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Stack health
How rectifier ripple and dynamic response affect stack degradation and membrane life, and who should define the limits.
Panel IPower Forward · Green Hydrogen Industry Day
Solving green hydrogen’s
power challenges.
Together.
Electrolyser OEMs, EPCs, developers, PSUs and policymakers in one room for one day. Open debate on stack health, grid compliance, reliability and bankability, and a live 5 MW benchmark on the factory floor.
Date
30 November 2026
Monday
Time
09:30 to 18:00
IST
Venue
KraftPowercon Chakan factory
Pune, Maharashtra
Format
Invitation only
60 seats
The challenge
No one de-risks green hydrogen alone.
India’s green hydrogen ambition depends on electrolysers that run efficiently, last for decades and get financed. The power conversion that feeds them touches every one of those questions, and every party on a project. Power Forward puts them in the same room to work through the answers in the open.
02
Grid compliance
Voltage swings at renewable-heavy sites, harmonic limits under IEEE 519 and IEC 61000, ride-through and fault response.
Panel I · Consultations03
Bankability
What lenders accept as proven, where supplier specifications diverge, and what makes procurement decisions easier to defend.
Panel I04
Field reliability
MTBF versus reality, time to restore, spare parts in India and how service shapes the cost of hydrogen.
Panel II
5MW
Our contribution
A standardised 5 MW building block, powered on in front of you.
KraftPowercon will present iKraft, our standardised and modular 5 MW IGBT active front end system for electrolysers, and run it live on the factory floor.
- 01Cold start to full loadRamp-up from zero to rated current in real time.
- 02Live data wallEfficiency, THD and power factor measured on screen as it happens.
- 03The red button momentA guest from an OEM or EPC initiates the load step via the HMI.
- 04Built in IndiaManufactured and tested in Chakan, backed by nationwide service.
Programme
One day. Two halves. Every voice.
09:30until 10:00
Arrival
Registration and welcome tea
10:00until 10:15
Welcome
Welcome and scene-setting
KraftPowercon’s journey in India, and the role of power conversion at green hydrogen’s defining moment.
Pramod Barge · India Country Head, KraftPowercon
10:15until 10:45
Keynote
The green hydrogen power conversion landscape
Global experience and India’s growing potential: advancing power conversion through next-generation technology.
Johan Burgren and Håkan Carlsson · KraftPowercon Sweden
10:45until 11:00
Chief guest address
India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission
The policy perspective: unlocking opportunities through indigenous technology and accelerating clean energy ambitions.
Debasis Manasa Ranjan Panda · NTPC · Vladimir Vlavohic · Siemens Energy
11:00until 11:20
Roadmap
Building this market with you
Local manufacturing, nationwide service, international support and a roadmap for higher MW ratings, containerised solutions and hydrogen-specific technology.
Ranjit Jakkli · Managing Director, KraftPowercon
11:30until 12:00
Technical deep dive
iKraft IGBT AFE: why it is different
Head-to-head with thyristor technology on efficiency, harmonics, grid interaction, dynamic response, monitoring and 5 MW modular design.
Håkan Carlsson · KraftPowercon
12:00until 13:00
Live demonstration
5 MW iKraft system, powered on
Cold start to full load on the factory floor, with input power, output power, efficiency, THD and power factor shown live on the data wall.
13:00until 14:00
Lunch
Networking lunch
14:10until 15:05
Panel I
What electrolyser OEMs and EPCs really need from power conversion
Rectifier performance, stack health, grid compliance, IGBT AFE versus thyristor, bankability and procurement.
Moderated by Anilkumar C Mukundan
15:05until 15:15
Break
Swedish fika on the factory floor
A nod to our Swedish roots: coffee and open conversation with KraftPowercon engineers.
15:15until 15:50
Panel II
Field realities: reliability, maintenance and serviceability
Failure modes after commissioning, MTBF and MTTR in practice, spare parts strategy in India and downtime in LCOH models.
Moderated by Sachin Chug · Arup India
15:50until 16:20
Factory tour
From components to commissioning
Assembly and test bays, FAT set-up and quality processes, and the build-to-ship journey of a 5 MW unit.
KraftPowercon production and quality team
16:20until 16:50
Consultations
Technical consultation stations
Station A: grid interface and harmonics. Station B: controls, HMI/SCADA and remote monitoring.
16:50until 17:00
Closing
Closing remarks and group photograph
Together in front of the 5 MW system.
17:00until 18:00
Networking
Open networking and factory floor access
One-to-one conversations with the KraftPowercon team.
Speakers
The people building the market.
Policy leaders, electrolyser makers, EPCs, developers and engineers, sharing what works and what still needs solving.
Chief guests
DP
Debasis Manasa Ranjan Panda
GH2 Mission Director
NTPC
VV
Vladimir Vlavohic
Technical Expert, Green Hydrogen and Electrolysis
Siemens Energy
KraftPowercon
RJ
Ranjit Jakkli
Managing Director
KraftPowercon
PB
Pramod Barge
India Country Head
KraftPowercon
JB
Johan Burgren
KraftPowercon Sweden
KraftPowercon
HC
Håkan Carlsson
KraftPowercon Sweden
KraftPowercon
Panel I · What OEMs and EPCs need
AM
Anilkumar C Mukundan
Moderator
Panel I
SG
Siddharth Gupta
CEO
L&T Electrolysers
AS
Anuj Sharma
CEO
Waaree Clean Energy
PM
Pawan Mehandiratta
Head of Hydrogen
Thermax
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To be announced
Panellist
Hygenco
Panel II · Field realities
SC
Sachin Chug
Moderator · Head of Arup India
Arup India
PS
Pratik Shanware
Panellist
BPCL
AS
Avneesh Sharma
Head of Engineering
Ocior Energy
SR
Subrata Roy
CEO
ISGEC
SA
Suresh Agasti
Head of Hydrogen
TKIL
+
To be announced
Panellist
AM Green
Who should attend
Everyone who has to make green hydrogen work.
Electrolyser OEMsEPC contractorsProject developersPSUsPolicymakersConsultantsLendersO&M leadsMedia
Venue
KraftPowercon
Chakan factory
Chakan, Pune
Maharashtra, India
18.7744° N · 73.7647° E
Register
Take your seat at the table.
Seats are limited to 60. Register by 20 November 2026 and you will receive a confirmation by email with everything you need for the day.
