EESL JV ‘EPAL’ Becomes Fastest Growing Indian Owned Firm in the UK

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EESL JV ‘EPAL’ has emerged as the fastest-growing Indian company in the UK in the “India meets Britain Tracker 2020”, developed by CII and Grant Thornton.

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a home-grown Super Energy Service Company (ESCO) under the administration of the Ministry of Power, Government of India has set a remarkable global precedent in low carbon development. Its Joint Venture (JV), EnergyPro Assets Ltd (EPAL) has emerged as the fastest-growing Indian company in the United Kingdom (UK) in the “India meets Britain Tracker 2020”, developed by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Grant Thornton.

“The JV, between EESL and British impact focussed energy efficiency firm EnergyPro Asset Management Ltd (EPAM) has grown at a rapid clip, further reaffirming India’s role as a global energy efficiency pioneer,” the firm issued in a statement.

EPAL bridges the energy transitions in India and the UK and marks an important chapter in the UK Energy Alliance endorsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015. EPAL began its journey when EESL and EPAM joined together to acquire energy service company (ESCO) operations in the UK quickly followed by clinching a share in a grid-scale battery project in Canada. Since then, it has invested Rs 633 crore in the UK and has become a success story for Indian owned companies globally.

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Speaking on the success of the JV, Saurabh Kumar, MD-EESL said that “through EPAL, we have crafted a global brand that consorts closely with the Prime Minister’s appeal for fostering local businesses. It is another testament to our vision of building a world-class energy service business that delivers economic, environmental and social benefits locally. The success of EPAL also marks a significant stride towards achieving India’s overall energy transition, aided by the exchange of technology and best practices between India and the UK. This feat would not have been possible without the contribution of each and every member of the EESL family.”

Adhering to the motto of being vocal about local with global aspirations, EPAL was at the top of the list of the fastest-growing 842 Indian-UK companies in the Grant Thornton & CII tracker. EPAL’s watershed moment was in 2018 when it acquired Edina, UK’s leading supplier, installer and maintenance provider for Combined, Heat and Power (CHP) solutions. It was the first-ever acquisition of an overseas company, by an entity administered under the Ministry of Power. For EESL, Edina has become a steadfast vehicle for technology and skill transfer from the UK to India. The acquisition has resulted in an active pipeline of 100 MW of trigeneration projects in India worth Rs 1000 crore which will support the country’s need for more sustainable cooling solutions.

“The COVID-19 driven economic disruption has brought the energy transition into sharp focus. The government is working towards increasing the share of gas to 15 percent in the energy mix, and gas-based CHP solutions will remain pivotal to this expansion. The overall unconstrained market size for co-gen and tri-gen solutions in India is currently pegged at 15 GW. The benefits of tapping this potential are manifold, including optimisation of India’s burgeoning cooling needs. Further, by the wide-scale deployment of gas-based solutions, EESL looks to pave the way for grid flexibility and integration of intermittent power. This bodes well with India’s renewed target of integrating 450 GW of renewable capacity by 2030,” the statement read.

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