Interview

Director
(Goldi Green Technologies Pvt. Ltd)

Mr. Chetan Shah

Q. Please elaborate the core business line and success story of your company.
Goldi Green is one of the fastest growing Solar PV Module manufacturing companies. We manufacture PV Modules up to the range of 340Wp using Poly and Mono Crystalline Solar cells in a hygienic, fully automatic and dust free facility. Offering turnkey services, and the latest in technology, we are also a leading solar design and installation firm undertaking EPC projects. In a course of just a few years, we have established ourselves in the domestic as well as international market as leading players providing the best in value and service to our customers. We started with an initial installed capacity of 10MW, having a manual facility. With our consistent quality oriented manufacturing practices we gradually earned a name for ourselves as one of the best PV module manufacturers. With rapid pace of growth and the need to provide a quality product of international standards, we rapidly put into place a totally automatic and robotic plant and increased our capacity to 130MW within a period of only four years. We have been recognized as a Star Export House by the Government of India. We are the first Indian company to be audited by SOLARBUYER. Goldi Green is now soon set towards expanding its manufacturing capacity up to 1GW to meet the ever increasing demand for its Solar PV Modules. This will help us reach out to maximum number of customers across the globe.

Q. What are all your projects running nationally or widely, do you have any involvement in international business too?
Right now installation is going on for a total of 2MW of roof top solar plants at Surat Municipal Corporation’s different sites in Surat. Our modules are installed in all corners of India, under different kinds of climatic conditions, and are performing very well. The output of our modules is the best compared to all other brands of worldwide repute. We have installations in northern India, western India, southern India and eastern India in places like Assam. We have not faced any complaint in terms of performance and efficiency of modules supplied by us and we have achieved similar results in the European continent as well. Our consistent quality and excellent and timely after sales service has been consequential for us in getting regular and repeated orders from the domestic as well as global market and has earned us a name as the leading exporters of Solar PV modules to Europe, U.S.A., China, Japan, Africa and many other countries.

Q. Tell us about your PV modules and EPC projects in detail?
Goldi Green PV modules are certified from TUV SAAR & UL India and manufactured in an ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified facility under strict quality norms. Our modules offer up to +3% positive power output. We offer a 25 year out put warranty and our modules are tested for PID resistance (IEC 62804), salt mist corrosion resistance (IEC 61701), ammonia corrosion resistance (IEC 62716), and hail resistance as well as certified to withstand extreme weather conditions. Goldi Green modules undergo 100% EL inspection (Pre & post lamination). Goldi Green is also the first Indian company to be audited by SOLARBUYER. We have undertaken EPC projects for DNH Power Distribution Company in Silvassa aggregating to a total of 1.4MWp using Goldi Green PV modules, out of which 900kW is in periphery of a lake with few modules elevated over the lake with a raised structure. Some of the other projects where we have delivered our PV modules: We have supplied 30MW of PV modules to BHEL for their Neyveli Lignite Corporation site recently. 5MW of panels delivered to KP Group for their solar power project ‘Solarism’.

Q. What are the challenges and opportunities you are facing now days?
The GOI has set an ambitious target of a 100GW of solar installations by 2022. Looking at this tremendous opportunity, we have set our sights for rapid capacity expansion up to 1GW. The challenges we would be facing from financial point of view would be interest costs, appropriate support from the government by way of appropriate schemes and export incentives.

Q. Where do you foresee yourself in upcoming years?
Focusing on quality has always been our motto. With rapid expansion plans, we aim to be major contributors in helping tackle climate change and have a substantial say in renewable energy. We foresee ourselves as a major international brand to be reckoned with. Very soon we also aim to increase our installed capacity up to 1GW and expand our presence across the globe and aspire to be one of the major players in the development of solar parks.