SkyPower Commits to Providing a Brighter Future to Students
-- SkyPower to grant 750 renewable energy scholarships in India
NEW DELHI, Aug. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyPower President and Chief Executive Officer announced yesterday while speaking at the 6th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress (WRETC), the company will fund the creation of a new renewable energy scholarship program at three leading universities. The scholarship program will help promote innovation in solar technology and energy storage in India.
SkyPower will provide 10 scholarships a year, over 25 years, to the Indian Institute of Technology (ITT), NIMS University and EMPI University. The merit- and needs-based scholarship program will benefit 750 Indian students wanting to pursue higher education in renewable energy technology.
Renewable energy jobs reached an estimated 7.7 million in 2014; 2.5 million of those jobs came from the solar industry. As India implements its commitment to bring online 100 GW of utility-scale solar by 2022, the number of jobs to be filled in the renewable energy sector is expected to grow exponentially. Yet despite the growth, the critical shortage of skilled personnel to develop, build and operate renewable energy projects will represent one of the greatest obstacles to the rapid global adoption of renewable energy.
"If India's renewable energy targets are to be achieved, it is necessary to increase education and training in the sector," said Dr. Balvir Tomar, Founder and Chancellor of NIMS University. "We are thrilled by the announcement by SkyPower."
SkyPower also called on other industry executives to match SkyPower's initiative. "SkyPower is leading by example in India and we are proud to support local skills development and capacity building to meet the increasing demand for renewable energy," said Aviv Garten, Senior Vice President of Development at SkyPower.
SkyPower has been present in India for several years, assessing the market very carefully and building its team in India as it prepares to launch the strategic deployment of a significant number of gigawatts of solar energy. SkyPower's commitment to develop 18 GW of solar projects represents the single largest commitment in the history of solar photovoltaic in India. This recent initiative, aimed at enriching local skill development, is another step forward in SkyPower's corporate social responsibility program.
ABOUT SKYPOWER
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SkyPower is the largest and one of the most successful developers and owners of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects in the world. With roots dating back to over a decade, SkyPower's global team possesses a vast track record of over 800 years of combined experience in power and large infrastructure projects.
The experienced and accomplished SkyPower team has built, assembled and acquired an extensive pipeline of over 25 GW worldwide – 7 GW of which were recently announced in bilateral agreements, and other contract awards, to be built on the continents of Africa and Asia over the next five years in Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya and India.
SkyPower's over two dozen utility-scale solar PV Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and Contracts in aggregate represent well in excess of US $80 billion worth of long-term renewable energy sales to leading utilities and governments around the world.
SkyPower is majority owned by CIM, a transformational urban real estate and infrastructure investment firm founded in 1994 with approximately US $20.3 billion in assets under management. www.cimgroup.com
For more information about SkyPower Home, please contact: Samantha McMahon, Executive Office, [email protected], +1 647 478 2807; Aviv Garten, Senior Vice President, Development, [email protected], +972 544 28 28 08; Hando Kang, Vice President, International Public Affairs, [email protected], +1 647 478 2812; Anne Marie McSorley, Executive Office, [email protected], +1 647 478 1132; Zul Kapadia, Director, Global Intelligence & Integration, [email protected], +1 416 419 0631; Maria Vorobieva, Director, International Public Affairs, [email protected], +1 647 478 1149
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