Supporting the Scale up of Solar Pumping in India through ......Satya Kumar DV Food, Water and Energy Nexus : Perspectives from Asia Asia Clean Energy Forum, 2016 Most of India is

SupportingtheScaleupofSolarPumpinginIndiathroughRemoteMonitoring

SatyaKumarDVFood,WaterandEnergyNexus:PerspectivesfromAsia

AsiaCleanEnergyForum,2016

MostofIndiaisfacingacutewaterscarcity

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WaterscarcityinRiverbasins

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ChoiceofFoodimpactsWaterandEnergyuse

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Indiaisanetexporterofwater

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Foodproductionandsupplychainconsumesabout30percentoftotalenergyconsumedglobally (FAO2011b).Indiaconsumes~27%energyonlyforirrigation

Agriculture accounts for70%ofglobal freshwaterwithdrawals. InIndiait’s82%!

60%morefoodwillbeneeded inorder tofeedtheworldpopulation in2050.

Numberofagri pumpsets inIndiaover16million (2012)with~20%usingdiesel;consumed136TWhofenergy (2012)

TheFood,WaterandEnergyNexus

SolarizingIndia– ProvidesthecontextforanholisticapproachtoAgriculture

Indiaisconsidering anambitioustargetof1to3millionsolarirrigationpumpsby2022thatisestimatedtocostUS$30bn.

ThismassivescaleupisbasedonthesuccessofaninnovativeschemeinRajasthanStatewhichcombinedthestand-alonefederalandstategovernmentschemes andofferedapackagedsolutionforthelivelihoodoffarmers.

The'SolarwaterpumpingprograminRajasthan'introducedacompositeirrigationpackagethroughcreationofwaterharvestingstructures,recharginggroundwater,pumpingwithsolarpumpsandirrigatingthroughdrip.

Somefarmers'incomelevelsincreasedfour-foldandevenyoungMBAgraduateswereinspiredtotakeupfarming.

SolarPumpingandDrip Irrigation inGurha Kumavatan Village, JaipurDistrict

TheRajasthanSolarPumpingProgram

Dripirrigationschematic

___________________________________________________________________________________AProjectimplemented byShri Shakti Alternative EnergyLtdandfunded byPACEsetter Fund, ajoint

initiative ofMNRE,Govt ofIndiaand theUSStateDepartment

viaDataLoggers&GSM-SMStechnology

OnlineWebPortal

RemoteMonitoringofSolarPumpsandoffgridSolarPVPlantsPlants

Real timePerformanceMonitoring

OutsourcedService

ManagementMIS Reporting Asset

Management

PACEsetter FundGrantAward27th May2016

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PrototypetestingonACandDCPumpsinRajasthan

OnlineWebPlatformtomonitorall solarpumpsandoff-gridsolarPVpowerplants

Potential tomonitorcultivation,cropyieldsandgroundwater levels.

Linkageplanned toGIS,Aadhar Card(SocialSecurity)andSoilHealthCard

PrototypestestedinRajasthan.RolloutofpilotprojectsinRajasthanandChhattisgarhinQ42016

Facilitating promptservice tofarmersthroughacommonpooloftrained technicians

KeyFeaturesoftheProject

IntendedOutcomes

PerformancemonitoringandO&M– KeyenablerstohelpMNREachieveitstargetof1millionpumpsby2022RealtimedataandperformancereportstovariousstakeholdersEstablish promptservicetofarmersReducedT&DlossesforStateDiscoms

Impacts

Employmentgeneration,SkilldevelopmentoflocaltechniciansMonitoringandcontrolofresources,leadingtoenergyandwaterconservationBetterirrigationleadstobetterfarmingoutput,betterruraleconomyReductioninGHGemissionsMultiplebottomlineImpacts

Developnewfinancing models forsolarpumpsbasedonpotential forincreasedfarmer’sincomethroughcropselection, dripirrigation, horticulture, fertigation etc.

Reducedependency onsubsidiesonsolarpumpsfrom85%to 50%orless.Additionalincomegeneration fromtheunusedpowerofsolararray.

Testnewfinancingmodels througha pilot toinstall100pumpsatacostofUS$500,000.Leveragedebt fromNABARDorIREDA.

Holistic approach tosolarpumpinghasgreatalignment withpolicies underPrimeMinister’sFarmIrrigationscheme (PMKSY)– outlayof$8bnover5yrs

GoodfitwithPM’sgoal todouble farmers’incomeby2022.NewKrishi Kalyan Cesswillgarner$1bn /yr forfundingagri development initiatives.

GoingbeyondthePACEsetter Project

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