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With India in a major growthand development phase, it isimperative that companies

engaged in power production, cementgeneration and similar C02-generatingactivities take steps to curb GHG emis-sions. Industry sources inform that"Coal-based or fossil-fuel based plantsare the major contributors to GHGemissions." Typically, the perception isthat environment friendly technologiesneed sops like government subsidies toenable them to become viable. Howev-er, Transparent is a company that wouldlike to set this straight. Explains BGKulkarni, Director (Sales and Market-ing), Transparent Energy Systems Pvt.Ltd.: "Contrary to popular belief, envi-ronmentally clean solutions are actual-ly more cost-effective than traditionalmethods of generating power. The en-tire Transparent team believes that trueinnovation has to reduce costs, convertwide range of opportunities into tech-no-economically feasible solutions, andincrease the customer confidence. Withrobust innovative technology, it is possi-ble to increase the overall efficiency ofthe project, at the same time reduce theCO2 emission." Kulkarni further addsthat "the innovation must make busi-ness sense and such that it can be im-mediately exploited commercially."

Mr. Kulkarni illustrates this pointwith the help of some statistics (see ad-joining figure): In the last 3 years, thesales and services related to sustainableeco-friendly technologies accounted for

nearly 70% of the Transparent's rev-enue. This translates into exactly whatMr. Kulkarni is pointing to, namely, thatit is possible to build a profitable enter-prise by exploiting the capabilities ofsuch technologies. This is also reflectedin the potential carbon credit earningsfor the various customers of Transpar-ent: in the past 4 years, its customershave received close to Rs. 15.5 crores peryear of potential carbon credits.

Mr. B.G. Kulkarni, says, "There was atime when Waste-heat recovery (WHR)remained unexploited due to con-straints like space availability, lack ofimagination, lack of enterprising ideasetc. Over the years, Transparent haschanged that perception using its inno-vative abilities and customized solu-tions. We have surmounted the techno-logical challenges and now have made ita commercially viable proposition.

Therefore, such technology makes im-mense business sense, at the same time,contributes to reduction of global warm-ing." It is this spirit of Transparent thathas enabled the company to secure alarge number of patents, with manymore pending, that have wide rangingapplications.

One of the major incentives for turning tosuch technologies is the Carbon Credits bene-fits. A project complying with the norms set

forth in the Kyoto protocol gets Clean De-velopment Mechanism (CDM) benefits.The carbon credit has been introducedpost Kyoto conference to incentivize thecompanies reducing the emission of CO2and is now a full-fledged global trade. Onecredit is equal to one tone of CO2 emissionreduced and the companies can actuallyearn some revenue out of the reduction ofCO2.

Transparent has made a concerted ef-fort towards using technologies that helpreduce global warming. For instance, lastyear it introduced a range of Air Cooled

Steam Condensers ideally suitable for usein power plants which face acute water

shortage. These systems are used for condens-ing, exhaust steam from turbine and otherprocesses in large power plants as well as insmall condenser systems for waste incinera-tion installations and compressor drives inevery climatic zone of the world. This helps savewater, without the hassle of water treatment.

Thus, it enabled harnessing many opportu-nities that can convert waste heat into powerwhich otherwise would have remained on paper.

GLOBAL WARMING: A SERIOUSTHREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Making a viable Business Model out of protecting the Ecosystem

There is a wide choice when it comesto where India chooses to source itsenergy from, but it seems many are

content simply with thefast-depleting conventionalsources of energy instead oftrying to explore othersources. Transparent has al-ways 'stood out' with its in-novative thinking and cre-ative solutions to traditionalproblem.

Consider the followingfacts: Agriculture andForestry play a predominantrole in the rural areas of In-dia. Every day, tons of cropresidue and waste from in-dustries such as agro-indus-try and food processing in-dustries like fruits and veg-etable processing, dairy,sugar mills, hotels, slaughterhouses, fisheries etc. is gen-erated. However, this wasteis not being utilized effi-ciently and sometimes thisbiomass is burnt at thesource itself without furtherutilization, when it can bepotentially used as a source ofrenewable energy of higher quality. Also,from urban areas huge amount of domes-tic sewage and Municipal solid waste isgenerated. Management of this waste andits effective processing or utilization ofthis waste is a major task.

There is enormous potential of gener-

ating biogas from such various types ofwaste biomass. The production of Biogasfrom this waste Biomass is its most effec-

tive utilization as a source of higher qual-ity renewable energy. Biogas technologymay have the potential to short-circuitthe 'energy transition' from biomass to'modern' fuels.

Recognizing this potential, and alsoseeing its social benefits, Transparent has

recently formed an alliance with a Germancompany called Bioenergie BeratungBornim GmBH which is exclusively work-

ing in the field of Bio-mass Gasification Sys-tems. Even in this area,Transparent uses inno-vative technology likeBiomass Fermentationtechnology to produceBiogas having Methane,similar to Natural Gas,instead of the conven-tionally used Pyrolysistechnique for biomassgasification. Thismethod itself lends toseveral advantages. Forexample, Transparentcan use this Biogas ingas engines for powergeneration with solidresidue as compost.

Hence there is al-most complete utiliza-tion of Biomass andthere is no biomasswaste disposal issue

Among varioustechnologies available

for biogas generation,anaerobic digestion / fermentation tech-nology is the most promising one forcomplete utilization of energy availablein the waste biomass. The controlled fer-mentation of waste biomass can give usbetter yield and quality of biogas.

Waste Heat Recovery Thermic FluidHeater in Cement Plant

Waste Heat Recovery Boiler - Cement Plant

TESPL takes lead in 'performancecontracting' in energy conserva-tion projects.

Transparent group of companieshave been known to pioneer innova-tions in the energy conservation area,and have several patents and innova-tions to their credit. However, the com-pany is not only innovating on the tech-nical front, but also on the businessstrategies front by introducing conceptsthat are sure to be recognized in the in-dustry. This concept is that of 'perform-ance contracting'.

Under this type of contract, TESPLoffered a reknowned glass manufactur-er a 'Build-Own and Operate' type of aWaste Heat Recovery System (WHRS).

TESPL put up its own WHRS at thesource of waste heat and generatedsteam and sold back to original manu-facturer. The manufacturer purchasesthis energy, generated from the alreadyrunning equipments that are generat-ing waste heat, without investing intothe setup of WHRS or having to be con-cerned with the operations and mainte-nance of WHRS. There are many usableforms of energy output like hotwaterelectricity, hot oil, refrigeration thatTransparent can offer through perform-ance contracting.

Though this concept is recognize inIT sector, with some of the larger com-panies already undertaking perform-ance based contracts, in energy genera-

tion field, no energy equipment manu-facturer has so far ventured to work onthis kind of assured performance guar-antee basis in India. TESPL has beensuccessfully operating such projectsince more than year. Many more sub-stantial big projects of this kind are inoffing. The uniqueness of such Perfor-mance Contracting is that it not onlycan be modeled to provide a cus-tomized solution to a customer, but itcan also be modeled on suitable eco-nomic and operational terms, provid-ing wide flexibility to user as well asmanufacturer of Waste Heat RecoverySystem. TESPL has certainly set an in-novative trend in Indian energy gener-ation sector.

EARN THROUGH PERFORMANCE!

Transparent EnergySytems Pvt. Ltd., withits pioneering cus-

tomized integrated energyand water conservationprojects, has been takinggreat strides in the industry.In the last two years, Trans-parent has, to its credit, sev-eral successful projects, withmany of them setting indus-try benchmarks on efficien-cy and water conservationparameters. Transparent hasalso entered into strategicpartnerships with globalfirms with the aim of provid-ing technologically superiorsolutions that offer greaterefficiency and energy sav-ings.

Partnership with interna-tionally acclaimed and wellknown Lamont Group

Transparent added yetanother feather in its cap byentering into license andknow-how agreement withworld-class engineeringcompany Lamont kesselGmbH and Co. Kg. Lamontis a pioneer in the IndustrialBoilers and Heat ExchangePlants. With special know-how of heat recovery andparticularly of burning fuelslike Biomass and Refuse, La-mont design covers electri-cal power generation plantsfrom 500 KW to 175 MWwhich also covers any otherconventional fuel. Lamonthas varied experience inwide range of applicationslike power generation proj-ects and large capacity boil-ers in captive power proj-ects, sugar, textile and all ba-sic industries.

B.G. Kulkarni, Director(Sales and Marketing) de-scribed the partnership as a"major achievement" for thecompany. "The Lamontbrand has been known theworld over for its superiorand efficient technology. Weare proud to be their part-ners and would benefit fromLamont's experience ofmore than 26000 installationreferences spread over theworld."

With this partnership,

Transparent is poised to en-ter into mega projects ofelectricity and energy gener-ation field.

According to the agree-ment, Lamont makes avail-able a license to Transparentto cover future experience,construction, calculation,manufacture, sale and erec-tion of Lamont hot waterboilers and thermal fluid

heaters for all purposes inIndia.

Partnership BioenergieBeratung Bornim B3, GmbH-Germany

Recently Transparent hasentered into a technical col-laboration and knowhowwith Bioenergie BeratungBornim B3 GmbH, a Ger-man design and consultancycompany that is expert inthe area of a wide range ofbio-energy based projects.Effective Biogas utilization,extending existing biogasplants (capacity expansion),performance improve-ments, tests, bio-ethanolfrom Cellulosic biomasses,biodiesel production aresome of the activities that B3is expert in. With Bioenergybeing one of the effective re-newable and non-pollutingsources of energy, the part-nership is in tune with theoverall business philosophyof producing sustainableeco-friendly as well as com-mercially and socially viabletechnology.Successful executions of

path-breaking projectsThe company has suc-

cessfully installed and com-missioned a waste heat re-covery based 2.3 MW powergeneration plant at KCP Ce-ment, Macherla, AP. Thepower plant uses indigenouspatented technology for thepower generation. The planthas been commissioned andis operating smoothly since

April 2007.The technology is per-

fectly suitable for heavy dustladen gases, is user friendlyand highly cost - effective. Inthe cement industry, powercost constitutes 25 to 40% ofthe cement production cost,depending on the cost ofpower available in India. Allcement plants reject largeamount of heat energy aswell as wastage of raw mate-rial. Transparent has comeup with a system that tapsthis waste heat and convertsit into usable power. A sys-tem like this was eagerlyawaited by the industry. Thekey challenge in this uniquetechnology breakthrough isthat of making it a 'techno-commercially' feasible sys-tem. Transparent has justdone that.

Ajit Apte, Director Engi-neering and Sales, Transpar-ent, says: "Power is a majorcost for the cement produc-tion. Considering theamount of cement beingconsumed and the corre-sponding power require-

ment, there is a lot of need aswell as scope to cut powercosts further to improve theprofits. The waste heat emit-ted in the cement manufac-turing process is used forpower generation." Trans-parent has designed, manu-factured and successfully in-stalled the system in a recordtime of 14 months which issignificantly lower than theindustry average of around17/18 months. "Total powercosts of the cement plant cancome down to just 35% withTransperant's power genera-tion system installed", saysMr.Apte, himself an IITian.

Transparent Energy in-stalls first of its kind com-bined cycle power genera-tion system in India on GasFired Reciprocating Engines

The successful installa-tion and commissioning ofthe unique power generationsystem - first of its kind in In-dia - for Gas Fired Recipro-cating Engines has beencompleted. The client nowgenerates 1.4 MW gross ofextra power, recovered fromthe waste-heat generated bythe power plant itself. Thepower plant was generating18 MW. Thus the power gen-eration has increased byaround 9%. Transperant'ssystem recovers and con-verts the low-grade heatemitted as waste intoreusable power. The mainchallenge in such a project isthe conversion of low-gradeheat (low-temperature heat)to useful power and at thesame time, make the wholeproject techno- commercial-ly feasible. Commissioningwithin 12 months period ispossible in this kind of proj-ect. This power generationproject will help improve thegeneration without having tospend any additional fuel forthe additional power genera-tion. Same technology canbe used equally effectivelyon heavy fuel fired or dieselfired engines too.

GROWTH THROUGHECO-FRIENDLY INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Lamont Horizontal Compact Boiler