The Urgency for Renewable Energy The availability of affordable and reliable energy services are critical to developing nations for meeting their challenges of providing for food, shelter, water, sanitation, health and access to information. The lack of access to affordable and reliable energy services contributes to persistence of poverty and constrained productive endeavors in these nations. Developing economies, especially from Africa and Asia are not able to provide access to basic energy services to their people. Approximately 1.7 to 2 billion people in the developing world still lack access to electricity. Most of the developing economies are still largely dependent on fossil based fuels for electricity generation. Such dependency is highly capital intensive, and requires a lot of money for centralized generation and distribution. Further, such dependency depletes fossil fuels and causes extensive damage to the environment. It is now increasingly being realized that energy access to developing communities needs to be tackled with alternative renewable sources of energy through a distributed generation approach; such an approach, would ensure equitable and reliable access to energy. THRIVE® ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD ® THRIVE ENERGY Technologies was founded in 2007 by Ranganayakulu Bodavala a Public Health Management specialist and Harvard Alumni as a for-profit company. THRIVE® ENERGY inherited the technology innovations of ® THRIVE the NGO (again founded by Ranga) which has been operational since 2001 in the solar lighting field. Finding the need for a committed manufacturing setup and commercial ability to borrow, invest funds to take ® forward its innovative rural lighting efforts on a big scale, Ranganayakulu founded THRIVE ENERGY Technologies Pvt. Ltd. in 2007. THRIVE® ENERGY is an independent solar energy lighting solutions & technology provider based out of Hyderabad, India, with its primary focus on Solar Photovoltaic Applications as they help relate to a rural home and village. In the last 5 years, THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies has built a significant track record in implementing Solar Projects worldwide. ® Today, THRIVE ENERGY Technologies manufactures 14 types of LED based lighting products for rural & urban applications. It also manufactures its own solar panels between the ranges of 0.5 watt to 200 watt. THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies manufactures solid state lighting (LED based) products and solar based power systems that help provide clean lighting, reduce carbon emissions and assure higher levels of productivity in rural and urban vocations. It has developed a range of innovative lighting products that help not only communities living in small rural/forest households with no electricity supply but also large urban institutions that consume megawatts of electricity. MANAGEMENT TEAM Ranganayakulu Bodavala (Ranga) the Founder & Managing Director of THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies holds a PhD in Information Systems and a Masters degree in Business Administration. Ranga is a post doctoral Takemi Fellow of the Harvard School of Public Health. Ranga is extensively travelled in the villages of India, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Kenya and Tanzania and has deep insights into rural community needs for simple and cost effective lighting solutions. The company's Social and Community Projects are also diligently overseen by Ranga who helps THRIVE® ENERGY network with Industry, NGOs, Government Agencies , Foreign Funding Agencies, Micro Finance Institutions etc and makes sure that the solar lighting needs of the Bottom of the Pyramid communities in off-grid and intermittently grid connected geographies are met. Dhanumjaya Kadiyala (Dhanu) is a Mechanical Engineer with 24 Years of work experience in Engineering, Solar Energy, Education and Information Technology industries. Prior to joining THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies; Dhanu was Managing Partner at Soura Solar Systems, Director Technical at Fine Trend Sdn Bhd, Malaysia and Technical Advisor to E C Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia. As Director-Business Development at THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies, Dhanu is responsible for preparing Solar Power Plant project proposals, project execution, project management, Vendor development & management. Dhanu closely coordinates with Government Organizations for procuring necessary approvals. John Williams possesses a Masters degree in Business Administration. He has 18 years of Sales & Marketing experience in a wide range of businesses and geographies in India, USA and UAE. Prior to joining THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies, John worked for Bharati Airtel and Maytas Properties Ltd. At THRIVE ® ENERGY Technologies, John is primarily in charge of promotion and sale of THRIVE® ENERGY's Home Lighting Systems in off-grid markets and communities in India. Sombabu Ch has over 15 years of administrative and production management experience in companies like Sunwatt Soltech (P) Ltd and Eros Electronics (P) Ltd, which are manufacturers and traders in solar Photovoltaic Modules & Systems and Electronic devices respectively. At THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies, Sombabu is in charge of Operations, Production and Quality Assurance departments of both the Solar Lighting products as well as the Solar PV Module divisions. The common thread that runs across the diverse background of the management team is their commitment to the cause of sustainable energy and a commitment to make a difference to the world's pressing energy needs. SOLAR LED LIGHTING SOLUTIONS-PRODUCT LINE ® THRIVE ENERGY Technologies' primary assembly line manufacturing unit and its Research & Development wing are based in Hyderabad. The company has its other smaller assembly line plants located in other geographies like Nairobi in Kenya, Ranchi in Jharkhand, India and Raiberily in Uttar Pradesh India. The smaller plants facilitate localized production and servicing of its lights. THRIVE® ENERGY's lighting product line is a unique LED based design that has very high back-up time and is extremely reliable. The designs are targeted toward different users with different needs. Accendo Home Light: Accendo home light comes with three modes of lighting and with a single charge, it can last up to 17 hours in full bright mode. Accendo Standard Home Light: This light weight version of Accendo home light lasts up to 7 hours with a single charge and is a boon for the housewives in attending to their daily chores. Accendo Study Light: This compact and flexible light offers a complete solution for the study needs of children who do not have grid power or suffer frequent power outages in the nights. The light gives up to 12hours of lighting with a single charge. THRIVE® Street Light: This solar LED street light comes with an automatic dusk to dawn operation and a host of many more advanced features and has a long autonomy of one week in cloudy conditions. THRIVE® Home Lighting System: It is a complete packaged solution for households and small businesses. The system runs both lights and fans with solar charging. THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies also installs THRIVE® Solar Power Packs, for rural institutions like, banks, hospitals, schools and small businesses. The solar power packs range between 500 watts to 100 Kilo watts solar panel system with matching inverting systems. THRIVE® ENERGY uses THRIVE® Solar Module in the range of 1Wp to 200Wp, which it manufactures in its state of the art facility at Hyderabad. Other products of THRIVE® ENERGY include the Hawker Light, Fisherman's Light, Torch light, Flood light and the 6 watt A/C LED lights. NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION ® ® THRIVE and THRIVE ENERGY Technologies light up the world Winner of World Bank, 2006 Development Marketplace award for its innovative energy empowerment model Winner of World Bank & IFC, 2008 Lighting Africa Development Marketplace award for being a dedicated manufacturer of clean and reliable solar lighting solutions Winner of 2009, Lighting Tanzania award in partnership with Zara Solar Ltd, Tanzania Recipient of Frost & Sullivan 2011, LED Excellence award Recipient of 2012 CNBC-TV18-ICICI Bank Emerging India Socially Responsible SME of the Year Award THRIVE® ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES _ MNRE CHANNEL PARTNER THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies is an ISO 9001:2008 company and is today a CRISIL Rated Direct Channel Partner of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India. This accreditation by MNRE allows THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies to directly submit project proposals to MNRE and help its partners who are interested in installing solar power packs to avail the subsidy provided by MNRE. PARTNERSHIPS THRIVE® ENERGY Lights in off-grid and intermittently grid connected communities THRIVE® ENERGY Technologies has to date partnered with a large number and variety of organizations and has successfully distributed its solar powered lighting solutions in both off-grid and intermittently grid connected ® ® communities across India and Africa. THRIVE s partners include funding agencies, which distribute THRIVE lights through NGOs and Microfinance Institutions, rural banks & government institutions that solar power themselves and geographies in which they operate, corporate businesses that distribute solar powered lights to bottom of the pyramid communities as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and educational institutions. Funding Agencies-World Bank, IFC, Friends of Women's World Banking (FWWB), Green Energy.Against Poverty, CHF International NGOs-Evangelical Social Action Forum (ESAF), Gram Vikas, Vignan Ashram, Ashakiran, S3idf, Swechha, Disha Foundation, Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF), Catholic Health association of India (CHAI), Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana (RGMVP) Corporates-KSK Energy, ONGC, Wipro, Computer Associates, NFCL, Coromandel Fertilizers, Dr.Reddys Laboratories and Infosys Micro Finance Institutions- SKS, WSDS, Chanura, ORI, Michaleima, VVD, IDPMS, SEVA, PSD Educational Institutions-Loretto School, A.P.Agricultural University, Education Park, Centurion University Government: Non-conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NEDCAP), Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Banks: Sapthagiri Grameen Bank , Allahabad UP Grameen Bank ILLUSTRATIVE BENEFECIARY LIST OF THRIVE ENERGY SOLAR PORTABLE LIGHTS/HOME LIGHTING SYSTEMS ® Sponsors/Partners Light Beneficiaries 1. World Bank Victims of 2010 Haiti earthquake 2. Gram Vikas, Orissa Remote tribal villages of Berhampur 3. Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana (RGMVP), Uttar Pradesh Self Help Group women of Raiberily and Bahraich districts of Uttar Pradesh 4. WSDS, Chanura, ORI, Machaleima, VVD, IDPMS, SEVA, PSD, Manipur Self Help Group women of East and West Imphal, Ukhrul and Senapathi districts of Manipur 5. Evangelical Social Action Forum (ESAF), Kerala Self Help Group women of Thrissur, Kerala 6. THRIVE ENERGY Technologies, Andhra Pradesh Tea Estate growers of Kenya 7. Allahabad UP Grameen Bank, Uttar Pradesh Self Help Group women of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 8. ONGC, Tripura Self Help Group women of Agartala, Tripura 9. Bureau of Energy Efficiency, AP Bottom of the Pyramid individuals in Andhra Pradesh 10. NEDCAP, AP Bottom of the Pyramid individuals in Andhra Pradesh 11. Loretto School, West Bengal Loretto adopted schools for poor 12. KSK Energy, Andhra Pradesh Flood affected victims of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar 13. S3IDF, Andhra Pradesh Government Schools, Social Welfare hostels & BPL individuals 14. Yogada Satsang, Jharkhand 15. Vignan Ashram, Maharastra Neighborhood Villagers of Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh Neighborhood Villages of Pebal near Pune 16. Jharkand Kisan Vikas Morcha & Pepsi BPL families in Jharkhand 17. Keltron, Kerala Villages of Kerala 18. CHF International, Maharastra Urban slums of Nagpur 19. Disha Foundation, West bengal Parents of slum school going children of Kolkotta 20. Musicares Foundation, Sri Lanka War victims 21. Maa Santoshi Ex-servicemen Associates Army Ex-serviceman 22. NABARD SGH of AP 23. SALGAOCAR, Swaziland Poor school going children 24. Asha Kiran, Orissa Tribal communities 25. Green Energy Against Poverty Tribal communities and school going children in Maharashtra, Orissa and West Bengal 26. Applied Environmental Research Foundation, Pune ® Tribal communities near Pune 27. THRIVE ENERGY Technologies Pvt Ltd Slum dwellers of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 28. Willaimson Tea (Kenya) LTD. Outgrowers and Workers of Williamson tea estates 29. Waitrose Foundation (Kenya) LTD. Off-grid households of Eldama Ravine, Kenya 30. Africa Oil Corp. Ltd (CSR program) Poor school going children in oil exploration areas of Northern Kenya and Ehtiopia 31. James Finlays (Kenya) Ltd. Off-grid households of tea estates in Finlays tea estates 32. Compassion International Kenya Poor school children in Rural kenya COMMUNITY EMPOWERNMENT BUSINESS MODEL ® THRIVE believes that the key to delivering an innovative and sustainable solution to the bottom of the pyramid necessitates keeping the supply chain as short as possible by avoiding middlemen. It also believes that customized ® financing mechanisms help the poor to acquire and own a light. THRIVE , therefore chooses to work mostly with micro finance institutions, women groups, rural banks, NABARD, SIDBI, World Bank and like-minded NGOs that are committed to working with the poor. THRIVE® chooses to not sell its lights through shopping malls or home depots in metros. THRIVE® s business model further believes in the need for prompt and dedicated after sales service support for its entire product line. THRIVE® provides free service and maintenance training to beneficiaries; the training enables them to repair/service any minor problem that may occur in the lights. Further, THRIVE® s village energy kiosks allows its beneficiaries to own the lighting initiative and makes it a sustainable business model. ® THRIVE 's GROWTH INITIATIVES It is estimated that there is a USD 25-50 billion market for solar powered lighting and solar based energy business in rural & urban India. Industrial establishments are fast realizing the need for not only reducing their energy intensity and saving power bills but also the need for uninterrupted supply of power for their production units. Governments all over the world are supporting energy saving and renewable energy initiatives by offering many fiscal and other incentives. RENEWABALE ENERGY CENTRE ® THRIVE , The NGO owns a 20 acre campus on the outskirts of Hyderabad where a renewable energy centre is being developed. The centre will serve as a full-fledged solar lighting solutions training and demonstration facility for all stakeholders involved in the endeavor of providing a clean, reliable and affordable lighting solution to the light deprived of the world. DIVERSIFYING INTO SOLAR POWER PLANTS ® THRIVE ENERGY now has a full-fledged manufacturing facility for making solar panels of various types with an installed capacity of up to 15 MW. With around 148 employees in production, 142 employees in field operations, and a strong team of engineers and technicians THRIVE® ENERGY now has the muscle to design and commission Solar Power Plants. AUGMENTING PRODUCTS ® THRIVE ENERGY Technologies is continuously customizing and configuring its products to cater to the differing needs of its beneficiaries. DRIVING THE 'ONE CHILD ONE LIGHT' MISSION One of the initiatives very dear to THRIVE® is to promote the “One Child One Light” program, the mission of which is to provide, every child, who is so far dependent on a fossil fuel powered or kerosene lamp for studying at night with a bright, non-polluting, dependable, safe and low cost solar energy light by the year 2020. Dr.Ranga is the Chief Trustee of the One Child One Light program. ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF OUR PARTNERS : Plot No.121/3, Eastern Par t, Phase II, Sector-1, Lane-9, IDA, Cherlapally, Hyderabad-500051, A.P., India. Phone :+91-40-3290 1212, 27261212, E-mail : [email protected], www.thriveenergy.co.in
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