The second wave of the pandemic has been negatively impacting the cost of large-scale solar project development and management. There is also a surge in component prices, adding to the challenges.

India has a cumulative installed solar capacity of 41 GW, and a large-scale solar project pipeline of 53.6 GW, with another 24.1 GW tendered and pending auctions at the end of Q1 2021, according to Mercom India Research’s latest Q1 2021 India Solar Market Update.

Effectively developing and managing this large portfolio of projects balancing cost and quality during challenging times demand innovative solutions. But new-age technological advancements have been coming to the aid of developers to effectively build, operate, and maintain assets.

On Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 03:00 PM IST, Mercom will host a webinar on ‘Redefining Global PV Project Standards – Huawei FusionSolar 8.0 Gemini.’

The webinar marks the India launch of Huawei FusionSolar 8.0 Gemini – and will introduce new cutting-edge technologies that are intellectualizing photovoltaic (PV) design and lowering the capital expenditure. These technologies also help in improving the levelized cost of storage analysis solar-storage synergy.

You can register for the webinar by clicking here.

The webinar will have speakers including Louis Liu, President, Digital Power Business, Huawei India; Ravinder Singh, Senior Product Manager, Digital Power Business, Huawei India; Charu Mathur, Senior Account Manager, Digital Power Business, Huawei India; Goutam Samanta, Head, PV Technology, Juniper Green Energy; Siddhartha Sengupta, Head, Engineering, Sembcorp Green Infra; Ashish Upadhyay, Chief Operating Officer, Belectric Photovoltaic India; and Gaurav Wadhwa, Head, Engineering, ReNew Power.

Priya Sanjay, Managing Director, Mercom India, will moderate the webinar.

The expert panelists from the industry will discuss the latest trends and technologies in the Indian PV industry and ways to achieve a better levelized cost of electricity amidst the current scenario and rising costs.

The audience can also engage with the speakers by asking questions relevant to the discussion. You can register for the webinar by clicking here.

In the last webinar hosted by Mercom, panelists discussed the future of solar string inverters driven by artificial intelligence. Although inverters account for only 5% of a project’s total cost, they are an important component in determining the performance and efficiency of a solar system.