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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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Energetica News

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 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


Without accelerateddepreciation

13.00 per kWh 14.68 per kWh for first 12 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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Energetica News

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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Energetica News

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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Energetica News

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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Energetica News

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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INTERVIEW

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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INTERVIEW

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

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