Technology Enabled Renewable Asset Management

Proprietary and Confidential Mahindra Teqo Pvt. Ltd.

Technology Enabled

Renewable Asset Management

Maximizing returns from your RE Asset

Implementing Agro PV in Tandur, Andhra Pradesh An example of dual use of land and water

Presenter: Sohini Gupta, Manager-Sustainability & CSR

Project Lead: Mr. Swaminathan Manikandan, Innovation Manager


Operations & Maintenance | Asset Management | Monitoring & Analytics

Mahindra Teqo is a new age tech-enabled Renewable Energy Asset

Management offering from the flagship Mahindra Group – A USD

20.7 Billion Group spread across 100+ countries. Mahindra Teqo

offers a complete suite of products & services for streamlined asset

management to help the global renewable industry maximize returns

from their RE assets.

What does TEQO signify?

Our pro-technology approach to problem solving helps us identify obstacles to enable

peak performance & deliver what our brand cares most about :

Quality Simplified, to efficiently manage assets

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CONSUMABLE TECHNOLOGY+

SMOOTH OPERATIONS

How do we achieve this?

Using Technology to enable smooth Operations

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About Mahindra Teqo


Operations & Maintenance | Asset Management | Monitoring & Analytics Proprietary and Confidential Mahindra Teqo Pvt. Ltd.

Teqo Global Footprint Asset Coverage

India > 3600 MWp

Saudi Arabia > 405 MWp

UAE > 10.5 MWp

Thailand > 6 MWp

Malaysia > 1 MWp

Global Presence

India

USA

Canada

Thailand

UAE

Saudi Arabia

Spain

Italy



Offering Overview

Operations & Maintenance

(Technical Operation)

Asset Management

(Commercial Operation)

Technical Due Diligence & Testing Services

(Performance Auditing)

INDIA’S FIRST

MOBILE PV

TESTING

LAB

Remote Monitoring & Analytics 24X7 Command Centre ERP Predictive Analytics

Electronic Detection

Fences Drone Security & Thermography Dry Robot Cleaning

PERFORMANCE

ENHANCEMENT

SERVICES

IN-HOUSE

PRODUCTS

VALUE ADDED

SERVICES



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Our Sustainability Framework

Susten adopted Mahindra Sustainability Framework in FY17-18 & framed its Strategy


Problem Statement Unwanted Vegetation and weed is a Key Problem at any Solar PV plant

• Causes difficulties in movement of personnel for maintenance

• No grass leads to high temperature leading to loss of generation

• Shrub shadows on the modules leading to loss of generation

• Risk to life due to increased presence of reptiles

• Cut and stored dry grass is a fire risk

• 15 laborer's to clear 50 Acre plant which is expensive and time

consuming; no. of cycles is unexpected and high

Quantification

– 1 MWp solar PV plant covers approx. 5 acres

– Total portfolio under our management is 3500 MWp

– Avg. spend for one cycle of vegetation clearing is Rs. 4000/ MWp

– Total no. of cycles per year is on an average 3 per MWp

– This accounts for almost 15% of total direct cost to the company


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Approaches considered to improve the process

Manual Grass Cutting: Using

traditional sickles and ploughs

Machine based: Tractors and

robotics

Semi-Mechanized: Use wire

based brush cutters

Agro PV Model: Growing crops

instead

Herbicides: Glyphosphate or other

Weed killers

Cattle Based: Sheep / Goats were

tried to remove grass

Weed Removal

Recurring expense and very

labour intensive

Diesel is the fuel and risk of

damage to PV modules due

to stones

Lack of reach and very

expensive

Damage to soil and

groundwater

Injury to animals and damage

to cables due to chewing /

horns

Converts cost to revenue –

new job creation – cooler PV

modules - no generation loss



Logical framework for Energy-Agro PV Model

WHY WASTE LAND?

Land under solar PV in India by 2022

will be equivalent to the size of entire

Delhi and Mumbai combined together.

It will take 250 years to clean the entire

area manually for vegetation, even if we

use 100 personnel’s a day; and in a year

the industry does 3 cycles.

WE INNOVATED

Cost Activity to Profit Activity

Wild Vegetations to Medicinal/FMCG

Plants

Generation Loss to Generation Gain

Unsafe Workplace to Safe Workplace

WE SUSTAINED

People: Creation of local employment

and actionable biomass yield that can be

used in medicines, foods and etc.,

Planet: Increased vegetation will reduce

soil erosion, produce more oxygen,

reduce global warming and help in

climate change, also to move towards

carbon neutrality.

Profit: From a cost to profit activity


Agro PV Model Innovation

Crop Identified

Purchase Partner

identification

Saplings and Fertilizer ordering

Local farmers partnered

Crop harvest

Produce sale

• MoU signed with CII

• Channel partner as KoncarMane

• Optimum crop identified basis Weather and

Soil data samples

• Organic mix fertilizer and saplings identified

from local nurseries

• Local farmers identified and partner model

upskilling through trainings

• Lemongrass harvested yielding commercial value

• Enhancement of the local skillset by pre-

processing the produce e.g. Lemongrass

extract hence higher profits

Pre-implementation

- Legal clearance for use of land for dual purpose of farming and cultivation

2017-18

- Detailed study conducted by CII 2018-19

- Shortlist of sites and final selection of Clean Solar 36.6 MW Tandur, AP

selected for implementation given its soil texture and frequent vegetation &

soiling issues 2019-20

- Crop selection – 1. Annatto dye and 2. Lemon grass 2019-20

- Basis the water report Lemon grass 2019-20

- Identification of farmer partners in the local area and project start 2019-20

During Implementation


Implementation of APV at Tandur

Land Clearance Land profile changes

Saplings Procured

Final Plantation

Original land use

Planting of Saplings



Business case for Agro PV

Fourth description Fourth description

• Site safety for people at plant

• Creation of local employment

• Yield is used for medicinal purposes

• Reduced soil erosion

• Retention of rain water

• Lesser problem of dust generation

• Process transformation

• Cost to profit

• Customer Delight

• Payback time: 1.5-2 yrs

Details (All per acre) Cost (INR Per

Year) Definition Remarks

Cost for complete

cleaning of 1 Acre 15000

(10 labors

considered for

3 days)

One time Cost

Seed & Saplings Cost 8000

8000 for

25000+ Small

plant Sapling

Recurring

Every Six years

Cost for Plantation 7500

(5 labors

considered for

3 days)

Recurring

Every Six years

Cost of Irrigation +

Water 6000

One tanker a

month

Recurring

Activity

Harvesting Cost 6000 4 labors, two

days

Recurring

Every Quarter

Distillation Cost 40000 Assumption of

10k per time

Assumption


SWOT Analysis

S W

T O

• Management commitment and support

• Strong values on Sustainability

• Huge land usable land availability

Strengths

• Non availability of subsidy

• Expertise in farming

• Water scarcity

Weaknesses

• Huge scope of replicability and scalability

• Improved Customer delight

• Improved Environment & Ecosystem

Opportunities

• Challenges in finding the right channel

partners

• Lack of regulatory framework

Threats

SWOT Analysis


Way forward

Sustainability Replicability

Scalability

I. Research on additional generation due to lower temperature in

progress

– PV modules are designed to operate at 25 Deg Celsius

– Increase in temp leads to lower generation

– For 1 Degree Celsius the power drops about 0.4%

– Secondary research shows numerical value of increase efficiency

Peppermint 1.8-2.2%

Tulsi 1.2 -2%

Aloe Vera 0.2 -0.5%

– In terms of financial impact it is Rs. 0.75 Lakhs / MWp

*Experimental Analysis of Effect of Vegetation under PV Solar Panel on Performance of

Polycrystalline Solar Panel

Sagar M Kande1*, Wagh MM2, Ghane SG3, Shinde NN4 and Patil PS5

Floral Type Local name Scientific name Part used Water Requirement

Tree Vellal Embelia ribes Fruit

Tree Manduka-parnamu Oroxylum indicum Bark and Root

Tree Raktagandhamu Pterocarpus santalinusWood (Heartwood), Bark (Stem),

Resin, Fruit (Seed)

Herb Sambrani aku Bacopa monnieri Entire Plant

Herb Vinca Catharanthus roseus Entire Plant

Climber Manapala Tinospora cordifolia Entire Plant

Climber Agnisikha Gloriosa superba Entire Plant

Herb Tulsi Ocimum tenuiflorum Leaves

Herb Chirmu Ratti Abrus precatorius L. Papilionaceae Leaves and seeds

Herb Aloe Vera Aloe barbadensis miller Leaves and Roots

Tree Boriyo Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del Mimosaceae Leaves and Barks

Herb Lemon Grass Cymbopogon Leaves

Periodic

Rain Water/Some Water

https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/experimental-analysis-of-effect-of-vegetation-under-pv-solar-panel-on-performance-of-polycrystalline-solar-panel-2090-4541-1000215.php?aid=79182#a1

https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/experimental-analysis-of-effect-of-vegetation-under-pv-solar-panel-on-performance-of-polycrystalline-solar-panel-2090-4541-1000215.php?aid=79182#corr






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