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Re-imagining Solar and Energy Storage Soft Costs: Next Gen Operating Model - Beyond Just Saving Money
Re-imagining Solar and Energy Storage Soft Costs: Next Gen Operating Model - Beyond Just Saving Money
In my prior article, I shared how Project Engineering and Asset Management needs re-imagination if we want to reduce…
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Stubborn Soft Cost of Solar in USA: Re-imagine and Re-invent
Stubborn Soft Cost of Solar in USA: Re-imagine and Re-invent
Re-imagine and Re-invent Solar and Energy Storage Engineering and O&M-Asset Management The external landscape for Solar…
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USA – India cost of living: Savings is all that matters. All else is noise.
USA – India cost of living: Savings is all that matters. All else is noise.
Savings – Shouldn’t “Savings” be the ONLY consideration? A couple of weeks ago Mint published "India vs US: cost of…
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Amit Jain posted this*** 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 *** • Have you always wanted to work on cutting edge multi-disciplinary projects in Solar and Energy Storage? • Do you have the right ownership mindset, technical skills, first time right quality attitude, learnability and work ethic that are the right fit for such projects? 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼����𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. Also, do share within your network if you know someone suitable. Don’t miss this chance to send your resume explaining your candidacy to 𝙝��@𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣.𝙘𝙤𝙢 Adirain has multiple exciting opportunities for World Class Engineering talent to design cutting edge 𝗨𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 (𝗣𝗩) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 (𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗦) 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀. You will work with World Class clients, Global Engineering standards (𝗡𝗘𝗖, 𝗜𝗘𝗘𝗘, 𝗨𝗟), Multi-Disciplinary teams with Best-in-Class Software and Tools on projects that are transforming the US power generation and grid landscape. 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗵𝘆𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 This is 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 opportunity. Remote /WFH positions are not available. For the unitiated, Indore is the cleanest city of India with excellent schools and academic institutions, family friendly cost of living, fast growing industrial base and well connected to many towns / cities in India. 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: Develop Preliminary to Detailed Design and Construction Plans for Utility scale plants across USA. Activities include DC and AC side of the plants – Overall site plan, Inverter Stringing plans, Single Line Diagrams, Wire Schedule, Trenching Details, Interconnection details, MV / HV protection etc. 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: Grading & Levelling, Cut & Fill, Access Roads & Pavement Design, Cable Trenches, Duct Banks & other Underground infrastructure, Parcel fencing designs, Landscaping, Environmental Restoration, Laydown Areas. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: Pile Design, Inverter / Transformer / Substation Equipment Foundation, Structural Analysis (Wind load, Snow load etc.), Tower Foundation, Concrete & Steel Quantities and Reinforcement Drawings 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 & 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: Strom Water Management, Flood Risk Assessment, Drainage Designs, Culvert Design, Erosion & Sediment Control. Send your resume to 𝗵𝗿@𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻.𝗰𝗼𝗺 #solar #BESS #engineering #design #worldclass #utilitysolar Pratik Vinayaka Prateek Agarwal
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Amit Jain reposted thisAmit Jain reposted thisAn Open Letter to the Citizens of India: Dear Proud Indian, There is a man sitting at Jantar Mantar, in the heart of our capital, who has not eaten in over two weeks. His name is Sonam Wangchuk. You know his face. You cheered for him in a theatre once, when a character inspired by his life taught a fictional college that learning matters more than rote memorization, that curiosity matters more than fear. We hero-worshipped that story and made Aamir Khan a hero. And the real hero is in his brink, fasting, dying. He is not fasting for himself. He sat down in solidarity with young people demanding accountability after this year’s exam paper leaks harmed futures of millions of students. Millions. Think of that number not as a statistic but as millions of individual mornings: a student waking up early, preparing for months, walking into an exam hall trusting that the system in front of them was fair. That trust was broken. Wangchuk is asking, with his own body, that someone be held responsible for breaking it. Eighteen days without food is not normal. It is a body slowly consuming itself. It is a heart working harder with less to work with. Reports already describe his health failing, his weight dropping sharply, other young protesters at his side collapsing and being carried to hospitals. The government’s silence continues, as if a man’s life were a negotiating tactic rather than a life. We cannot afford that silence. Education is not a side issue in this country. It is the only bet we are making on our future. India’s demographic dividend is at risk. A leaked exam paper is not a clerical failure but a crack in the foundation of that dividend. Wangchuk understood this decades before most of us did, and he is paying for that understanding with his body right now. So this is not a call to take a side in a political fight. It is a call to remember that a citizen’s conscience does not require permission from a party symbol. Ask about him. Say his name. Ask your representatives, your neighbours, your own families, why a man who has given his life to Indian education is entering his eighteenth day of hunger in the shadow of our Parliament while the country changes the channel. A nation does not need to agree on every demand to agree that a human life should not be the price of being ignored. We owe him that much attention. We owe ourselves that much spine. With hope that we are not too late. A fellow citizen
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Amit Jain posted this** Hiring Alert for USA Geo in #Solar and #BESS ** Adirain Technology is hiring for #Construction #Project #Managers for Solar+BESS industry at its growing USA office. Opportunity is based on the East Coast (Flexible location although NYC/NY/NJ could be a preferred) with current projects in PA and OH. Site travel is required (min 25% travel expected). Some details are below: The #Construction #Project #Manager is responsible for managing the construction and successful delivery of projects / assets executed by third-party contractors. This role ensures projects are completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with the quality standards. The Construction Project Manager works closely with #Development, #Engineering, #Procurement, #Construction, #Asset Management, and external #stakeholders to support the successful execution of the organization’s short-term and long-term objectives. Key Responsibilities: Project Planning & Execution, Construction Management & Field Oversight, Risk, Safety & Quality Management, Commercial and Client / Stakeholder management, and Reporting. Experience and Qualifications: Minimum 3 years experience in project management capacity with ability to manage multiple projects. Minimum 2 years experience managing mid-large size (500Kwp) #rooftop #solar and FT/SAT #ground-mount (3MWp) #solar projects with combination of office and construction field experience. Ability to read and review engineering drawings to identify constructability or scope issues. Proficient with Microsoft Office suite, #Procore, #Bluebeam and #Smartsheets. PMP certification desirable. Bachelor's Degree required (#Engineering, #Construction etc.) Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. DM me if you are interested or need more information. #Solar #PV #PV #Photovoltaic #project #manager
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Amit Jain posted thisLet's catch-up at Intersolar Munchen in Munich, Germany this week? Interested in #Engineering and #AssetManagement #PerformanceAnalytics? I'm at #intersolar and it will be great to catch-up on #PV, #BESS, #EVInfra and #DataCenters. Despite various geo-political and policy headwinds in some large markets, #Solar, #EnergyStorage and #DataCenters remain strong vectors of growth. If you belong to teams that do #Development / #Origination, #EPC, #Contracting, #Finance , #Insurance, #Operations (#Commissioning), #O&M (#AssetManagement), #PerformanceEngineering - our conversation would be meaningful for you. We reduce #softcost and improve #TAT #Timetomarket. We provide #FirstTimeRight #worldclass #Engineering across breadth of Statement of Works - #DevEngineering #OriginationEngineering, #ProjectEngineering, #IndependentEngineering, #OwnersEngineering #LendersEngineering. We support full cycle of #interconnected #permitted projects with a transparent cost model to help manage uncertainty. Our #AssetManagement services have turned-around many project portfolios with #uptime improvement and #Energy yield. We do #24x7 #alerts monitoring, #realtime #alertstriage and work closely with #inhouse and #thirdparty contractors. Our detailed #dashboards and #techanalytics approach has raised the benchmark of the #O&M team, moving the needle to make them #profitcenters than #costcenters. Our #global #resource business model with the deep #domainexperience has changed the way businesses operate - improved #TAT or #timetomarket, increased #financialreturns (projects and portfolio), reduced #risk, improvided #variablecost #fixedcost balance among other value creation. If these topics are of interest to you, DM please and we can schedule a conversation.
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Amit Jain shared this** Hiring Alert for Machine Learning and Data Scientist - Full time or Consultants** We have an excellent use case for an AI/ML project. We are putting together a unique Data Science and Machine Learning (ML) team to execute this use case. I promise that this will be an excellent learning experience in this fast evolving field with very real / tangible value generating use case. The team will consist of the following and anyone fitting these roles, please reach out to me (Connect, DM or Email me). 1. a data scientist with experience in driving classification models, vision models for information extraction, experimentation and gathering of ground truth dataset etc. 2. a Machine Learning engineer with expertise in Python, integrating with AI models including LLMs, MLOps. 3. Java/cloud software engineers to integrate with non-AI systems and set up infrastructure etc. 4. a software quality engineer (QE) In all of these roles, we need strong inclination to work with coding assistants like Co-pilot, Claude code for accelerated software development. Location - Indore, M.P or Remote in India (or work / collaborate in India time zone if internationally located). #AI #ML #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #DataScience #Claude #Copilot #truthdataset #python #Java #LLM #MLOps
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Amit Jain shared thisHot opportunity with multi-functional skills. #autocad3d #substation #transmission #model #autocad #electrical #design #engineeringAmit Jain shared thisHiring: AutoCAD 3D Designer – Substation | 3 Years Experience We are looking for an experienced AutoCAD 3D Designer for electrical substation projects. 🔹 Minimum 3 years of experience 🔹 Strong in 2D & 3D drawings using AutoCAD 🔹 Experience in equipment layouts, GA drawings, cable routing, grounding & foundation layouts 🔹 Good understanding of substation components 🔹 Ability to coordinate with engineering teams and follow industry standards 📍 Location: Indore 📩 Interested candidates can share their resume or connect directly. #Hiring #AutoCAD #Substation #ElectricalDesign #IndoreJobs
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Amit Jain shared thisMeet me this week at Mumbai Climate Week. . . . Dear #linkedin community friends, are any of you in #Mumbai for Mumbai Climate Week? I will be at the conference and expo and We can connect on the most important #energytech #infrastructure of our current times - #Solar #energystorage #digitalenergey #datacenteres and #evinfra. Lets catch up for coffee or a meal. Our clients benefit from our deep domain expertise and #global #execution - getting world class #quality, #affordable #price and high #reliability.
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Amit Jain posted thisAI and ML talent... DM me please. . . . . Reaching out to AI and ML talent in my network: Would like to bounce a couple of project ideas with you that can lead to impactful engagement. Please DM or message me. Strangely LinkedIn is not allowing me to search within my 1st connection network with various parameters, hence this note. Looking forward to connecting. #AI #ML #automation
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Amit Jain shared thisMeet me this week in Germany . . . Hey Germany, here I come to the city of #Essen (near Düsseldorf and 2 hrs from Frankfurt). Dear #linkedin community friends, are any of you in #Frankfurt to #Essen corridor. I will be visiting the #eworld conference and expo (Feb 10 to 12 at Messe Essen. https://lnkd.in/dYeEnp2U). We can connect on the most important #energytech #infrastructure of our current times - #Solar, #energystorage #datacenteres and #evinfra. Lets catch up for coffee or a meal. Our clients benefit from our deep domain expertise and #global #execution - getting world class #quality, #affordable #price and high #reliability. Dr. Samiro Bojarra Carlos Tejada Jorge Amiano Goyarrola Jorge Martinez Jorge Leal Ricardo Moura Anna Waters
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Jugaad can NOT lead to a competitive advantage. Jugaad is a terrible way to operate and evangelize.
The results are clearly visible - Where are the world-class product(s) that are dominating the world? Yoga dominates, but it is not a product of Jugaad.
Citing examples such as UPI or Jio in support of Jugaad post is terrible juxtaposition. Why did you conclude that these examples had heavy dose of Jugaad in their success? There is nothing in the public domain that supports your PoV. If I was leading these organizations, I will be offended.
Accepting "Jugaad" leads to adulteration of human behavior. "Jugaad adaptability" is costing us more than quality, safety and long-term reliability - It is costing us the discipline and creativity to produce world-class products and services.
"The best version of jugaad is not cutting corners. It's refusing to be stopped by them."
Unfortunately, "Jugaad" is leading to corners being cut. The i's are NOT being dotted and t's are NOT being crossed. (Same difference as velocity and speed).
Teams and Companies are not heavily investing (not just $) in understanding customers, requirements, team composition, prepartion, processes, design choices, Quality, Reliability, Testing, etc. etc.
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Amit Jain liked thisAmit Jain liked thisThree things happened in my family over the past week. My father (N. R. Narayana Murthy) received his 40th honorary doctorate, from the University of York. My mother (Sudha Murty) received her 24th, from IIT Dharwad. And my uncle, Shri Kulkarni (my mother's brother), was awarded the Royal Astronomical Society's Gold Medal in Astronomy. The Gold Medal has been given since 1824, when Charles Babbage received the first one. It has since gone to Einstein, to Hubble, to Hawking, and to Chandrasekhar, who until now was the only Indian to have received it. Forty, twenty-four, and a medal two centuries old. My contribution was the photographs. Congratulations to all three. Still the best teachers I've had. Akshata Murty / Aparna Krishnan
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Amit Jain reacted on thisAmit Jain reacted on thisNot only is Meta trying to silence Sarah Wynn-Williams, it is trying to destroy her. The goal is to send a signal to all other would-be whistle blowers. Even Sen Josh Hawley agrees. Read her memoir: CARELESS PEOPLE. Michael Savage https://lnkd.in/gdxCuMurMeta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator saysMeta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says
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Amit Jain liked thisAmit Jain liked thisAn Open Letter to the Citizens of India: Dear Proud Indian, There is a man sitting at Jantar Mantar, in the heart of our capital, who has not eaten in over two weeks. His name is Sonam Wangchuk. You know his face. You cheered for him in a theatre once, when a character inspired by his life taught a fictional college that learning matters more than rote memorization, that curiosity matters more than fear. We hero-worshipped that story and made Aamir Khan a hero. And the real hero is in his brink, fasting, dying. He is not fasting for himself. He sat down in solidarity with young people demanding accountability after this year’s exam paper leaks harmed futures of millions of students. Millions. Think of that number not as a statistic but as millions of individual mornings: a student waking up early, preparing for months, walking into an exam hall trusting that the system in front of them was fair. That trust was broken. Wangchuk is asking, with his own body, that someone be held responsible for breaking it. Eighteen days without food is not normal. It is a body slowly consuming itself. It is a heart working harder with less to work with. Reports already describe his health failing, his weight dropping sharply, other young protesters at his side collapsing and being carried to hospitals. The government’s silence continues, as if a man’s life were a negotiating tactic rather than a life. We cannot afford that silence. Education is not a side issue in this country. It is the only bet we are making on our future. India’s demographic dividend is at risk. A leaked exam paper is not a clerical failure but a crack in the foundation of that dividend. Wangchuk understood this decades before most of us did, and he is paying for that understanding with his body right now. So this is not a call to take a side in a political fight. It is a call to remember that a citizen’s conscience does not require permission from a party symbol. Ask about him. Say his name. Ask your representatives, your neighbours, your own families, why a man who has given his life to Indian education is entering his eighteenth day of hunger in the shadow of our Parliament while the country changes the channel. A nation does not need to agree on every demand to agree that a human life should not be the price of being ignored. We owe him that much attention. We owe ourselves that much spine. With hope that we are not too late. A fellow citizen
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Amit Jain liked thisAmit Jain liked thisIn the heat of battle, when victory finally arrives after a grueling 2-1 thriller, the true champions don’t just raise their arms, they open them wide. Neymar and Matheus Cunha chose to embrace the heartbroken Japanese players first, offering respect before reveling in glory. That single gesture reminds us: greatness isn’t measured only by the scoreboard, but by how we treat those we’ve overcome. In a world quick to celebrate at others’ expense, true strength lies in humility, empathy, and recognizing the shared effort behind every contest. Let this moment inspire us all, on the field, in the office, and in life, to win with grace, lift others even in defeat, and build bridges where rivalry could divide. Respect is the ultimate trophy.
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Amit Jain reacted on thisAmit Jain reacted on thisMumbai's monsoon arrived on Wednesday, 13 days late. Within hours, 208mm had fallen on the western suburbs, Andheri was waterlogged, subways flooded, and Central Railway services were disrupted. Hindmata, the same junction that makes the news every year, was underwater by morning. Every monsoon, the same cities flood. The same headlines. This isn't a failure of engineering or political will. It's a system working exactly as designed, just for different objectives than the ones written in the plan. Indian cities flood annually because the fiscal architecture rewards post-disaster relief spending and makes prevention investment structurally inaccessible. Because no single agency controls the full causal chain from rainfall to flood damage, so no single agency bears the accountability cost. Because the measurement system tracks drain length constructed, not drain capacity functional, which makes the maintenance deficit invisible until it kills someone. Three cities broke out of this. Surat built a standing coordination protocol between the municipal corporation and upstream dam operators, institutionalized it in a trust structure that survived political cycles, and hasn't had a catastrophic flood in 18 years despite comparable rainfall. Copenhagen chose surface retention over underground sewers, came in 30% cheaper, and measured outcomes at the catchment level rather than counting projects. Philadelphia charges a stormwater fee based on impervious surface area per parcel, raises $100 million a year in ring-fenced maintenance revenue, and prices the drainage externality onto the land uses that generate it. China's Sponge City programme shows what happens when you get this wrong at scale. Thirty pilot cities, billions invested, targets set in project counts rather than hydrological outcomes. Zhengzhou was a Sponge City pilot. In 2021, 380 people died in its floods. The minimum reform package for any Indian city is three things: a parcel-based stormwater fee, a Surat-style coordination trust, and an annual CAG audit of functional drain capacity published before monsoon. None requires constitutional change. All require political will to impose costs on actors who currently pay nothing for the runoff they generate. The full analysis is in the link below. Thoughts welcome, especially from anyone who has tried to move this in practice.Why Indian Cities Keep Flooding, and What Would Actually Fix ItWhy Indian Cities Keep Flooding, and What Would Actually Fix It
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