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In the final episode of this podcast series, we speak to a vital link that makes up the building blocks of the solar power ecosystem - the Solar Engineering, Procurement, and Construction, or EPC vendors.
How can solar consumers make choices based on the best return on investments, features, capacity and brands? It is crucial that we follow this kind of due diligence as consumers, and to help us comb through these choices, this episode will delve into the perspective of Mr. G. Rajaganesan, proprietor of Vatio Energy. Vatio Energy is a supplier and installer of solar power plants.
This episode is anchored by Ramesh Senguttuvan, Senior Project Associate, Energy program, WRII; edited and engineered by S. Santhosh Kumar; and scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Communications Manager, Global Strategic Communications Products, Energy Program, WRII, with support from Sarah Hasan, Senior Program Communications Associate, Energy Program, WRI India.
சோலார் மின் நிலையம் அமைக்கும் போது அதை பற்றிய தொழில்நுட்பங்களை அறிவது அவசியம். அதிலும் குறிப்பாக முதலீடு, அம்சங்கள், திறன் மற்றும் பிராண்டுகள் ஆகியவற்றில் சிறந்த வருவாயின் அடிப்படையில் சோலார் மின் நிலையம் அமைப்பது பற்றி நுகர்வோர் எவ்வாறு தேர்வு செய்யலாம், மேலும் இந்தத் தேர்வுகளைச் செய்ய விற்பனையாளரின் கண்ணோட்டத்தை, சோலார் மின் நிலைய நிறுவலின் உரிமையாளர் திரு. G. ராஜகணேசன் அவர்களிடம் இருந்து விரிவாகக் கேட்போம்.
வலையொளி தொடரின் இந்த அத்தியாயத்தை தொகுத்து வழங்குபவர், ரமேஷ் செங்குட்டுவன், சீனியர் ப்ராஜெக்ட் அசோசியேட், WRII; எடிட் செய்து வடிவமைத்தவர், S சந்தோஷ் குமார்; எழுதி இயக்கியவர், குணால் சங்கர், சீனியர் கம்யூனிகேஷன்ஸ் மேனேஜர், WRII மற்றும் சாரா ஹாசன், சீனியர் புரோகிராம் அசோசியேட் கம்யூனிகேஷன்ஸ், WRI India.
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Tamil Nadu is one of India's most industrialised states with commerce and industries making up nearly half (45%) of its power consumption as per the state's statistical report 2020-21. Decarbonising this sector is therefore critical to the success of Tamil Nadu's energy transition.
In this episode, we speak to Mr. P.G. Karthick Babu, the proprietor of Karthik Enterprises, a small textile business in Madurai. Karthick talks about his experience in solarizing his enterprise's operations and the challenges he faces.
This episode is anchored by Ramesh Senguttuvan, Senior Project Associate, Energy program, WRII; edited and engineered by S. Santhosh Kumar; and scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Communications Manager, Global Strategic Communications Products, Energy Program, WRII, with support from Sarah Hasan, Senior Program Communications Associate, Energy Program, WRI India.
தமிழ்நாடு புள்ளிவிவர அறிக்கை 2020-21 இன் படி தொழில்துறை மற்றும் வணிக பிரிவில் 45% மின் நுகர்வினை தமிழ்நாடு கொண்டுள்ளது. தொழில்மயமான மாநிலங்களில் ஒன்றாக தமிழ்நாடு இருப்பதால் வணிக மற்றும் தொழில்துறை நுகர்வோர்கள் தமிழ்நாட்டின் ஆற்றல் மாற்றப் பயணத்தில் முக்கிய அங்கத்தினர். இந்த அத்தியாயத்தில், மதுரையில் ஜவுளி உற்பத்தி தொழில் நடத்தி வரும் MSME வணிக உரிமையாளரான திரு. P.G கார்த்திக் பாபு, அவர்களிடம் சூரிய சக்தி பயன்பாட்டு அனுபவத்தைக் கேட்போம்.
வலையொளி தொடரின் இந்த அத்தியாயத்தைை தொகுத்து வழங்குபவர், ரமேஷ் செங்குட்டுவன், சீனியர் ப்ராஜெக்ட் அசோசியேட், WRII; எடிட் செய்து வடிவமைத்தவர், S சந்தோஷ் குமார்; எழுதி இயக்கியவர், குணால் சங்கர், சீனியர் கம்யூனிகேஷன்ஸ் மேனேஜர், WRII மற்றும் சாரா ஹாசன், சீனியர் புரோகிராம் அசோசியேட் கம்யூனிகேஷன்ஸ், WRI India.
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While homes make up 35% of TN power consumption, rooftop solar installations in the state are only at 386 MW (as on March 2023), accounting for nearly 2% of total RE power capacity. Therefore, more initiatives are required from various categories to attain complete energy transition. In this episode, we speak to Mr. D. Suresh, who goes by the moniker Solar Suresh – for his early experience in installing a solar power plant at his Chennai residence a decade ago.
This episode is anchored by Ramesh Senguttuvan, Senior Project Associate, Energy program, WRII; edited and engineered by S. Santhosh Kumar; and scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Communications Manager, Global Strategic Communications Products, Energy Program, WRII, with support from Sarah Hasan, Senior Program Communications Associate, Energy Program, WRI India.
தமிழ்நாட்டின் மொத்த மின் நுகர்வில் 35% கொண்ட பெரிய பயனர்களில் வீட்டு மின் நுகர்வோர் ஒருவர் என்றாலும், தமிழ்நாட்டில் மேற்கூரை சோலார் நிறுவல் சுமார் 386 மெகாவாட் (மார்ச் 2023 நிலவரப்படி) மட்டுமே, இது மொத்த RE மின் திறனில் கிட்டத்தட்ட 2% ஆகும். எனவே, முழுமையான ஆற்றல் மாற்றத்தை அடைவதற்கு அதிக முயற்சி தேவைப்படுகிறது. இந்த அத்தியாயத்தில், நுகர்வோர் திரு. D சுரேஷ் அவர்களின் அனுபவத்தைப் பற்றிக் கேட்போம், சுமார் பத்தாண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு தனது வீட்டில் சூரிய சக்தி ஆலையை நிறுவியவர்.
வலையொளி தொடரின் இந்த அத்தியாயத்தைை தொகுத்து வழங்குபவர், ரமேஷ் செங்குட்டுவன், சீனியர் ப்ராஜெக்ட் அசோசியேட், WRII; எடிட் செய்து வடிவமைத்தவர், S சந்தோஷ் குமார்; எழுதி இயக்கியவர், குணால் சங்கர், சீனியர் கம்யூனிகேஷன்ஸ் மேனேஜர், WRII மற்றும் சாரா ஹாசன், சீனியர் புரோகிராம் அசோசியேட் கம்யூனிகேஷன்ஸ், WRI India.
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How do cities – the nerve centres of economic activity that contribute the most to the global carbon footprint transition to cleaner forms of energy? We at The Energy Pod, attempt to look at this question at a local level, with conversations with residential and industrial consumers. We also speak to solar PV vendors in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.
Tamil Nadu’s renewable energy (RE) capacity has been estimated as 17920 MW (as of March 2023). This includes 10017 MW of wind and 6736 MW of solar. As a highly urbanized state, a focus on city-level transition for Tamil Nadu will be a key driver in its energy transition.
This podcast series aims to help different consumers make informed decisions while acquiring solar power plants, through important conversations and perspectives from residential consumers, solar EPC vendors and small businesses – the MSME sector.
This episode is anchored by Ramesh Senguttuvan, Senior Project Associate, Energy program, WRII; edited and engineered by S. Santhosh Kumar; and scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Communications Manager, Global Strategic Communications Products, Energy Program, WRII, with support from Sarah Hasan, Senior Program Communications Associate, Energy Program, WRI India.
பொருளாதாரத்தில் முக்கிய பங்கு வகிக்கும் நகரங்கள், கார்பன் உமிழ்வுக்கு முக்கியமான காரணியாக விளங்குகிறது. ஆதலால் நகர அளவில் புதுப்பிக்கத்தக்க எரிசக்தியை கொண்டு வருவதற்கு, இந்த வலையொளி தொடரில், புதுப்பிக்கத்தக்க எரிசக்தியை (RE) செயல்படுத்துவது மற்றும் தமிழ்நாட்டில் நகர அளவிலான மாற்றத்தை அதிகரிப்பது குறித்த தொடர் உரையாடல்களை நாங்கள் தருகிறோம்.
தமிழ்நாட்டின் RE திறன் 17,920 மெகாவாட் என மதிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது (மார்ச் 2023 நிலவரப்படி), இதில் 10,017 மெகாவாட் காற்றாலைகள் மற்றும் 6,736 மெகாவாட் சோலார் மின் நிலையங்கள் அடங்கும். அதிக நகரமயமாக்கப்பட்ட மாநிலமாக தமிழ்நாடு இருப்பதால், தமிழ்நாட்டிற்கான நகர அளவிலான மாற்றத்தில் கவனம் செலுத்துவது ஆற்றல் மாற்றத்தின் முக்கிய இயக்கிகளில் ஒன்றாக இருக்கும்.
இந்த வலையொளி தொடர், சூரிய மின் உற்பத்தி செய்யும் வீட்டு நுகர்வோர், சிறு, குறு நடுத்தர தொழில்துறையைச் சேர்ந்த சூரிய சக்தி நுகர்வோர் மற்றும் சோலார் EPC விற்பனையாளர் ஆகியோரின் முக்கியமான உரையாடல்கள் மூலம் நுகர்வோர்கள் முடிவெடுக்க உதவுவதை நோக்கமாகக் கொண்டுள்ளது.,
இந்த வலையொளி தொடரை தொகுத்து வழங்குபவர், ரமேஷ் செங்குட்டுவன், சீனியர் ப்ராஜெக்ட் அசோசியேட், WRII; எடிட் செய்து வடிவமைத்தவர், S. சந்தோஷ் குமார்; எழுதி இயக்கியவர், குணால் சங்கர், சீனியர் கம்யூனிகேஷன்ஸ் மேனேஜர், WRII மற்றும் சாரா ஹாசன், சீனியர் புரோகிராம் அசோசியேட் கம்யூனிகேஷன்ஸ், WRI India.
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The India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) estimates the potential for offshore wind along the coasts of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat alone to be over 70 GW. While India had released a National Offshore Wind Policy in 2015 with targets of 5 GW by 2022 and 30 GW by 2030 to tap into this potential, development has been slow.
To increase investor confidence, MNRE has suggested supporting developers by setting up the evacuation and transmission infrastructure from offshore to onshore till 2030.
Drawing from these recent developments in offshore wind sector, in the final episode in this series at The Energy Pod, we examine some of the expected growth trajectories, necessary interventions and the global best practices that can be explored while expanding offshore wind in India. We speak to Suresh Subramaniam, Head of Renewable Energy, Wind Energy Advisory, The Danish Trade Promotion Council. The organization focusses on fostering innovation, facilitating investments and trade between Denmark and India including offshore wind.
This series is anchored by Deepak Krishnan, Deputy Director, WRI India's Energy Program; edited by sound engineer Santhosh; scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Manager for Global Strategic Communications Product, WRI.
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Offshore wind can play a significant role in helping India achieve its 2030 climate action plans and in responding to the rapidly rising energy demand, by offering multiple advantages such as higher plant load factors and lower variability when compared to onshore. Offshore wind can also contribute towards electricity security and is more stable over time than solar PV.
However, the costs associated with offshore wind are much higher that onshore wind and funding these projects is a challenge. Studies also show that the price of energy from offshore wind would be on the higher side.
In the second episode of the offshore wind series at The Energy Pod we discuss methods to bring down costs and financing of offshore wind projects in India. We speak to Raghauv G, Senior Manager and Kuhan Madhan, Public Policy Specialist, from Guidance Tamil Nadu, which is the Government of Tamil Nadu’s nodal agency for investment promotion and single window facilitation.
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India has a vast and favourable coastline with a potential to produce over 70 Gigawatts of offshore wind energy off the coasts of two states alone – Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, and yet there is not a single windmill in the Indian Ocean. There are multiple challenges that need to be addressed for setting up of offshore projects.
In this first episode of the offshore wind podcast series at WRI India's The Energy Pod, we discuss the technical and financial aspects involving the setting up of offshore wind energy projects in India.
We begin with a conversation with Akhilesh Tilotia, Head of Research, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), one of India’s sovereign-linked asset manager and Kajol, Senior Manager at WRI India who has worked extensively on emerging RE technologies. NIIF is one of the larger alternate investment managers in the country with significant exposure in the infrastructure sector including renewables.
This series is anchored by Deepak Krishnan, Deputy Director, WRI India's Energy Program; edited by sound engineer Santhosh; scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Manager for Global Strategic Communications Product, WRI.To listen to the podcast on your favourite podcastplatforms, please use these RSS feed links below:
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A renewable energy future has been a major global theme for developing countries across the world, including at many recent COPs. However, transitioning to sustainable and renewable energy for India requires several important factors to work in tandem, such as technology transfer, reduced costs of production, an enabling policy framework, and the industrial and entrepreneurial base to catalyze the energy transition. The offshore wind energy sector holds immense untapped potential in this regard.
This three-episode podcast series will explore the role of offshore wind in bolstering India’s energy transition, the challenges and opportunities and expected growth trajectories, necessary interventions and global best practices that can be explored while expanding offshore wind in India.
This series is anchored by Deepak Krishnan, Deputy Director, WRI India's Energy Program; edited by sound engineer Santhosh; scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Manager for Global Strategic Communications Product, WRI.
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In the India's southern state of Kerala, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is the main power utility that supplies electricity, but there are smaller, state-run players like KINESCO, which focuses to serve commercial and industrial consumers in the textile, food processing and information technology parks in about three districts. As C&I consumers increasingly seek renewable energy to achieve their sustainability goals, discoms like KINESCO must strategise to cater to them. As a first step, KINESCO recently signed an MoU with WRI India to conduct a study to recommend building resilience within KINESCO's distribution infrastructure to better serve its C&I consumers. KINESCO has also initiated several rooftop solar projects on their premises to promote clean energy as well.
In the final episode in this series at The Energy Pod, where we examine how India's utilities could scale offering renewable energy, we spoke to Ajith Kumar, CEO, KINESCO, who said innovative tariff structures like green tariffs could be suitable for Kerala, as this could help the state's commercial and industrial consumers avail clean energy with least investment. He also spoke about the constraints of installing large-scale, ground-mounted solar plants in the state.
This series is anchored by Deepak Krishnan, Associate Director, WRI India Energy Program; edited by freelance sound engineer Rajesh Mukkath; and scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Communications Manager, WRI India Energy Program. Dhilon Subramanian, Senior Project Associate, WRI India Energy Program, assisted with the interview.
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India's Electricity Act, 2003 allowed large power consumers to begin buying energy directly from generators, circumventing the distribution companies, or discoms. This led to a steady erosion of commercial and industrial consumers for discoms. Initially, these direct purchase contracts were with thermal generators. But with the steep decline in the cost of renewable power, particularly solar reaching price parity with coal, and as companies look to green their supply chains, these contracts have been struck directly with RE generators. This has meant a loss of lucrative revenue for discoms, as commercial and industrial customers pay a premium to cross-subsidise residential and agriculture consumers in India.
In the second episode in this series at The Energy Pod where we discuss how India's utilities could enhance their renewables portfolio, we spoke to Abhishek Ranjan, Senior Vice-President, Strategies - Utilities and Retail at ReNew Power. ReNew Power is India's largest renewable energy generation company with a contracted demand of over seven gigawatts.
Mr. Ranjan speaks here in his personal capacity, and does not represent the views of ReNew Power. Ranjan touches upon two main challenges. First, working to ensure 24/7 reliable renewable power, ad second, moving beyond the premium pricing models of green tariffs.
This series is anchored by Deepak Krishnan, Associate Director, WRI India Energy Program; edited by freelance sound engineer Rajesh Mukkath; and scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Communications Manager, WRI India Energy Program.
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Electricity has long been a political issue in India, and one of the sops that political parties often promise during election campaigns is free power particularly for farming and low-income communities. But this has long posed a challenge for Indian utilities, or, discoms as they are called in India. This has led to bulk power purchasers in India, typically big industries, whom we call 'commercial and industrial' consumers being charged a premium for the power they consume to compensate for the losses incurred due to subsidies, and also, often due to low-rates fixed by various states’ electricity regulatory commissions. Renewable energy has been generally priced at a premium in most economies, but in India, this is challenging, due to the subsidies, making it unattractive for industrial consumers.
In the first of this series at WRI India's The Energy Pod, we discuss the challenges facing Indian utilities in enhancing the amount of renewable energy on offer for their customers.
We begin with a conversation with Ganesh Srinivasan, CEO, Tata Power, who is based in Mumbai. Tata Power has been one of India’s early privately-sector electricity distribution companies with main operations in the cities of Delhi and Mumbai. It has also been an early adopter of new pricing for renewable energy by offering innovative Green Tariffs mainly for its Commercial and Industrial customers.
This series is anchored by Deepak Krishnan, Associate Director, WRI India Energy Program; edited by freelance sound engineer Rajesh Mukkath; and scripted and directed by Kunal Shankar, Senior Communications Manager, WRI India Energy Program ; Ashok Thanikonda, who was formerly with WRI India, assisted with the interview.
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