IESA Special Webinar on

Power Wall & Its Relevance in India

Understand details about TESLAs new solution offerings and its
relevance for Indias Microgrid & Rooftop Solar Requirements
20th May 2015

Presented by
Dr. Rahul Walawalkar
VP, Emerging Tech & Markets, Customized Energy Solutions

Director, ESA

Executive Director, IESA

Vice Chair, GESA

Todays Presenter
Dr. Rahul Walawalkar / CEM, CDSM, CSDP
Executive Director - IESA & VP, Emerging Technologies
Rahul leads the Emerging Technologies & Markets practice for
Customized Energy Solutions with focus on energy storage,
renewables, demand response and smart grid technologies as well as
international markets. Rahul is founder and Executive Director for
India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA). He is member of the Board of
Directors of Electricity Storage Association (ESA) since 2009. He was
nominated as Vice Chair for Global Energy Storage Alliance (GESA).
Rahul has served as an expert evaluator for US Department of Energy for various smart grid
and energy storage demonstration projects in US during 2009-12. In 2012, Maharashtra
Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) nominated him as chairperson of working group
on Integrating Renewable Energy Sources, Micro-Grids and Energy Storage as part of Smart
Grid Coordination Committee. In June 2013, he was nominated as member of national
taskforce for integration of renewable energy sources by Central Electricity Authority &
Ministry of Power in India. In May 2014, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India
(MNRE) nominated him on the standing committee for energy storage and hybrids.
Rahul holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. He
holds Masters in Energy Management from New York Institute of Technology.

What is Power Wall all about?

Is this the missing link required to move from coal to solar?

Let us understand Power Walls specifications

System Design and Integration

TESLA POWERWALL
Battery pack in two variations (7
kWh and 10 kWh)
Integrated battery management
system, cooling system and smart
usage monitoring system
Designed to fit in with the solar
panel - inverter systems

Powerwall is positioned as a
solution for residential or
remote customers to utilize
solar energy or as a
resource for backup power.

Teslas Growth: Vertical Expansion to Horizontal

Diversification
Started as EV
manufacturer

Planned to
horizontally diversify
as an energy
company

Teslas Gigafactory

Focused on Battery
to improve
performance of EV

Procured Li-ion cells

in bulk and started
making battery packs
for these applications

Power Wall

Realized the need to

invest in EV charging
infrastructure

Installed charging
stations with storage
due to demand
charges

Diversifying to other
storage applications

Energy Storage Landscape 2015

Energy Storage Technologies Performance

ENERGY STORAGE performance
metrics:
Capital cost ($/kWh)
Cycle life
Roundtrip Energy Efficiency
Space footprint
C-rate (duration)
Usable SOC range

Lead Acid batteries are work

horse for the industrial and
residential backup and provide
lower capital cost solutions ,
while Li-Ion & Flow batteries
are emerging as solutions for
applications requiring higher
cycle life.

Capital Cost Trend

IESA predicted that Li-Ion price will fall over the time. But Teslas Powerwalls price ($350/kWh)
already beat our expected price.

Energy Storage Scale of Manufacturing

LEAD ACID battery leads the

energy storage market in
production and sales
LITHIUM ION batteries are
currently being manufactured
in the GW scale (portable,
transportation and grid
storage)
FLOW BATTERIES are currently
being manufactured on a MW
scale. Production is likely to
scale up significantly in the
next 5 years

Energy storage technologies are

in early stages of achieving
economies of scale. As the costs
come down, markets will expand,
thus providing more
opportunities to scale up.

SOLAR ROOF TOP AND SOLAR PV POWERED

MICROGRID MARKET IN INDIA

Villages in India
As stated in Office Memorandum subject DDUGJY (2014), there were around 1,001,506 villages
over 100 population and 74,157 villages or inhabitations with less than 100 population on 31st of
Dec, 2012.

Most of the villages accounted

in census will be electrified
through grid supply. However,
the rural India witness power
outages over 10 hours in many
parts of India. Such villages
are already relying on DG sets
and lead acid battery back-up.
It is estimated that over
2,00,000 habitations will be
electrified by off-grid solutions
and over 20% of these
habitations might be electrified
with micro-grids.

Total Villages/Habitations in India, 2013

74157
Habitations with less than
100 population

515159
486347

Habitations/villages with
over 100 population
excluding census villages
Total census villages with
above 100 population

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Rural Electrification and Microgrid (continued)

Most of the off-grid electrification projects are not micro-grids. They are individual household
electrification through solar PV where provision for only lighting is made. Although they are the
preferred choice, they do not meet the criteria of rural electrification.

It is observed that over 90% of electrification of villages or

inhabitations have been done through grid expansion under RGGVY
(now DDUGY). And the rest of the villages or inhabitations have been
electrified through off-grid solutions.
Microgrid is practically the best option to electrified a rural
inhabitation of under 100 households or a village or inhabitation
located in a remote locality where physically it is almost impossible to
take the grid supply. However, due to various challenges in
maintaining of microgrids, individual household electrification through
solar panels of under 40 W are deployed over each households with
couple of under 2W LEDs and a mobile charger.

Classification of Rural Electrification

Rural
Electrification

Off-grid
Solutions

Micro-grid

AC Microgrid
(5-10 kW and
above)

Grid
Expansion

Individual
Household
Electrification

DC Microgrid
(in Watts and
less than 2kW)

*expected result Source: CEA, Open Government

Data

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India: Fast growing market for off grid systems

According to a recent survey
by USAID / CEEW, there are
currently over 250 companies
working on providing off grid
solutions to consumers in
India.

ESS Opportunity for Rural Electrification:

Microgrids
VRLA maintenance free battery likely to penetrate DC and off-grid market. VRLA, advanced lead
acid and flow batteries likely to penetrate AC microgrid market. However, the rural housing (gridconnected) segment likely to opt for cheapest possible solutions.
Rural Electrification and Back-up Opportunities (MW and MWh), India, 2015-2020

500
DC Microgrid/Individual
Household Solar PV
(financially selfsustainable)

480
460
440

AC Micro grid (funding

and subsidy required)

420
400
Popular grid size 250
Wp and 2kWh storage

Not suitable for

Power wall

MW

Popular grid size around 5 kWp 10

kWp and 15-30kWh storage

Suitable for Power wall

(120000 ESS rated 10 kWh can
be installed)
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Roof-top PV
India is amongst top 15 nations around the world in terms of installed solar capacity which is
around 3 GW +
Indias Total Solar Target and Installed Capacity

3 GW +

100GW

Current installed Capacity

Government target by 2022

Solar Installed Capacity in India (MW)

3,500

Capacity (in MW)

3,000

3,002
2,632

2,500

2,000
1,030

1,500

994

1,000
500
-

1,684

948
654
370

3
Mar 2009

11
Mar 2010

25
36
Mar 2011
Annual

Mar 2012

Mar 2013

Mar 2014

Dec 2014

Cumulative

Indias Rooftop Solar Target and Installed Capacity

300 MW +
Current installed Capacity

40GW
Government target by 2022
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Roof-top PV Drivers
In most parts of India, clear sunny weather is experienced 250 to 300 days in a year. The
equivalent energy potential is about 5,000 trillion kWh per year

India will likely see a record growth in the rooftop solar PV segment. The key market drivers are:

government incentives, mandatory rooftop solar policies at the state level and the rising power tariffs.

The rooftop solar market is still at an early stage with many participants and an exciting dynamic.

Total installed capacity in the residential segment is 112 MW or 40% of the total market, But this market
is highly fragmented and dominated by local companies.

National Action
Plan for Climate
Change
Ministry of New &
Renewable Energy
(MNRE)
State solar
policies of major
states (10.86 GW)

Goal of increasing production of photovoltaics from 1 GW/year till 2017

Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in phases (20 GW by 2022)

3% (34 GW) of installed capacity by 2022 envisaged under National Tariff Policy
(increased to 8% under draft NTP)
Major States: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh

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Roof-top PV
Battery is an essential part in the design of roof-top solar PV system. Small power rating and
longer life of the battery is the key parameter for this application.

Rooftop Solar Connection Diagram

There is a huge scope for

this market, where batteries
can be used for rooftop PV
integration. With current
price point and technology
Teslas Power Wall will be
one of the best fit for Indias
market

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Roof-top PV Potential
Based on solar targets and government policy for rooftop solar, ESS Potential is ranges from
2.2 GW to 3.4 GW

Potential (in Mws)

State-wise ESS market Potential for Off Grid Solar, India 2015-20 (in MWs)
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0

High Case
Low Case

ESS market Potential for Off Grid Solar, India 2015-20 (in MWs)

2,275

Low Case

3,412

High Case

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

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India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA)

IESA was launched in 2012 to help technology and system integration companies involved in
energy storage and microgrids to understand and capture opportunities in thro growing market.

In 2013 launched IESA-Knowledge Partner Network with a goal of addressing energy storage
applications in over 10 key sectors. Currently we have 40+ members.

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Helping drive policy framework for storage

Member of National Taskforce on Renewable Integration for Central Electricity Authority (CEA) &
Ministry of Power (MOP)
Member of Standing Committee on Energy Storage and Hybrid Systems for Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Chairperson of working group on energy storage, microgrids and renewable integration as part of
Smart Grid Co-ordination Committee for Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC)

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Electronic & Semiconductor Association etc.
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and C&I applications.

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