From Darkness to LightTamaso Ma JyotirGamaya

May 2014

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Thrive Solar IS a fully integrated Technology & Manufacturing company which designs its own lighting solutions and has plants to manufacture its own Panels and Electronics to create highly efficient products

Technology

Thrive Solar IS Active in 15 countries across Asia and Africa and has Lit 3 Million households since inception in 2007

Globally Local

Thrive Solar IS A social-Entrepreneurial organization with a unique business model to co-create local industry along with electrification

Social Consciousness

BRINGING LIGHT, ENERGY, LIVELIHOOD AND EMPLOYMENT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE REWARDING AND FUN

Afghanistan Haiti India

Kenya

TIMELINE

2001 Dr Ranganayakulu sets up Thrive an NGO for Rural Health, Education and IT

2006 World bank MarketPlace grant award for $170000 to provide LED home lights to tribal villages in Odisha. Bringing light to thousands of families

2007Lighting Africa Project, operations in Kenya, Lighting Tanzania with Zara Solar. Projects in India, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Srilanka and Haiti

2007Manufacturing plant and whole gamut of solar products and panels (.5w to 230W)

Awards and Recognition:2006 Development Marketplace Award2008 Lighting Africa Award2009 Lighting Tanzania Award2011 Frost and Sullivan Award (LED Technology)2012 ICICI Bank Emerging India Award2012 Dr Shirin Gharia Sustainability Award

OUR FACILITIES AND CAPABILITYFull fledged solar panel manufacturingExclusive capability for custom panels

Pick and place machines for automatic

PCB mounting and online test machines

Leased local capacity for plastic moldings from the company’s own dyes.

Implemented 14 innovations in solar panel making, plastic casing, battery mounting, street light installation, village energy kiosk, sms based MIS etc.

OUR PRODUCTS

Portable solar rechargeable lamps

Home lighting solutions

Street lighting solutions

Solar power kits 5KW to 100 KW

Solar power plants upto 5 MW

Agriculture and water pumps

Innovative Solar LED Desk Light

Useful for College students upto Graduate studies

8 hours back up with a single charge

0.4 watt LED light

0.5 watt Solar Module

Uses 2 Rechargeable NiMH batteries (1200MAh, 2.4V)

3 Watt Accendo Light

Backup of upto 300 Hours on full charge

2 watt LED

Mobile charger

3 watt Solar Module

Operates in 3 modes – Low, Medium, and Bright (17, 42 and 300 hrs resp.)

LED Home Lighting Systems DC, Four LED Lights or 3 lights and one mini table fan

Mobile charger

6W panel

Fully loaded 6-8 hours or a days charge

Backed by World's best Japanese LED from Nichia.

Automatic 12 hours operation from dusk to dawn.

5 Days of autonomy for lighting in cloudy weather.

No need to replace bulbs.

Most affordable prices.

Street Lighting Solutions

ONGOING DEVELOPMENT

Off Grid/ DCKerosene replacement

Emergency and relief operationsEducationHealthcareRecreation

Remote village home lighting/cell chargingStreet lighting, bill boardsCell phone towers

Farming, shops, vendor stalls, etc

Grid Tied/ ACDiesel Replacement

Small and medium industry where continuous power is needed 2-100KWDairies, Pharma, cold storageUPS for homes 1-5KW

Remote villagesIslands and ResortsHospitals and Emergency equipment

PumpsAgricultureSewage treatment, water purificationUtility scale 100-500 MW – 1GW

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SOLAR

Solar Water Pumping

Sl. No Model Rating Module

1 Model - I 1.5 HP 1800 WP

2 Model - II 2.0 HP 2200 WP

3 Model - III 3.0 HP 3000 WP

4 Model - IV 4.0 HP 5000 WP

Water processing

Utility apps(4000 MW)

Agri appsIndustrial

apps

Irrigation(30 GW)

Drinking water

Desalination to fresh water

Sewage treatment

Commercial back-up

Residential back-up

Cold-storage

(1016 MW)

Green-houses

Poultry farms

(98 MW)

Fisheries

Dairies

Factories back-up

Mining(145 MW)

Construction

Shipyard idle power

Billboard and street

lights

Cell towers(250 MW)

Petrol pumps

Segments for 1 – 100KW solar

CASE STUDY I. RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SYSTEM 4.5 KW

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• Location – Hyderabad, AP

• System Size – 4.5 kWp

• Application – Residential

• Time required for installation – 6 hrs

• Operating hours – 8 hrs/day

• Benefits – Monthly electricity bills have

come down by 60%

CASE STUDY II: 3.2 KW-3 HP DRIP IRRIGATION

• Location – Belwa, Rajasthan

• System Size - 3 HP Solar pump with a 3.2 kw

solar kit

• Application - Drip irrigation

• Head/Flow – 165 ft/54,000 lpdday

• Time required for installation – 6 hrs

• Operating hours – 8 hrs/day

CASE STUDY III: 5.4 KW-5 HP PUMP + BATTERIES

• Location – Ambejogai, Maharashtra

• System Size – 5 HP Solar pump with

a 5.4 kw solar kit = 100A-h 96 V

Batteries

• Application – Pump + Lighting

• Time required for installation – 6

hrs

• Operating hours – 3 hrs in the day

and 6 hrs at night

Payback time for a 5 kW Load

12 hour duty cycle

X1.5 liter of diesel per hour

XUSD1 per

liter of diesel

365 days per yearX = USD 6570 USD 6570

Annual Diesel Opex

Solar Pump Payback Calculations

SOLAR FOR 5 KW LOAD – CELL TOWER EXAMPLE

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• ASP of 5 kW Solar Kit ~ USD 10,000

• Payback time = 1.3 years

SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE WORKED WITH

Only company from India, which is collaborating with IFC, WORLD BANK and UNDP.

Thrive is the only Indian partner for the prestigious lighting Africa program (40 billion USD) of World Bank group. www.lightingafrica.org

STAGED DEPLOYMENT

Thrive supports its products and is local to its communities

From Darkness to LightTamaso Ma JyotirGamaya

People & Contact

Thrive Solar is growing at a good pace and set up a broad base of geographies, clients and Partners. We have also developed a templetized model for setting up and operationalizing new markets, which takes 3 to 10 weeks. In short, we are completely geared up for rapid growth

Sohrab Kakalia, did his Masters in Computer Technology after a BS in Physics and Electronics. Sohrab has worked from system R&D to architecture to strategy consulting. He was head of Technology Consulting at Infosys, COO at Sonata Software and a GM, Lead engineer at PSI Bull in India.Driven by the passion of social enterprise and building sustainable businesses since many years, Sohrab was an early investor and runs R&D efforts in the US dev. center and global expansion to service new governments and geographies

CEO Sohrab@thrivesolarenergy.com+1 510 896 0990

Dr. Ranganayakulu, is a Harvard alumnus and a Professor at Administrative Staff College of India(ASCI), Hyderabad. After several assignments at the UN in India and Afghanistan setup an NGO –Volunteers for Rural Health, Education, and Information Technology(THRIVE) with an objective of providing lighting services to the poor. A small incident in war ravaged Afghanistan triggered this decision while he was working there

Chairman and Managing Directorranga@thrive.in+91 9866 305 772

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