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Mitigating Project Risk and Uncertainty for Bankable Solar Solar Pioneers in India : AIC Solar Projects Interview - Dr. Josef Haase, Ceo Centrotherm cell and module GmbH Industry feedback to NVVN II batch of phase I of JNNSM
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EDITORIALDear Readers,
Energetica India welcomes you to the last issue of 2011.
The Indian solar industry has seen applications to Batch II of Phase I of JNNSMreaching 2500MW for a 350MW plan. The industry in the first batch saw an av-erage FIT of Rs.11.50; it will be interesting to see how far lower we reach in thisreverse bidding. The short-listed names to initiate reverse bidding are expected
to be released soon. Our last issue had an article summarizing the guidelines ofBatch II of Phase I and in this issue we highlight the industry reaction to the newguidelines. We welcome our readers to share their feedback with us on the re-newable energy policies so that we, together, can make the government awareof the industry requirements. We are also pleased to let you know that we havelooked at the solar market in India and globally through interviews with someleading solar professionals. We are sure the solar enthusiasts will find the analysisquite interesting.
On the wind side, we recently saw Mr.Tanti, Chairman Suzlon Energy speakingon how wind turbine manufacturers are facing decreasing margins. The samewas repeated by Vestas and Gamesa heads in Europe. The challenges includedecreasing subsidies and growth of Chinese companies. Meanwhile on the homefront, Karnataka is now an emerging hot destination for investments in wind
energy space. The State has an estimated potential of ~8500MW with realisa-tion of ~1500MW as of 2010. The reasons for the attraction to the State includefavourable policies and the trouble being faced by wind investors in Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, The Food and Agriculture Organization has asked the governmentto relook at the subsidies for biofuel. The Organization is of the opinion that theimpact of diversion of traditional foods for biofuel is hurting the country. Ener-getica India will study the Indian biofuel policy in our next issue (Jan/Feb 2012)and we invite industry professionals for feedback and suggestions on this.
On the conventional power generation side, the coal shortage problem doesnot seem to be resolved soon. This combined with lower merchant tariffs and ris-ing interest rates is hurting power generating companies. Thermal power plantsin the country seem to be running at a much lower PLF as compared to PLFs in
2010 and early 2011.Energetica India has covered other energy initiatives in the country such as
green building and biogas. We look at continuously bringing new concepts andnew industry news to our readers.
Energetica India has, as always, been associated with the main renewable en-ergy events in the country: The 2nd Annual Power Project Financing Conferencein Mumbai from 2nd-4th November, International Congress on Renewable En-ergy (ICORE) 2011 at Assam from 2nd-4th November, Solarcon at Hyderabadfrom 9th-12th November, Renewtech India 2011 from 10-12th November andthe 17th Technology Summit and Technology Platform for Indian & Spanish com-panies from 22nd-23rd November in New Delhi.
Some of the upcoming events where we will be pleased to meet you are TheEnergy Expo 2011 from 1st-3rd December at Ahmedabad, and InterSolar from13th-16th December in Mumbai.
Wishing you a Very Happy 2012 and we look forward to receiving the samesupport and encouragement from our readers as always.
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Editorial 4
Take advice 8
Energy News 10-22
Products 73-78
Service Guide 79-81
BIOFUELS
Biogas A boon for India
Chandra Kumar Sharma, Design consultant & certied energy advisor,
Consulting Engineers 68-69
Biogas and its use as vehicle fuel Dr. Anil Kurchania, Renewable energy advisor 66-67
COMPANY PROFILE
Gamesa 54-55
EVENTS
Solarcon 2011, Hyderabad, India 56-57
GREEN BUILDING
Green Building - The basic principles
Sandeep Goswami, COO, Fountainhead 2 Clean tech India Pvt. Ltd. 70-72
INTERVIEW Dr. Josef Haase, Ceo Centrotherm cell and module GmbH 26-29
Inderpreet Wadhwa, Ceo Azure Power 23-24
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Trade in energy and environmental goods and services: where are we heading?
Anandajit Goswami, Associate fellow TERI 58
Indias performance in renewable energy Bharat Vasandani, Energetica India 60-64
SOLAR POWER
How to make National Solar Mission a success?
Udayadittya Shome, Vice President- Marketing Sales,
Juwi India Renewable Energies Pvt. Ltd. 40-41
Mitigation of risk and uncertainties in solar irradiation data associated with MW
scale PV plants Cesar Hidalgo, Global head of Solar, GL Garrad Hassan 38-39
Sun Switch inverter and controller C. Sundar, Key account manager, The Switch 42-43
Optimum system monitoring for maximum efciency
Wolfgang Hink, Fronius 46-47
Strike action
Tony Garlinde-Warren, Senior applications engineer, Cooper Bussmann 35-36
Structured glass: more efciency, more yield
Frank Hilgenfeld, Head of communication, EMMVEE Photovoltaics GmbH 52-53
Solar thermal technology and its off-grid applications
Prf. S.B. Kedare, Director, Clique developments Ltd. 48-50
Industry feedback to NVVN II batch of phase I of JNNSM
Bharat Vasandani, Energetica India 30-31
Off-grid solar PV: Opportunities & barriers
Vagish Sharma, Program ofcer, Indo-US Science & Technology Forum 32-34
CONTENTS
Mitigating ProjectRisk and Uncertaintyfor BankableSolarProjectAssessment
Biomass ASustainableRenewable EnergySourcefor India
Solar Pioneers in India : AICSolar Projects
PhotovoltaicSafetyand PerformanceStandards in a GlobalMarket: theChallengefor BacksheetManufacturers
Interview-Dr.JosefHaase,CeoCentrothermcellandmoduleGmbH
HowtomakeNationalSolarMissionasuccess?UdayadittyaShome,JuwiIndia
IndustryfeedbacktoNVVNII batchofphaseIofJNNSM
Off-gridsolarPV:Opportunities&barriersVagishSharma,Indo-USScience&Tech.Forum
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TAKEADVICEINTER SOLAR INDIA 2011
Date: 13-16 December 2011Place: Mumbai, IndiaOrganiser: Messe MnchenInternational, Solar PromotionInternational GmbH , FreiburgManagement and MarketingInternational GmbH (FMMI)Email: brijesh.nair(at)mmi-india.inTel: +91 22 4255 4707Web: http://www.intersolar.in/en/intersolar-india.html
ENERGY TECH AND ENVIRO-TECHINDIA 2012,
Date: 10-12 February 2012Place: New Delhi, IndiaOrganiser: India Trade PromotionOrganizationEmail: [email protected]: +91 11 2337 1492/93Web: http://www.indiatradefair.com
POWER-GEN INDIA AND CENTRAL
ASIA
Date:19-21 April 2012
Place:New Delhi, IndiaOrganiser: PennWell & Inter AdsExhibitionsTel: +91 124 452 4508E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.power-genindia.com/index.html
THE CARBON CONGRESSEPC
SPHERE NEW DELHI
Date:19-20 December 2011Place:New Delhi, IndiaOrganiser: Cerebral BusinessTel: +91 78298 24340E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.cinbcorp.com/carboncongress.html
2ND INDIA SOLAR ENERGY
SUMMIT 2012
Date:23-24 February 2012Place:New Delhi, India
Organiser: NoppenTel: + 8621 6085 1000E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.indiareinvestment.com/
ELECRAMA 2012
Date: 18-22 January 2012Place: Mumbai, IndiaOrganiser: Indian Electricaland Electronics ManufacturersAssociation (IEEMA)Tel: +91-22-2498 4226/ 4227E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.elecrama.com/elecrama2012/Index.aspx
Date: 29 February-02 March- 2012Place: Valencia- SpainOrganiser: Five ContinentsExhibitions / Feria ValenciaTel: + 0034 91630 8591E-mail: [email protected]: www.egetica-expoenergetica.com
INVESTOR FORUM 2011
Date:12 December 2011Place: Mumbai, IndiaOrganiser: World ResourceInstituteE-mail: [email protected]: http://www.investorforumindia.org/index.html
WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT
2012
Date:16-19 January 2012Place:Abu Dhabi
Organiser: Reed ExhibitionsTel: +91 22 67716615E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.worldfutureenergysummit.com/Portal/home.aspx
ENERGY EXPO 2011
Date:1-3 December 2012
Place:Ahmedabad, IndiaOrganiser: CIITel: 91 22 24931790E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.energyexpo.biz/
ENERTECH WORLD EXPO
Date: 8-11 February 2012Place: Mumbai, IndiaOrganiser: Chemtech FoundationTel: +(91)-(22)-22874758Email: [email protected]: http://www.chemtech-online.com/
NOVABUILD 2012Date: 29 February-02 March-2012Place: Valencia- SpainOrganiser: Five ContinentsExhibitions / Feria ValenciaTel: + 0034 91630 8591E-mail: [email protected]: www.novabuild.es
EPC SPHERE NEW DELHIDate:17-18 February 2012Place: New Delhi, IndiaOrganiser: Cerebral BusinessTel: +91 11 3190 9988E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.cerebralbusiness.com/index.asp
2ND INVERTER AND PV SYSTEM
TECHNOLOGY FORUM
Date: 23 - 24 January 2012Place: Berlin, Germany
Organizer SolarpraxisPhone +49 (0)30 72 62 96-304Email [email protected]. http://www.solarpraxis.de/en/conferences/2nd-inverter-and-pv-system-technology/general-information/
WINDPRO 2012
Date:5-7 February 2012Place: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,IndiaOrganiser: Indian Wind Power
AssocationTel: 044 - 4550 4036 .E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.windpro.org/index.htm#
INTERNATIONAL POWERTRANSMISSION EXPO
Date: 9-11 February 2012Place: Mumbai, IndiaOrganiser: Virgo CommunicationsAnd Exhibitions Pvt LtdTel: +(91)-(80)-25567028/25567029Email: [email protected]: http://www.virgo-comm.com/
INDIA RENEWABLE ENERGY
INVESTMENT SUMMIT
Date:8-9th December 2011Place: Mumbai, IndiaOrganiser: NoppenTel: + 8621 6085 1000E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.indiareinvestment.com/
POWER VISION CONCLAVE 2011-
2012
Date:16 December 2011Place: New Delhi, IndiaOrganiser: Dainik Bhaskar GroupTel: +91 96549 70020E-mail: [email protected]: http://dbpowervision.com/conclave_2011_2012
SOLAR EXPO PV KOREA
Date: 15 17 February 2012Seoul, KoreaOrganizer: Inter PVPhone +82 2 718 6931Email [email protected] http://www.exposolar.org/2012/
WORLD PETROCOAL CONGRESS
2012
Date:15-17 February 2012Place: New Delhi, IndiaOrganiser: Energy andEnvironment Foundation
Tel: : +91 9971500028E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.worldpetrocoal.com/index.html
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Gujarat discusses New Solar Tariff from Jan 2012The Gujarat Electricity Regula-
tory Commission (GERC), inview of the latest trends in the
solar field and keeping in view
the interest of all the stake-
holders, has decided to deter-
mine afresh the tariffs for solar
projects to be commissioned
after 28th January,2012.
The Commission has pre-
pared a discussion paper on
Determination on Tariff for
procurement of power by dis-
tribution licensees and othersfrom Solar Energy Projects for
the State of Gujarat. The sali-
ent features of the above dis-
cussion paper are as under.
The control period for the
proposed tariff is from 29th
January, 2012 to 31st March,
2015.
The separate tariff deter-
mined and proposed by the
Commission for (i) Solar PV
MW based power projects(ii) Solar PV KW based roof-
top power projects and (iii)
solar thermal based power
projects.
The proposed tariff for
solar projects are explained in
the chart:
Some points put forward
by The Commission are:
Solar Power Projects es-
tablished with only new Plants
and Machinery would be eligi-ble for the benefit of tariff de-
termined within the scope of
the discussion paper.No cross-subsidy surcharg-
es would be levied in case of
third-party sale by the Solar
Power Projects.
The Intra-state ABT order
will not be applicable to solar
power generation projects.
Considering the nature of solar
energy, all solar energy power
plants will be considered as
must-run facilities, and the
power generated from suchpower plants will be kept out
from the merit order dispatch
principles.In order to promote KW
scale rooftop solar projects, no
wheeling charges shall apply
for wheeling of power gener-
ated by rooftop power projects
as such projects decrease the
transmission and distribution
losses for the utility, and in-
crease the efficiency of the grid.
The proposed new tariff
will be helpful to encourage
generation of solar based elec-tricity which is of renewable
nature and will facilitate to re-
duce requirement of fossil fueland also helpful on sustain-
able development. It will also
enable distributed generation
which will helpful in reduction
of losses in local area and also
provide job opportunities and
development of personnel in
the field of solar based power
generation and operation and
maintenance of it.
The discussion paper is
available on the website of theCommission www.gercin.org
Levelized tariff for megawatt-scale and kilowatt-scale photovoltaic systems, 29 January 2012 to 31 March, 2013.
For megawatt-scaleprojects
Levelized Tariff Phased Tariff Period
With accelerated
depreciation10.27 per kWh 11.50 per kWh for first 12 yrs
for 25 years 6.30 per kWh for next 13 yrs
Without accelerated
depreciation10.81 per kWh 12.04 per kWh for first 12 yrs
for 25 years 6.84 per kWh for next 13 yrs
For kilowatt-scale
projectsLevelized Tariff Phased Tariff Period
With accelerated
depreciation12.49 per kWh Not Applicable for first 25 yrs
Without accelerated
depreciation 13.14 per kWh Not Applicable for first 25 yrs
Levelized tariff for solar thermal power plants, 29 January 2012 to 31 March, 2015.
Levelized Tariff Phased Tariff Period
With accelerateddepreciation
12.32 per kWh 14.00 per kWh for first 12 yrs
for 25 years 7.00 per kWh for next 13 yrs
Without accelerateddepreciation
13.00 per kWh 14.68 per kWh for first 12 yrs
for 25 years 7.68 per kWh for next 13 yrs
Nuclear Power Corporation of In-
dia Ltd. (NPCIL) and National Alu-
minium Company Ltd. (NALCO)
has entered into a Joint VentureAgreement for setting up nuclear
power plants across the country.
The agreement was signed
by Dr. S. K. Jain, Chairman &
Managing Director, NPCIL and
Shri B. L. Bagra, Chairman cum
Managing Director, NALCO, at
Mumbai. NALCO is a CentralPublic Sector Undertaking un-
der the Administrative control
of Ministry of Mines, Govern-
ment of India which has expe-
rience of more than 25 years
in Mining, Alumina Refining,
Power Generation and Alu-
minum Smelting. NALCO has avision to become an integrated
energy and metal company.
NPCIL is a wholly-owned
enterprise of the Government
of India under the Department
of Atomic Energy for setting
up nuclear power plants in In-
dia. Presently, NPCIL operates20 nuclear reactors with a total
installed capacity of 4780 MW
and six reactors with 4800 MW
capacity are under construction.
Joint Venture Agreement for setting up Nuclear PowerPlants across India
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CERC sets up fund to promote renewable energy projects
CREDAI Joins Hands with ADaRSH to Promote GreenBuildings in India under the GRIHA Rating System
The Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission (CERC) has set upa renewable energy fund (REF)
to promote projects in India. This
fund is aimed at compensating
states if they fail to meet the tar-
get given under their schedule of
renewable energy (RE) projects.
All RE projects are required to pro-
vide a schedule of generation to
CERC from 2012.
Officials explained REF would
bear charges imposed on states
hosting RE projects that fail tocomply with their supply commit-
ments. At present, only wind en-
ergy projects without sale arrange-
ments with states are required to
give declarations forecasting their
generation to state load despatch
centres. CERC allows 30 per cent
deviation in the supply commit-
ments, beyond which penalties
are levied or incentives offered.
The Electricity Act, 2003, and the
National Action Plan on Climate
Change (NAPCC) provide a road-map for increasing the share of RE
in total generation capacity. Under
this plan, every state has to pur-
chase five per cent of total power
requirement from renewable re-
sources like wind, solar or water.
The power purchase obliga-
tion is fulfilled by trading of RE
receipts, which is a tradable re-
ceipt representing a value of one
megawatt hour (MwH) of power
injected into the grid through re-newable resources. From 532 RE
certificates issued in March, total
issuances till date have gone up
to 352,0260. Under the proposed
fund, deviation beyond 30 per
cent is proposed to be shared
among all state distribution com-
panies in a ratio of their peak de-
mand met in the previous month.
The states, in turn, would be com-
pensated for these charges out of
the renewable regulatory fund.
Explaining this, an official said if astate proposed to provide 50 Mw
of RE power but could supply only
40 Mw, then the state in which
the project is located have to
draw 10 Mw power from central
pool and supply. This is termed as
unscheduled interchange and is
charged at a higher rate.
This extra cost will be borne
by all state distribution compa-
nies, which would be compensat-
ed by REF. The logic is that somestates like Gujarat, Rajasthan or
Tamil Nadu are preferred to set
up RE projects due to abundance
of energy resources like wind or
water or sunlight. Thus, the con-
tribution of that particular state in
the central pool becomes higher,
whether or not it is prepared to
commit such supply.
In case there is short supply,
it has to make good the shortfall
by drawing power from the cen-
tral pool. Since the state is natural-ly endowed with such a resource,
it is unfair to expect that it com-
pensates for individual projects
shortfall. Therefore, such a com-
pensation plan is worked out to
promote power projects in states,
where there is natural endow-
ment of resources, they added.
This facility for REF will be
applicable for wind energy farms
with collective capacity of 10 Mw
and above, at connection pointsof 33 Kv and above. This is irre-
spective of whether the project
is connected to the transmission
or distribution system of the state
or to the inter-state transmission
system, and who have not signed
any power purchase agreement
with states or union territories.
Similarly, for solar generating
plants, the cut-off for REF eligibility
will be a capacity of 5 Mw.
In an endeavor to strengthen
the green building move-
ment in India and promotion
of GRIHA with the members
and associates of CREDAI, the
Association for Developmentand Research on Sustainable
Habitats (ADaRSH) and Con-
federation of Real Estate De-
velopers Associations of India
(CREDAI) signed a memoran-
dum of understanding in New
Delhi declaring that both shall
cross-market & facilitate wher-
ever appropriate, each others
services to promote and ac-
cept the GRIHA Rating system
as the reference standard fordetermining incentives, edu-
cating and promoting green
buildings in India.
Both CREDAI and ADaRSH
would jointly approach mu-
nicipal bodies to come up with
incentives for green buildings
and accept GRIHA as the ref-
erence standard for determin-ing the incentives. The Pimpri
Chinchwad Municipal Corpo-
ration (PCMC) has already set
an example by announcing
mandatory compliance of their
future government projects
with GRIHA, and soon other
municipal bodies are also ex-
pected to join the movement.
GRIHA - (Green Rating
for Integrated Habitat As-
sessment) is Indias nationalrating system for sustainable
habitats. It is an indigenous
system designed and devel-
oped by the MNRE (Ministry
of New and Renewable Ener-
gy) in collaboration with TERI
(The Energy and Resources In-
stitute). ADaRSH has trained
over 10,000 professionals,students, and government
officials in various capacities
on green habitats in the In-
dian context. ADaRSH firmly
believes in equipping profes-
sionals and the real estate
industry with the requisite
skills to design and build sus-
tainable habitats, such that
dependency on a handful of
green building professionals is
minimized.ADaRSH- (Association for
Development and Research of
Sustainable Habitats) is an in-
dependent society, registered
under the Societies Act, 1860
for the interaction on scien-
tific and administrative issues
related to sustainable habi-
tats in the Indian context. Itwas founded jointly by MNRE
(Ministry of New and Renew-
able Energy, Government of
India) and TERI (The Energy
and Resources Institute, New
Delhi) along with a handful of
experts in the fields related to
sustainability of built environ-
ment from across the country.
ADaRSH promotes GRIHA -
The National Rating System
(Green Rating for IntegratedHabitat Assessment) as a de-
sign and evaluation tool for
green buildings and habitats.
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Freudenberg Group enters theIndian wind energy market
The Freudenberg Group, a 5.4
billion Euros family company
offering its customers techni-
cally challenging product solu-
tions and services enters the
fast growing Indian wind en-
ergy market with high-tech so-
lutions from across the various
operating companies in the
group. The Indian wind energy
sectors current installed capac-
ity is over 14,150 MW (as onMarch 31, 2011) which makes
it the 5th largest market in the
world. With on-shore utilization
of wind energy for electricity
generation estimated at 65,000
MW, India is clearly the market
of the future. The Group plans
to leverage its global leader-
ship in the space where nearly
every second wind turbine in
the world features a seal prod-
uct from Freudenberg. SuzlonEnergy, the 5th largest wind
turbine manufacturer globally
and operator of the largest wind
park in the world (of 584 MW in
the Western Ghats of the state
of Tamil Nadu) already is a cus-
tomer of Freudenberg.
Companies like Simrit and
Klber offer tailor-made seal
and specialty lubricant solutions
under the Lube & Seal brand.
This combination gives us aclear competitive edge. We have
the competence needed for har-
monized solutions within the
Freudenberg Group, said Mi-
chael Littig, Director- Sales, Simrit
Energy Europe.
Introduction of Ven-
toguard: The adverse environ-
mental conditions hinder the ca-
pacity of the seal and lubricant
in the long run. In order to over-
come this impediment, materialsscientists at Freudenberg Seals
and Vibration Control Tech-
nology have developed a high
performance material Ven-
toguard that features greater
temperature and ozone resist-
ance, ensuring a longer service
life. Ventoguard materials lower
the minimum temperature from
minus 30 to minus 40 degrees,
significantly extending the range
of applications, especially with
respect to different locations
and extreme temperature condi-
tions. Another advantage is that
the relaxation behavior of thematerial has been significantly
improved which is important for
effective sealing in the long term
and in turn offers cost benefits.
Introduction of a new series
of release agents: Besides tailor
made seals and lubricants from
Simrit and Klber, Chem-Trend,
part of the Freudenberg Group,
has developed a new series of re-
lease agents that offer outstand-
ing performance when remov-ing rotor blades from the mold.
Wind turbine rotor blades play
a significant role in energy effi-
ciency. The design and shape of
the blades have been optimized
to meet steadily growing require-
ments for improved aerodynam-
ics and the highest possible en-
ergy yields.
Rotor blades are molded
from a wide range of compos-
ite materials. With special re-lease agents from Chem-Trend,
it is easier to release the blades
from the mold without damag-
ing them, which was a cause of
concern with regard to energy
efficiency.
Furthermore products
from Freudenberg Nonwovens
are used for composites (FRP)
which are suited for surface
protection and as core mate-
rial in products such as pipes,tanks, container boards, facade
panels, skis, surfboards, boats
and even rotor blades for wind
power stations.
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SUNGEN, one of the lead-
ing manufacturers of amor-
phous silicon (a-Si) thin film
solar panel, has announced
increase in productioncapacity from current
150MW to 1GW by 2013.
By 2012, SUNGEN will of-
fer tandem modules with
a-Si as a top cell and c-Si
as a bottom cell which can
produce up to 160W per
module. The a-Si top cell
converts the visible lights
into electricity while the
bottom cell converts the
infra red component of thesolar spectrum into electric-
ity. SUNGENs solar panels
have been installed in Eu-
rope (e.g. Germany, Spain,
Italy), Australia (e.g. Syd-
ney, Melbourne, Brisbane)
and the United States of
America etc. All SUNGENsolar panels are produced
under strictly-controlled
procedures to ensure the
highest level of quality, and
full compliance with the in-
ternational standards. SUN-
GEN solar panels are certi-
fied according to the EN/
IEC61646, EN/IEC61215,
EN/IEC61730 and UL 1703
standards through TV
Rheinland, TV InterCertand Underwriters Labo-
ratories Inc. You can find
them at booth 1968.
The World Future Energy Summit
(WFES) will be held during 16-
19th Jan 2012 at Abu Dhabi and
is organized by REED exhibitions,
hosted by Masdar and supported
by The International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA).
During a chat with Energet-
ica India, Mr.Naji El Haddad, Ex-
hibition Director, points out that
the renewable energy market in
Middle East is seeing double digitgrowth in recent years with the
forecasts of the market reaching
$150 billion in the next decade.
He said that the Middle East is
not an industrial market nor a
supplier market but a consumer
market in terms of electricity/
energy usage. This presents an
opportunity for companies from
outside Middle East to showcase
their product, technology and in-
novations in the field of renew-able energy. On being asked on
the scope of solar and wind en-
ergy projects in the region; Mr.
Haddad pointed to a Bloomb-
erg Energy report that spoke on
solar scope in the region and
how the solar radiation and the
land in Middle East is enough to
power the entire world through
solar energy. On the wind side,
Egypt is looking to develop nearly
27,000 MW of wind projects
over the next few years and is
inviting foreign companies to
participate. Meanwhile, Masdar
has recently acquired a stake in
WinWind, a Finnish wind com-
pany. The Summit is also start-
ing with the concept Innovate
for WFES; where they invitecleantech start-up companies
to showcase their innovation in
technology and service. These
companies will be introduced
to the international investors,
partners and media. Another
concept in its second year is the
Project Village which is being
worked out in association with
E&Y and Bloomberg Energy Fi-
nance. The Village lets renewable
energy project developers show-case their projects wherein exhib-
itors can meet them and present
them technology for the projects.
The WFES is in its 5th year now.
The 2012 summit is expected to
be attended by more than 35000
visitors and more than 660 ex-
hibitors 150 speakers.
World Future EnergySummit 2012SUNGEN announces
a bigger capacity forsilicon thin film
Maetel the industrial division of
ACS Group is looking for 5MW
photovoltaic projects and higher.
Eugenio Perez de Lema, CEO of
Omnimedia and owner of Ener-
getica India represents Maetel in
India. The business development
division within Spanish Omni-
media Group has extended an
agreement with Maetel, a majorSpanish EPC/O&M company
and industrial division of the
ACS Group, for its representa-
tion in India. Applying Omni-
medias expertise as profession-
als and generating synergies
through its market knowledge,
Omnimedia is scouting the In-
dian market for EPC contracts in
the photovoltaic solar sector.Mr
Eugenio Perez de Lema, head of
Omnimedia and representative
for Maetel in India, confirmed
that the Spanish EPC companyis looking for solar projects in
an advanced stage in the Indian
market with a minimum of 5
MW.
Spanish EPC Maetel redoubles interest to
enter in the Indian PV Market, visit themat Intersolar India booth 2032
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UBM India acquiresRenewable EnergyIndia ExposIn a major industry move,
the series of Renewable En-
ergy India Expos have been
transferred by Exhibitions In-
dia Pvt Ltd to UBM India. As
a consequence, the 6th Re-
newable Energy India 2012
Expo scheduled to be held
from 7-9 November 2012
at the India Expo Center,Greater Noida (National
Capital Region) will now
belong to the UBM group
and is estimated to attract
more than 650 exhibitors
and over 20,000 trade visi-
tors from across the globe.
Under the new ownership,
the international expo will
leverage the global strength
of the UBM Group to draw
a wider worldwide par-ticipation for the success of
the event. UBM group is a
global conglomeration with
more than 6,000 profession-
als working in 30 countries
around the world. UBM
has evolved businesses in
Events; Targeting, Distribut-
ing and Monitoring business
information; Data Services;
Online Marketing Services
and Print publications andhas established a strong
foothold in the Indian events
and exhibition industry. They
are organisers of CPhI In-
dia; Gem & Jewellery India
International; IFSEC; Interop
Mumbai; SATTE, etc and
over 100 events all over the
world. Speaking about the
takeover Mr Sanjeev Khaira,
Managing Director UBM In-
dia said, We are delightedto add this acquisition to
our growing Indian exhibi-
tion business. Renewable
Energy is an important sec-
tor that complements our
existing portfolio, the de-
mand for electricity in India
is estimated to grow at an
annual rate of 8%, driving
heavy investment on devel-
oping renewable energy. We
see an excellent opportunity
to leverage our international
network to drive more inter-national visitors and exhibi-
tors to the event The annu-
ally held series of Renewable
Energy India Expos have re-
ceived global industry recog-
nition and are Asias largest
and premium event on the
renewable sector. With a
modest beginning of 600
sqm in 2007, the show is
expected to touch exponen-
tial height of over 12,500sqm net display space dur-
ing the forthcoming edition.
We are happy to transfer
this exposition to UBM In-
dia. When they approached
us, we were fully aware of
their track record in deliver-
ing excellent experiences for
both exhibitors and visitors
at their exhibitions in India
and across the globe. We
knew we could trust them tomaintain the quality of the
event our team has worked
so hard to build said Mr
Prem Behl, Chairman, Exhi-
bitions India Pvt Ltd. With
the event, the core team
led by Rajneesh Khattar, the
new Project Director will also
join the UBM India group.
Upbeat about the associa-
tion of Renewable Energy
India Expos with the UBM In-dia, the team foresees mani-
fold growth of the event and
hopes to bring more value
addition to the participants.
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REpower to supply 140 MW for its firstwind farm in Pennsylvania, USA
India and British Columbia to extend cooperation in
the field of renewable energy
REpower Systems SE wholly-
owned subsidiary of Suzlon
Group has concluded a con-
tract with EverPower for the
delivery of a total of 68 wind
turbines. REpower MM92
type turbines are destined for
the Twin Ridges wind project
in Somerset County, north of
the Maryland-Pennsylvania
border. It will be REpowers
first project in Pennsylvania.After its completion, the wind
farm will generate a total out-
put of nearly 140 megawatts
(MW). REpowers MM92 tur-
bines have a rated power of
2.05 megawatts (MW) and
a hub height of either 80 or
100 metres each. The project
will be a mixture of both hub
heights. When complete, it
will provide enough clean,
renewable energy to power
more than 38,000 homes
and bring significant eco-
nomic benefits to the region.
Tulsi R Tanti, founder, Chairman
and Managing Director, SuzlonGroup said: This order under-
scores the Groups strong pres-
ence in the North American
wind market. It also confirms
the Groups ability to meet
diverse market needs with a
comprehensive product portfo-
lio. I am very pleased with the
partnership and am certain this
will result in a successful pro-
ject. We are very pleased to
partner once again, said Jim
Spencer, president and CEO of
EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc.
We are impressed with the
efficiency and potential pro-
duction the MM 92 turbineswill provide. They are ideal for
the wind resources found in
the region. Twin Ridges is the
second project between Ever-
Power and REpower. The com-
panies are finalizing their first
project together at the 25 tur-
bine Howard wind farm in New
York State. Andreas Nauen,
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of REpower Systems SE, points
out: Regarding the number of
turbines this is one of the larg-
est single orders for REpower.
We appreciate the confidence
our US customers place in us,
and we are delighted after onlyjust signing our first Alaskan
contract to be now also deliver-
ing turbines to Pennsylvania.
Commissioning of the wind
farm is scheduled for FY13.
Ms. Christy Clark, Premier
of British Columbia, Cana-
da met recently Dr. Farooq
Abdullah, Minister of New
and Renewable Energy in
New Delhi and held detailed
discussions on Cooperation
between India and British
Columbia in the field of Re-
newable Energy. Both theMinisters were accompa-
nied by High Level Delega-
tions. Dr. Farooq Abdullah
gave an overview of the
progress made by India in
different fields of Renew-
able Energy. It was observed
that India has already signed
an Umbrella Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU)
with Canada in the field of
Energy including RenewableEnergy and it was agreed
the two sides would explore
Cooperation between In-
stitutions of
repute of In-
dia and Brit-
ish Columbia
in identified
fields. Fuel
Cells, Stor-
age batteries,
B i o - E n e r g y
and Small Hy-dro Programs
were identi-
fied as pos-
sible areas of
Cooperation.
British Co-
lumbia side
informed that
they are hold-
ing a Global
Confe rence
in Energy on12-15 March, 2012 and
requested India to depute
a delegation to this Con-
ference where RenewableEnergy will be one of the
focus areas of Cooperation.
India agreed to explore the
possibility of sending a busi-ness delegation to the Con-
ference on receipt of invita-
tion.
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Green Infra Ltdcommissions its
first 10MW solarphotovoltaicpower plant inGujarats RajkotDistrict
Green Infra Limited (GIL), a lead-
ing renewable energy-focused
power generation company
sponsored by IDFC Private Equi-
ty, has commissioned its first 10MW solar photovoltaic power
plant in Gujarats Rajkot district.
This is the first and the fastest
solar plant to be commissioned
under the second phase of Gu-
jarats solar policy. Speaking on
this event, Shiv Nimbargi, MD &
CEO of Green Infra, said: The
commissioning of our solar
plant ahead of schedule under-
scores Green Infras exceptional
execution capabilities. This solarPV plant is expected to gener-
ate 16 million units of energy
annually, supplying electricity
to over 4,000 homes and sav-
ing 12,000 tonnes of carbon
emissions. We are delighted to
launch our first solar project in
the state of Gujarat where far-
sighted policies on renewable
energy are making projects
such as ours extremely com-
pelling. On this important oc-casion, we wish to extend our
special thanks to the Gujarat
government, equipment sup-
pliers and financiers who have
made this project possible.
With the commissioning of this
plant, Green Infras operating
capacity now stands at 174
MW. The company is on track
to implement an additional 150
MW by the end of this financial
year, with a longer term plan toreach total generating capacity
of 3,000 MW by 2015 across
several renewable energy sec-
tors.
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Siemens launches worlds first 1200 kV SF6 Circuit BreakerThe Power Transmission Di-
vision of Siemens today an-nounced the launch of the
worlds first 1200 kV SF6
Circuit Breaker, from its
manufacturing facility at Au-
rangabad. With the launch,
Siemens reinforced its com-
mitment to partner Indias
National Grid Agenda and
to drive the countrys en-
ergy mission. Indias growing
economy needs an efficient
power transmission system tomeet the increasing demand
for reliable and affordable
power. With the 1200 kV sys-
tem, India will leapfrog into
a new transmission age that
will contribute to the nations
economic growth, with an
objective to bring electricity
across the nation. As an inno-
vation-led technology leader,
Siemens has opened up a new
dimension in the high-voltagepower transmission technol-
ogy with the introduction of
1200 kV SF6 Circuit Breaker.
Spanning over long distances
and with a transmission ca-
pacity of 8000 megawatts
(MW), the new 1200 kV sys-
tem will have low transmis-
sion losses. The power trans-
mission capacity of the 1200
kV line will be more than
double as compared to the
800 kV line. This technology
will make it possible to evacu-
ate large amount of electric
power from distant generat-
ing stations to load centers
by interconnecting regional
grids. The new 1200 kV sys-
tem will need less than half
the space used by the exist-
ing 800 kV system with fewer
numbers of lines for transmit-
ting the same power, thus
reducing the land footprint
and overall environmentalimpact. Siemens technology
is creating new benchmarks
in enabling efficient transmis-
sion of electricity. The 1200
kV Circuit Breaker was hand-
ed over to Shri. R. N. Nayak
Chairman & MD, Power Grid
Corporation of India Lim-
ited at Siemens manufactur-
ing facility at Aurangabad.
Dr. Armin Bruck, Managing
Director, Siemens Ltd., saidwhile dedicating the 1200
kV SF6 Circuit Breaker to the
nation, Siemens has always
been known for pioneering
innovation and technological
leadership. The launch of the
1200 kV SF6 Circuit Breaker
is a significant milestone in
this journey. Contributing
towards sustainable develop-
ment of the nations economy
by enhancing efficiency of thepower sector is at the top of
our agenda. Mr. A. K. Dixit,
CEO Energy Sector, Siemens
Ltd., said, With this techno-
logical advancement, power
transmission over long dis-
tances will be more efficient
while increasing the transmis-
sion capacity. Once installed,
the 1200kV system will spare
more land for alternative
use.
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Emmvee (booth 1528) heads forMumbais Intersolar with two
new product rangesEmmvee is all set to participate
in the last trade show for this
year; the Intersolar India 2011.
The show will be held from 14-
16th December at the Bombay
Exhibition Centre in Mumbai.
The company will present its
two pillars of production: pho-
tovoltaic modules and solar
thermal systems. Emmvee Pho-
tovoltaic Power Private Limitedwill display its new photovoltaic
modules Black Pearl, Diamond
(mono), Diamond (poly), Sap-
phire with structured glass.
Structured glass allows an in-
creased light input into the
module and an additional light
trap, resulting in an increase in
yield of at least by 3% per year.
Emmvee was the first company
to use this kind of front glass.
Emmvee will also displayCrystal, Custom and its Off-
Grid range in the event.
Emmvee Solar Systems Pri-
vate Limited will display Solariz-
er Supreme which is equipped
with a glass enamelled tank.
EMMVEE is the only manufac-
turer of glass enamel coated
tanks of sizes varying from 100
to 3000 litres for solar water
heating systems in India. The
life time of a glass enamelledtank is simply higher when
compared to stainless steel
tanks. The additional layer of
glass enamel on the steel layer
increases the strength of the
tank, the resistivity against cor-
rosion and guarantees a highly
hygienic water quality for a
long time. Emmvee Solar Sys-
tems recently opened a new
office in Pune in Maharashtra.
The Pune office will primar-ily focus on the sales in the
western region. In its new of-
fice, Emmvee will put all solar
systems on display. The latest
success story of Emmvee Solar
comes from the Temple City of
Indiawhere they have installed
a unit of renewable hybrid,
a combination of solar and
wind power to boost the BTS
Sites of BSNL. Emmvee won a
tender with an ingenious so-
lution, combining the best of
two worlds: solar power and
wind energy. The combinationof both energy sources guaran-
tees power even if one source
is temporarily not available, for
example at night time, when
there is no sun. There are some
40 Emmvee modules, with a
capacity of 10 kWp with an
additional wind generated 5.1
kW. That is ample power to run
the applications of the telecom
provider. The plant was com-
missioned on 29th September2011and is operating success-
fully. The installation runs AEG
inverters. It is another step to
a reliable, yet environmentally
friendly energy policy of the
State of Orissa. The remarkable
feature of the installed mod-
ules is the usage of structured
glass. The so called Albarino P
catches more light and utilizes
a light trap, thus increasing
the yield by at least three percent. The company with head-
quarters in Bengaluru was the
first to use this kind of glass. A
number of MW installations all
over the world shows: it pays
off. Emmvee also relies on
German components in order
to ensure long lasting maxi-
mum efficiency and yield. In
a photovoltaic module every
detail counts. We have always
relied on components fromrenowned companies with a
track record of quality, says
D. V. Manjunatha, founder and
managing director of Emmvee.
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UK Climate Change minister visits Suzlon One Earthtargeting future Offshore CooperationDuring his Indian visit Grego-
ry Barker MP, UK Minister of
State for Climate Change, on
Wednesday visited One Earth,
headquarters of the Suzlon
Group and the greenest facil-
ity of its kind in the world. The
visit is part of his India tour fo-
cusing on low carbon growth,
which seems to be very suc-
cessful. After his prior meeting
with Dr Farooq Abdullah whereboth leaders agreed to set up a
partnership fund for Pro-poor
Renewables. In the Suzlon
headquarters Minister Gregory
Barker said: David Cameron
pledged we would be Britains
Greenest Government ever, I
can assure you that we will de-
liver on that pledge. And what is
more the transformation of our
energy sector is at the centre
of our plans. UK and India areworking closely together on the
connected issues of securing the
new energy supplies we need for
the future and tackling climate
change. Businesses like Suzlon,
which are at the very forefront
of the battle against danger-
ous man-made climate change,
understand that depleting fossil
fuel resources and exponentially
growing demand for energy
is driving a brand new market.
Not just here in India but around
the world. This site is a fantastic
example, of global best practice
in corporate environmental re-sponsibility; here at Suzlon you
are building a greener future al-
ready. Mr. Tulsi R Tanti, founder,
Chairman and Managing Direc-
tor of Suzlon Group, welcoming
Minister Barker added: Greg
Barker has brought insight and
focus to the climate change de-
bate on the international stage,
and back at home in the UK,
he has been driving progressive
policy development and helpingto build a low carbon economy.
We are fortunate to have such
a capable and energetic minister
leading this critical policy area
in the British Government. I
believe that there are many op-
portunities for India and the UK
to collaborate effectively when
it comes to renewable energy
and, as we approach COP17 in
Durban next month, the Min-
isters third visit to India in two
years is extremely welcome.
As Energetica India could
confirm in conversations with
Suzlon, the Indian windturbinemanufacturer is considering UK
a target market for future wind
offshore developments due to
the UK governments emphasis
on this source of power genera-
tion. If offshore contracts would
come in Suzlon considers the
erecting of a new manufactur-
ing plant in this country only
for this purpose. Suzlon Groups
global headquarter One Earth
sets new standards in sustain-ability. Certified to the Leader-
ship in Energy and Environment
Design (LEED) Platinum and the
Green Rating for Integrated
Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) 5
Star standards, the facility is one
of the greenest of its type any-
where in the world. Developed
on an area of 443,000 square
feet (10.70 acres) with a capac-
ity to house 2,300 people, the
facility sets new benchmarks in
energy efficiency in all aspects
of engineering and construc-
tion. The facility was awarded
the highest ratings for its whole-building approach to sustain-
ability by focusing on key areas
like human and environmental
health, sustainable site devel-
opment, efficient water, energy
and waste methods, materials
and resource selection, indoor
environmental quality and in-
novation. One Earth, named as
a tribute to earths unique exist-
ence as a self-replenishing eco-
system, is powered 100 per centby renewable energy through a
mix of onsite solar and wind, as
well as offsite wind energy, and
generates zero waste.
AND ALSO...
New Consulting Editor at Energetica India. Energetica
India is pleased to announce the joining of our new member
Mr.P.K.Patnaik as a consulting editor. Mr.Patnaik will be working
from New Delhi. Mr. PK Patnaik has an extensive knowledge andwork experience in the power sector space in different roles in-
cluding business development, strategy and EPC management.
He was the Vice President at Parsons Brinckerhoff / Merz & McLel-
lan Ltd and Country Advisor to Kennedy & Donkin Ltd. More re-
cently Mr.Patnaik was Senior Vice President at Jindal Group based
at New Delhi. He is a columnist, commentator and consultant to
power and energy sector and currently he is an Advisor assisting
some power companies in India.
Contribution of Solar and Wind Energy, but still no
geothermal Projects.Dr Farooq Abdullah pointed out that
during last three years, electricity generated from wind and solarpower projects is estimated at about 50.3 billion units. This cor-
responds to about 2.14% of the total electricity production of
2346 BU during this period. Until today no geothermal power
project has been set up in India. The Ministry of New and Renew-
able Energy has stepped up Research & Development efforts in
all renewable energy technologies specially in solar energy. These
efforts are proposed to be further strengthened during the 12th
Plan, by substantially enhancing R&D outlay and developing Cen-
tre of Excellence for advanced research.
12,000 MW saving projected during 12th Plan through
Energy Efficiency Programmes.A saving of 12,000 MW
has been projected during the 12th Plan period by implement-
ing energy efficiency programmes in the country including the
Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) programme. This was stated
by the Minister of State for Power, Shri K.C. Venugopal at a func-
tion organised to launch a energy conservation programme in
Thiruvananthapuram. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor
of Kerala, Shri M.O.H. Farook emphasised on implementation of
energy conservation programme in the state. A mass run was also
organised on the occasion which was joined by famous athleteSmt. P.T. Usha and other sports persons and film stars. The Per-
form, Achieve and Trade (PAT) programme was launched by the
Bureau of Energy Efficiency as a cap-and-trade scheme.
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Inderpreet Wadhwa. CEO Azure Power
We Could Demonstrate ourCapability by Developing Somethingthat has not Been Done Before
The trend to quote low prices just to find projects is very common but
the temptation to do this is high when cost becomes the only criteria
for project allocation. Given the scale that solar can acquire there is a
huge potential for cost economies to move forward
How does it feel to be called the Father
of Indian solar industry?
I am not the Father of Indias solar industry. A
lot of good work in solar in India was started
in the 1970s. My contribution to the Indian
solar industry is in the concept of distributed
generation at the tail-end of the grid that not
only strengthens the grid, but also providesreliable peak power to several communities
in rural India. Owing to an extremely short
gestation period and flexibility of scale and
size, we can help solve rural Indias energy se-
curity needs in a timely manner. These pro-
jects also provide for education for the next
generation on concepts of clean energy and
source of livelihoods in adjacent communi-
ties. This is a great way to bring rural India
to the forefront of the inclusive economic
growth that has been the goal of our Hon-
ourable Prime Minister and President.I entered the sector knowing fully well
that solar as a sector didnt exist in India
before that. We were happy to go through
the difficulties because we knew that so-
lar power had potential and more impor-
tantly, solar had to succeed in India for the
sake of millions of Indians who have no
access to electricity.
As a first mover we could demonstrate
our capability by developing something
that has not been done before. The fact
that we had a project running in Punjabwas helpful in getting contracts in states
like Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. The
second movers always get to learn from
the mistakes of the first mover.
India showed the world that we could
do quality work at low cost with the
mobile telephone boom where India
enjoys good network at among the
lowest prices in the world. Do we see
something similar happening in the
solar industry? The feed-in-tariffs which
India is currently experiencing seem tobe among the lowest in the world.
Absolutely. There are a lot of similarities
between the growth of mobile telephony
in India and what we see as the poten-
tial for distributed solar power genera-
tion in India. There are several parallels:
both meet the core need of people; they
can also both be scaled very quickly; and
finally, they can also both be built in any
location. In fact, you can power all your
telecom towers with solar panels.
Solar power generation is a very capi-tal intensive sector. The value of solar is in
the long term, not in the short term. To-
day, compared to other sources of power
generation the cost of solar power is high
in the retail market. However, we believe
that in the long term the costs will come
down.
The trend to quote low prices just
to find projects is very common but the
temptation to do this is high when cost be-
comes the only criteria for project alloca-
tion. Given the scale that solar can acquirethere is a huge potential for cost econo-
mies to move forward. Power producers
still need to be wary of quoting too low
and compromising viability of the projects.
Most of the Indian State Governments
are following the NVVNs reverse
auction policy instead of Gujarats
fixed tariffs. What according to you
is the right way of moving ahead
for Indias solar industry; keeping in
account the fact that NVVNs reverse
auction resulted in bankers not beingvery comfortable with the project
feasibility?
There is no one right way. There are
things to be said in favour of both meth-
ods. However, any methodology should
take into account important considera-
tions like technical capabilities, fund rais-
ing capabilities and have weightage for
on ground experience.
Why is that many solar on-grid projects
are finding it difficult to achievefinancial closure? Is the reverse
bidding making projects financially
unattractive or is it another part of
industry learning?
We have not had any issues.
India has suddenly seen mushrooming
of many players branding themselves
as solar EPC players. With new
inexperienced professionals and low
feed-in-tariffs, will India face quality
issues on the upcoming solar projects?Within a matter of two years we have
gone from 20 companies to 400 compa-
nies in solar power generation. Like any
other new sector there is always a lot of
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excitement in the beginning and then
things settle down to only serious play-
ers. Going forward, I would expect 40-50
good players in the market. So, like inany new sector, the industry will also see
its movers and shakers.
The Indian off-grid market is
dependent on diesel abatement policy
and on government buildings. We
still have not seen common people
accepting solar installation? What
kind of push is needed to bring this
potential on the ground?
There is a need for solar power genera-
tion to be viewed from a developmentalperspective. We at Azure Power believe
that solar power is ideally suited for the
distributed power model which can then
help get power to areas that most need
it. The distributed model will also mean
smaller projects, smaller gestation peri-
ods, less demand on land, and therefore
better acceptance by the communities.
More importantly power generation at
the point of consumption makes most
economical sense and also avoids high
T & D losses. Energy security and ruralelectrification will get a huge shot in the
arm from solar power projects that can
come up across the country as part of the
NSM policy drive. What can also help are
community-based awareness programs
on solar power. In fact a planned solar
power plant for every 10-20 villages has
the potential to create a rural revolution.
Renewable Energy Certificates (REC)
concept was introduced to take away
a considerable incentive burden awayfrom the government and make this a
market based product? What do you
think of the solar REC concept in its
present form? Will this work? What
are the suggestions/changes that you
expect from the government?
For any financing instrument to work the
institution that lends for such products
must endorse such instruments. It is too
early to comment on the success of the
solar RECs.
Do you see the solar/renewable energy
developers playing a role of IPP in the
Indian off-grid market? Currently the
cost of solar is very high so it cannot
compete with grid rates but can
certainly be a competitor to the cost of
units generated through diesel.
Today solar energy could be looked at asa complimentary source of power but we
strongly believe that when it comes to
harnessing solar power, Solar Photovolta-
ic (SPV) is the worlds fastest growing en-
ergy technology and holds tremendous
potential for India. Solar Photovoltaic
Systems (SPV) are experiencing consider-
able decline in prices year after year due
to intense research, commercialization of
utility projects and increase in polysilicon
production. This source of power could
be used during peak demand times, likeopportunities where there is a need for
energy requirement during the day, like
schools and hospitals. Lot of agriculture
is also done during day time and not at
night time. India has almost 50,000 Meg-
awatt of standby Diesel Genset capacity
and this source of power is definitely an
answer to replace diesel-based power.
Even though it is still expensive in con-
trast to conventional sources of power in
tangible costs but as observed the cost of
solar power has shown significant reduc-tion year over year and with increase in
production, a downward trend is expect-
ed to continue. It is likely that solar pow-
er will become grid competitive in costs
around the year 2017. The National So-
lar Mission (NSM) promises rapid growth
of utility scale SPV power projects in the
country. At present i t is a solution where
you have high cost of power or there is
no power but it would be safe to say
that in the near future energy developers
would play the role of IPPs in the Indianoff-grid market as well and competing
the grid.
What are the challenges that you
have faced while implementing the
projects on the ground? The industry
is currently too involved in PPAs and
financial closure that we have seemed
not to take into account the problems
being faced on-ground during
implementation.
Typically, the projects have to be con-structed within 6-8 months. Some of the
clearances required for energy projects do
not take into account the short gestation
period of solar plants, but initiatives like
solar power parks are mitigating some of
these challenges. On ground solar instal-
lation data from similar solar plants, is
also necessary for independent assess-ment. This is also being addressed by
agencies like C-WET. Most of these are
teething issues of a new industry and will
be addressed over time.
Which are the current projects of Azure
Power and the how does the pipeline
look?
Azure Power has a project under every
Solar Policy in the country and has 12
MW capacity in operation. In addition
to the 2 MW Solar power plant set up inPunjab, 10MW in Gujarat and 5MW to
be commissioned this December 2011
in Rajasthan, Azure Power is also in talks
with State Governments in Maharashtra,
Karnataka and Rajasthan for additional
projects. Azure Power expects to get to
100MW in the next 2 years with cumula-
tive investment of over $300 million.
Does Azure have any plans of backward
integration-into manufacturing of
modules or cells or wafers?No, we do not.
The industry is also reeling under lack
of trained man power. How is Azure
Power tackling this issue? What is/
should the industry be doing on this
front?
With solar industry being at a very nas-
cent stage yet, there is not much trained
talent available. We however recruit tal-
ent who have basic qualification like En-
gineering/Diploma for technical jobs andManagement graduates for non-technical
jobs and then train them for their posi-
tions.
There is a need for more Indian in-
stitutions to pick up the trend and train
Indian graduates too in the same field so
that we can bridge the gap between the
requirement and talent pool.
Any advice/suggestion to
entrepreneurs in India trying to follow
your footsteps in the solar industry?Hard work, focus and diligence always
pays. Build business on solid fundamen-
tals and sound ethics. You will be suc-
cessful regardless of what you do.
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What are the current trends in solar PV
industry on a global scale?
The current global trends include over-ca-
pacity in the market where the demand is
not keeping pace with the increasing supply,
focus and efforts are being put to move to-
wards higher efficiency and an expected pe-
riod of consolidation in the global markets.The demand across the globe has
slowed down but the supply is constant or
increasing with new companies looking at
capacity addition. This has led to decrease in
module prices globally.
The industry is looking at means to in-
crease cell and module efficiency. The higher
efficiency focus is expected to bring in results
soon but we do not expect this to bring any
price increase. The market will look at higher
efficiency at stable prices thanks to innova-
tion and new technologies.Meanwhile, Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs) are
continuing their downward trend putting
pressure on suppliers and industry margins.
FITs are linked to the module prices. Over
the last couple of years, we have seen a de-
crease in module prices leading to a cut in
FITs across the world.
Where do you see the trend going in the
race between Thin Film and Crystalline
Modules?
I will not look at this as a question of choos-ing a module but more as a question of
cost and power generation when there
are no limitations. The module which gives
better & reliable power generation at lower
cost should be the choice of a solar devel-
oper. By limitations, I mean government
policies or on-ground situation. For exam-
ple under Indias JNNSM scheme, thin film
modules can be imported but crystalline Si
cell and modules need to be from India itself.From a financial angle, an investor is
looking at reliable (bankable) power genera-
tion and minimum cost and not necessary at
the technology- lowest cost/kWh on reliable
technology is the driving factor. Crystalline
modules offer bankable power generation at
minimum cost. With the price gap between
crystalline and thin film narrowing further,
an investor is sure of bankable power supply
at minimum cost from crystalline modules.
Solar modules prices are droppingglobally? Where do you see the price
stability coming in? How is Centrotherm
reacting to this in terms of technology
and price?
The industry is experiencing over-capacity
and a dip in module prices. If we assume
worldwide installations of solar power plants
in 2012 similar to 2011, the module prices
will not see an upsurge; unless demand is
created from unexpected quarters. So we
expect prices to remain at the same level.
As I just told we are in a challenging periodof consolidation. Few companies may find
it difficult to survive and this may lead to
dumping of modules at much lower prices;
leading to price war and pressure on mar-
gins. The financial and technological well-
equipped companies will survive and win
the race.
Centrotherm as an equipment supplier
is aware of the trend in the global PV. The last
few years have seen a reduction of ~ 50% in
capital equipment cost /per watt leaving the
industry at much lower costs today.One also needs to be aware that though
module prices have decreased, the major fo-
cus is still on efficient processes and equip-
ment because labour, power and accessory
costs have, infact, increased.
There are a lot of innovative ideas being
worked on equipment, and the processes.
We are on the way to 20 percent cell effi-
ciencies in industrial production. We have
already reached this magic threshold in the
laboratory. This peak value was achieved on
the basis of centaurus rear side technologydeveloped by Centrotherm Photovoltaics.
We will be working flat out on transferring
these excellent figures to mass production.
We deliver upgrade packages to install selec-
INTERVIEW
The financial and technological well-equippedcompanies will survive and win the race
Dr. Josef Haase,CEO, Centrotherm
cell and module Gmbh
Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG
is the worlds leading technology
and equipment provider for the
photovoltaics sector with more
than 30 years of experience. In
a chat with Bharat Vasandani,
Energetica India, Dr.Haaseanalyses the solar industry trends
and talks about new technology
initiatives from Centrotherm.
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tive emitter and centaurus rear side upgrade
technologies improving costs and boosting
efficiency.
Another example: A 0.5 GW manufac-turing plant produces 18000 wafers every
hour; will need very robust processes and
equipment to achieve a balance between
yield and efficiency where the end result
looked at is lower cost per watt and re-
turn on investment and not only yield or
efficiency.
How do you see the progress of solar
policies and on-ground implementation
of solar power plants in India?
India comes with a lot of ambition but un-certainty also. There seems to be a lack of
clear perspectivewith not clear answers
on domestic content, quality of domestic
content w.r.t global content, Feed-in-Tariffs,
benefit for investors, etc. This uncertainty
scenario may lead to lesser number of solar
power plants, and not many module & cell
manufacturing companies.
To develop a solar industry, one needs
to have local content and generate jobs.
India seems to be on the right path. If this
path is not taken, India will see huge importwhere the industry is more mature with GW
sizes, economy of scale and more favour-
able government initiatives.
Another challenge in India is that the
industry is not thinking big. Indian compa-
nies need to look at bigger projects in India.
Bigger projects enable economies of scale,
and investments in the industry. Indias
SMEs are also looking at smaller module
production lines; thereby increasing pro-
duction costs.
An example: average module linesglobally are of 70-75MW. In todays solar
business environment, this gives the man-
ufacturer a chance to be competitive, en-
able economies of scale (to an extent), and
plan capacity expansion for future without
incurring same costs again. This also gives
the manufacturer bargaining power to pur-
chase raw materials which form the highest
% in production costs. But in India we see
module lines starting with 10-20MW lines.
The Indian manufacturer is then looking at
adding more lines; and adding more costs;resulting in higher price/watt in the market.
What are Centrotherms market
expectations from India in terms of growth?
India has huge potential and we are very
interested to do outstanding work in India.
But the slow progress is not encouraging.
We have been speaking to several Indiancompanies since the last 2-3 years and we
can say that the decision making could be
faster. It takes 2-3 years for a company to
make a decision to enter the market. The
slow decision making could be a result of
the environment created in India due to the
policies. But in these 2-3 years, leading Chi-
na and Taiwan manufacturer have added
20-30 GW additional capacity.
Meanwhile the Indian manufactur-
ing space is also facing quality challenges.
Some manufacturers are not functioningas expected because their products do not
have the efficiency to compete in the global
market. We would like to assist Indian com-
panies in choosing the right technology
which can help them compete on global
scale and not only in India.
India s reverse bidding saw Feed-in-
Tariff (FIT) reach an average of $ 0.25 in
Batch I Phaseof National Solar Mission;
when everyone at that time was
speaking about FIT in the range of $0.35-$0.40. How did the industry react to this?
Most of the reaction we saw was from In-
dia. Many Indian companies that we were
looking to build power plants or manufac-
turing businesses slowed their efforts. The
government needs to take measures and
assure solar developers, bankers and inves-
tors of their intent and give a clear picture
of the FIT for the next 20 or 25 years. Un-
less that clarity comes, investments may
slow down or global investors may avoid
Indias solar program. This can certainlyslow the progress of solar in India by 2-3
years. During this time, Taiwan and China
will reach far ahead of India in installations
and manufacturing business; thereby mak-
ing it cheaper and easier for Indian solar
developers to import rather than manu-
facture internally. This could kill the Indian
manufacturing industry completely and
that would be a horrible and not desirable
picture and outlook.
This can lead to disastrous effects for
the Indian solar industry. Already a few cell& module manufacturers in India are run-
ning with less than 50% capacity output.
This is due to uncertainty in the market. An
Indian company may take a year to think
and work on a module line expansion plans
compared to China where the module line
will be expanded by 1GW in one year. So
India may find the global industry movingfaster than India, making it more difficult
for Indian companies to compete. The In-
dian companies do not have much dearth
of talent but the conditions do not seem
favourable. Lower FITs have lead to some
uncertainty which has also made it difficult
to achieve financial closure because banks
do not see certain viability.
With this scenario, I do not see a big
future for manufacturing unless appropriate
policy initiatives are taken though there will
be a better outlook for installations becauseIndia needs all the power it can produce.
Most of the Indian solar module
manufacturers are under pressure due
to decrease in market size of their
biggest market-Europe and the very slow
progress in India. How do you see this
situation progressing from here?
Well if the uncertain policies continue, then
no investor will put in money for module
manufacturing.
Indian solar manufacturers are focusingmore on exports and this may not work in the
mid-term. The reason being Europe, the big-
gest solar market, is going through a current
weakness and then companies across the
world are trying to sell modules there, so the
market is very competitive. In the mid-term,
we do not see any huge growth in Europe.
The local market for Indian manufac-
turers is slow and not moving as quickly as
expected. They also have competition from
Chinese manufacturers who can supply at a
better price and in quick time.The slow Indian market is killing the
module manufacturers in India. At the same
time, Chinese companies are pushing hard to
be the solar hub of the world. Chinese are
thinking long term and do not mind losing
some money initially but are building a base
for solar manufacturing that India will find
difficult to compete with. For example one
Chinese customer alone is adding another
500MW to be operational early next year. For
this quantity to be added to India, it will take
another one year or more in this uncertainscenario.
So Indian policies need to be clear and
quick; otherwise each month of delay adds
to the task to take on the global module sup-
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plier. The opportunity for solar Indian manu-
facturers were great 3 years ago, now its
good but further delay can as well kill the in-
dustry because competition is growing faster
than India.
How do you see the growth of cell
manufacturing in India? We have a couple
of big players such as IndoSolar, andMoser Baer with the Yash Birla Group
joining in recently. But overall the main
focus in India seems to be solar power
plant installation and EPC.
I think it is a question of what India wants
to do. Cell manufacturing in India is quite
difficult because of lack of infrastructure.
It may not be that easy to obtain quality
raw materials such as chemicals, gas and
other parts. In India, most of the manu-
facturing plants are located away from the
main cities in a rural setting to avail of sub-sidies and low cost labour. I think for solar
manufacturing, one needs to look at cluster
development which can help bring down
operational expenses otherwise the Indian
companies may again face challenges of
supply & service in additional to higher
operating expenses. For example in China,
you will find the raw materials easily avail-
able within a short distance thus encourag-
ing more development.
The cell manufacturing is also now com-
peting on cost per watt compared to the ear-lier years where there was some premium.
So Indian companies, joining the party late,
will need to compete with global companies
on cost. This will put pressure on margins. In-
dia should also look at integrated approach
in solar manufacturing to balance margins.
Many European companies are involved in
cell & module manufacturing and also EPC
in addition to solar farm investment. In other
words, if you are only a cell or module manu-
facturer, then you need to play on lower mar-
gins and high volume.
How many installations has Centrotherm
achieved in India?
Some of our Indian clients include Websol
Energy systems, Tata BP, Jupiter Solar and
BHEL for cell manufacturing and Shan solar
for module manufacturing. We are talking to
other companies also and have been in talks
with a few of them for more than 2 years.
Our customers are not certain about the so-
lar market and then the investors are not be-
ing encouraged by the government policies.
What is needed is a certain outlook encour-aged by favourable policies to push invest-
ment in this industry.
We believe in solar business for long
term and we anticipate that the solar market
will continue to report sustainable growth
despite its current weakness. But in the cur-
rent scenario not many are sure as to what
trend the industry will take for the next 6-12
months.
Centrotherm has recently announced
expected drop in cost by ~20% inCentrotherms PV systems by 2013. What
are the steps being taken by Centrotherm
to achieve this?
The 20% reduction in equipment prices is
the minimum that Centrotherm is looking to
do but we are looking to achieve more. This
will be a slow and steady progress. The ways
of achieving this are by working on capac-
ity, processes and technology. The industry
should note that it is not easy to cut costs
beyond a certain point because quality also
needs to be looked at. We are not looking
at dropping 30% straight away by using lowcost equipment that does not give long term
quality output.
What are the expected technology
progress/changes the industry can expect
from Centrotherm in the near future?
Centrotherm is working on a roadmap to
achieve higher efficiency of 0.5% more every
year. Our efforts with focus on innovative
solutions include selective emitter, centaurus
rear side, new metallization, and interface
optimization.We have been progressing well. For ex-
ample the guarantee on modules in 2005
was around 13% and now it has reached
around 17.5% and we are working to in-
crease this by 0.5% every year for the next
3-4 years. And as I just said, we are on the
way to 20% cell efficiency. It may be slightly
difficult to obtain more efficiency on the
product and material side but we are work-
ing on the interface area to optimize pro-
cesses and technology and reach higher ef-
ficiency. Not many companies are working inthis direction but we think we will be able to
achieve our goals to make a difference in the
industry. In the end, the result looked at in
solar is always Cost/kWh generated.
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Energetica India published the guidelines of NVVNs 2nd Batch of Phase I under
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in September/October 2011 issue.
As a follow-up, we speak to Industry experts and stakeholders to understand their
reaction to the new policy and their suggestions to the government to help grow the
industry in India.
BHARAT VASANDANI, ENERGETICA INDIA
Industry Feedback to NVVNs Batch II,
Phase I of JNNSM
MR.RAJESHBHAT, PRESIDENT
JUWIIND