The Solar Future: India 2011 to chart roadmap for India’s emergence as a Solar Sup

erpower
Latest updates on National Solar Mission, focus on 3 states leading the solar mo
vement, discussions on how to ensure solar/PV takes off big in India & more at t
his one of a kind international two day conference
New Delhi, January 13, 2010: The Solar Future: India 2011, the debut two-day int
ernational solar/PV conference organized by SOLARPLAZA, a leading international
knowledge platform and event organizers in Solar in association with Solar Energ
y Society of India (SESI), is focusing on charting a clear path for India to bec
ome a Solar Superpower. Elevating the event from another industry get together t
o being one that will bring in a unique mixture of international experts, key po
licy decision makers at the state and central governments and the who’s who of Ind
ian solar industry to discuss and input on this vision. To be held over the 24th
and 25th of January at The Grand, New Delhi, the conference is the first of the
major initiatives planned by SOLARPLAZA for the Indian market.
According to Edwin Koot, CEO, SOLARPLAZA and Chairman, The Solar Future India 20
11, “India’s expertise in R & D, Engineering and Project Management will bring the r
aw material and technology costs down significantly over the next few years. The
se, aided by robust support from the Indian Government through the National Sola
r Mission and further push by state governments through their own add-on policie
s and initiatives, make India an attractive destination and is likely to bring i
n new investments in the space. We felt the ‘The Solar Future: India 2011’ will focu
s on charting a path to India becoming a solar superpower like Germany, Spain an
d Japan. The country is currently meeting the bulk of its peak power requiremen
ts through diesel-based power and can be replaced with solar power soon, with su
n’s energy being most predictable and available in abundance here”.
Top speakers at the event include; Debashish Majumdar – the Chairman and Managing
Director of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), Mario Zen Vi
ce President of LDK Solar, the world’s largest vertically integrated manufacturer
and Jigar Shah, visionary solar expert and founder of SunEdison and now CEO of t
he Carbon War Room’. Other experts scheduled to speak at the event include S.K. S
hakula, the Head Solar and Director of the Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy D
evelopment Agency (CREDA), AES Solar Energy Managing Director Srinivas Nagabhira
va, KfW Bank Project Manager Ramana Reddy, M.M. Vijayvargiya the Technical Direc
tor of Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC), V.H. Buch Director of the
Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA), Orb Energy CEO Damian Miller, Photon E
nergy CEO Gautham Nalamada and Pashupathy Gopalan, the Head of Indian Operations
for SunEdison and MEMC among others.
Plenary sessions will be held focusing on - PV Project Development in India, The
Potential for Non-Ground Based PV Application, PV power plant development in In
dia, Can India become a solar industry leader? What is needed to make financing
of power plants easier? and The Solar Future of India - new Solar Superpower? et
c.
Some of the key topics being presented across the two days include among others:
• The international expert: How to build a successful solar PV company
• The supply chain expert: How Much Cheaper Will Solar PV Modules Become in the Co
ming Years?
• The Indian Government: The Status and Latest Information about the National Sola
r Mission
• Gujarat: Why it will be the new solar super State of India?
• Rajasthan: Why the sunny State is becoming a booming market?
• West Bengal: Incentives, experiences and market opportunities in West Bengal
• The residential developer: Challenges and opportunities in the Indian Off-grid s
olar PV market
• The contractor: The Future of Off-grid Solar Power
• The power plant expert: Opportunities and legal aspects of large scale PV Projec
t Development in India
• The Solar Service Provider: How solar power plants can be privately financed in
India?
• The turnkey factory supplier: What does it take and offer building a Thin-Film M
odule Factory?
• The turnkey factory provider: From Silicon to Modules: What Does it Take to Sta
rt Your Own Vertically Integrated PV Factory?
• The Indian Energy utility: What are the Experiences with PPA Contracts?
• The Developer: Financing of large scale solar energy projects
• The Indian Banker: Financing Experiences of a PV Power Plant in India
• The Financial Enabler: How Can the World Bank support Very Large PV Power Projec
t Developments?
• The visionary architect: How to build a ‘City of the Sun’ in India
About The Solar Future: “The Solar Future” is an international conference organized
by Solarplaza.com, that offers a great platform for high-level networking among
the stakeholders of the solar/PV industry that is poised to create over US$50 b
illion dollars in annual revenues by 2012. In the last 5 years, the event which
is the flagship conference of SOLARPLAZA has been held in UK, Germany, Netherla
nds and France. “The Solar Future” PV conferences worldwide have been most successfu
l with their large scale presentation, besides delivering significantly high val
ue for the local solar/PV industry. For more information on the conference, plea
se visit, www.thesolarfuture.in. Solar Plaza is offering special rates for India
n companies to participate in the Conference. To learn more on this offer, you m
ay email to india@solarplaza.com

About SOLARPLAZA: SOLARPLAZA International is a Netherlands-based firm founded

by Edwin Koot, a senior PV expert with over 16 years of experience working in th
e solar/PV industry. The organization’s mission is to work towards empowering the
solar future across the globe. Solarplaza has been a leader with global level e
vents and trade missions since 2004. Solarplaza.com is the independent global pl
atform for knowledge, trade and events for the solar/PV industry. The services o
f SOLARPLAZA include organizing of international solar PV trade missions, solar
PV expert conferences, providing a trade platform, connecting manufacturers and
investors with solar PV developers besides offering strategic consultancy. SOLAR
PLAZA has organized more than 20 International PV Trade Missions and Solar PV Co
nferences in China, Spain, Italy, Greece, California, Taiwan and India, since it
s inception. For more information, please visit, www.solarplaza.com
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