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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Indian Railways Obsession with Electrification Harming Public Health
The Indian Railways (IR), which has launched a much-publicized campaign to “go Green” by 2030. Its largest initiative is 100% electrification of the rail lines, but they fail to mention that over 70% of the country’s electricity is from coal-fired power plants contributing to greenhouse gases. Despite heavy investment, IR also maintains a fleet of over 5,000 diesel locomotives and has meanwhile resisted upgrading to the latest emissions technologies which would significantly reduce pollution.
Grid Innovation is Key to Fulfilling India’s USD 5 Trillion Economy Dream
The decentralized network of electricity in off grid, mini-grid or franchise models has proven to be a successful second option for improving energy access in unserved or underserved areas.
Investment - Opportunities and Challenges in Rooftop Solar Sector
The government needs to push lending into the roof-top solar sector. Currently, the banks do not offer rooftop solar specific loans. These loans are only offered when the property on which the solar rooftop is proposed to be offered
as collateral.
Establishing Digital Twins with Bentley Applications Improved Substation Designers’ Productivity, Saving CNY 6.3 Million.
Mesoscale and Microscale Modeling for Wind Energy Applications
Next-Generation Numerical Weather Prediction for Wind Flow Modeling.
Solar Rooftop vs Net Metering Policies in India
The implementation of this net metering policy in India has been rocky on the ground. Many Indian states are hesitant to provide a robust environment for rooftop solar, they do not want to sacrifice premium customers who pay a high tariff. This makes India’s net metering policy highly inconsistent. These inconsistencies are currently the biggest challenge for rooftop installer companies and customers.
Smart Metering Technology in India: Need and Scope
With the eagerness of the government to bring in reforms to the power sector, easily availability of resources, renewed thrust on ‘aatmanirbhar’ manufacturing, and urgency to revive ailing DISCOMS, makes the switch to advanced smart metering infrastructure more viable today and is absolutely the need of the hour. Smart metering is the quickly becoming the new norm in the power and utility industry.
Growing Opportunities to Invest in the Clean Energy Sector
Solid biofuels especially Briquettes are manufactured in a very distributed manner and offers investment opportunity across India. This has not only enabled many entrepreneurs to start the business but also generated huge rural employment. A standalone briquette plant can generate Rs 50,000-70,000 per month net income if run optimally. This implies very good returns on investment especially in rural areas where the capital cost is relatively less.
Changing Landscape of Lighting Industry amid Covid-19 Scenario
Moving on to well-being especially right now, lighting companies are also working towards innovations around bio adaptive lighting. There is sufficient proof that light plays a crucial role in our well-being, behaviorism and profoundly affects the human body. Bio-adaptive lighting recreates the natural light curve to follow the body’s natural circadian rhythm throughout the day and promotes human comfort, wellbeing and performance.
Improving Power Plant Energy Efficiency
In the present scenario, due to the integration of Solar PV on large scale to the grid, thermal power plants are forced to run at part load. It is also important to understand that thermal power plant operations at part load operates close to its design performance parameters at partial loads using simulation. This can be done by using simulation tools for optimum operation and compares with actual measurements.
Ratul Puri
Chairman
Geopolitics Reshaping Solar Strategy, Says Hindustan Power's Chairman Ratul Puri
Bhavesh Patidar
Founder and Director
Solar Shifts Farming from Constraint to Opportunity, Says Solarsure’s Bhavesh Patidar
Pankaj Tyagi
VP - Solar and Storage
Solar Plus Storage Is Key to India’s Clean Energy Future: BluPine’s Pankaj Tyagi
Ravi Rao
Founder and MD
We Aim to Build 5 GW Capacity Across the Entire Solar Value Chain, Says Future Solar's Ravi Rao
Manish Gupta
Director – Technical Sales & Marketing
Solar to BESS: Reliability Begins with Advanced Sealants, Explains Manish Gupta, Fasto Adhesive