Harnessing Solar energy, Options for India
A study on harnessing solar energy options for India was conducted recently by Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, Climate works Foundation and SSN foundation. Supporting this study it has been concluded that solar energy can play a big role in providing electricity to rural areas and thus has been included in India’s rural electrification policy. See more at: http://shaktifoundation.in/report/harnessing-solar-energy-options-for-india/ A study on harnessing solar energy options for India was conducted recently by Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, Climate works Foundation and SSN foundation. Supporting this study it has been concluded that solar energy can play a big role in providing electricity to rural areas and thus has been included in India’s rural electrification policy. See more at: http://shaktifoundation.in/report/harnessing-solar-energy-options-for-india/
LaBL LCOE LED LPD LPG LT MFI MNP MNRE MNREGA MW p NABARD NAPCC NPV NSM NTPC NVVN O&M PED PEN PLF PPA PV R&D REC REC RESCOS RGGVY RPO RPSSGP RTPV RVE SELCO SELF SERC SEZ SHLS SNA SPD STC STU SWHS T&D TERI W e W p μc-Si Lighting a Billion Lives levelised cost of electricity light-emitting diode litres per day liquid petroleum gas low tension/voltage micro-finance institutes Minimum Needs Programme Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Mahathma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act megawatt peak National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development National Action Plan on Climate Change net present value National Solar Mission (abbreviated JNNSM) National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam operation and maintenance partial energy delivery Planters Energy Network plant load factor power purchase agreement photovoltaic research and development Renewable Energy Certificate Rural Electrification Corporation renewable energy service providing companies Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana renewable energy purchase obligation Rooftop PV & Small Scale Power Generation Programme rooftop photovoltaic Remote Village Electrification Solar Electric Light Company Solar and Electric Light Fund State Electricity Regulatory Commissions Special Economic Zone solar home lighting system state nodal agency solar project developers standard test conditions State Transmission Unit solar water heating system transmission and distribution The Energy and Resources Institute watt electric watt peak microcrystalline silicon Annexure 4 -List of Acronyms CSTEP | Page 114
Annexure 5 - About the Authors Shuba V. Raghavan Shuba is a Principal Research Scientist at CSTEP. Her interests are in applying analytical methods to the economics and development of clean energy options. Before joining CSTEP, she worked in commercial banks in the US in the risk management area, after which she was at the Yale Investments Office that manages the Yale University’s Endowment. Shuba has a M.Sc. in mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh. Anshu Bharadwaj Anshu is the Director of CSTEP. His interests span technology and fuel options in India’s electric power generation and transportation sector. His current research is in solar thermal technologies. Before CSTEP, he was an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer for the Government of Karnataka for fifteen years. Anshu has a B.Tech. in mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, and a Ph.D. in engineering and public policy, and mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Anupam A. Thatte Anupam was a Research Engineer at CSTEP before going to Texas A&M University to pursue a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering. He has a B.E. in electrical engineering from Pune University and a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His industry experience includes working for Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC), Pittsburgh, and an internship with ABB at Raleigh, North Carolina. Santosh Harish Santosh was an intern at CSTEP over the summer of 2010. He is currently a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy. Santosh received his B.Tech. in metallurgical and materials engineering from IIT Madras. Kaveri K. Iychettira Kaveri is a final year undergraduate student of electrical and electronics engineering at R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore. She worked as an intern at CSTEP during the summer of 2010, where she primarily focused on the techno-economics of solar applications. Rajalakshmi Perumal Rajalakshmi is a Research Associate at CSTEP, and her current research work focuses on solar thermal applications. Rajalakshmi has an MBA in marketing and human resource management from the SSN School of Management and Computer Applications, Chennai. Ganesh Nayak Ganesh currently works for the Product and Solutions Group of Wipro EcoEnergy. He has over five years of experience in the power sector in various technical and marketing roles with leading multinationals ABB and L&T. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, and a master’s degree in management from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Annexure 5 – About the Authors CSTEP | Page 115
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Annexure 5 - About the Authors<br />
Shuba V. Raghavan<br />
Shuba is a Principal Research Scientist at CSTEP. Her interests are in applying analytical methods to<br />
the economics and development of clean <strong>energy</strong> options. Be<strong>for</strong>e joining CSTEP, she worked in<br />
commercial banks in the US in the risk management area, after which she was at the Yale<br />
Investments Office that manages the Yale University’s Endowment. Shuba has a M.Sc. in mathematics<br />
from the <strong>India</strong>n Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of<br />
Pittsburgh.<br />
Anshu Bharadwaj<br />
Anshu is the Director of CSTEP. His interests span technology and fuel options in <strong>India</strong>’s electric<br />
power generation and transportation sector. His current research is in solar thermal technologies.<br />
Be<strong>for</strong>e CSTEP, he was an <strong>India</strong>n Administrative Services (IAS) officer <strong>for</strong> the Government of<br />
Karnataka <strong>for</strong> fifteen years. Anshu has a B.Tech. in mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur, an MBA<br />
from the <strong>India</strong>n Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, and a Ph.D. in engineering and public policy,<br />
and mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.<br />
Anupam A. Thatte<br />
Anupam was a Research Engineer at CSTEP be<strong>for</strong>e going to Texas A&M University to pursue a Ph.D.<br />
in electrical and computer engineering. He has a B.E. in electrical engineering from Pune University<br />
and a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His<br />
industry experience includes working <strong>for</strong> Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC), Pittsburgh,<br />
and an internship with ABB at Raleigh, North Carolina.<br />
Santosh Harish<br />
Santosh was an intern at CSTEP over the summer of 2010. He is currently a Ph.D. student at Carnegie<br />
Mellon University in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy. Santosh received his B.Tech.<br />
in metallurgical and materials engineering from IIT Madras.<br />
Kaveri K. Iychettira<br />
Kaveri is a final year undergraduate student of electrical and electronics engineering at R.V. College<br />
of Engineering, Bangalore. She worked as an intern at CSTEP during the summer of 2010, where she<br />
primarily focused on the techno-economics of solar applications.<br />
Rajalakshmi Perumal<br />
Rajalakshmi is a Research Associate at CSTEP, and her current research work focuses on solar<br />
thermal applications. Rajalakshmi has an MBA in marketing and human resource management from<br />
the SSN School of Management and Computer Applications, Chennai.<br />
Ganesh Nayak<br />
Ganesh currently works <strong>for</strong> the Product and Solutions Group of Wipro EcoEnergy. He has over five<br />
years of experience in the power sector in various technical and marketing roles with leading<br />
multinationals ABB and L&T. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics from the<br />
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, and a master’s degree in management from<br />
the <strong>India</strong>n School of Business, Hyderabad.<br />
Annexure 5 – About the Authors CSTEP | Page 115
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