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CSP Today India concluded on 13 March 2013 and was a great success after 2 days of informative presentations and detailed discussions.

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See how this industry driving agenda will increase CSP's market share in India and boost your business opportunities

The 2 day agenda for CSP Today India 2013 has been carefully crafted to provide you with the exact information that you need to win business, develop projects and make CSP viable in India. 

12 MARCH – DAY ONE

The 2013 outlook for CSP in India

Introduction to the CSP Indian market

Belen Gallego, Founder & Director, CSP Today

• With a CSP industry in India now taking real shape after Phase I, educate your business strategy for the Indian market with a look at what has been achieved so far
• Explore the difficult questions that need to be answered in order for the industry to progress - including strategies for finance, technology comparisons and cost reduction
• Develop a vision for what CSP can achieve in India in the next phase of its development and how this will transform the market’s prospects and potential

Belen Gallego, Founder & Director, CSP Today
Shiv Shukla, President & CEO, Abener Engineering, Abengoa Solar India
Vimal Kumar, President, Cargo Power

COFFEE BREAK

The key CSP lessons from JNNSM Phase I

• Straight from the developers - get the valuable lessons learnt in securing and building projects from Phase I during CSP's first steps in India
• From bidding mechanisms and financing to procurement and construction, get the industry view on how to overcome the biggest challenges and make your project unmissable
• In a crucial stage of India's CSP development, get an honest appraisal on what went right and what went wrong in Phase I to build a robust business case for CSP in the future

Gopal Somani, Project Head, KVK Energy Ventures
Belen Gallego, Founder & Director, CSP Today
UM Reddy, Assistant Vice President, MEIL
JP Tiwari, Director, Godawari Green Energy

Overcoming the hurdles in CSP project development and bidding

• Get valuable insight into the lessons learned surrounding the financing of CSP projects in India, including non-recourse financial closure, unrealistic bidding and more
• Recognize where projects have made mistakes in the planning process and take vital steps to avoid
  repeating errors and improve best practice

Lavleen Singhal, President, Acira Solar

Seizing CSP opportunities beyond the JNNSM

• Take a look at opportunities for CSP available beyond the National Solar Mission with a guide to local state policies
• Identify the pros and cons of key state legislation such as Gujarat and Rajasthan to determine which offers the better prospects for your CSP business
• Understand how local incentives and support in India could lead to opportunities in financing, permitting and localization

Pranav Mehta, Chairman, Solar Energy Association of Gujarat

12.50 - 14.10 LUNCH

Catering for CSP market challenges

Ofer Aish, Product Segment Head, Siemens Solar Thermal Energy

CSP viability series

Part 1: Identifying key challenges

Land and water - the lifeblood of CSP in India

• Hear the Ministry of Environment and Forests elucidate how Indian developers and EPCs can overcome the obstacles of setting up a CSP plant in India - namely land clearance, permitting, acquisition and water use
• Navigate the hurdles of acquiring large amount of land in India and understand who can help you to power through this process
• With water use in CSP now a critical topic in India, understand how to manage a scarce resource and take a look at the alternatives on offer

Amit Kumar, AIGF, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt of India

Ensuring DNI data accuracy in India

• Without accurate data, your project will see lower than expected power generation and loss of revenue.  Take away the latest advances in measuring DNI in India to guarantee your plant's performance
• See how inaccurate DNI data has impacted the CSP industry in India and the lessons that have been learnt to date
• Evaluate the impact that solar resource analysis has on project finance and performance and how the process is being tightened up to ensure CSP growth in India

G Giridhar, Scientist & Unit Chief, Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET)
Richard Meyer, Owner / Director Information & Analytics, Suntrace

COFFEE BREAK

Part 2: Working together to power CSP ahead in 2013

CSP viability round-table debates

• Take part in a unique session aimed at solving your biggest CSP challenges such as resource use, technology choice, cost reduction and policy adoption
• Through debate with your peers, understand the common issues and develop the answers that will move your project and business forward
• Get crucial input from the qualified round-table hosts who will be sharing their first-hand experience with you in an in-depth discussion

Hosts:

Shiv Shukla, President & CEO, Abener Engineering, Abengoa Solar India
Dhruv Batra, CEO, Cargo Power
Lavleen Singhal, President, Acira Solar

Christoph Wolff, Director, Flagsol

Shiv Nimbargi, Managing Director, Green Infra
Sudhir Kapur, CEO, Countrystrategy Business Consultants
Geetanjali Choori, CEO, Energy Guru

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13 MARCH – DAY TWO

CSP Bankability & Cost

Unravelling CSP financing issues in India

• Decode the complexities of financing a project in India with a comprehensive 'how-to' guide to the market
• Get the investor perspective and understand the challenges they have encountered in India - including securing finance and tackling interest rates
• With so little performance data, banks have been sceptical about CSP's potential in India.  Get expert strategies on how this attitude can be changed
• Analyze the different avenues open to project developers when securing investment, such as equity or debt, to make the right choice for your project

Belen Gallego, Founder & Director, CSP Today
Andreas Thermann, Senior Project Manager, KfW Development Bank

CSP in India- an AREVA perspective

Siddhartha Ghoshal, Director- Business Development, Areva

Advantages of the solar tower concept

• Hear from SENER India as they discuss the advantages of the tower plant model - with data on how the technology performs in India
• Understand the local content advantages on offer for the solar tower concept and how it will drive Indian opportunities over other CSP technology choices

Shaju Stephen, CEO, SENER India

Conventional energy and the drive towards CSP

• Understand why conventional energy companies are taking notice of CSP technology and how this will dramatically impact India’s energy mix
• Get to grips with the research challenges that are associated with CSP when coming from a conventional energy background, including starting up and understanding the technology
• See how HTF and storage solutions can be localised to India, having been traditionally produced by international companies

Umish Srivastva, Senior Research Manager (Alternate Energy - Solar Energy Research Group), Indian Oil Corporation Limited

The integration of CSP and conventional power plants

• Learn how to harness the financial opportunity provided by integrating CSP with conventional power plants
• Turning knowledge into ROI - hear expert strategies for executing integration and raising the efficiency of the plant

Jacob Verghese, Managing Director, STEAG Energy Services (India)

11.10 - 11.40 COFFEE BREAK

Opex reduction in CSP Plants

• Exploit the international experience of Ingeteam as they analyze recent CSP improvements
• From hybridization to automation, see the developments that will drive down LCOE and make CSP unbeatable

Iker Labiano, Sales Engineer, Ingeteam

Factors promoting the CSP advantage

Technology and supplier discussion

• Get the latest updates on metallic component manufacturing for the solar field
• Learn how making the right component choices, such as pumps, can impact your ROI

Guillaume F Charpy, Managing Director, Ensival Moret India
Vikas Mehta, Director, Ingemetal Solar India
Juha Ven, CEO, Huiyin Group
Jagdish Joshi, DGM – Technology & Business Development, Hawe India

Michael Niederfuehr, Marketfield Engineer Solar, Sika Services AG

LUNCH

Accelerating CSP cost reduction in India

• The whole CSP industry is striving to reduce costs - but with a competitive bidding process in India, it is even more critical to drive down the numbers.  Learn how to make your prospective plant's numbers work
• From balance of system to component supply, see how localization and technology advancements must work hand in hand to drive down CSP's cost curve in India and fast

Bruce Anderson, CEO, Wilson Solarpower

Hybridization as the key CSP differentiator in India

• Find out more about the hybridization options open to CSP developers in India, including coal, geo-thermal and natural gas and the impact hybridization would have on your bottom line
• Get a clear perspective on why hybridization is vital to CSP development in India, where renewables must take the place of conventional energy sources
• See how continuous power supply would ease the power issue in India and can be integrated into existing systems

David Morell, Commercial Director, Abantia Instalaciones

New concepts for parabolic trough, molten salt and HTF

• Take a look at advances in parabolic trough technology that effectively utilize molten salt and see how this could impact the output of your plant
• Hear from Termopower on the latest innovations in mounting systems with parabolic trough, and find out how this innovation will influence your solar field

Marco Antonio Carrascosa Pérez, CEO, Termopower

World CSP Markets

Belen Gallego, Founder and Director, CSP Today

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