Energetica India 89 - May 2020

CONTENTS INTERVIEW • Idrish khan, Chief Technology Officer, Ginlong (Solis) India……......................................................……. 16 • Naushad Saifi, Senior Director, Sales – India, JinkoSolar…………………………………………………………… 18 • Dr. Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General & CEO, World Energy Council…………………………………………. 20 • Mani Khurana, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank……………………………………………………..…………. 23 POWER SECTOR • The Lessons of COVID-19 for the Indian Power Sector; Enzen Group …………………………………………… 42 • It is Time to Reassess the Merits of Building New Coal Power Plants; IEEFA ……………………………….. 44 • Modernization Plans Target DER-Ready Distribution Systems; Black & Veatch ……………………………... 47 • Rural Electrification: Moving from Electricity Connections to Reliable Power For All; Smart Power India ………………………………………………………………………………………………………...………… 50 RENEWABLE ENERGY • Indian Renewable Energy Sector and COVID-19: An Overview and Road Ahead; CEEW ….........………… 53 • Corporate Renewable Energy Sourcing – Way Ahead Towards 100% RE in India: The Climate Group and CDP India ………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 54 • REC Trading in India: Way Ahead; Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL) ………………………………….……. 56 SMART CITIES • Energizing India’s Smart Cities Visión; EESL ……………………………………………………………………………. 25 • Important Key Features for Planning and Building an Energy Efficient City; Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited …………………………………………………………………………………………..………… 26 • Intelligent Lighting: The Key to Developing Smarter Cities; HPL Electric & Power Ltd. ……………………. 28 • Digital Smart Lighting Technologies for Smart Cities; Havells India Limited ……………………………...…… 30 • Improving HVAC for Smart Buildings; Grundfos India ………………………………………………………….…….. 32 • Smart Cities & HVAC: Technologies for a More Livable Future; Trane Technologies ……………………...…. 33 • IoT Technologies for Smart Cities; iRAM Technologies ………………………………………………………...……. 34 SOLAR POWER • Managing India’s Clean Energy Waste: A Roadmap for Solar and Storage Industry; CEEW ………………. 35 • Rooftop Solar potential in MSME sector; Report by Suprabha and E&Y ………………………………..……… 39 WIND POWER • Winds of change: Powering India’s renewable energy revolution; ExxonMobil Lubricants Pvt. Ltd. ….…. 59 ADVERTISERS #89 May_2020 4. Editorial / 6. Contents / 8. Take advice / 10. Energy News / 61. Products / 62. Subscription Form 6 energetica INDIA- May_2020 The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest report expects India’s solar PV deployment to decrease by 23 per cent in 2020 as compared to 2019, with the largest drop anticipated in distributed PV installa- tions. It, however, added that a rebound was expected in 2021 with capacity additions exceeding 2019 levels. Energetica India …………………………………………………………………..….3 Growatt ……………………………………………………………….…………. Online India Energy Storage Week 2020…………………………………...…….9 Renewable Energy India Expo 2020 ……………………………...……. 5 6th Smart Cities India 2020 Expo…….……… Inside Back Cover The Smart E India 2020……………………………………………..…………63 SNEC PV Power Expo……………………………..……Inside Front Cover Solis ………………………………………………………………………….……. Online Sungrow ……………………………………………..………Back Cover/Online