The SunPedal Ride
The SunPedal Ride
5 states and 7000+ kms on a solar powered electric bicycle to raise solar awareness.
This page will be updated everyday with photos during the ride.
5 states and 7000+ kms on a solar powered electric bicycle to raise solar awareness.
This page will be updated everyday with photos during the ride.
Sushil Reddy, an IIT Bombay alumnus from Energy Science Department, will be riding a solar powered electric bicycle across 5 states and 7000+ kms in India starting 8th May 2016 for approximately 70 days. This will be done with a support vehicle and a support crew. Rajendra Bhaskar, an IIT Bombay student will be riding along Sushil throughout the journey as a support crew.
Throughout the journey of 70 odd days, they will talk to people about the importance of solar energy at the grassroot level at certain schools/universities/organisations on the route.
Government of India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission under which, the target is now to generate 100,000 MW of Solar Power in India and also MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) has envisioned this target to be achieved by the year 2022. There is an estimated requirement of 3,00,000 skilled solar professionals comprising of multiple skill set ranging from research, design, engineering, installation, operation and maintenance, sales and marketing. Currently, the number of skilled solar technicians in India is approximately 40,000. There is an urgent need to empower people with solar. Hence there is a need of making people aware about the opportunities available in the upcoming solar energy sector.
The SunPedal Ride is supported by the Title Sponsor, InterSolar, India's Largest Exhibition and Conference for the Solar Industry organized by MMI India Pvt. Ltd. The renewable energy group Mahindra Susten and Applied Materials are the co-sponsors for the ride.
Throughout the journey of 70 odd days, they will talk to people about the importance of solar energy at the grassroot level at certain schools/universities/organisations on the route.
Government of India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission under which, the target is now to generate 100,000 MW of Solar Power in India and also MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) has envisioned this target to be achieved by the year 2022. There is an estimated requirement of 3,00,000 skilled solar professionals comprising of multiple skill set ranging from research, design, engineering, installation, operation and maintenance, sales and marketing. Currently, the number of skilled solar technicians in India is approximately 40,000. There is an urgent need to empower people with solar. Hence there is a need of making people aware about the opportunities available in the upcoming solar energy sector.
The SunPedal Ride is supported by the Title Sponsor, InterSolar, India's Largest Exhibition and Conference for the Solar Industry organized by MMI India Pvt. Ltd. The renewable energy group Mahindra Susten and Applied Materials are the co-sponsors for the ride.
The Solar Bicycle will be a great example to showcase the application and potential of solar energy throughout the ride and the ride itself is aimed to unite and educate people over a cause which will dominate the future energy needs.
Route for ride:
IIT Bombay, Valsad, Surat, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Diu, Somnath, Porbandar, Dwarka, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Mt. Abu, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Bhatinda, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Roorkee, Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Deogarh, Udaipur, Gandhinagar, Bharuch, Surat, Vapi, IIT Bombay.
The route has been chosen and planned considering maximum sunshine, favorable terrain, weather and safety for cyclists.
They will be riding approximately 100-120 kms per day. They will be talking about the energy scenario, electricity scenario and the solar energy scenario in India giving facts and numbers. These facts and numbers are backed by team kWatt Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a solar energy company founded by Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki, an IIT Bombay Professor in the Energy Science and Engineering Department. They will also talk about the importance and potential of solar energy, the challenges and opportunities in this upcoming solar energy sector, thus motivating people to go for solar. The solar bicycle demo will also be given during the journey.
Also they are contacting organisations like Teach For India, AIESEC, Jagriti Yatra and individual contacts on the planned route to help them co-ordinate and organize this presentation in the cities where we have planned to halt on the route.
During the ride, funds will be raised via a crowdfunding campaign to get solar power to a rural school in Jatwara of the NGO, Hockey Village India (http://www.hockeyvillageindia.com/). There are frequent power cuts in the rural school where kids are empowered using education and sports. Solar power in this village will help these kids to study and progress better in their lives. The NGO is run by a former German National Hockey player, Andrea Thumshirn. Andrea met Sushil in July 2015 and discussed the plan to get solar power for the school. A crowdfunding campaign will be started before the ride.
If anyone wishes to get in touch with them and help them with logistics or want them to deliver a talk about solar energy on the route, please feel free to contact them on the following:
Sushil Reddy (+919892528955, [email protected])
Rajendra Bhaskar (+917738199421, [email protected])
Himanshu Singh – Support Crew (+919537626260. [email protected] )
About the Solar powered electric bicycle:
240 Watts of Solar Panels on a trailer attached to the bicycle.
250 Watts rear hub motor, 48V Lithium Ion battery
Average speed on flats: 20 kms/hr
(Manufactured by Hulikkal Electro India Pvt. Ltd. )
List of Sponsors and Partners of the SunPedal Ride:
Title Sponsor: Intersolar / Messe München (www.mmi-india.in / www.intersolar.in)
Contact Person: Mr. Brijesh Nair
Handphone: +91 80808 44022 E-mail: [email protected]
About Intersolar: Intersolar is India's Largest Exhibition and Conference for the Solar Industry. It takes place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai from October 19-21, 2016. The event’s exhibition and conference both focus on the areas of photovoltaics, PV production technologies, energy storage systems and solar thermal technologies. Since being founded, Intersolar has become the most important industry platform for manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, service providers and partners of the solar industry.
Co-Sponsor: Applied Materials India
Mr. Bipin Thakur +91 99 4504 0813 , [email protected]
Silver Sponsor: BSNL India
Mr. Clarence Lowden BSNL, [email protected], +919920138973
Bicycle Sponsor: Hulikkal Electro India Pvt. Ltd. (http://www.hulikkal.com/)
Mr. Prashant Goel, +919042720490
Support Partner: Mr. Faisal Thakur (Pro9 Bicycle Studio)
+919769712311
Support Vehicle Sponsor: Zoomcar (www.zoomcar.com/)
Mr. Manan Modi +918828122282
Renewable Energy Partner: kWatt Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (www.kwattsolutions.com)
Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki, +919619577895
Co-Sponsor: Mahindra Susten (http://www.mahindrasusten.com/)
Mr. Renfred Dsouza, +919820429505
Sustainability Partner: Team Shunya, IIT Bombay (http://teamshunya.in/)
GPS partner: Garmin
Social Media Partner: Riders on Roll
Crowdfunding Partner: Catapooolt
NGO Hockey Village India: Founder, Andrea Thumshirn: +918290929002
Follow regular updates of the SunPedal ride on www.thesunpedalride.in
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/thesunpedalride/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/SunPedal_Ride
Route for ride:
IIT Bombay, Valsad, Surat, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Diu, Somnath, Porbandar, Dwarka, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Mt. Abu, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Bhatinda, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Roorkee, Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Deogarh, Udaipur, Gandhinagar, Bharuch, Surat, Vapi, IIT Bombay.
The route has been chosen and planned considering maximum sunshine, favorable terrain, weather and safety for cyclists.
They will be riding approximately 100-120 kms per day. They will be talking about the energy scenario, electricity scenario and the solar energy scenario in India giving facts and numbers. These facts and numbers are backed by team kWatt Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a solar energy company founded by Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki, an IIT Bombay Professor in the Energy Science and Engineering Department. They will also talk about the importance and potential of solar energy, the challenges and opportunities in this upcoming solar energy sector, thus motivating people to go for solar. The solar bicycle demo will also be given during the journey.
Also they are contacting organisations like Teach For India, AIESEC, Jagriti Yatra and individual contacts on the planned route to help them co-ordinate and organize this presentation in the cities where we have planned to halt on the route.
During the ride, funds will be raised via a crowdfunding campaign to get solar power to a rural school in Jatwara of the NGO, Hockey Village India (http://www.hockeyvillageindia.com/). There are frequent power cuts in the rural school where kids are empowered using education and sports. Solar power in this village will help these kids to study and progress better in their lives. The NGO is run by a former German National Hockey player, Andrea Thumshirn. Andrea met Sushil in July 2015 and discussed the plan to get solar power for the school. A crowdfunding campaign will be started before the ride.
If anyone wishes to get in touch with them and help them with logistics or want them to deliver a talk about solar energy on the route, please feel free to contact them on the following:
Sushil Reddy (+919892528955, [email protected])
Rajendra Bhaskar (+917738199421, [email protected])
Himanshu Singh – Support Crew (+919537626260. [email protected] )
About the Solar powered electric bicycle:
240 Watts of Solar Panels on a trailer attached to the bicycle.
250 Watts rear hub motor, 48V Lithium Ion battery
Average speed on flats: 20 kms/hr
(Manufactured by Hulikkal Electro India Pvt. Ltd. )
List of Sponsors and Partners of the SunPedal Ride:
Title Sponsor: Intersolar / Messe München (www.mmi-india.in / www.intersolar.in)
Contact Person: Mr. Brijesh Nair
Handphone: +91 80808 44022 E-mail: [email protected]
About Intersolar: Intersolar is India's Largest Exhibition and Conference for the Solar Industry. It takes place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai from October 19-21, 2016. The event’s exhibition and conference both focus on the areas of photovoltaics, PV production technologies, energy storage systems and solar thermal technologies. Since being founded, Intersolar has become the most important industry platform for manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, service providers and partners of the solar industry.
Co-Sponsor: Applied Materials India
Mr. Bipin Thakur +91 99 4504 0813 , [email protected]
Silver Sponsor: BSNL India
Mr. Clarence Lowden BSNL, [email protected], +919920138973
Bicycle Sponsor: Hulikkal Electro India Pvt. Ltd. (http://www.hulikkal.com/)
Mr. Prashant Goel, +919042720490
Support Partner: Mr. Faisal Thakur (Pro9 Bicycle Studio)
+919769712311
Support Vehicle Sponsor: Zoomcar (www.zoomcar.com/)
Mr. Manan Modi +918828122282
Renewable Energy Partner: kWatt Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (www.kwattsolutions.com)
Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki, +919619577895
Co-Sponsor: Mahindra Susten (http://www.mahindrasusten.com/)
Mr. Renfred Dsouza, +919820429505
Sustainability Partner: Team Shunya, IIT Bombay (http://teamshunya.in/)
GPS partner: Garmin
Social Media Partner: Riders on Roll
Crowdfunding Partner: Catapooolt
NGO Hockey Village India: Founder, Andrea Thumshirn: +918290929002
Follow regular updates of the SunPedal ride on www.thesunpedalride.in
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/thesunpedalride/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/SunPedal_Ride
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