lemperalure ol
lhe syslem ol 30 lo 35 degrees.
Thanks lo lhe solar syslem lhe
"LooWall" loilel is able lo gen-
erale human biogas, which can
be recycled.
A lhermosiphon syslem
creales hol waler by using lhe
principle ol gravily. ll operales
in a very simple and ellcienl
way and can easily be mounled
in all counlries. The hol waler
lank is mounled above lhe col-
leclor, neilher solar slalions nor
pumps are necessary. The use ol
lhis solar syslem lor lhe environ-
menlally lriendly produclion ol
biogas and biomass is new lor
TiSUN bul il ollers a lol ol po-
lenlial.
EMMVEE
CRYSTAL Solar
Module
LMMVLL Cryslal is a 60-
cell polycryslalline module
wilh cells made by Cinlech
and lal glass.
Product warranty 5 years
Performance warranty 90% within 10 years
Performance warranty 80% within 25 years
Efciency up to 14.6%
Cells
60 polycrystalline solar cells with 3 bus bars
made by Gintech
Perdormance classes 230 to 240 Wp
Front glass type 3.2 mm at glass
Dimensions 1660 x 990 x 50 mm
Frame 50 mm
Mobil SHC Gear;
Next-generation
supreme industrial gear
oils*
Mobil SHC Cear is a lully
synlhelic induslrial gear
oils nexl-generalion
lechnology lhal helps
provide excellenl equip-
menl proleclion and oil
lile under exlreme condi-
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duslrial gear oil lormula-
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lealures lhe lalesl Mobil
SHC lechnology, recog-
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SHC Cear is recognized by
major OLMs lor delivering
improvemenls in key ar-
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perlormance overall.
Greater energy
efciency up to 3.6%
Mobil SHC Cear's high vis-
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ol up lo 3.6 versus con-
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Mobil SHC Cear lubricanls
conlain advanced pro-
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againsl convenlional wear
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Mobil SHC Cear ollers
lhe polenlial lor improved
lubricalion ol gearbox
rolling elemenl bearings.
Mobil SHC Cear producls
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1. Why should we choose
a media company; to
promote our company
products/services?
First ask yourself? Where does our
company stand and what should be
achieved?
If you consider that your company, your
products and your services are unique,
you should choose a leading media
platform to spread this fact.
products and your services are unknown,
you should choose a leading media
platform to change this fact.
products and your services should reach
new markets, you should choose a lead-
ing media platform to achieve this
goal.
products and your services have no real
brand image, you should choose a lead-
ing media platform to change this fact.
Your clients should always have you in
mind.
2. How can I be sure
that I choose a
leading media?
Check the media (printed and digital) by
quality of content (original and interest-
ing read), distribution (reach of the mag-
azine), digital promotion (e-newsletter)
and feedback of your clients.
One should avoid promoting products/
services through a platform that is in
news for wrong reasons.
3. There are many
magazines during
big events.
How can we
distinguish
between the
magazines?
The placement of
the magazines and
the shelf life need to
be considered while
choosing the magazine.
Placement of the maga-
zine during the Event: Only
1-2 magazines will strategi-
cally placed e.g maybe as Ofcial
Media Partner, or in Delegate Kit.
Shelf Life: Good and Original Content
will always be read. The more interesting
the content; the more is the shelf life of
the magazine; thereby further assisting
your companys promotions.
Attention! One should check if the
magazine actually is distributed during
the event. Many magazines maybe me-
dia partners but they dont distribute the
magazines during the event.
Also select a magazine that also reaches
niche and focused events; in addition to
the bigger events. Niche and Focused
events are more targeted oriented and
further helps you connect to your clients.
4. Should we get a
client response
after spending on
Advertisements?
Advertisements are not a guarantee to
get new orders or sales. Its a long term
strategy to build Brands and keep your
Company in the limelight.
Media helps by pushing your brand in the
minds of your target market.
Choose a media platform that can dis-
cuss your yearly goals and builds a cam-
paign around these goals and not just
sells you some advertisement package.
Advertisements should be well support-
ed through editorials. Only an interview
is not helpful; participate in the media
whenever you get an opportunity.
5. We only want to
advertise during
major events. Will
this work?
This is a company decision. But our expe-
riences say clearly No. If all your media
efforts stop after an event you will be
forgotten fast.
Choose your media partner carefully
so that your voice reaches your target
market during the bigger events when
time and space is competitive. Discuss
the entire event plan with your media
partner to come up with a winning
strategy.
For example: Cooper Bussmann videos
were played at Energetica India booths
during InterSolar 2012 (where Cooper
Bussmann had a booth) and also at 6th
REI promoting the company in its ab-
sence in the event.
In addition, One should focus on having
a Long Term Media Strategy.
6. We will go for the
cheapest advertising
plans because all
magazines are the
same?
This is like saying that we will buy the
cheapest car available in the market
because we just need a vehicle to travel
from point A to point B. There are other
criteria that are looked into while choos-
ing the vehicle.
Advertisements, Editorials are part of
Companys Brands and there is a value
attached to the Brand.
So choose your Advertising option
based on Quality of Content, Dis-
tribution and the Brand of the
Media Plaftorm as well; and
not only on cost.
Remember that your entire
team is working hard
to be successful and
a wrong branding
initiative can be more
harmful than expected.
7. Should
we consider only
print or only
online marketing or
both?
This decision needs to be taken based
on the companys target market.
With the global trends, the company
will most probably want to be present in
both; in print and online. It should be the
right proportion depending on the aim
that You are pursuing.
8. We dont want online
plans. We can
use LinkedIn and
Facebook.
This attitude is more of a lottery player
plan and not a business strategy.
One should be aware that one needs a
lot of time to lead and position in so-
cial network frames. In business, time is
money.
LinkedIn and Facebook can be part of the
online media plans but are not the entire
plan itself.
The Company should also look at the
negative impact that can be created
when using LinkedIn and Facebook all
the time.
9. How should we choose
our online media
platform?
Please check the following before choos-
ing your Online Media Plaftorm:
The news is updated every day
The news is original and not copied
from other media platforms
The advertisements on the website
are not stale (this means that the
media platform is giving free adver-
tisements)
The content is promoted on social
media
The kind of people and alliances
associated with the platform e.g.
bloggers
New and Original Content
News, Articles, Videos, etc to bring
Industry professionals to the web-
site
Make sure that the media company
crosses borders and is not a local initia-
tive without any impact.
10. We still have not
found the right media
platform. What should
we do?
The company is working on creating a
Brand to be recognized among its target
market.
If you are still confused, ask your clients
on the kind of media platforms they pre-
fer and you can work out your media
plans accordingly.
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