Proceedings of Business Meet on Use of Concentrating Solar

Proceedings of Business Meet
on
Use of Concentrating Solar Technologies for
Community Cooking, Space Cooling & Laundry Applications
in
Hospitals & Hospitality Sectors
Sponsored by: Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India
Organized by: World Institute of Sustainable Energy, Pune
Date: 10 May 2013
Venue: The Conclave Hall, Atria Hotel, Palace Road, Bangalore, Karnataka
Preamble:
MNRE appointed M/s. World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE), Pune for “Market
development of CSTs for community cooking, cooling and laundry applications in hospital
and hospitality sectors” vide No. 1/11/2012-CSHP dated 14 Dec 2012. This project is being
implemented under the UNDP/GEF concentrated solar heat project.
As per Section 2.3 of RfP, one business meet/seminar/workshop/meeting is to be organized
in each of the states i.e. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, NCR and J&K.
Accordingly, the first business meet was organized in New Delhi. The second business meet
was organized in Thane, Maharashtra. The third of the series of eight business meets was
held at Bangalore, Karnataka. The program sheet is attached in Annexure 1. Registration
Sheet is attached in Annexure 2, duly signed by the participants.
Proceedings:
The workshop started with introduction and welcome address by Dr. Sudhir Kumar, Jt.
Director, WISE. He then requested the participants to introduce themselves. It was noted
that many engineers and decision makers representing hospitality and hospital sectors were
present. Representative from the State Nodal Agency, KREDL were also present.
This was followed by a presentation on the basics of CST systems and their possible uses in
hospital and hospitality sectors by Shri Prabhuram Subramanian, Senior Research Associate,
WISE. This provided the starting point for the issues to be discussed on the given topic.
In his lecture on “MNRE programme on CSTs”, Dr. Goswami elaborated the objective and
incentives provided by the Government of India under CST scheme along with certain case
studies of the systems installed in the country. He emphasized the need for expansion of
the program on large-scale, which is possible only through the active participation of the
stakeholders.
The next lecture by Shri S. N. Srinivas on “UNDP-GEF project on CSTs”, presented details of
major initiatives taken up by UNDP-GEF under the project Concentrated Solar Heat and
budgetary provisions provided thereof. The incentives, in addition to that of MNRE, provided
by UNDP was also explained in detail for the two kinds of categories of the projects, viz.
demonstration and replication projects.
An informative documentary film of 10 minutes duration on operational CST system
installed at Gajraj Drycleaners, Ahmednagar was shown, which set the stage for further
techno-financial lectures from manufacturers.
From manufacturers’ side, the two presentations with different technologies were made for
techno-economics of 250 sq. m. collector area:
a) Parabolic dish (ARUN dish) by Shri Girish M., Area Sales Manager, M/s. Clique Solar
Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai who presented the technical, commercial and financial aspects of
the dish-type of solar concentrator.
b) Parabolic dish (Scheffler dish) and Parabolic Trough by Shri V. Venkatasubramanian,
Deputy Manager, Sales & Marketing (Solar Business Group), M/s Thermax Ltd.,
Pune, who explained the detailed information about Scheffler technology being
effectively used in hotels and hospital sectors for cooling and cooking applications.
Thereafter, an informative film was shown on the CST systems installed at the premises of
Prasadalaya building of Shri Sai Sansthan, Shirdi for mass cooking; showing the benefits
reaped by them by augmenting the present steam requirement with solar system. The
interview of users in the film justifies their decision to take up this project as they are
saving large amount of fossil fuel.
Queries raised by participants were satisfactorily answered by MNRE authorities, WISE and
manufacturers. Based on the registration list, a total of 29 participants representing 5
hotels, 8 hospitals and other stakeholders attended the business meet. Out of these, 15
institutions have shown interest in having CST systems installed at their establishments for
meeting different energy needs.
Finally, the vote of thanks was given by Mr. Prabhuram Subramanian, Sr. Research
Associate, WISE acknowledging the efforts of all stakeholders in the successful conduct of
the business meet.
After lunch, a site visit to CST system for cooking application installed at M/s. Titan
Watches, Hosur was organized, which was well explained in detail by Shri Balasubramanian,
Facility Manager, Titan Watches, Hosur. This plant has been installed at the factory as a part
of the corporate strategy of one of the Green Initiatives by the company. The participants
were able to get an insight into the the live application of the technology for cooking in the
staff canteen and were able to share the experience of operator and site engineer.
Photographs of the event:
Selected photographs of the event are presented below.
Welcome address by Dr. Sudhir Kumar, Jt. Director &
Head, Centre for Solar Energy, WISE
Dr. R. P. Goswami, Director, MNRE delivering lecture on
“CST programme of MNRE”
Introductory presentation on CST by Shri Prabhuram
Subramanian, Sr. Res. Assoc., WISE
Shri S. N. Srinivas, Programme Officer (Energy for
Development), UNDP delivering lecture on “UNDPGEF project on CSTs”
Manufacturers’ presentation by Mr Girish M., Area Sales
Manager, M/s. Clique Solar Pvt. Ltd
Manufacturers’ presentation by Mr. V.
Venkatasubramanian, Dy. Manager, Thermax Ltd
A section of the participants
Participants expressing their views
Site visit to CST system for cooking application installed at M/s. Titan Watches, Hosur near Bangalore