Webinar 4: Business Viability and Returns in Agrivoltaics

​Webinar Details

• ​​Date: 20th Feb 2026

• ​​Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM IST

• ​​Mode: Online

​​What You Can Expect

​​This interactive session will cover:

​• Return expectations from agrivoltaics: crop income, power sales, ROI, and key profitability factors

​• Ownership and business models: farmer-owned, FPO-led, developer partnerships, and revenue-sharing

​• Payback timelines and financing: capital costs, loans, subsidies, carbon revenue, and recovery period

​• Why agrivoltaics works for small farmers: climate resilience, stable income, and risk reduction

​Speakers

• ​Arunendra Tiwari, Fellow, TERI

• ​Bidisha Banerjee, Research Associate, ICRIER

• ​Shivi Jindal, SunMaster Pvt Ltd

• ​Mahesh Lade, Thematic Programme Executive, BAIF

• ​Manish Khare, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Khare Energy Private Limited

• ​Vikram Borade, COO, Syngenta Foundation​

​About the Initiative

​​This webinar is part of the Greenovation Agrivoltaics Challenge, led by EarthON Foundation in collaboration with SwitchON Foundation. Through this initiative, we are supporting farmer groups and decentralized renewable energy (DRE) companies with:

• ​​Capacity-building and training

• ​​Catalytic grants

• ​​Micro-demonstration agrivoltaic systems (10–50 kW) across priority states