Driving circularity in Solar Energy sector – Challenges and Way Forward
Date: Webinar on Friday, 7th July, 2023 from 2.30-4.00 pm / Event: Zoom
SELCO Foundation Sustainable energy practitioners have long noticed energy access affects rural and urban populations’ livelihood, generation capacity, education attendance, health outcomes and overall quality of life. In response, SELCO India (for profit, social enterprise) created SELCO Foundation on 5th October, 2010 as a public charitable trust, with the mission to: 1. Systematically identify diverse needs of underserved communities, understand and define the role of sustainability and energy in these communities. 2. Create and support innovative and sustainable solutions that positively impact well-being, education and livelihoods and work towards the alleviation of poverty. 3. Foster ecosystem development in the social sector through holistic thought processes in technology, finance, entrepreneurship and policy. SELCO Foundation envisions a socially sustainable society: we seek to create avenues for asset building, enhancement in quality of life and wealth creation that will uplift deprived sections of society through sustainable development solutions. It uses soft funding and flexible capital to develop robust and field-proven technological and financial models in the field of energy and sustainability. It aims to generate public awareness about these models, while also building the ecosystem for the creation and delivery of such solutions. The foundation supports replication and utilization of these models in other deprived regions of India and the world, thereby achieving greater leverage on resources.
Saahas was registered under the Society’s Act in 2001. We are based in Bangalore and committed to finding solutions to problems related to solid waste. Our organisation has studied the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling Rules) 2000 and we believe that it provides excellent guidelines for improving the existing situation of solid waste management in the city.
We look forward to your participation in the webinar on Friday, 7th July, 2023 from 2.30-4.00 pm titled “Driving circularity in Solar Energy sector – Challenges and Way Forward” presented in collaboration with Saahas. This webinar will present insights from the perspective of sectoral experts on the EOL (End of Life) for solar components like inverters, panels and batteries. They will share their inputs on the social, environmental and financial viability for successfully recycling solar panels and batteries at scale. The larger aim is to shift from India’s take-make-waste approach to a multi lifecycle circular approach in the renewable energy sector. Through this webinar, together with sector experts we hope to lay the foundation for a robust Solar Waste Action Plan (SWAP).
The Panelists for the webinar are Dr. Deepali Sinha Khetriwal, Co-founder and Director, E[co]work – for safe & inclusive e-waste management, Ms. Shobha Raghavan, Chief Operations Officer, Saahas Zero Waste, Mr. Krishna Revankar, Managing Director, Balark Solar Private Limited Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Manoj Pande, Managing Director, Statcon Energiaa and moderator – Ms. Divya Tiwari, Principal Scientist & Advisor, Saahas.
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