Pathway towards Net Water Positivity

Sculpt Partners benchmarked water consumption practices for an EU headquartered renewable energy player in India and recommended optimisation initiatives

Challenge

• Indian subsidiary of a leading European Union (EU) headquartered energy company
• Four full-scale plants in India with 200 MW installed solar capacity and an additional 1 GW pipeline
• Significant and persistent variation in per capita water consumption practices across the solar energy plants
• Required further investigation to identify root causes and recommend initiatives to optimise water usage

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Our approach

• Conducted a benchmarking assessment to identify water consumption norms for solar Renewable Energy (RE) companies in India
• Reviewed water consumption practices across the four plants and diagnose underlying issues driving variation
• Drew insights from contemporary water savings and optimisation initiatives
• Recommended plant-level initiatives to optimise water consumption and move towards net water positivity

Impact

Water consumption benchmarking framework

Benchmarking gaps with renewable energy peers

Insights from best practices