MERCOM INDIA RENEWABLES SUMMIT 2023, NEW DELHI
APRIL 26, DAY - 1
India's Energy Transition - Markets and Opportunities
As India marches towards energy transition, new market opportunities are emerging. The industry heavyweights will set the stage for strategic discussions on the opportunities and scope for scaling renewables, the investments, technology, and other resources needed to achieve the massive targets.
Duration: 60 mins
Mohit Bhargava
CEO
NTPC Renewable Energy
Shivanand Nimbargi
MD & CEO
Ayana Renewable
Raj Prabhu
CEO
Mercom Capital Group
Domestic Manufacturing – Strengthening Local Supply Chains
The government of India has announced initiatives to boost renewable energy manufacturing through unique incentives, infrastructure facilities, and policies. This session will dwelve into demand and supply scenarios, opportunities, challenges, the way forward for backward integration and adoption of the latest technologies.
Duration: 60 Mins
Lalit Bohra
Joint Secretary
MNRE
Manjunath N Reddy
Founder & Managing Director
Dhash PV Technologies
Puneet Gupta
CTO
Adani
Prashant Mathur
CEO
Saatvik Green
Changing Landscape of Renewable Projects
Large-scale projects are quickly evolving from pure solar to solar with wind and energy storage to provide round-the-clock power to better suit the energy demand of DISCOMs. The session will discuss the future large-scale project development trends.
Duration: 60 Mins
Dilip Nigam
Adviser
MNRE
Deepak Ushadevi
MD & CEO
Ciel & Terre India
Prashant Choubey
President
Avaada Energy
Venkatesh R
CEO
Everrenew Energy
Technology Trends Driving the Renewables Market
The Renewables sector has seen unprecedented technological innovations in the past few years globally. The session will deep-dive into disruptive technologies making their way into Indian markets.
Duration: 60 mins
Dinesh Dayanand Jagdale
Joint Secretary
MNRE
Sujoy Ghosh
Vice President & Country Managing Director India
First Solar
Sishir Garemella
Head of International Business Development
PV Evolution Labs
Sai Charan
Technical Director- South & Central Asia
Jinko Solar
Rahul Morde
GM Business Development
LONGi
Green Hydrogen – The Critical Piece in the Decarbonization Puzzle
The ‘National Hydrogen Energy Mission’ charts the path to creating a value chain in the country to achieve the goal of producing 5 million tons of green hydrogen by 2030. The panel will discuss challenges that the market has to overcome for India to become a major hub.
Duration: 60 Mins
Shaji John
Head Of Sales & BD, South Asia, Middle East & Africa
Ohmium
Dipesh Pherwani
Scientist
MNRE
Chintan Shah
RE Expert
Kapil Maheshwari
ED and CEO
Welspun New Energy
MERCOM INDIA RENEWABLES SUMMIT 2023, NEW DELHI
APRIL 29, DAY - 27
Technology Spotlight - Start-up Pitch Session
Indian startups will pitch their innovative technologies and inventions in front of the Summit audience. The panel of judges will select the companies with the best technology.
Duration: 90 Mins
Role of Energy Storage in Making Renewables Mainstream
Energy Storage Solutions will play a major role as India continues to add intermittent renewable energy capacity to its grid. The market for storage, especially long-duration energy storage, is enormous if the most efficient and commercial technologies meet the price expectations. The experts in the session will navigate through the policy push, commercially deployed technologies, innovations and investments needed to make renewables available round the clock.
Duration: 60 Mins
Rupam Raja
Chief Commerical Officer
Fluence India
A K Sinha
AGM
SECI
Brahmendra Thakur
Business Segment Head – Renewables
Black & Veatch
Cyriac Loyola
Customer Project Manager
SMA Solar India
Corporates and Industries Leading Decarbonization and Renewables Adoption
For India to meet its net zero goals, adoption of green energy among commercial and industrial units is critical. Corporates are looking to green their supply chains adding to the existing demand. The panel will discuss ways to accelerate clean energy adoption and the business models for making it financially attractive.
Duration: 60 Mins
Raghunath T
Vice President & Head, Credit
Vivriti Asset Management
Akhil Agarwal
Director-Renewable Energy & Power Management
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
Ravi Seth
AVP - Business Development
Indian Energy Exchange
Ashish Agarwal
BluPine Energy
Head – Solar
Electric Vehicles – The Next Big Source of Renewable Power Demand?
India's EV ambition could create a multi-billion-dollar opportunity in the country, which will also be a major demand-side driver for clean energy generation assets. The ball has started rolling with major vehicle manufacturers offering all-electric vehicles in their line-up, the PLI program for automobile and auto Components, and the FAME program. The session will deliberate on how to accelerate the development of EV infrastructure in the country.
Duration: 60 Mins
Sudhendu J Sinha
Adviser
Niti Aayog
Abhishek Dabas
CEO
Gentari Green Mobility India
Financing Renewables – Where is the money coming from?
The session will explore the financing avenues for funding projects, new manufacturing facilities, expansion, products, and startups as the Indian renewable sector expands to meet the net zero goals. Find out who is funding, how to access these funds, and what the requirements are.
Duration: 60 Mins
P K Sinha
ED (Projects)
PFC
Hitesh Paliwal
Sr VP Zonal Head North Zone
State Bank of India
Akhil Dokania
Director
Avendus
Sandeep Upadhyay
Managing Director
Centrum Capital