Indian Companies and Startups Working In Solar Energy Sector

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Solar energy is a really hot sector, like the Sun itself. This industry has got a very bright future, like the bulbs it illuminates. If you think that you should jump into the solar industry, you are absolutely right and a visionary in yourself.

Solar energy startups will be very profitable, and they will be the most rewarding field to invest your precious time. Not only will you come out to be an entrepreneur, you will feel good about creating products in an industry that makes humans have lesser dependency on the non-renewable sources of energy (read this to know how electricity is created in India right now).

Here are top startups with their founders and their qualifications working towards solving the sustainable energy problem of India right now.

1. Solarsquare (https://www.solarsquare.in)

Founding year: 2015

Head Office : Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA

Founder: Neeraj Jain (https://www.linkedin.com/in/neerajjain01/?originalSubdomain=in)

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solarsquare-energy-private-limited/

Products/Services provided: Rooftop solar panel installation

2. Roofsol Energy Pvt Ltd (https://roofsol.com/)

Founding year: 2016

Head Office : Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA

Founder: Raja Babu Kalla (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajababukalla/?originalSubdomain=in) & Dipankar Pal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dipankarp/?originalSubdomain=in)

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/roofsol-energy-pvt-ltd/

Products/Services provided: Rooftop solar panel installation

3. SunAlpha Energy (https://www.sunalphaenergy.com/)

Founding year: 2015

Head Office : Jaipur, RAJASTHAN

Founder: Raghav Mittal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghav-mittal-730b018/?originalSubdomain=in) and Puneet Goyal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/puneetgoyal1/)

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunalpha/

Products/Services provided: Rooftop solar panel installation

4. SunInfra Energies Pvt. Ltd (https://suninfra.co.in/)

Founding year: 2016

Head Office : Thane (W), Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA

Founder: Durgesh Maru (https://www.linkedin.com/in/durgeshmaru/?originalSubdomain=in)

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/suninfraenergies/

Products/Services provided: Rooftop solar panel installation

5. ABS Renew Power Pvt Ltd (https://absrenewpower.com/)

Founding year: 2013

Head Office : Navi Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA

Founder: Srividhya Ganesh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/srividhya-ganesh-51837628/)

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/absrenewpower/

Products/Services provided: Solar panel installations and wind energy

6. SunEdison (https://sunedison.in/)

Founding year: 2008

Head Office : Chennai, TAMIL NADU

Founder: Jigar Shah (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jigarshahdc/)

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunedison/

Products/Services provided: Solar panel installations. They have provided a 'Pay as you go' model which is a case study now (checkout the case study).

7. Adani Solar (https://www.adanisolar.com/)

Founding year: 2015 incorporated as Adani Green Energy

Head Office : Ahmedabad, GUJARAT

Founder: Gautam Adani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautam-adani-3a112b12b/?originalSubdomain=in)

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adani-solar/

Products/Services provided: Solar PV cells and modules manufacturers

8. Amplus Solar (https://amplussolar.com/)

Founding year: 2013

Head Office : Gurgaon, HARYANA

Founder: Sanjeev Aggarwal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjeevaggarwal/?originalSubdomain=in)

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/amplusenergy/

Products/Services provided: Residential and industrial solar panels establishment

9. ReNew Power (https://renewpower.in/)

Founding year: 2011

Head Office : Gurgaon, HARYANA

Founder: Sumant Sinha (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumant-sinha/?originalSubdomain=in)

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/renew-power/

Products/Services provided: Residential and industrial solar panels establishment, and wind energy products.

Please share any other startups and companies that are doing remarkably innovative work in clean energy sector in the comments below.

Thanks for reading

Sincerely yours

Siddharth Soni

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