10 102C. 5) FIELD TESTING OF HYBRID ULTRA CAPACITORS (HUC) POWERED SOLAR LIGHTING KITS AND SOLAR STREET LIGHTS FOR GRID DEPRIVED RURAL AREAS, LIGHTING IN VARYING CLIMATIC ZONES OF INDIA Principal Investigator : Executive Secretary, KSCST Co-Principal Investigator : Mr. S N Jayaram, Project Engineer, KSCST Budget : Total Budget Rs.76.44 Lakhs DST, GoI Rs.37.74 Lakhs, Industry Rs.25.50 Lakhs KSCST Rs.13.20 Lakhs Introduction: The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has sanctioned the project titled “Field testing of Hybrid Ultra Capacitor (HUC) Powered Solar PV Lighting Kits and Street Lights for Grid Deprived Rural area for Lighting in Varying Climatic Zones of India” to KSCST, vide sanction oorder No. DST/SSTP/Karnataka/484(G), dated 18.05.2017 for field testing the performance of the HUC Technology. This project is jointly funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, KSCST and the Industrial Partner M/s MESHA Energy Solutions Private Limited Bengaluru. KSCST is procuring 960 units of 5 W capacity and 40 units of 10W capacity lighting kits from MESHA Energy Solutions and installing these lighting kits eight states for field testing the performance of the HUC technology in varying climatic zones. Progress during March 2018 – July 2018 As on August 2018, KSCST has installed total of 620 HUC lighting kits in the following Six States. SL No STATE NO OF HUC LIGHTING KITS SL No STATE NO OF HUC LIGHTING KITS 1 Karnataka 230 4 Odissa 90 2 Assam 80 5 Himachal Pradesh 75 3 Nagaland 70 6 Arunachal Pradesh 75 Arunachal Pradesh – Boha and Kalatang villages in west Kameng district Assam – Amerigog village, Tepesia post, Kamrup district Guwahati – S&T Council office, Regional Science Center Nagaland – Dimapur and Myanmar Himachal Pradesh – Mandi, Kullu, and Chamba districts Odissa – Kolhi village in Denkanal district