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India Energy Week: 3 Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency, Reliability and Asset Integrity

For fast-growing markets like India, where utilisation rates are high and new capacity is complex to deliver, improving thermal efficiency and asset performance offers a credible way to reduce fuel use, lower emissions and strengthen operational resilience at the same time.

Edward Griffith, Managing Director - APAC, IGS
 

5 Things to Know Before Buying Your First EV Scooter

For first-time buyers, the shift from petrol to electric is not always straightforward. Unlike conventional two-wheelers, EV scooters come with a different set of considerations, battery technology, charging options, digital features, and long-term ownership costs.

Samkit Shah, Co-Founder, Jitendra New EV Tech
 

INDUSTRY JEWEL

Manjunath N. Reddy, the dynamic Founder and Managing Director of DhaSh PV Technologies Limited, is a true visionary in India’s solar PV industry. A true pioneer, his unwavering dedication to sustainable energy solutions has propelled DhaSh to the forefront of the renewable energy sector and made DhaSh India’s largest integrated PV junction box manufacturer, employing over 1,000 dedicated professionals.

Manjunath N. Reddy, Founder & Managing Director, DhaSh PV Technologies Limited
 

Re-NEW-ables Rising: Charging into a New Year

As we bid farewell to 2024, the anticipation for 2025 grows. Next year promises to build upon the strong foundation laid by the transformative investments, budgetary allocations, and policy decisions of 2024. With an unwavering focus on scaling renewable capacity, attracting international investments, and integrating cutting-edge technologies, 2025 is poised to bring India's green aspirations closer to reality. Major renewable energy players shared their plans and growth with Energetica India.

Energetica India Magazine
 

Solar-Powered Cars: Futuristic Dream or Unrealistic Ambition?

The only logical way to go forward to clean transportation is electric vehicles. Adopting EVs and powering them through energy produced by solar panels that is transmitted through the utility grid or a structure nearby.

Ravi Kumar, VP- Sales at Oorjan Cleantech Private Limited
 

Time to Focus on Biomass

As the use of biomass for cooking declines, there emerges the potential of using it in modern ways as a source of renewable energy. Biomass accounted for about 12% of total energy consumption in India in 2019. Converting biomass into commercial energy with modern technology should, therefore, become the focus of public policy. The goal should be to get usable commercial energy from the bio-waste generated in the country, including the rice crop stubble burnt in the fields in North India.

Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, and Former Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India
 

Domestic UPS Brands to Push Growth & Demand for the Increasingly Matured Indian Market

This UPS industry is growing swiftly, both in terms of size and demand, given the fact that it is no more a luxury item. With the digitization revolution also happening in rural and semi-urban areas, the demand for uninterrupted power supply for various tech devices is expected to grow exponentially from these areas also. As an immediate alternative power source for every office and shop, the domestic UPS manufacturers are also seeing a big uptick in demand.

Amitansu Satpathy, Managing Director, Best Power Equipments (India) Pvt Ltd
 

Solar Lease vs Solar Loan

Making the Solar Switch can be expensive and challenging. A lot of banks now offer loans and monetary assistance while getting your house, office and industry equipped with solar energy harnessing devices.

Vineet Mittal, Director, Navitas Green Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
 

NETC’s 400kV Palatana- Silchar- Bongaigaon Double circuit corridor in North Eastern part of India – Challenges & their mitigation

In India power utilities are under tremendous pressure to meet the growing demand for power as the country is on a firm footing on the development trajectory to become one of the largest economies of the world.

Satyajit Ganguly, MD, NETCL ; Harshal Malewar, Deputy Manager, NETCL
 

Solar Water Pumps: Redefining the Lives of Farmers

MNRE has envisioned success of this program on India-made components including solar cell & modules, solar pumps & inverters, etc. The scheme design allows farmers and beneficiaries to choose among the empaneled service providers.

Ramakrishna. S, Chief – Products & Marketing, Tata Power Solar
 

INDUSTRY JEWEL: Manish Dabkara, CMD & CEO, EKI Energy Services Ltd

The future of the industry seems bright. As it is not very easy for countries to reduce their carbon emission to meet their climate goals, the requirement for services like carbon credits will increase gradually.

Manu Tayal, Associate Editor, Energetica India
 

Electricity Infrastructure to Enhance Safety and Security

The generation of power, availability, supply, cost, and reliability have been major considerations during power-related decisions, security and protection issues are increasingly demanding careful attention. Various factors such as constant technological developments of malicious players have posed a threat to the critical components of power including electricity networks, power stations and Smart Grids.

Manoj Kumar Chaudhary, Founder & Director, Vensor Electricals Pvt Ltd
 

How Unified Operations Help Oil and Gas Sector Pivot to A New Energy Future

The world still relies on oil and gas, but customer demands are changing. They expect energy that’s clean, affordable and reliable. To provide this, O&G companies must continue to look for efficiencies that will keep costs down, all while doing everything they can to lower emissions. In addition, they must continue to weather uncertainties – those that they’re used to in the sector, but also those new disruptions that came into being with the pandemic.

Rashesh Mody, Senior Vice President, Monitoring and Control Business Unit, AVEVA
 

Emerging Trends Expected in the EV Sector for 2022

Electric vehicles are likely to outcompete the traditional ICE vehicles by 2030. Considering that, expect more new electric cars to be launched in 2023, taking the EV share in the global auto industry higher than 2022.

Mehul Shah, VP Transportation BU, Nexcharge
 

Can Green Hydrogen Fuel the Future?

Around the world, many countries are envisioning a hydrogen economy in which green hydrogen is used as a fuel for industry, power generation, heat and transportation. In the future, green hydrogen and other carbon-neutral synthetic fuels could replace, for example, gasoline as a transport fuel or natural gas as fuel for power generation.

Henri van Boxtel, Energy Business Director, South Asia, Wärtsilä
 
 
 
 
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