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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.
Hybrid Solution for Drying and Cooking
Some of the household applications of solar energy are cooking, drying, water heating, water
boiling etc. The solar cooker and solar dryer is a simple solar thermal energy conversion
device. Cooking is an integral part of each and every human being as food is one of the basic
necessities for living and it is the most important energy consuming operation in the domestic
sector. Commonly used sources of energy for cooking are firewood, biomass material, cowdung,
kerosene, electricity; liquefied pe
Solar-based solutions can provide reliable, cost effective and environmentally sustainable energy
for decentralised irrigation services in a growing number of settings. When deployed, the benefits
include improved livelihoods (increased productivity and incomes, and food security), increased
social welfare (poverty alleviation, emissions reduction) and reduced spending on fossil fuel
subsidies and centralized infrastructure. In an effort to contribute to a number of Sustainable
Development Goals
Scaling up Solar Water Pumps Applications in India
In order to enhance the successful implementation of solar pumps under the NABARD scheme,
creating awareness amongst bankers regarding the innovative and bankable business models
and technologies is crucial.
SuryaMitra, India’s new Solar Friend
The Surya Mitra Mobile App is currently available in Google play store, which can be downloaded
and used across India. This App is a high end technology platform which can handle thousands of
calls simultaneously and can efficiently monitor all visits of Suryamitra’s. Suryamitra initiative is a
skill development program designed to create skilled manpower in installation, commissioning,
and Operation & Maintenance of solar power plants and equipment.
There are 1.2 billion people without access to the power grid, and they spend about US$27 billion
every year on lighting and mobile phone charging with kerosene, candles, battery torches or other
fossil fuel-powered stopgap technologies. Solar-powered portable lights and home kits offer a
better, cleaner service at lower cost. Nuanced, quality data is the key to better understanding the
maturation and development of this fast-growing market.
INR 1500 crores Payment Security Fund for VGF Scheme
SECI is envisaged to set up a payment security mechanism in order to ensure timely payment
to the developers. This fund will have a corpus to cover 3 months payment for the various VGF
Scheme approved by MNRE from time to time.
Accelerated Depreciation Benefit – A major incentive for solar power
Due to a proposed cap on the rate of depreciation in the budget 2016-17, the benefit that was
available to the solar project investor till date will now be halved in the first year and spread over
the subsequent years.
The Drivers and Challenges of Third Party Financing for Rooftop Solar Power in India
In order to expand the rooftop solar industry in India, there is a need to develop policy solutions,
business models, and financing instruments which can address the barriers. One promising
solution to manage the barriers is the third party financing model. Globally, the third party
financing model for rooftop solar power has been a significant driver of growth in the rooftop
solar industry.
Insight on Challenges Faced by EPC Contractors
Module manufacturers in India have also started EPC operation and maintenance to promote
their products. And since protecting domestic manufacturing can help India become solar selfreliant,
Indian Government needs to work more actively in solving issues in EPC construction to
solve inter-connected problems.
As predicted in 2015, the global small wind market stop decreasing during 2014 and it is expected
that it will increase again from 2015, at least in terms of capacity installed, mainly because an
increase in the size of the new turbines installed in China and Europe. A minimum growth rate of
11% is anticipated to continue until 2016.
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
Anand Jain
Founder
Anand Jain of Aerem Solutions on Scaling Solar, Storage, and Finance for Sustainable India