You ain’t seen nothing yet – Nithish Sairam of Illumine-i
Listen to Nithish Sairam of Illumine-i tell you the story of his energy engineering & design startup’s fast growth & success.
๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐ซ 18, 10 ๐๐ฆ – 2 ๐ฉ๐ฆ, Haddows Club, Nungambakkam
Organized by the Chennai Climate Consortium
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ค๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง $ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ (๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ), ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ.
Distributed generation is one of the real virtues of solar power – given its modularity and low maintenance requirements.
Not surprisingly, most of the solar power generation globally was from rooftop solar power in the initial stages before ground-mounted utility solar took over.
Rooftop solar in specific, and distributed solar in general, still form a significant portion of the global solar PV capacities. Out of the approximately 1 TW (1000 GW) of solar PV power generation capacity installed worldwide, about 40% (close to 400 GW) is from distributed solar. By 2030, distributed solar alone could be close to, or beyond 1 TW of installed capacity worldwide.
If rooftop solar is running a 200 meter race, utility solar is sprinting the 100 meter dash. From about 700 GW currently, utility solar will be at least 1.5 TW, more likely closer to 2 TW, of installed capacity globally by 2030. Imagine that – the entire global thermal power generation (coal + gas) capacity currently is not a lot more than 2 TW, and thermal power plants took over 100 years to reach that capacity.
These massive amounts of solar power plants require engineering and design before they are installed, and monitoring & maintenance support once they are. One can guess the amount of opportunities available for folks providing solutions in engineering, design & monitoring for solar power plants.
๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐-๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ข-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. It provides such services to over 250 solar EPCs in North America. When I congratulated him on his startupโs superfast growth, the startupโs CEO Nithish told me something to the effect, โyou ainโt seen nothing yet.โ
You can perhaps see more of the future from Nithish’s story at the Climate Startup Stories workshop on Mar 18, 2023, at Haddows Club, Chennai.
Nithish will be one of the ten climate startup founders who will be sharing their startup journeys at the event.
Details of all startup founders – https://bit.ly/3Zz3r3j
๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ, call Muthu 9952910083
See my LinkedIn post on this topic
