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alternate source and its production. The per capita program can be drawn for the future.
energy (in terms of land, people or weight etc.) needs
careful evaluation while selecting the energy transition Industry partnerships or Consortiums or conglomerate
techniques. may have to be sought for a collaborated effort
focusing on internal efficiencies and agility to develop
B: Improvements in operational efficiencies and a strong business case and justify the cost. A startup,
energy optimisation opportunities should be innovation ecosystem with the help of pilots and
considered, especially using cutting-edge digital experimentations and support from the government,
technologies to improve efficiency under varying loads academia and industry may accelerate the energy
vs constant peak loads.
transition.
Pull and Push strategy: Ability to seamlessly change Our approach in this journey shall be to work with
the production volume and mix and maintain high clients, academic institutions and industry partners to
efficiencies in both Pull and Push Strategy.
have a holistic view of the industry/sector energy map.
Peak Capacity operations vs Flexibilisation, i.e. stable & The transition needs to ensure that any efficiency and
efficient operating level ensures the optimum cost of the optimisation or flexibilisation (as regards production
operation volume and product mix) are enabled by rewiring
the enterprise and connecting the legacy (for asset
Inter-Connected / Enhanced Transmission & Distribution sweating) with the digitalisation. Digitalisation needs
/ Hybrid Grid Infrastructure a parallel business case and shall be an integral part
of Energy transition, else without the digital glue,
C: Better quality of products which can last longer. integration and rewiring will be suboptimal.
Energy transitions to reduce the demand for the
product by making long-lasting and superior quality
products.

D: Less Wastage (Recycling) driven by both efficiencies
and circularity mindset, i.e. optimum utilisation of
resources
Author
Concluding Remarks:

Energy transition road map will be unique to every Amit Sharma - Managing Director
organisation. It requires prioritisation across the
different areas of operations within the organisation, Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE)
aligned with transition roadmap of an organisation
keeping existing laboratory scale efforts and their
technology readiness (TRL) levels so that a parallel

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