Energetica India nº91 July August 2020

CONTENTS INTERVIEW • Animesh Damani, Partner, Artha Energy Resources ………………………………….………………………………. 14 • Lisa Zhang, Marketing Director, Growatt ………………………………………………………………………….……. 16 • Vivek Chaturvedi, Regional Business Director – Solar, DSM (India, Middle East & Africa) ….......………. 18 • Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission ……………………………………….…………. 22 FEATURE STORY • Road towards AtmaNirbhar – The Indian Sun Perspective …………………………………………………………. 26 INDUSTRY JEWEL • Mr. Sunil Badesra, Sungrow (India) Pvt. Ltd. …………………………………………………………………..………. 57 WOMEN INFLUENCERS • Dr. Megha Pushpendra, Lead- Strategic Communication, International Solar Alliance (ISA) ……….....…. 36 EMERGING INNOVATORS • Nitin Saxena, Founder, ALBJ Green Power ………………………………………………………………………..……. 58 SMART CITIES • Artificial Intelligence, Wireless Lighting and Smart Cities; Havells India Ltd ……………………………....…. 25 ENERGY STORAGE • India towards Atma Nirbhar Bharat; India Energy Storage Alliance ……………………………………..………. 33 • SNEC 14th International Photovoltaic Power Generation and Smart Energy Exhibition, Highlights …..… 40 SOLAR ENERGY • Target Oriented Approach Can Boost Solar Heating in Food Processing; Solar Payback, India …….....… 54 • Solar Pump solutions reshaping Indian agriculture sector; Grundfos India ………………………………..…… 46 WIND POWER • Anticipating complex network issues through the use of advanced simulation models; Ingeteam Power Technology ………………………………………………………………………………………………..……. 38 • Case Study - Application of small wind turbine on existing telecom tower; Revayu Energy …………..…. 52 ELECTRIC VEHICLES • The Microgrid Solution: Transforming EV Charging Station Infrastructure for the Future; Delta ………… 44 • Busting Monsoon Myths Around Electric Vehicles; Tata Motors Ltd. ………………………………………....… 53 RENEWABLE ENERGY • Long term prospects for Renewables remain in-tact; Near term headwinds amid the COVID impact on discoms’ finances; ICRA Ltd ………………………………………………………………………………. 31 • Changing behaviours on display. The question is, will they stay this way?; Weber Shandwick ….………. 48 FLOATING SOLAR • CASE STUDY: Harvesting solar energy in countries short on land space through use of floating photovoltaic systems; SABIC …………………………………………………………………………………...……. 50 ADVERTISERS #91 July-Aug_2020 4. Editorial / 6. Contents / 8. Take advice / 10. Energy News / 60. Products / 62. Subscription Form 6 energetica INDIA- July-Aug_2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the business dynamics and human way of living, forcing the governments to rethink. This is hurting the economy and the power sector is not an exception. During the lockdown, India witnessed a decrease in power demand which may negatively impact the Indian Discoms. Energetica India ………………………......…….Inside Back Cover Insolation Energy Pvt. Ltd ……………………………………………. 3 India Energy Storage Week 2020…………………………....…. 5 Renewable Energy India Expo Dec 2020 …………….…… 21 6th Smart Cities India 2020 Expo………………………..……… 9 The Smart E India 2020………………………………………………… 7 Renewable Energy India E-Expo 2.0 Edition ………………………………Inside Front Cover Sungrow ………………………….…………………Back Cover/Online Growatt …………………………………………………………………. Online Siemens …………………………………………………………..……. Online STI norland ……………………………………………………………. Online Ingeteam ………………………………………………………….……. Online