renewably energy india forum

Solar 2010

21^st and 22^nd September 2010,
Hotel Lalit, New Delhi

IPFonline Limited (IPF), one of India's most acclaimed trade information and service provider of Industrial and Engineering Products today announced the launch of Renewable Energy India Forum (REIF). The vision behind REIF is to provide a platform for showcasing the promotion of renewable energy in India and elsewhere, by showcasing the latest products (and processes) in renewable energy, thus developing the biggest online cluster for the sector in the world.

Marking the beginning of this pioneering effort, Renewable Energy India Forum hosted their first conference devoted to 'Solar Energy' at The LaLit in New Delhi. This event will be followed by similar conventions on Wind, Bio-Energy and Hydropower respectively, spanned across FY 10-11 and Solar 2011 conference. The first conference on Solar Energy is become the benchmarking conference in solar energy sector.

The objective of the 'Solar 2010' conference organised under the Renewable Energy India Forum was to focus on the challenging issues and opportunities available in the country for Solar Energy. The first day of the conference witnessed leading Solar Energy Experts, Industry Leaders, Private & Govt. Financial Institutions, Technology Experts and Nodal Agencies like Shri. Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Advisor & Head, Solar Energy Centre, MNRE; Shri S P Gon Choudhury, CMD, WBGEDCL; Mr. Jason Donovan, First Secretary, Energy, US Embassy; Shri H D Khunteta, Director, REC . Mr. Amit Shah, Co-Chairman and Director, Astonfield Renewables Inc., Mr. Mahendra Swarup, President, Indian Venture Capital Association, Ms Sumita Misra, Director, HAREDA, Indo-German Development Cooperation in the Energy Sector; Mr. Rajiv Jain, Associate Director, India Semiconductor Association, Dr. Pardeep Chaturvedi, Chairman, Indian Association for the Advancement of Science, Acciona Energy India; Shri B V Rao, General Manager (TS), IREDA, Mr. Alok Nigam, VP Business Development, Lanco Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Adam R Smith, MD Solar Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Dr. R K Bhogra, Ex GM and Head ASSCP, Mr. Jayant Deo CEO & MD IEX, Dr. Mohan Bhan, VP, Moser Baer, Dr. Debajit Palit, TERI exchange their views, knowledge and expertise in the solar energy sector. Issues like financial feasibility and technical gullibility's of solar power production, analysis of the of the Solar Equipment Manufacturing in India aligned to its global counterparts, and evaluation of required level of skilled manpower development to support the process was discussed. Solar conference was concluded with Panel Discussion on the theme "Developing A Roadmap for Grid Parity by 2022".

Commenting on the initiative Mr. Linus Lobo, COO, IPFonline limited said, "A parallel utilization of renewable resources like solar, wind, bio-mass along with conventional energy is necessary to meet the current need- gap for energy. At the same time there is a huge untapped market for products harnessing renewable energy which is silently growing in our own backyard. The objective for creation of Renewable Energy India Forum Energy is to bring forth and support ideas and innovations in a focussed manner and thereby ultimately contribute to catalysing the shift to clean green living. Solar 2010 marks our first step towards this progressive effort and we hope to achieve successful results in the coming years."

IPFonline since its inception has been working closely with small and medium enterprises across the manufacturing sector. With the development of renewable energy sector, there have been many innovative inventions on energy efficient and environmental friendly products. IPFonline's vision for the introduction of the Renewable Energy India Forum is to create awareness and drive demand by supporting the product innovations in this segment.

Website: solar2010.renewableenergyindia.org