November Webinar: SESI Webinar: Solar Thermal Technologies for Industrial Applications

On 20 November 2024 ISES is happy to present the SESI Webinar: Solar Thermal Technologies for Industrial Applications. The webinar is organized by SESI, the Solar Energy Society of India, the ISES section in India. The webinar is supported by ISES and jointly organized with TERI (The Energy and Research Institute, New Delhi) and the Shakti Foundation. 

Most of the process heating temperature requirements are below 400 °C. It may also be noted that approximately 80% of energy consumption is powered with the help of coal, natural gas and petroleum products. It therefore becomes important to exploit renewable energy resources which include solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass, etc. Among renewable energy resources, solar energy has maximum potential and produces clean energy which does not harm the environment during its operation.

Solar Thermal Technologies for Industrial Applications (STIA) represent an incredibly promising market segment, showing significant growth in recent years. This growth is observed not only in the increasing number of applications but also in their scale, spanning various industrial sectors across Europe and many other countries. With its vast potential, this technology can play a key role in industrial decarbonisation efforts, contributing as such to net-zero targets.

India has been promoting solar thermal systems, especially in low and medium temperature ranges, through a few initiatives supported by national as well as bilateral/multilateral programmes. There is therefore an opportunity for India to learn from its own installations and the solar energy-based heating initiatives underway internationally; and then to develop a long visibility programme (incorporating elements for demand generation, speedy procurement, etc.) to accelerate on-ground deployment of solar thermal projects for industrial and other heat applications to contribute to achieving national targets of decarbonisation.

Speakers:

  • Dr Anil Misra, Former Project Manager, UNIDO, and Vice President, SESI
  • Mr. Prafulla Pathak, President, SESI
  • Dr. Ashvini Kumar, Advisor, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation; Board Member ISES; Former Managing Director, SECI Ltd.
  • Prof. Yogi Goswami, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida, USA
  • Mr. Deepak Gadhia, Chairman at Sunrise CSP India Pvt. Ltd
  • Dr Christoph Brunner, CEO, AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies, Austria
  • Ms Geetanjali Patil Choori, CEO & Co-Founder, Energy Guru
  • Mr. Siddhartha Malik, CEO, Vulcan Green Energy LLC, Muscat, Oman
  • Mr Prakash Bhalekar, Co-founder and CEO, Quadsun Solar Solutions
  • Mr Madhusudan Rao Rapole, Director, Oorja Energy Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.

Learn more and register for the webinar here.