Affordable Energy Access Micro wind energy based smart telecom towers and mini grid

Workshop on Business Models & Scaling up Mini Grids in Asia-Pacific

7th Feb 2013, Kathmandu

Raghuraman C
www.ehandsenergy.in

Agenda
Global perspective on off-grid, micro wind systems

Challenges & Key drivers for growth of Micro wind centric systems Telecom and rural powering in India The business model of E-Hands Energy.

Global Scenario, Micro wind

United Kingdoms market for small/micro wind turbines grew by 144 % in 2012 ! Global installed capacity of micro wind systems is over 600MW; US alone has over 220MW with 1,60,000 small turbines by end of 2012 ! U.S. small/micro wind installations annually displace 178,000 tons of CO2, equivalent to removing 31,000 cars from the road!

Telecom tower ( global market) alone will uptake US$ 8 Billion worth of wind+solar hybrid systems. ( GSMA report)
Indias total installed capacity of small/micro wind is only about 3MW ! Key driver across EU, North Americas : Concern on rapidly shrinking MTBD ( Mean Time Between (natural) Disasters) & Energy security

Green Telecom towers- Global.India&Nepal

30,000 green sites; worldwide , being tracked live by GSMA. mostly on solar
Another 12,000 sites on diesel-battery hybrid , further 6500 on rollout in 2013.

Top 5 Green Tower Countries ( by ratio of green towers to total) : 1) China 2) Cambodia 3 ) France Telecoms network in EU 4) Indonesia 5) Egypt & Saudi Arabia Key sources of renewables in GSMA live database : Wind/Wind-Solar-Hybrid : 2500 sites; Fuel Cell : 700 ( Indonesia alone has 500 sites), rest 88% on Solar. India : 3,80,000 telecom towers almost 70% diesel supported , 1,50,000 towers/sites on 4.5m/s wind zone
260 million subscribers struggling for daily charging their phones.

Nepal has about 150 solar powered telecom sites ( Ncell) GSMA s projection: 1,20,000 towers world wide to go green ( developing nations) Community power program, inclusive approach for towers ( Rockefeller Foundation) Abundant wind at 25m and up level almost in 60% of the population; round the year sunshine in 96% population.

Challenges, Drivers and Paradigm Shifts !

Challenges:
Energy is a pass through cost. Who pays for it ? Many countries ( Indonesia) the towerco is only a real estate company; does not own up energy provisioning.
Limited space in tower site ( typically 1200-2000sqft) for solar PVs in semi-urban areas. Almost impossible on RTT

Lack of independent, credible certifying agencies. Assurance to

consumers.

Making a living out of diesel pilferage.

Drivers : India
2% CSR law DoT norm Deregulated diesel for bulk supply.

New Paradigm :
Community powering/mini grids centered around towers. Net metering/feed-in tariff for roof top wind on homes, offices,
schools/colleges etc.

E-Hands Energy
Focus: Off-grid/grid tied affordable micro wind centric hybrid, uncompromising Quality. Worlds best turbine.
Best suited for telecom BTS, delivers 48V dc .

#1 in India on cleantech business plan; by ISB.

Nearing 100 installations across 6 States,
cumulative growth rate of 170% since 2009.

Revenue Verticals : Real Estate/Construction, Rural electrification/mini grids on MF, Corporates with managed services, Schools, Water pumping and WRA
Pioneered the wind powering of telecom towers. Database of wind resources for over 30,000 telecom sites. LoI from Bharti Infratel. Holding back the foray in to telecom sector- Opex model not helpful.

Strength : Execution excellence, micro siting, high altitude deployment, maintainability.

 Focus on Corporate Entities:

Business Model
Enabling sustainability as Board Room agenda; CSO role. 25% or more green generation Get Out Of Diesel ( GOOD) through Managed Energy Services

Easy financing of micro turbines Hybrid of micro wind+solar: Space is a premium !

4KW of Solar PV capacity= 400sqft space; 4KW of Hybrid capacity = ONLY 15sqft space !!

Go the DC way on load. Rural Mini grids- Consumption based monthly charges.

Affordability !
Affordability Cheap Life cycle cost over 22 years High quality, flawless execution, zero maintenance. Focus on storage cost/power efficiency Flexi financing/payment plan for the next 1000 installations. Current, amortized( inflation adjusted) cost of generation from wind+solar is about Rs.9.5/Kwh, will drop to Rs 5.5/kwh by 2016.
Grid Power/Kwh Diesel Power/Kwh Wind+Solar/Kwh Rs.60.00 Rs.50.00 Rs.40.00 Rs.30.00 Rs.20.00 Rs.10.00 Rs.2010 2013 2016 2019

E-Hands Energys Social Wind for Schools program impact & sustainability Powering community toilets.
Free education to Corporates on diesel savings.
Pioneering micro financing model for energy access in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Karnataka , Rajasthan & Gujarat.

Special focus on Uttarakhand: Saving Himalayas, energy access on Indo-Tibet/Nepal borders and increasing livelihood.
Electrification using micro turbines to hamlets almost 60KM by foot/walk !!

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raghu@ehandsenergy.in