This document discusses renewable energy in India and opportunities in energy storage. It notes that while India has abundant renewable resources like solar and wind, these are currently costly and intermittent due to lack of effective energy storage. Better storage technologies could increase reliability and lower costs, making renewable energy more viable. The energy storage market in India is poised to grow significantly to meet future electricity demands and support rural electrification programs. Various technologies and market segments like off-grid solar are opportunities for both small and large companies. Partnerships will also be important to develop new applications and bring innovations to market.

1. Renewable Energy in India – Why should you care? NarasimhanSanthanam EAI, www.eai.in

2. About EAI Leading Indian renewable energy business intelligence, market strategy consulting firm Work on all primary renewable energy sectors – solar, wind, bio-fuels / biomass, waste-to-energy and small hydro Work on market research, entry and diversification strategy, economic and financial modeling and pre-feasibility analysis Team comprises professionals from IITs and IIMs, with renewable energy, industry research and economics backgrounds Based out of Chennai, India More at www.eai.in

3. India’s current electricity production Installed capacity: Approx 150 GW Primarily based on coal (52%) & large hydro (27%) Wind (7%) is the largest alternative energy component Total non-hydro renewable energy is only about 8% of total

4. Future electricity requirements Could require 350 GW by 2017 (McKinsey) Where does the additional 200 GW come from? From fossil fuels (coal, natural gas) and Renewables

6. Wind *

7. Hydro – small and large *

8. Biofuels

9. Wave and tidal

11. Renewable resources are distributed

13. Better energy storage lower costs

15. Energy storage for utility-scale is still evolving

17. RE has scale – prompts investments and lowers costs

20. Technologies to watch out for Batteries – Lead acid, Li-ion, flow batteries, NaS Thermal energy storage – Solar CSP Fuel cells Pumped hydro Compressed air energy storage Flywheel Superconducting magnetic energy storage Supercapacitors

22. Village electrification

23. Commercial demand for replacing DG sets

24. Solar-based products – lanterns, lamps and more

26. Opportunities for partnerships Joint ventures & research partnerships New technologies and applications Value added resellers Specific industries (cellular) / markets (local villages) OEM partnerships solar modules manufacturers/solar product suppliers

27. Opportunities from innovations New markets - Non-consumers becoming consumers, grid-connected power generation segment New sources - Use in emerging renewable energy sources such as tidal, wave & geothermal New products – Use of RE for new products that have critical need for batteries

28. “What should I do?” Secondary research – read up more on your target segment Primary research – talk to the market Foot in the door – get your hands dirty at least cost

29. All the best! NarasimhanSanthanam EAI – Energy Alternatives India @ www.eai.in narsi@clixoo.com 98413 48117