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solar pump costs rs 3.25 Lakhs while 5 HP Solar Pump costs Rs 4.9 Lakhs.
The main apprehension for lack of interest in installing solar pump sets by
Farmers is that it can pump water only from 200 ft. depth.
The tropuble with Renewables in general and Solar in particular is its low
efficiency(about 15%). Water for farming should meet the demand.
Unfortunately the quantity of water pumped by solar pumps is limited.
What is the motive behind promoting Solar Pumps(? )To save power. From
few thousand solar pumps how much power can be saved.
I have had been advocating energy conservation since long. Apart from
Energy generation from Renewables, Energy Saving is the need of the hour
in India. A Novel Scheme to replace Old and inefficient agricultural pump
sets: Out of the 26 Million Agricultural pumpsets in the country many are old
and inefficient. The power tariff for farmers is minimal. Electricity is a high
grade energy which is needed in industries, domestic purposes, computers
etc. A scheme can be chalked out to replace the inefficient motors by
efficient ones. The cost of a 5 HP Electric motor because is about Rs
20,000.A subsidy of Rs 15,000 can be provided to replace these inefficient
motors. This yields quick results and Energy conservation is better than
energy generation. Each Kwh saved is each Kwh generated (1 US$= Rs 60).
There must be some contribution from the beneficiary otherwise he wont
take care of the system. Giving free leads to misuse. In 80s the then
Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources(Now MNRE) under
Demonstration Programme installed over 4000 Water Pumping Mills free of
cost. In Andhra Pradesh about 500 were installed. At that time a windmill
was costing Rs 20,000. A reliable windmill costs around Rs 80,000 at that
time. Infact in our Filelds in Muthukur, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh 2
Wind mills were installed. None of the windmills worked and vanished in no
time.
Energy Efficient Agricultural Pump Sets:
A Case Study for Andhra Pradesh(Combined)
Electricity Consumption & Conservation
Potential in Agricultural Pump sets in Andhra
Pradesh A case study.
Overview:
The salient features of power scenario are as under:
POWER SCENARIO OF ANDHRA PRADESH FOR 2007-08
INSTALLED CAPACITY 12047 MW
TOTAL ENERGY SALES 52677 MU
PEAK DEMAND 10048 MW
PEAK MET 9162 MW
PEAK DEFECIT / SURPLUS - 886 MW (- 8.8 %)
ENERGY DEFICIT / SURPLUS - 2628 MU (-4.1%)
Sector wise break up of energy sales in MU (2007-08)
Public Water works & Sewage pumping 639.58 (1%)
On the other hand with less gestation period the replacement with Efficient
Electric motors will save enormous power. This saving of power continues for
atleast 15 years.
Energy conservation in agricultural pump sets
Special Consolation Award NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION
Dr. A. Jagdeesh
City: Nellore
State: Andhra Pradesh
meters can allow energy users, business and residential, to see graphically
the impact their energy use can have in their workplace or homes. Advanced
real-time energy metering is able to help people save energy by their
actions. Elements of passive solar design, shown in a direct gain application.
In passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to
collect, store, and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter
and reject solar heat in the summer. This is called passive solar design or
climatic design because, unlike active solar heating systems, it doesn't
involve the use of mechanical and electrical devices. The key to designing a
passive solar building is to best take advantage of the local climate.
Elements to be considered include window placement and glazing type,
thermal insulation, thermal mass, and shading. Passive solar design
techniques can be applied most easily to new buildings, but existing
buildings can be retrofitted. Energy Saving in Lighting. One innovation that
saves enormous power in light is READING SOLAR LIGHT dual powered.
Normally in India students read under a 40 Watt Fluorescent bulb. In school
and college hostels one Fluorescent bulb for 4 to 6 people. A Fluorescent
bulb consumes 40 Watts. Its life time is short. In voltage fluctuations
(common in some cases in rural India), it won't glow. There are Reading
Solar lights with LED (Best LED from a Company like Nichia corporation,
Japan) which can be charged by sunlight or electric including USB. This lasts
8 hours. It costs around Rs 400(about 7 US$) in India. It consumes 0.2
Watts. Moreover by this light one can concentrate on the material reading
(especially students) we used to have Reading lights in the past (Table
Lights electric). In suggest Schools, NGOs, Government can promote these
on a massive scale. Each Kwh saved is each Kwh generated. TODAYS
WASTAGE IS TOMORROWS SHORTAGE. Please save the power for the next
hour! Save power, energize the future.
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP)
Renewable Energy Expert