#TSEP 236 Double Harvest: How AgriPV Combines India's Energy Transition and Agriculture

In this episode, we take a look at a topic that combines
agriculture and the energy transition: agri-photovoltaics in
India. India is considered one of the largest agricultural
markets in the world and at the same time a hotspot for solar
energy. But how can these two worlds be successfully combined in
practice? Which technologies are gaining ground? And which
political conditions are accelerating or slowing down the market
ramp-up? We discussed this with Tobias Winter, who heads the
Indo-German Energy Forum Support Office in India.


About Tobias Winter


Mr. Tobias Winter was born in East Berlin, Germany and holds a
degree in Business Administration of the Rhine-Westphalia
Institute of Technology Aachen (RWTH Aachen University). During
his career, Mr. Winter has gained professional experience in
renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and the
corresponding legislation in Germany, India, Argentina, Uruguay
and Paraguay. He first came to India in 2005 to develop a solar
water desalination project with TERI Bangalore. He then worked in
Argentina implementing solar energy solutions in the highland
region Puna. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Director of the
Competence Center in Renewable Energies for the German Chambers
Network in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. In 2015, he came back
to India, since then leading the Support Office of the
Indo-German Energy Forum, to promote cooperation in energy
security, energy efficiency, renewable energies, investments in
energy projects and collaborative research and development with
participation from India and Germany. The Indo-German Energy
Forum Support Office has been tasked by Prime Minister Modi and
Chancellor Scholz to implement the Indo-German Green Hydrogen
Task Force.


The Indo-German Energy Forum is part of the Bilateral Energy
Partnerships – the central instrument of the energy policy of the
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. With now more
than 30 partner countries, they form a global, steadily growing
and valuable network between Germany and strategic partner
countries that want to transform their energy systems for a
sustainable, economically attractive and secure energy
transition. The declared aim of the Bilateral Energy Partnerships
is to shape a successful global energy transition that combines
security of supply, decarbonization of industry and foreign trade
promotion with effective climate protection.