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AGRICULTURE DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT (Ag-DSM) Introduction India ranks second
worldwide in farm outputs. Agriculture constitutes around 18.5 percent of
India’s total energy consumption, and its power consumption is expected to rise
by an estimated 54 percent between 2015 and 2022. 58% of the population of
India relies on agriculture as its major source of livelihood. .An
estimated 2.1 crore agricultural pump sets are connected to power grid in
India, to meet the irrigation needs of Indian farmers. Due to affordability,
locally made inefficient pump sets that contribute to both energy and water
wastage are being used by the Indian farmers. With access to heavily subsidized
water and electricity, farmers need a viable incentive to adopt more energy
efficient practices. Under the programme,
inefficient agricultural pump sets are replaced with BEE 5 star-rated energy
efficient pump sets. AgDSM implantation can reduce peak demand, and,
ultimately, the total energy consumption in the agriculture sector. Replacing India’s 2.1
crore pump sets with energy efficient variants will result in: Total Energy
saving potential (in crore kWh) : 430 Potential saving
of Subsidy (INR crore): 22750 Potential GHG
reduction (crore tonnes CO2): 3.48 Additionally, the Made
in India pumps promote indigenous manufacturing, and job creation. Discoms
benefit through the reduced peak demand, enabling them to avoid procuring
marginal power for meeting agriculture demand. . Ag-DSM
activities in Uttarakhand GoUK has notified “ The Uttarakhand Regarding Efficient Use of Energy
and its Conservation Directions, · For all new tube well connections in Uttarakhand, the use of ISI marked
pumps/Star labeled motor pump sets and accessories will be mandatory. · The power utilities of Uttarakhand will make the amendments in the load
demand notices for tube well connections within three months time from the date
of issue of these directions to ensure use of only ISI marked pumps in
Uttarakhand. Above
notification has been amended vide its order no. 69(2)/I/2016-01(03)/17/2005
Dehradun, dated: 20 January, 2016 mentioning the amendments in the above
points: · For all new tube well connections the use of BEE star rated pump sets
(with minimum 4 star rating) and ISI marked accessories shall be mandatory. · For Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd., it is mandatory to do amendment
in the load demand notices for tube well connections within two months time
from the date of issue of this order to ensure use of minimum 4 star rated pump
sets in the state. Savings Till 2014, Total 24500 Nos. of agricultural pumps were energized. Annual
Electricity consumption of these pumps is 396 MUs. Replacement of these pump
sets with 4 star rated energy efficient pump results 30% of the energy savings
which is approx. 118.8 MUs of energy savings. Considering the cost of energy at
Rs. 3/- per unit, expected annual monetary savings is Rs. 35.64 Crores. Implementation
Plan EESL
in order to upscale number of pump sets installations in India shall adopt
deemed savings approach where a 30% of Energy savings & minimum 1800 annual
operating hours shall be considered. Farmers would be provided Energy Efficient
BEE Star labeled pump sets of HP equal to their sanctioned load through
multiple distribution desks in the project area. · Agreement between DISCOM & EESL for
implementation of Project. · Tripartite Agreement between EESL,
DISCOM & its Bank for signing of ESCROW agreement for payment of energy
savings. · Selection of implementation partner
(Pump Manufacturer) through open bid. · Submission of project implementation
time schedule. · Kickoff meeting with stakeholders and
farmer mobilization workshops. · Customer care office at project site and
setting up of distribution desks in the project area. · Signing of agreement with individual
farmers before pump replacement. Pump replacement will be done by farmers.
However Electrical panel will be provide with · New Pump selection shall be as per HP
equal to the sanctioned load. In case, farmer demands pump set of higher HP, in
that case, farmer would be required to increase the sanctioned load from the
DISCOM, and on revision of sanctioned load, pump HP equal to the new sanctioned
load shall be provided to the farmer. · Old pump replacement with new BEE star
rated pump and electrical panel to protect the new pump. Also the Repair and
Maintenance of new installed pump sets till project duration. EESL is implementing
the Ag-DSM scheme under ESCO mode for replacement of inefficient agriculture
pump set with energy efficient pump set. Number of pumps to be replaced,
expected savings and its cost economics is mentioned in the table below: Sl. No. Description Unit Figure/Value 1. Total Nos. of pumps Nos. 1441 2. Range for Pump ratings HP 10-175 3. Overall average savings % 30 4. Range for Approximate savings % 0.011 – 41.21 5. Approximate investment Rs. (in Million) 117.60 6. Simple Pay back Period Years 5 In 2018-19, the BEE
convey the guideline to SDA for one day Energy Efficient Pumps workshop and
Energy Conservation Resources Awareness Program for farmers through Kishan
Vigyan Kendra (KVK) under the scheme of Agricultural Demand Side Management
(AgDSM). As per above, there are 03 such type of workshop organized in the
district of Haridwar, Dehradun and Bageshwar by UREDA. There are remaining 10
workshop are proposed. 1. Haridwar 2. Dehradun 3. Bageshwar EESL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN New Scheme: • National E- Mobility
Program & Charging Infrastructure Programme • Smart Meter National
Programme • Small Solar Power
Plant Programme • AJAY Project (Atal Jyoti Yojna) 1. National E-Mobility & Charging Infrastructure
Programme: Under this programme, EESL
has completed procurement of 10,000 e-cars and has issued LoA’s. The price
discovered by EESL, for e-cars through tendering is 25% less than the current
retail price of similar cars in the market. Till date, 1,510 e-cars have been
deployed and under registration/allocation. For charging e-cars, 300 AC &
170 DC chargers have also been commissioned In addition, EESL has
installed 60 Public Charging Stations (PCS) complying with DC-001 (15kW) in the
NDMC area. First agreement for
installation of Public Charging Station (PCS) has been signed with Chennai
Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) and first PCS has been installed and commissioned in
(Nandanam) Chennai metro rail station. Smart Meter National Programme
(SMNP): EESL
has initiated to provide Smart Meters to utilities on rental basis for
replacing conventional meters. By
EESL’s smart metering project, NDMC becomes the first utility to have all their
consumers with smart meters without any upfront investment from NDMC Atal
Jyoti Yojana (AJAY) Phase II: As on date, EESL has
installed over 1.38 lakh Solar LED street lights under AJAY Phase-I in the
states of Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand Under phase-II of the
scheme, EESL has carried out the tendering process and awarded the work for the
installation and maintenance of 3,04,500 Solar LED street lights in more than
15 states. As on date, over 10,000 Solar lights under AJAY phase II has been
installed in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and
Uttarakhand.