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INDIA RE CEO SURVEY 2018 - Bridge To India
Introduction
This is the third year of our CEO survey. And the survey is bigger than ever - we have
got 44 responses covering full range of private sector stakeholders from India as
well as abroad.

Project developers

EPC contractors

Equipment manufacturers

Financiers

Notes:
1. Some company names are shown more than once in this table depending on range of their
   business activities
2. For multinational companies, the survey has been completed by respective heads of Indian
   business units.

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Respondents across the value chain
                      The survey participants are highly diversified by business profile and geography.

                                                                           Financiers

                                                4%

 Equipment                35%                                   36%
                                                                                    Project
manufacturers
                                                                                  developers

                                                 25%

                EPC

                      Respondents from across the globe
                      This year’s survey has an almost equal level of participation from Indian
                      and international players. Among the international players, we saw a greater
                      participation from German, Chinese and US companies.

          International

                           45%
                                                               55%

                                                                              India

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Key findings

Industry outlook

         3%              27%                                       52%                          15%              3%
      Not optimistic     Balanced                                 Optimistic                 Very optimistic   Extremely
                                                                                                               optimistic

Total capacity by March 2022
           Solar power                                 Rooftop solar power                             Wind power
           66 GW                                               10 GW                                   52 GW

             66%                                                 25%                                      87%
           of target                                           of target                                of target

 Bidding environment                                           Ranking of states

                                                                                   Madhya        Gujarat
                                                                                   Pradesh                     Andhra
                                                               Top 3 states for                                Pradesh
                             Irrationally                      utility scale
      70%                     aggresive                        RE projects

                                                                                    Tamil      Karnataka
                                                                                    Nadu                       Andhra
                                                               Top 3 states for                                Pradesh
 Integrated manufacturing                                      open access
 capacity of modules by 2022                                   RE projects
INDIA RE CEO SURVEY 2018 - Bridge To India
Market growth
                                      Industry outlook

Even with the threat of duties,                                                        Balanced
falling tariffs, weak power
demand and various policy
challenges, bulk of respondents
are optimistic about the industry
and its growth prospects.

                                      Not optimistic                                                    52%
                                                                           27%

                                                                3%
                                                                       15%

                                       Very optimistic                                                               Optimistic

                                                                                       3%

                                                                                                       Extremely optimistic

                                      Solar capacity by March 2022

                                               18%                                    61%                           14%          7%
Sentiment regarding total solar
                                          < 50 GW                                  50 - 75 GW                    75 - 100 GW >100 GW
power capacity addition by March
2022 is in line with previous year.
Most respondents believe that
India will achieve total solar
capacity of 50-75 GW by 2022, a
little over 60% of the Government
of India’s target.                     10%                      48%                     26%            16%
                                       80 GW

                                                                                                                    CEO Survey
                                                                                                                    2017

                                      Rooftop solar capacity by March 2022

60% of respondents expect total              21%                           38%                        24%              17%
rooftop solar capacity to be less          < 8 GW                      8 - 10 GW                    10 - 14 GW        >14 GW
than 10 GW by March 2022.

                                                39%                     22%              29%             10%
                                               < 10 GW                10 - 15 GW       15 - 20 GW      >20x GW

                                                                                                                    CEO Survey
                                                                                                                    2017

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Wind power capacity by March 2022

Wind power has undergone a
compete paradigm shift in the
                                                       42%                                          45%                    13%
                                                    < 50 GW                                     50 - 60 GW              > 60 GW
last year by moving from
feed-in-tariffs to auctions.
Despite the resulting disruption,
58% of the industry believes that
India would achieve a total
capacity of over 50 GW by
March 2022.

                                      Open access RE capacity by March 2022

Open access prospects seem                              39%                                   42%                      19%
largely unchanged from last year.                    < 6 GW                               6 - 10 GW                  > 10 GW
Most respondents feel that India
will add about 6-10 GW of open
access power by March 2022.

                                        14%                     36%                     36%            14%
                                       < 3 GW               3 - 5 GW                5 - 10 GW         >10 GW

                                                                                                                   CEO Survey
                                                                                                                   2017

                                      Integrated solar module manufacturing capacity by March 2022

Notwithstanding the ongoing
safeguard duty investigation and
the government’s Make in India
                                                28%                             33%                       27%              12%
push, the industry is pessimistic                                              1 - 3 GW                 3 - 6 GW           > 6 GW
                                                None
about module manufacturing
prospects in India. 61% of the
respondents believe that India
will have less than 3 GW of
integrated manufacturing
capacity by March 2022.

                                      Business growth by March 2022

Outlook for individual business
growth seems a little muted in               40%          40%
comparison to last year. Most               3x
                                                                                                                     16%    16%
                                                                                  5%                                 5x-10x >10x
                                                                                 >10x

                                                                                                                        CEO Survey
                                                                                                                        2017

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Challenges facing the sector
                                     Current bidding environment

Not surprisingly, more than 70%                                                                      3%
of respondents feel that the                                                                         Balanced
current bidding environment is
irrationally aggressive, a view
maintained by BRIDGE TO INDIA
for some time now. Tariffs ought
to move up particularly in view of
the increasing tender issuance,
but it remains to be seen if                     70%                                           27%
DISCOMs are willing to accept                    Irrationally                                  Fairly
that.                                            aggressive                                    aggressive

                                     Challenges in utility scale renewable energy market

The response on various                                         Very challenging   Not challenging         Very challenging
operational challenges paints a
bleak picture. All factors are
assessed as challenging/ very
challenging. The three biggest
concerns are safeguard duty
threat, poor policy environment
and weak financial condition of
DISCOMs.

                                     Storage market challenges

Storage has been talked about
as a vital component of clean
energy grid, but it is yet to find
acceptance in India. The
industry feels that high cost,
lack of awareness and enabling                                                                            33%
                                                                                               Lack of techo-commercial
policy environment (in that                                                                         understanding
order) are restricting the
growth of this market.
                                             32%
                                      Lack of enabling
                                     policy environment

                                                                                     35%
                                                                                   High Cost

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State rankings
                                      Ease of doing business for utility scale projects

Gujarat (followed by Madhya           Very good
Paradesh and Andhra Pradesh)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Uttar Pradesh
tops ratings for the most

                                                                                                                       Maharashtra

                                                                                                                                                                       Tamil Nadu
favourable state for policy

                                                                               Haryana
framework (clarity and visibility),
land acquisition, transmission
capacity, permits and approval             Fair

                                                                                                                                              Rajastahan

                                                                                                                                                           Telangana
process. The three worst states

                                                    Andhra Pradesh

                                                                     Gujarat

                                                                                         Karnataka

                                                                                                     Madhya Paradesh

                                                                                                                                     Punjab
on these combined parameters
are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
and Haryana.

                                      Very poor

                                      Attractiveness for open access RE projects

Karnataka is understandably the       Very good
overwhelming favourite for open

                                                                                                                                                                                    Uttar Pradesh
access projects because of its
                                                                                                                       Maharashtra

                                                                                                                                              Rajastahan
very attractive policy and ease of

                                                                                                                                                           Telangana
                                                                               Haryana

getting approvals. It is followed
                                                                     Gujarat

by Andhra Pradesh and Tamil                                                                                                          Punjab
Nadu. The bottom three states              Fair
are Rajasthan, Maharashtra and

                                                                                                                                                                       Tamil Nadu
                                                    Andhra Pradesh

                                                                                         Karnataka

                                                                                                     Madhya Paradesh

Gujarat.

                                      Very poor

                                      Attractiveness for rooftop solar projects

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra           Very good
and Haryana are the most
preferred states for rooftop solar.
Less enthusiasm for Tamil Nadu,
                                                                                                                                                                       Tamil Nadu

Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

                                           Fair
                                                                                                                                              Rajastahan

                                                                                                                                                           Telangana
                                                    Andhra Pradesh

                                                                     Gujarat

                                                                               Haryana

                                                                                         Karnataka

                                                                                                     Madhya Paradesh

                                                                                                                       Maharashtra

                                                                                                                                     Punjab

                                                                                                                                                                                    Uttar Pradesh

                                      Very poor

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