Nexus Energytech Pvt. Ltd.

Arvind Karandikar
9011061710
arvind@nexusenergy.in
 Financing Developer /
Institute Investor

Power EPC /
Purchaser Contractor

Government
Utility - Grid
Department
Owner
/ Agency

Regulatory The CEI & other

Approvals
Commission
Project Department

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Development Management Technology
• Permissions •Ownership •Small capacity inverters
• Exploring options for •Sustained O & M •Meters – Uni/Bi-
Revenue •Regular payment directional
recovery •Certifications and
• Grid related
•Replacement costs standards for Indian
• Financing
•Distributed installations conditions
• Identification of •Service availability
Partners

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 Awareness of all stakeholders
 Utility concern about losing well-paying
customers
 Uncertain policies and changing scenario
 Process and documentation for project
development in various models
 Financial closure – project financing
 Identification of installation sites – mainly
roofs
 Identification of suppliers and contractors

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 Grid availability and quality – LV level
 Financial strength of utilities or private clients
 Payment security mechanism
 Changes to roofs, locations – own and
neighbors
 Service manpower and spares
 Re-validation of different agreements
 Changes in consumer loads; crucial in net
metering
 Existing emergency backup supply for
buildings

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 Grid tied inverters – certifications and
standards
 Roof fixing techniques and availability
 Grid protection features – anti-islanding, etc.
 Regular calibration of various equipment
 Timely replacement of components
 Recycling methods and setups for material
 Phase balancing norms for LV grid

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 Regulations are yet in draft stage
 Each SERC has to have regulation for own
state – requires time
 Currently net metering attractive only for high
tariff consumers – needs additional incentives
 State-wise different connectivity
specifications
 Low voltage grid strengthening necessary at
many places

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 Utilities unwilling / unable to provide FIT due
to possibility of further reducing costs of
solar energy
 Private customers (for third party sale)
unwilling to have long term PPA
 Charges of transmission, wheeling,
distribution and CSS are high, making solar
energy more expensive

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 Islanding effect – Anti-islanding protection
◦ Tripping or shutting off generation in case of No-
Grid – built-in feature in Inverter
◦ Active protection by phase locked loop (positive
feedback)
◦ Passive protection by value ranges of voltage and /
or frequency
 Grid outages and revenue losses to developer
 Phase imbalance due to number of
connections on single phase
 Reverse current flow through DTR

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 Rooftop PV
Regulations
Gross / Net metering

Solar
Import Duties
Subsidies
Finance options

Renewables
Long term policies
Incentives
RPO enforcement

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Capacity Development
•Developers and Investors
•Bankers and contractors
•Utility personnel

Resource Mapping
•Weather Stations
•Accurate data of commissioned projects

Holistic Sectoral Development

•Developers / Investors / Manufacturers
•Consumers / National benefits
•Energy conservation / efficiency / renewables

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 Arvind Karandikar
arvind@nexusenergy.in

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