- Job Title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Company
- SunSeed APV
- Country
- India
Vivek Saraf is the founder & CEO of SunSeed APV. SunSeed provides deep tech solutions for Agrivoltaics projects. Vivek has over 25 years' experience in finance and renewable energy and has been involved in developing innovative solar projects that have a dual use of land and provide multiple benefits. Vivek has a BTech from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from Thunderbird, University of Arizona.
February 13, 2025Panel Discussion
09:45 am - 10:45 am
Emerging Trends in Agrivoltaics and Floating Solar (Flotovoltaics)
The Indian solar market's rapid development has seen it among the top fifth globally. This has caused significant competition for land, which risks becoming a real bottleneck for further growth and meaning the country will need to turn increasingly to innovative applications, such as the co-location of solar and farming. Agrivoltaics has multiple benefits, including increased revenues for farmers, increased protection for crops from extreme weather events, decreased soil desertification, and improved circularity and sustainability for the agricultural sector. This session aims at bringing together experts from Europe and India to explore this new, innovative application of solar. Aspects of Floating Solar PV solutions will also be discussed.