India Energy Storage Alliance

Activity Report 2016-17

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India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA)

The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) was launched in 2012 by Customized Energy Solutions to promote energy

storage & microgrid technologies and their applications in India. IESA’s vision is to make India a global leader in

adopting energy storage & microgrid technologies to enable the integration of renewables, to create a resilient grid,

and also to enable energy access for everyone and a hub for manufacturing these technologies by 2020. IESA’s

mission is to make the energy sector in India competitive and efficient by creating awareness about energy storage

technologies and applications among various stakeholders in the industry and by promoting information exchange

with end users. IESA provides insights to technology developers, original equipment manufacturers, policy makers,

renewable players and system integrators regarding the policy landscape and business opportunities in India

through frequent interaction with all key stakeholders. Please find more information on IESA at

http://www.indiaesa.info/

IESA Activities

Recently IESA completed its 5 years of operation. During the last 5 years, we focused our energies on building a

strong foundation to understand the need for energy storage and microgrids in India. During this period we also

focused on building relationships with various stakeholders by sharing information on the latest trends in

technologies and applications, and business models. IESA activates focused on 3 pillars called as Policy, Program and

Projects

Policy: This was done through direct one-on-one interaction with various policy makers as well as by making

presentations at numerous national and international events. IESA also submitted various reports and studies

to government bodies on emphasizing the requirement of energy storage in electricity ecosystem. We are

helping to create awareness as well as shape energy storage policies, both at the national and state level, by

participating in various working groups, taskforces and committees.

Program: Through various programs like Annul Conference & Expo, Regional Workshops, Technology tours and

online webinars IESA tries to create awareness and capacity building in the energy storage sector. Recently IESA

signed various MOUs with other associations like IEEMA and ASCI to launch training programs. IESA is also

planning to organize technology and policy focused roundtable to boost the market growth.

Projects: By providing continuous inputs and suggestions to government and private players, IESA is trying to

help in pilot and demonstration energy storage projects in India. IESA also prepares sample case studies and

white papers to help tender authorities and also industry stakeholders to get adequate knowledge on energy

storage.

IESA members include technology developers, system integrators, project developers, social entrepreneurs,

investors, large users and research groups and universities.

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Highlights

For growing the industry we have launched 11 new initiatives in the year 2016-17.

1. Inputs for NITI Ayog for energy storage manufacturing policy: In 2016 IESA conducted 2 stakeholder

meetings to finalize inputs for Niti Aayog from industry and delivered a presentation to Mr. Anil Jain.

We are continuing to work with NITI Aayog to launch a comprehensive energy storage mission for

India. We also hosted a CXO roundtable during ESI2017 and are compiling inputs for various

policymakers.

2. Inputs to CERC, CEA, MNRE and MOP for energy storage policy framework: We have provided

inputs to CERC and other policy makers over past 5 years, and most recently also hosted a full day

events with FICCI and TERI to help gather stakeholder inputs in response to the CERC staff paper on

energy storage.

3. Energy Storage Standards Roadmap: We are working with UL and all key manufacturers to launch

Energy Storage Standards Roadmap for India. We supported a battery technology summit organized

by UL in this regard last year in Delhi and also hosted a special technical workshop Mumbai during

ESI 2017. IESA is also part of BIS standards committee.

4. MICRO - Microgrid Initiative for Campus and Rural Opportunities: We have set a goal of reducing

cost of electricity from microgrids in India by 30-50% with in next 3 years and have been working on

bringing together various stakeholders to achieve this dream. Phase 1 of the initiative focuses on

energy access for remote communities and Phase 2 will focus on the campus microgrids.

5. Utility working group: We have been part of Electric Power Research Institute’s Energy Storage

Integration Council that has worked for past 3 years towards addressing grid integration challenges

related to storage. We are now trying to bring together some of the progressive utilities in India to

build on this for address similar issues in India.

6. CES-Global Energy Storage Index: CES Global Energy Storage Index (powered by IESA) is a sectorial

index for global energy storage market. This is designed to track the energy storage industry

comprising technology manufacturers, energy storage solutions providers, raw material providers,

component suppliers and power electronics companies. http://gesi.indiaesa.info/

7. India Energy Storage Database: IESDB is a repository of energy storage and microgrid projects as

well as manufacturing, recycling and EV charging stations in India. This is currently under BETA test,

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and we are working with the IESA members to populate useful data to show the status of energy

storage industry in India. Visit www.iesdb.indiaesa.info

8. I-LAB: India – IESA Lead Acid Battery Forum: We believe that Lead Acid batteries will remain a key

part of eco systems in India, and there is a need for improving education about the suitability and

benefits of these technologies given growing competition from advanced storage solutions. SO we

have launched I-LAB initiative last year under guidance of Mr. Rajarshi Sen, who has over 30 years’

experience in Lead Acid industry as a leader of C&I product segment for Exide Industries and then

CTO of Luminous batteries.

9. IESA Energy Storage Hotline (1-800-123-3519): Considering the need for addressing consumer

questions on energy storage technology adoption, IESA has launched earlier this year, Energy Storage

Hotline and Ask Experts forum where users can ask experts about storage technologies or

applications to our panel of experts.

10. IESA Skill development initiative: IESA is working with select industry associations such as IEEMA

and top research universities such as IIT Bombay, VJTI, TERI and GERMI to address need for training

and skill development for the sector, so that India can become a global hub for advanced energy

storage manufacturing by 2020.

11. Energy Storage and Microgrid focused incubator at VJTI, Mumbai: We are partnering with VJTI and

IIT Mumbai to launch an incubator focused on developing next generation storage and Microgrid

technologies. This incubator is shortlisted for AIM by NITI Ayyog.

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IESA Activity Report 2016-17

1. IESA Webinars to share knowledge and opportunities in the Indian Market. It includes

i. “Energy Storage System Growth and Challenges (Safety Requirements and Standards)” in association with UL | 25th February 2016. Speakers: Dr. P C Pant, Dr. Judy Jeevarajan, Dr. Tom Chapin and Dr. Yashodhan Gokhale.

ii. “India's first utility-scale energy storage project combined with a solar and wind hybrid project by SECI at Himachal Pradesh” | 28th March 2016

iii. IESA Policy working Group Meeting - Stakeholder consultation on “Draft National MICRO/MINI grid policy” | 14th June 2016

iv. “SECI’s 100 Mw Solar + 10 MW energy storage tender” | 18th august 2016 v. “Micro Initiative and Micro Portal Demo” | 19th august 2016

vi. “India Energy Storage Standards Roadmap” | 25th August 2016. Speakers: Dr. Rahul Walawalkar(CES & IESA), Bradley Schmidt(UL), V. Manjunath(UL), Debi Prasad Dash(CES & IESA).

vii. Global “India Energy Storage Market Opportunities” | 9th November 2016. Speakers: Manish Kumar(AES), Dr. Bharat Reddy(SECI) and Dr. Rahul Walawalkar(CES)

viii. “CERC staff paper Introduction of Electrical Storage Systems” | 7th February 2017. India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) hosted a webinar for members to discuss the staff paper and seek comments/suggestions from members. Members presented their comments on the staff paper which IESA presented to CERC.

ix. "Energy Storage for Solar Applications In India" | 13th April 2017 x. “NLC Energy Storage Tender (28 MWh)” | 22nd May 2017

xi. “NTPC Energy Storage Tender (24 MWh)” | 6th June 2017 xii. "India Energy storage Opportunities" | 21st June 2017

2. IESA Partnership IESA Signed a MoU with IEEMA at ESI 2017

Mr. Sunil Misra, Director General - Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA), and Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, Executive Director - IESA signed an MoU to facilitate capacity building in Energy Storage Manufacturing, Policy Frameworks and Human Resource Development.

IESA Signed a MoU with ASCI (Administrative Staff College of India), Hyderabad ASCI and IESA signed a MoU to organize training courses on Energy Storage Technologies and Applications in India.

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IESA signed an MoU with UL and created India Energy Storage Standards Taskforce UL and IESA signed a MoU to create an Energy Storage Standards Taskforce to work on Standards

Framework for Energy storage as it is an ever-growing aspect of the Energy world.

The key areas of mutual working are: Educating IESA members on standards development process,

Standards gap analysis in the identified areas of interest, Standards training, Formation of standards cell

and UL to act as a secretariat for standards development, UL standards development tool–CSDS deployment

for standard development and access to relevant UL Standards.

Collaboration with European Space Agency for MICRO initiative India has been a pioneer in rural microgrids since the 1990s, however there is a significant progress to be made despite rapid advancements in technologies like solar PV, energy storage and affordable LED lighting solutions. India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) estimates that India has installed over 2000 AC microgrids of over 5 kW and over 10,000 DC microgrids with majority sizing less than 1 kW. There are many challenges which have restrained growth of this sector including numerous financial, technical and social limitations. Project operators at several occasions do not have clear answers themselves to recognize why microgrids are prematurely failing or operating at lower efficiencies. Funding agencies, investors and equipment suppliers are often surprised by sudden news of failure of assets or technical audit reports undermine poor functionality of mini-grids or microgrids. In many of the cases, project owners and operators are not to be blamed as poor telecom connectivity and high cost of remote monitoring at remote location has plagued data acquisition and analysis. India Energy Storage Alliance, with its vision of making microgrids economically sustainable by understanding and addressing common modes of failure on its MICRO platform and the European Space Agency (ESA), with its aim of bringing satellite communication technology for very bottom of pyramid application to create a net social impact, have partnered to resolve this problem statement. In collaboration with IESA, the European Space Agency is now launching a new initiative to support feasibility studies which identify and explore business opportunities for deploying services based on Satellite Communications, Earth Observation data, and/or other space assets to support the decentralized management of microgrids in India and other developing countries. The study is expected to culminate into a funded microgrid pilot project demonstrating the potential of above services. Requirements from Indian microgrids stakeholders will be collected by IESA and provided by ESA to the consortia whose proposals are accepted.

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3. IESA Industry Reports and Knowledge Papers

IESA released India Energy Storage Market Overview Report 2016-22 IESA has compiled the new version of the India Energy Storage Market Overview 2016-22 report this year. This assessment takes into consideration the current opportunities as well as a detailed overview of various growth scenarios and key government initiatives such as the Government's 175 Renewable target, National Electric Mobility Mission (FAME India Initiative), National Smart Grid Mission, 'Make In India' and India's Smart Cities mission. IESA has estimated over 70 GW and 200 GWh of Energy Storage opportunity in India by 2022, which is one of the highest in the world. Out of 70 GW, over 35 GW of demand is expected from newer applications like wind and solar integration, frequency regulation, peak management, T&D deferral, diesel usage optimisation and electric vehicles. Hence there is a sizable opportunity for advanced storage technologies in the new applications itself apart from opportunity for existing technologies to improve their performance for traditional applications. Lack of reliable grid power, growth in sales of electric rickshaws (e-trikes), reduction in use of diesel gensets and integration of solar PV with the grid at both ground level, roof-top level and at micro-grids likely to boost the sales of battery based energy storage through-out the country. Some of these applications are growing at over 35% year on year.

IESA Knowledge Paper On India Lead Acid Battery Market 2016 – 2020 (Stationary and Motive Applications)

IESA released a knowledge paper on the Indian Lead Acid Battery MarketIn current market scenario, Inverter and UPS applications take the major share of 60% of the stationary and motive battery market. In future years, home inverter segment market growth will be stagnant (7% - 8% growth) due to improved power scenario and use of common power back up in new townships and societies in urban areas. Increase of automation in Indian C&I segment with scattered location of IT offices and Data Centres in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities makes mandatory use of UPS in India. It leads to a healthy growth (10%-15%) in the segment Newer application and more demanding performance requirement (long duration, higher DoD, higher cycle life) encourage many new technology players to enter the Indian battery market. It will create healthy competition in R&D and will open the market for advanced lead acid batteries.

Knowledge paper released on “Lead Acid Battery Recycling in India” (Market & Regulatory Overview) IESA released a knowledge paper on the Lead Acid Battery Recycling Scenario in India. The absence of proper smelting facilities and legislation regarding the recycling of lead acid batteries make them find their way to backyard smelting units. According to DPCC, lead emissions from the 45 odd illegal lead smelters shut down recently in the capital would be equivalent to almost 8 lakh cars using leaded petrol. A colossal 60,000 MT of lead from batteries is illegally recycled in India each year in hundreds of backyard smelters. Previously batteries were collected locally and sent to official regional recyclers, but in reality they are routinely broken apart on the street, the acid poured away and the lead extracted for further sale to unregistered recycling units, because of availability of cheap labour and lenient norms in India. Battery Handling & Management Rules (BHMR) introduced a formal battery collection system by authorizing only some special agents to collect used batteries for recycling, which is not that effective because of belated implementation. Currently there are around 860 secondary smelters in operation. Even battery collectors do not have proper records of buyer

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smelter authorization. Only a small percentage of the total batteries sold are collected by the manufacturer, hence only a few manufacturers are able to collect 90 percent of the total batteries sold, as is desired by law.

Knowledge paper released on “Energy Storage for Grid Applications”

IESA also released a knowledge paper on Energy Storage for Grid Applications in India. India’s national grid is currently fifth largest in the world and to maintain grid stability and power quality is a herculean task for the system. Managing variability of electricity load has been a difficult proposition for the grid operators in India, especially as over 59% of power generation capacity is met by coal thermal plants which do not have the capability to respond quickly to fluctuations in the power demand and supply. Apart from this, rise in the solar and wind power, which now consist of over 13% of the generation mix in India, has led to increased variability on the generation side. The cumulative Renewable Energy based capacity addition target set by MNRE till year 2022 is 175GW of which solar power target is 100GW (MNRE). Balancing of variable renewable generation is possible when flexible resources are available to handle such variations. Inflexible grid leads to difficulties in balancing generation and load leading to frequency excursions or dropped load, significant renewable energy curtailments mostly due to excess supply and/or transmission constraints, state level area balance violations and high price volatility.

IESA Knowledge Paper on Energy Storage for Electric Vehicles

IESA also released a knowledge paper on Energy Storage for Electric Vehicles in India.

The EV Industry in India is at a nascent stage. As of March 2016, 400-500,000 EV’s had

been sold in the country – around 0.1% of the global market share. Now, the EV

Industry has started gaining momentum once again towards the target set under

National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 of 6-7 million sales of EV’s by

2020. Government of India has indicated a desire that by 2030 all new vehicles should

be EVs. The EV Industry had noticed an increase of 37.5% in the sales of electric vehicles

in FY 2015-16 and sold around 22,000 units in that year as compared to 16,000 units in

FY 2014-15.

4. IESA Stakeholders Consultation

IESA organized Stakeholders’ Consultation on IESA Microgrid and Off-grid Initiative – January 2016 The Second Stakeholder Consultation on Microgrids under IESA was held at office of Customized Energy

Solutions in Pune on 13th January 2016. . Under this new microgrid initiative, we have organised our first

stakeholder workshop on 7th December 2015 at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. The meeting was attended by

representatives from IEEE Smart Village, Re-en-gen, Prayas, Eaton, Tata Motors Lab, Wipro Smart Grid Dept.,

Legrand, Tata Center at MIT and Om Sai Renewable Energy. Through online platform other stakeholders from

L&T, Emergent Venture, Grassroots Energy, CEEW and Renew Power. Various gaps and issues were discussed

during the half day workshop and several solutions were talked in the interesting round-table conference.

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IESA- FICCI Organised Stakeholders Consultation for CERC staff paper on "Introduction of Electricity Storage System in India" dated 1st March 2017 at New Delhi

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) along with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) hosted a stakeholder's consultation on Introduction of Electricity Storage System (ESS) in India at Federation House (FICCI) in New Delhi on 1st March 2017. The stakeholder's consultation was in response to Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's (CERC) recent staff paper on the same subject matter. The event witnessed active participation from the industry with over 100 delegates and government stakeholders notably from CERC, led by the chairman Mr. Gireesh B.

Pradhan and his team who were involved in the drafting of the staff paper. Mr. Pradhan in his keynote address acknowledged that ESS without regulatory support will fail to take off and hence the staff paper aimed to address the gaps especially dealing with the missing definition of energy storage in the electricity act. Dr Rahul Walawalkar, Executive Director (IESA), addressed the major concerns of system costs as sought in the paper, providing key insights from other global markets, indicating key policy drives and cost trends. Speakers in the session included Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), Pankaj Batra (member-planning from Central Electricity Authority (CEA)), S.K Soonee (former CEO of POSOCO) and IESA member companies such as Delta, AES, UL, ACME, Sterling & Wilson, OTPCL and TERI among others.

5. IESA International Delegation IESA members delegation to India- Japan Energy Dialogue and Business Roundtables at Tokyo –

January 2016 The 8th meeting of the India- Japan Energy Dialogue held during January 12-14, 2016 in Tokyo. The India-

Japan Energy Dialogue (IJED) was set up in 2006. Hon'ble Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal and NRE,

Mr. Piyush Goyal lead the Indian delegation to the meetings. It provided an opportunity to our companies

in the energy sector to interact with their Japanese counterparts. With the invitation of MNRE, IESA

represented the energy storage industry with a delegation in this business dialogue. Energy Storage was

prominently discussed as part of the energy Dialogue besides renewable energy. This was the third visit to

Japan by the IESA team focusing on technology collaboration, manufacturing and bilateral trades. This

business roundtable was represented by several IESA members, which included Customized Energy

Solutions, ACME, Sun Group, NEC, and Sumitomo Electric.

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IESA lead an India Delegation to Energy Storage China (ESC) Conference & Expo from 29-31st March 2017. The Delegation is an initiative by IESA to promote international collaboration in Energy Storage.

6. Ravi Seethapathy and Dr. Satish Agnihotri joined IESA Advisory Board

Ravi Seethapathy: After a 35+ year career in Electric Utilities and Power Systems area, he is now an Advisor to the Utility/Industry, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto in its Energy Systems Group and sit on the Boards of Smart Grid Canada, Toronto Atmospheric Fund & Biosirus Inc. His current international technical activities include (1) CIGRE Convener WGC6.28-Remote Islanded Grids; (2) IEA PVPS Taskforce 14 - Large Scale Solar Integration; (3) IEC TC 120 - Energy Storage; (4) IEC SEG4-LVDC; (5) Chair, India Smart Grid Forum WG 9 - Renewables & Micro-grids and (6) IEEE Smart Village. He has received numerous honours and citations including Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012), Fellow Canadian Academy of Engineering (2012), Hydro One President's Award (2008), Honour Roll of the Shastri Institute (2008), Honorary Fellow, Centennial College (2005), Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (1996) to name a few.

Dr. Satish B. Agnihotri: Dr. Satish B. Agnihotri is a career bureaucrat. He recently retired as Secretary (Coordination & Public Grievances), Cabinet Secretariat. Prior to this he was Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. He has been a member of the Dhirendra Singh Committee and is Co-Chair of the Raman Puri Committee set up by MoD. He also held other important assignments such as Director General (Acquisition) in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, Additional Secretary cum Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Agriculture and Director General of Shipping in Mumbai. He has worked as Secretary, Women and Child Development in Odisha and has also worked with UNICEF, Kolkata as Consultant on Child Nutrition and Health.

7. IESA Announced new membership structure from 1st April 2016 In April 2016, we restructured the IESA-Knowledge Partner Network Membership based on member revenues, thus I have enclosed the new IESA-KPN membership form that provides details of the benefits for all 3 levels of IESA-KPN membership, as mentioned below: • IESA-KPN-Bronze: For companies with revenues < $10 M • IESA-KPN-Silver: For companies with revenues between $10 M - $100 M • IESA-KPN-Gold: For companies with revenues > $100M We have added additional benefits to Silver and Gold level membership. e.g. IESA-KPN Gold has many additional benefits that are not available to IESA – KPN Bronze level such as additional discounts, 10 hours of consulting and the latest IESA-Market Overview report to name a few.

8. MICRO - Microgrid Initiative for Campus and Rural Opportunities launched at

IIT-Bombay on 15th August 2016 The Micro-grid Initiative for Campus and Rural Opportunities (MICRO) is an international

initiative by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) which addresses the basic issue of making

electricity affordable for the end consumer of rural and campus microgrids by closing the

gaps in the industry’s business value chain. The initiative targets symbiosis and synergies

of different stakeholders’ right from the end consumer to policy makers. MICRO team

believes that the industry in India, its home market, has huge potential and the sector

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would need to be organized to reach its end goals. The microgrids in India can serve a large variety of end users

ranging from rural households to urban townships to SEZs to critical infrastructures like hospitals to university

campuses.

At

the heart of MICRO lies a portal which is a remote monitoring platform with supply, demand and funding

aggregation capabilities. The portal is a unique multi-stakeholder platform which allows the industry to work as a

bazaar where different stakeholders like project developers (or ESCOs), funding agencies and equipment suppliers

can communicate with each other, realize the future business opportunities and validate the performance of current

assets. MICRO is looking to involve a variety of stakeholders, namely Technology Providers, Regulators, Micro-grid

Developers and Funding Agencies in its effort to make microgrids techno-

commercially sustainable and link electricity to economic development.

Powered by Customized Energy Solutions, MICRO is supported by Alliance of Rural Electrification (ARE), Global Energy Storage Alliance(GESA) and Rang De and has received USAID’s prestigious PACESetter Award. Log on to micro.ces-ltd.com for more information.

9. IESA submitted “Energy Storage Manufacturing Policy Recommendations” to NITI Aayog, Govt. of

India Taking into consideration how India is emerging as the most strategic energy storage market for battery and

inverter OEMs across the globe, IESA laid out policy recommendations for the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the

Government of India – NITI Aayog – to encourage advanced Energy Storage technology manufacturing in the

country. Unlike Western and developed countries where ESS market is driven by newer applications like frequency

regulation, renewable integration at grid scale and electric vehicles, the Indian market is currently driven by the

need for backup power due to supply demand mismatch on electric grid, electric transportation such as e-

rickshaws, telecom towers and energy access. With the support from policy makers, alongside these traditional

applications, newer applications like frequency regulation, solar PV and wind integration, Transmission &

Distribution deferral, electric vehicles (other than e-rickshaws) and diesel replacement are likely to drive ESS market

growth in India.

There is a sizable opportunity for advanced storage technologies in the new applications itself apart from

opportunity for existing technologies to improve their performance for traditional applications. It is estimated that

over 50 GW of installed capacity of Diesel Generators (DG) in India, consumes over 7% - 9% of the total diesel

consumption in India. Per unit DG costs are around Rs.15 to Rs.40 per kWh, whereas the utility tariff is nearly Rs.4

to Rs.10 per kWh for most of the customer categories. This provides a lucrative opportunity for deploying Energy

Storage technologies as power backup solution and reducing diesel import burden for the Indian Government.

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The recommendations were listed under the following categories:

1. Investment in R&D and Innovation

2. Tax and Duty Structure

3. Reuse and Recycling

4. Market Creation for Energy Storage Solutions

5. Requirement of testing standards and certifications

In the process of preparing the Recommendations, IESA Team organised IESA Working Group meeting in the first

week of April as well as conducted one on one calls with members to gather inputs from various stakeholders from

the industry.

10. IESA Regional Events IESA Energy Storage Workshop-Hyderabad organised in association with ASCI on 2nd July 2016

Theme: Energy storage for Commercial and Industrial Applications Indian Energy Storage Alliance conducted a Battery Workshop at Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad on 2nd July 2016. The purpose of this workshop was to discuss the new technologies used in battery storage systems and their applications. The major issues discussed include shortcomings of technology, problems faced during application and the alliance between manufacturers and users. The IESA Members meeting was also held at ASCI Hyderabad on 2nd July, 2016. Representatives from member companies like Exide, SAR Group, Kirloskar, Amara Raja, Panasonic, Vikram Solar, Gamesa, Enersys, Power Shield among others were a part of it. The meeting resulted in fruitful discussion with valid points being put across. The panel finally agreed to launch the IESA Lead Acid Battery Forum at this event.

IESA Energy Storage Workshop- Delhi organised in association with WEC-India on 24th August 2016 Theme: Renewable Integration and Grid Applications A Workshop on Energy Storage was held in New Delhi on 24th August 2016 by India Energy Storage Alliance

(IESA) and World Energy Council (WEC-India) to discuss Integration of Renewable Energy and Grids applications.

The introductory panel was led by Dr. Satish Agnihotri (Former Secretary, MNRE), Dr. P.C. Pant (Scientist, MNRE),

Dr. Rahul Walawalkar (Executive Director IESA, President & MD CES India), Mr. Praveer Sinha (CEO & MD Tata

Power) and Mr. Saptarshi Roy, ED (CP), NTPC & WEC India. With an attendance of over 100 professionals from

the industry, workshop saw many views being exchanged on the implementation and development of Energy

Storage Technologies and the reasons why we are not yet where we should be. The three R’s of the power

system are Real Power, Reactive Power and Reserves. These three must be developed and maintained in order

to ensure reliable power. Policies on flexibility of power production and consumption are required, particularly

for renewable technologies. With rising demand, the cost of Energy Storage will definitely come down in the

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near future. The discussion concluded with Mr. Soonee’s words, “If you love Renewable Energy, you should love

energy storage as well”.

IESA Energy Storage Workshop-Pune organised in association with SPPU, Pune on 22nd October 2016 Theme: Energy Storage for Solar and EV India Energy Storage Alliance organized an Energy Storage Workshop in Pune, after the success of the earlier editions in Hyderabad and Delhi. With the help of School of Energy Studies at Savitribai Phule Pune University, the IESA Energy Storage Workshop – Pune was held in the PUMBA Auditorium in the University campus. With over 100 registrations and speakers from major stakeholders in the industry, the workshop explored and understood the opportunities for both academic research scholars as well as industrialists in the Indian market that will help enhance and empower renewable energy through storage.

The workshop saw participation from senior officials from organizations such Gram Oorja, Solaire Direct, Octillion Power Systems, C-MET and CSIR-CECRI and also senior professors from the School of Energy Studies, Savirtibai Phule Pune University.

India-North-East Energy Storage Workshop- Guwahati in association with AEDA

India Energy Storage Alliance organized the North East India Energy Storage

Workshop in Guwahati, after the success of the earlier editions in

Hyderabad, Delhi and Pune. With the help of Assam Energy Development

Agency (AEDA), the North East India Energy Storage Workshop was held in

the NEDFi Convention Center, Guwahati and drew participation from select

Nodal Agencies from the North Eastern states. The purpose of the workshop

was to assess the characteristic problems that arise in the North Eastern

states of India and – keeping in mind commercial and industrial applications

– the problems associated with diesel usage optimization. Across all

presentations, a common point of contention seemed to be the upkeep and maintenance of solar units. It was

noted that under DDUY partnered with IIT Madras, 305 villages in Assam were electrified on the standalone

model. However, in more far-flung areas, the need to electrify 216 villages was identified but the targets were

not yet achieved due to approachability issues. The need of Micro-Grid was recognized for developing such

places. Seeing the constant evolution of technology, Solar Energy and Renewable Energy will be the most

reliable and efficient players in coming years, particularly for such difficult terrain. With about 100 attendees,

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the workshop was deemed successful in fulfilling its objectives i.e. find energy storage solutions tailored to the

needs of the North Eastern states.

IESA-iCAT Electric Vehicle Conclave held on 19th May | ICAT, New Delhi India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) and International Centre for Automotive Technology (iCAT) organized an

Electric Vehicle Conclave at the iCAT campus in Manesar, Haryana, on 19th May 2017. The conclave brought

together various stakeholders in the Indian EV Industry, from battery manufacturers to EV Manufacturers to

policy makers, making it an exclusive event to explore EV business opportunities. The event was sponsored by

Black Diamond Structures LLC. The conclave consisted of 4 sessions, each dealing with a unique aspect of EV

businesses. IESA also took this opportunity to release its latest Knowledge Paper on "Energy Storage for Electric

Vehicles in India".

The conclave saw a participation of over 120 delegates and featured a special lab visit of the iCAT facility. The

facility visit covered an informative tour of various battery testing infrastructure at iCAT and how it is being used

to ensure quality and safety of vehicles. With the positive response observed from the industrial community,

IESA and iCAT jointly decided to continue this effort and have partnered to make it an annual event.

11. IESA Partnered Events

Energy Conclave on Electric Vehicles, IIT Bombay IITB Research Park is organising an Energy Conclave on Electric Vehicles on Saturday, 6th August 2016. The aim of this event is to explore the possibility of a consortium bringing together the key industry players and leveraging IITB capabilities to advance state-of-the-art technology in this area. This event is supported by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA).

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UL Holds India Energy Storage Technology Summit 2016 at New Delhi with the support of IESA UL, a premier global safety science company, recently held the 'India Energy Storage Technology Summit', a

knowledge-sharing forum aimed to propel the uptake and development of energy-storage solutions in India.

IESa was the key supporting partner for the event.

The Summit's broad spectrum of audience included government officials, policy makers, industry leaders,

manufacturers, regulators, trade associations, academicians and technology innovators. Designed to initiate a

continual dialogue on energy storage, its related scope and challenges, the Summit emerged as a platform for

assimilating global views and expertise on advances in research in energy storage systems and the concurrent

standards guiding the safe deployment of these technologies.

Key speakers at the event included Dr. Gopu Kumar, Senior Principal Scientist, Central Electro Chemical Research

Institute, Dr. Daniel C Abraham, Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), USA, Dr. Sajid Mubashir,

Member R&D at National Automotive Board (NAB), Department of Heavy Industries and Sohinder Gill, Director-

Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles, Dr. PC Pant, Director- ESS, MNRE, Dr. R. Gopalan, Associate

Director, ARCI, Dr. Rahul Walawalkar and Debi Prasad Dash, Indian Energy Storage Alliance.

Dr. Rahul Walawalkar answered the queries on energy Storage on twitter at #Power2Think organised by Hero Future Energies Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President & MD, Customized Energy solutions India and Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) and will be the guest at #Power2Think tweet chat in association with Hero Future Energies, where change makers participate in a powerful discussion around renewable energy.

IESA-UL Energy Storage Standards Round-table organised in Delhi on 23rd May 2017

IESA & UL Jointly organised round-table technical discussion on the 'India - Vision and Action Plan for Battery Energy Storage system (BESS)'. This 2 hours technical discussions was primarily focused on following points -

Battery Energy Storage system - Current Scenario in India

Theme address: Driving Battery Energy Storage initiatives in India by MNRE

Special Address: Specifications & Standards must require for safe implementation of energy storage in renewable energy integration.

Keynote address: Requirement of robust Energy Storage Policy & Regulatory framework in India - Key Note Address

Roundtable Discussion on Challenges and way forward for effective implementation of BESS in India.

Global position of UL in Battery Energy Storage segment.

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The round-table discussion saw participation from expert speakers from technical, regulatory, standards bodies along with Developers, Integrators, Associations and End-users, who are backed by years of industry experience. Dr. Pc Pant and Mr. Pankaj Batra was represented MNRE and CEA/BIS respectively.

12. India Energy storage Database (IESDB) launched IESA launched the India Energy Storage Database (IESDB) in 2016. The India Energy Storage DataBase (IESDB) is the central repository of Energy Storage Projects, Manufacturing Plants, Distributors/Dealers, Recycling Plants, Microgrids and Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in India. IESDB is an initiative by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) and managed and maintained by the IESA Team. The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) is a membership driven alliance launched in 2012 by Customized Energy Solutions to promote energy storage & micro grid technologies and their applications in India. The IESA Team tries to provide unbiased, accurate and up-to-date information.

The database is open and publicly accessible to all stakeholders and allows users to contribute data through an online submission process. The database can be searched through selection criteria, including via interactive data visualizations. IESA hope that the Database will contribute to the rapid development of energy storage sector in India. Visit www.iesdb.indiaesa.info for more.

13. IESA announces the launch of the beta version of its "CES Global Energy storage Index"- a real-time showcase of global energy storage market variations. CES Global Energy Storage Index (Powered by IESA) is a sectorial index for global energy storage market. The

Index is developed by Customized Energy Solutions. This is designed to track the energy storage industry

comprising technology manufacturers, energy storage solutions providers, raw material providers, component

suppliers and power electronics companies. CES Global Energy Storage Index includes companies from across

the globe including USA, China, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, India and Canada etc. The index has a good

representation of various energy storage technologies like, Lead Acid, Li-Ion, Ultra Capacitors, Nickel based

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batteries and other emerging technologies. The Index value shows the status of the industry from 1st January,

2010 with an initial value of 1000.00.

14. Industry Awards: The Energy Storage Association Selects Customized Energy Solutions to Receive the Brad Roberts

Outstanding Industry Achievement Award at Annual Conference & Expo The Brad Roberts Outstanding Industry Achievement Award highlights the accomplishments of a member

company or organization in the storage marketplace and recognizes their comprehensive industry

commitment and participation.

This award was named to honor Brad Roberts' legacy as a leader of the ESA and a champion for the energy

storage industry. Customized Energy Solutions received the Brad Robert's award on Wednesday, April 27th

at the Energy Storage Association Annual Conference & Expo held in Charlotte, North Carolina. This award is

recognition of role played by CES over past 12 years in helping growth of energy storage opportunities

through competitive electricity markets and range of services we are providing to over 75 stakeholders in

energy storage. CES has been a pioneer in opening international markets for storage and Microgrids through

initiatives such as India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) and Microgrid Initiative for Campus and Rural

Opportunities (MICRO). Stephen Fernands, CES' President & Founder was present to receive the award on

behalf of CES, along with Jacqueline DeRosa, Vice President of Emerging Technologies, and Dr. Rahul

Walawalkar, President and Managing Director for CES India, and Mike Berlinski, Manager of Emerging

Technologies. CES is the fourth company to receive this award, following S&C Electric Company (2013), AES

Energy Storage (2014), and Saft America, Inc. (2015).

Customized Energy Solutions won IPPAI Awards 2016 for IESA on promoting energy storage innovations in India.

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15. 4th International Conference & Expo on Energy Storage & Microgrids, Mumbai

The 4th edition of Energy Storage India Conference and Expo was held at the Nehru Convention Centre in

Mumbai, organized by Customized Energy Solutions and Messe Dusseldorf India, powered by India Energy

Storage Alliance. The event was also supported by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), US

Commercial Services and IIT Bombay. Honorable Railway Minister, Shri Suresh Prabhu, was the key note speaker

with focus on Make in India and E-Mobility. Mr. John Zahurancik, President - AES Energy Storage delivered a key

note address announcing the joint partnership agreement between AES and Mitsubishi Corporation to deliver

India's First Grid-Scale Energy Storage Array (10MW) to Tata Power DDL.

Focus of ESI 2017 was "Moving from Vision to National Energy Storage Mission". During the conference, Mr.

Dalip Sharma, M.D. - Delta Power Solutions India announced expansion of Delta's manufacturing facility in India

to include production of Lithium ion batteries. Mr. John Wood, CEO - Ecoult announced a strategic partnership

with Exide industries to launch its UltraBattery in India with a plan to set up manufacturing in 2017. IESA and UL

jointly invited nominations from the industry for IESA-UL energy storage standards taskforce to formulize India-

based standards on energy storage modules and packs.

The event witnessed strong participation from key policy makers and government bodies including Ministry of

Power (MOP), NITI Aayog, MNRE, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI),

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL), Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and National Thermal Power

Corporation (NTPC) as well as state nodal agencies.

The participants benefited from knowledge sharing by various international speakers covering USA, Canada,

Europe, Russia, China, Australia and Japan. This year, the conference featured a dedicated track on e-mobility

applications and e-transportation with panelists representing Mahindra Electric, GoGreenBOV, Axiom Energy

and other industry stakeholders. The event saw avid participation from key industry stakeholders, academicians,

entrepreneurs, business leaders looking to enter the energy storage space and others keenly interested in

Energy storage and Microgrids, deeming ESI 2017 a resounding success with over 250 delegates and 1000+

visitors.

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16. CXO Round-table at ESI 2017: A key invite-only CXO Roundtable with key policy makers was attended by CEOs of IESA member companies to bridge the existing policy and regulatory gap in the sector and press for a national energy storage policy.

17. IESA announced first IESA Industry Awards for 2016-17 at the ESI 2017conference.

The awards were divided into 4 categories - "Energy Storage Company of the Year" was awarded to Panasonic

for deploying over 130MWh of Li-ion batteries for Telecom and Banking applications in India, "Energy Storage

Project of the Year" was awarded to PGCIL for their Puducherry project, "Technology Innovation of the Year"

was awarded to Pluss Advanced Technologies for their revolutionary work in Phase Change Materials, and

"Microgrid Company of the Year" was awarded to Husk Power for electrifying 15,500 households in India.

18. IESA Leadership Council Letter to MNRE & MoP on GST Reconsideration for Energy Storage On 18-May 2017, the GST Council released the GST rate schedule for Goods in which:

1. The rates fixed for batteries are at 28% for new primary cells and primary batteries and 18% for spent primary

cells and batteries.

2. Electrically operated vehicles are proposed to attract a rate of 12%.

IESA believes that these proposed rates if applicable also to secondary batteries (i.e. rechargeable batteries /

energy storage) could hinder the adoption of energy storage in grid applications such as energy access /

Renewable Energy (RE) integration as well as large-scale adoption of Electric Vehicles (EV) in the country. In

order to raise voice over these concerns, IESA Leadership Council had sent a letter to Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister

of State, MoP, MNRE presenting the energy storage case to the GST council.

We are glad to announce that MOP and MNRE have taken note of the letter to Piyush Goyal. Dr. Rahul

Walawalkar, Executive Director, IESA and President & MD, Customized Energy Solutions India was invited to

attend the GST focused meeting called by Piyush Goyal where he raised the issue of GST for storage. Piyush

Goyal has suggested that MNRE will Look into storage issues and particularly consider favorably storage used

for renewable and electric vehicles.

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19. In March 2017, IESA launched the India Energy storage Hotline for our in-house experts to address queries on energy storage/batteries.

20. IESA joins EES Sectional Committee by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) The scope of the committee includes standardization in the field of grid integrated Electrical Energy Storage

Systems in India. The Sectional Committee to focus on system aspects on EES Systems rather than energy

storage devices and shall prepare Indian Standards dealing with the system aspects of electrical energy

storage. EES to include any type of grid-connected energy storages, which can both store electrical energy from

a grid or any other source and provide electrical energy to a grid.

Minutes of 1st Meeting of EES Sectional Committee by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) on 26th May 2017 Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President & MD, CES India and Executive Director, IESA, was invited to attend the 1st meeting of the Electrical Energy Storage Systems Sectional Committee, ETD 52 at BIS New Delhi on 26 May 2017. Shri Pankaj Batra, Member (Planning), Central Electricity Authority, Govt of India & chairman, Electrical Energy Storage Systems Sectional Committee, ETD 52 welcomed the Committee members and stressed upon the need to be proactively involved in standardization in this area as technologies are still evolving. This was the first meeting of ETD 52 after its inception as the National Committee for Electrical Energy Storage Systems and its aim was to establish a clear picture for the path forward with goal and role clarity.

21. IESA launched Storage IQ (India) services from January 2017

IESA took an initiative to start the monthly CES Storage IQ release for its members which includes comprehensive coverage of the Indian energy storage market and its happenings such as details and important deadlines for projects, informative reports on specific stakeholder meetings, and regulatory changes, to name a few. It also gives its members access to subject-matter experts for answering questions or discussing topics of interest.

22. Energy storage Project Meetings in India attended by IESA team Stakeholders consultations for SECI’s Hybrid project at HP and Storage + Solar

project at AP Tender. IESA team member also visited the project site with SECI and IESA member company’s representatives.

Pre-bid meeting for 200 MW Solar + Storage project at Karnataka

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Pre-bid meeting for 100 MW Kadapa solar Park Storage project, AP Pre-bid meeting for APSPDCL & APEPDCL 4 MWh Energy storage tender at

Andhra Pradesh Pre-bid meeting for NTPC 24 MWh Energy storage tender at Delhi Pre-bid meeting for NTPC 3.2 MWh Energy storage tender at Delhi Pre-bid meeting for NLC 20 MW Solar+ 28 MWh Energy storage tender at Tamil

Nadu

23. IESA participated and presented in various national and international events

City Next 2017 |Bangaluru Power & electricity World, 24-25 May 2017 | Manila, Philippines DCD> Focus On | Hyderabad Municipalika | Mumbai 3rd smart Cities Conference & Expo 2017 | New Delhi India Smart Grid Week (ISGW) - 2017 | New Delhi EV Expo 2016 | New Delhi InterSolar 2016 Energy Storage North America (ESNA), 4-6 October 2016 | San Diego,

California Energy storage Global Conference, 27-29 September 2016 | Brussels,

Belgium 7th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress, 21-23 august 2016 | New

Delhi Energy storage china, 10-12 May 2016 | China 2nd Smart Cities India 2016 Expo, 11-12 May 2016 | New Delhi PlugVolt July Battery Seminar, 26-28 2016 | Detroit, MI, USA 26th Annual ESA Conference & Expo, 25-27 April 2016 | North Carolina, USA Energy Storage Europe, 15-17 March 2016 | Germany India smart Grid Week (ISGW) – 2016, 15-18 March 2016 | New Delhi Sustainable Energy & Technology Asia (SETA), 23-25 March 2016 | Thailand IUKAN Odisha Power Conclave 2016, 24 Feb 2016 | Bhubaneswar

24. IESA Magazine (Emerging Technology News-ETN) completed 3 years of publication

To spread the knowledge among all stakeholders and to create a market for energy storage, IESA started a quarterly magazine, Emerging Technology News (ETN), in 2014. The magazine presents articles covering different domain areas such as Microgrids, Smart Cities, Storage for DR, Smart Grid and Storage for Renewable Integration. Apart from articles, it also includes case studies on technology and national and international happenings in the energy storage sector. This is circulated to 10000+ energy enthusiasts throughout the world and shared at different national and international energy storage conferences.

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25. IESA Members Activities: IESA- CES Storage IQ (India) (Exclusive for Members): As per our interactions during one-on-one calls with all

IESA members, we started the IESA - India Policy Update Bulletin, reporting on the State and the Central Government's policy updates on energy storage, renewables, smart grid and electricity markets. This bulletin is published monthly starting in January 2017.

Through the monthly IESA-Information Bulletin (exclusive for IESA Members), we provide Industry and Technology news to all our members. It includes an opportunity (tender/RFP) section to help all our members in the Indian ESS market. It also includes IESA featured events where IESA members can get a special discount to participate

IESA Tender Alert (Exclusive for Member): Through this alert, IESA Team sends fastest information regarding energy storage tender, documents and risk analysis to all its members

IESA Projects & Policy Updates (Exclusive for Members): It provide all the project updates and its status with future projects and snapshots of government policies to IESA member companies

The IESA team has uploaded 100+ research papers, presentations, industry reports, case studies and white papers under resource category for its members through secure login access on the IESA website (http://indiaesa.info ). We are working with members to incorporate their feedback to create a dashboard for these resources to improve the usability of this vast resource for all our members.

One-on-One calls with IESA Members: We are very much thankful to all our IESA members for active participation in One-on-One Calls held during the month of April and May-June 2016. It was helpful for the IESA team to understand their needs. Based on the discussion and interaction with IESA Members, IESA has started new initiatives like working groups, regional events, Policy Updates and the MICRO initiatives.

Opportunity Section in IESA Secured Login Segment: Starting in 2014, we have offered another feature for IESA members, identifying opportunities (RFP/Tender) related to energy storage markets in India. All IESA members can access this page through their login credentials at the IESA website. We are introducing a dashboard for this feature on our new website.

26. Other Activities: IESA submitted comments on CERC staff paper on "Introduction of Eelctricity Storage System in India" based

on inputs received through IESA-Policy Working Group Meeting (held in February 2017) and Stakeholders consultation (held in March 2017).

IESA represented its member companies at ESA - 27th Annual Conference & Expo and presented on "India Energy Storage Market Opportunities"

Comments on CERC Staff Paper on Introduction of Electricity Storage System in India IESA Released ETN Visuals Energy storage Policy Timeline.

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