Renewables & Energy Efficiency – Projects
Renewables & Energy Efficiency Projects
Walk Through Energy Audit for Hotel Grant Tulip, Pune
Energy Audit WISE conducted a walk through energy audit for Hotel Grant Tulip in Pune and reported on the possible energy efficiency and energy conservation opportunities to reduce its energy consumption. WISE also evaluated the hotel’s electricity consumption and...
Technical Support to Leading Telecom Industry
Solar Plants in Telecom Industry WISE extended design support to one of India’s leading telecom companies for the design and preparation of engineering drawings for setting up solar plants to meet the captive power requirements of the company’s telecom towers across...
Setting Up 1 Mw Solar Plant at Mirajgaon Gram Panchayat
Solar Plant at Mirajgaon The Mirajgaon gram panchayat in Maharashtra has received grant support from the central government under National Rurban Mission Scheme for setting up of 1 MW solar power plant. In this regard, the Centre for Solar Energy, WISE, aided in the...
Support to Symbiosis Foundation, Pune
Symbiosis Foundation In 2020-21, the Symbiosis Foundation, Pune, sought WISE’s support for setting up of captive solar plants at its Kiwale campus near Pune. This year, the Foundation again sought WISE’s project management support for setting up of captive solar...
Support To Meda’s Amravati Regional Office For Development Of Micro-Grid Project
The villages Retyakheda and Sunita are situated in the vicinity of the Melghat tiger forest reserve area in Maharashtra. These villages are situated far away from the electrical grid of MSEDCL. Due to the dense forest and designated tiger forest reserve area, the...
Tariff determination of solar pv project
Reliance Industries Limited approached WISE for assistance in tariff petition filing for a 5 MW solar PV power project in Rajasthan under MNRE’s Generation Based Incentive (GBI) scheme beyond the first 10 years of operation. WISE prepared the tariff petition based on...
Energy audit for compliance under GRIHA rating for DNV, Arcelia Pune
DNV Arcelia is a luxurious residential apartment project located in Pune, comprising five towers of eleven storeys each. The project intends to get registered under GRIHA, a five-star rating system for green buildings which emphasizes on passive solar techniques for...
Project Management Support to Dr Vikhe Patil Foundation
The Centre for Solar Energy extended consultancy services to Dr Vikhe Patil Foundation, Ahmednagar, for installation of captive rooftop solar power plants in its Medical College and Hospital, and College of Nursing in Ahmednagar. WISE undertook energy assessment and...
Master Re Plan For College Of Engineering Campus, Pune
The MES College of Engineering, Pune, approached WISE to conduct basic energy audit and explore possibilities of implementing renewable energy options such as wind energy, solar powered street lights, solar pumps, charging stations, biogas plants, etc., and propose...
Installation Of Solar PV Security Lighting System For Maher In Maharashtra
CRISIL Ltd. sought WISE’s support to install a solar PV security lighting system for ‘Maher’, a Women and Child Welfare Centre located in Shirur in Pune, Maharashtra. The project was conducted under the CSR activity of CRISIL Foundation—the public charitable trust of...
Feasibility Study For Solar PV And CSP For KVN, Telangana
KVN Innovations and Project Pvt Ltd, Telangana, sought WISE’s support for conducting feasibility studies (technical and financial) on solar PV and concentrated solar thermal (CST) systems with compact linear Fresnel reflector (CLFR) technology, which included a)...
Substituting C1 Gas With Solar PV In The Gulf Cooperation Council
WISE was approached by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) based in Qatar to study and analyse the possibility of substituting C1 gas in a 200 MW grid-connected power plant with solar PV. WISE undertook detailed study on consumption of C1 gas for power generation and...
Technical Support To Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd
The Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) sought the technical support of WISE for evaluating long-term wind resources, energy production potential, and feasibility of setting up wind projects in Panandhro village in Kutch. WISE analysed the site...
Support for bid management for 13MW project under Amrut Yojana
WISE prepared BID document and supported MEDA during the bidding process for development of solar power projects of around 13 MW under Amrut Yojana for Municipal Corporations for their water supply schemes.
Powering Public Water Supply Schemes With Solar Pv In Maharashtra
The Mula Pravara Electric Co-operative Society approached WISE for assistance in assessing feasibility of powering public water supply schemes under its jurisdiction from solar based power. The public water supply schemes typically lift water from the reservoir and...
Technical Support To The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency
The village Chopan is situated in the vicinity of the Melghat tiger forest reserve area in Amravati district, Maharashtra. There are around 163 households and community places like anganwadis in the village. Due to the dense forest and designated reserve area, the...
Energy Strategy For The Indo Tibetan Border Police Outposts
WISE extended support to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for preparing DPR on integrating renewable energy solutions to meet the power generation requirements of various border outposts of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The main objective was to...
Evaluation of Wind Power Density Zones of 42 Wind Projects under MERC
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) shortlisted 42 wind projects that were generating at higher capacity utilization factor than specified in the MERC Regulations, 2010. Accordingly, MSEDCL filed a petition before the Maharashtra...
Assessment of Wind Power Feasibility in the Lakshadweep Islands
The Lakshadweep Energy Development Agency (LEDA) sought the support of WISE to explore the possibility of installing wind turbines on its three islands, namely Kadmat, Kalpeni and Minicoy. The island’s electricity department generates diesel-based power supplemented...
Feasibility study and bid support for 800kW solar PV Plant in RESCO Mode
KSPG Automotive India Private Ltd, Pune, approached WISE for setting up a ground-mounted solar power plant (800 kW) in RESCO mode at their factory in village Takwe Budruk in Pune. WISE extended support for preparation of DPR, power purchase agreement, support for...
Feasibility Studies For Setting Up 21 MW Solar Projects For Various Government And Industrial Organisations
WISE assisted multiple government and industrial agencies in preparing feasibility report and detailed project report for setting up solar PV projects. These included, Siemens Limited, Mumbai, Kochi Metro Rail Corporation, Bharat Oman Refineries, National Mineral...
Assistance To State Generating Company In Assam For Setting Up Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Project
The Assam Power Generation Company Ltd (APGCL) entrusted WISE with the task of conducting ‘techno-economic feasibility study for setting up a wind-solar hybrid power project in Assam’. The scope of work included resource assessment and preparation of a site-specific...
Review Of The Energy Efficiency Policy Framework In India And Support To The State Designated Agency In Kerala
WISE, with support from Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi, successfully carried out a comprehensive review of the energy efficiency policy landscape in India. The project focused mainly on two key areas: 1. Review of energy efficiency programme...
Promotion Of Re And Ee In The Building Sector In Bhutan
WISE, in association with APECS Consultancy, Bhutan, and financial support from the Austrian Development Agency, extended technical and training support to the Department of Renewable Energy (DRE), Government of Bhutan, for promoting the use of solar water heating...
An Innovative Solar Policy For India
In one of the earliest policy advocacy initiatives by WISE, the ‘National Working Group for an innovative Solar Policy in India’ was constituted in August 2007 and supported by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. The working group comprised...
WISE-WORLD BANK-MNRE Project For Scaling Up Energy Access In Rural India
This project was a pioneering one, as it helped bring to the fore, the technical, policy, regulatory and commercial challenges facing off-grid integration in India and helped to provide the necessary groundwork for subsequent policy and regulatory design models...
First Ever Model Tariff Determination For Grid Connected Solar Power In India
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) reached out to WISE to determine tariff for grid-connected solar power projects (solar PV and solar thermal) in India at a time when the solar market had not yet taken off in the country and the National Solar Mission...
RE Action Plan for Tamil Nadu
The objective of the project was to reassess the RE potential of Tamil Nadu and prepare a roadmap for accelerated RE deployment in the state. WISE used the Geographic Information System (GIS) with high-resolution datasets, wind resources, solar resources, land use and...
Client Counsel for tariff determination of solar PV Project
Reliance Industries Limited approached WISE for assistance in tariff petition filing for a 5 MW solar PV power project in Rajasthan under MNRE’s Generation Based Incentive (GBI) scheme beyond the first 10 years of operation.WISE prepared the tariff petition based on...
Energy Efficiency Code For Industries In Bhutan
The Government of Bhutan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, through the Department of Renewable Energy, awarded the assignment to draft Energy Efficiency Codes of Practice for Industries to the World Institute of Sustainable Energy and its associated partner, APECS...
WISE-USAID Study for Performance Evaluation and O&M for Solar PV
Year Of Completion: 2018 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported WISE to execute a two-year project to prepare a comprehensive best practices standard for performance evaluation and O&M in the solar PV segment. The outcome of the...
Addressing challenges to RE manufacturing in India
The key objective of this project was to assess the key challenges facing wind and solar manufacturing in India and suggest policy measures for supporting India’s ambitious target of 160 GW RE by 2022. Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation funded WISE and CSTEP jointly...