Energetica India Magazine December 2020

Harmanjit Nagi Managing Director, EDF India Kindly provide some brief about EDF’s energy portfolio and its India presence. H armanjit N agi : India is a key and stra- tegic market for EDF particularly in re- newables with solar energy projects via EDEN Renewables (a joint venture of EDF Renewables and Total Eren) and wind energy projects via EDF Re- newables in joint venture with SITAC MDPL. As of 2020, we have 207 MWp operating solar plants, 450 MWp under construction, and over 1600 MWp under development. We also have 269 MW of operational and 300 MW of under con- struction wind energy projects. In a nut- shell, within less than 4 years, EDF has fulfilled a secured portfolio of 2.8GW of renewables capacity. With the recent ex- pansion of our renewable energy portfo- lio (1,350 MWp of new solar photovoltaic power plants), we are now among the top 15 project developers in solar and In order to achieve the most competitive tariffs in India, the cost of investment must be continu- ously optimized. This context will allow the implementation in the Indian market of improved tech- nologies such as bifacial and higher efficiency solar panels, more performant wind turbines with higher capacity and larger diameter, or also other innovative solutions, such as molten salt storage solutions for solar electricity or wind and solar hybrid installations combined with energy manage- ment systems. These solutions are now being experimented in some countries, believes Harmanjit Nagi , Managing Director, EDF India – an armof Frenchmultinational electric utility company, in an exclusive conversation with Manu Tayal , Associate Editor, Energetica India. Nagi also discussed about his company’s energy portfolio in India, its 2030 targets, EDF’s Pulse Start-upprogramme etc. 14 energetica INDIA- December_2020 INTERVIEW “Energy Sector has Potential to Play a Major Role in the Economic Revival and Creating Quality Jobs After Crisis”