Two-Day Training Programme on 'Grid-connected Rooftop Solar PV System in the Context of Green Buildings'

TERI in-association with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA), and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) organized a two-day training programme on "Grid-connected Rooftop Solar PV System in the Context of Green Buildings" at TERI RETREAT, TERI GRAM, Gual Pahari, Haryana from 16–17, 2014. The training programme was sponsored by MNRE under Central Financial Assistance (CFA), and co-sponsored by the REEEP, South Asia Regional Secretariat.

The overall objective of the training programme was exclusively designed to train officials from various State Nodal Agencies (SNAs)/Solar City Cells under MNRE, and State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) on grid-connected rooftop solar PV (SPV) system in the context of green buildings. Many renowned industry experts from MNRE, TERI, GRIHA, REEEP, TERI U, National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India (P) Limited, SMA Solar India (P) Limited, GIZ, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Chandigarh Renewal Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST), PACE-D Technical Assistance Programme under US-AID, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Su-Kam Power Systems Limited presented technical, regulatory, and institutional aspects of rooftop solar PV in the context of green building. The purpose of this training programme was also to congregate actual practitioners and experts from SPV industries to present their views, and share their experiences on implementing rooftop PV systems across the globe.

Around 37 participants from various SNAs and SERCs across the country attended a two-day long event at TERI GRAM. An ‘Innovation Showcase cum Exhibition’ was also organized for SPV products demonstration during this training programme, followed by a study-tour of TERI GRAM and NISE campus, respectively. The design of training modules, course contents, faculties, and campus tours were well appreciated by all the participants, along-with their encouraging feedback on various facilities available at TERI RETREAT. The training programme was concluded by the distribution of 'Certificates of Participation' to all the attendees on-behalf of TERI and MNRE.