COMPENDIUM OF DECENTRALISED RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
Decentralised renewable energy (DRE) entrepreneurs have been at the forefront of servicing energy requirements of the un-served and under-served population in India and other countries where energy security remains a concern. Access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy has catalysed innumerable lives at the grassroots by creating opportunities for better livelihoods, increased income levels, safe and healthy living conditions, leap-frogged education opportunities and empowered women by eradicating drudgery at many levels....
This document briefly summarizes takeaways from CLEANs year-round consultations and engagements with various stakeholders from the clean cooking sector, culminating into the seventh edition of the India Clean Cooking Forum (ICCF) held on the 3rd of December 2019 at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. ICCF 2019 was organized in partnership with NITI Aayog, ENGIE, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation and Good Energies Foundation....
State of the Decentralized Renewable Energy Sector in India Report 2018-19
Decentralized renewable energy (DRE) can ensure 24×7 reliable and quality energy supply through clean energy sources to all Indian households and small- and medium-sized enterprises. The maximum beneficiaries of clean energy from DRE sources have been the poor and marginalized sections of the society, propelling their economic and social growth as well. CLEAN has put together this year’s State of the Decentralised Renewable Energy Sector Report. Spread over four chapters and 27 impactful case studies, this edition captures the state of the DRE sector in India in a nutshell....
Training Module 3 – Enabling Service Enterprises with DRE for productive uses
A productive use can be defined as a routine economic activity undertaken in rural or urban areas to create and deliver a product or a service that has a commercial sale value to it. The goods or services are produced for the market, manufactured at a larger scale as compared to those meant for domestic consumption and sold for revenue generation and livelihood support....
Training Module 1 – Enabling Service Enterprises with DRE for productive uses
A productive use can be defined as a routine economic activity undertaken in rural or urban areas to create and deliver a product or a service that has a commercial sale value to it. The goods or services are produced for the market, manufactured at a larger scale as compared to those meant for domestic consumption and sold for revenue generation and livelihood support....
Training Module 2 – Enabling Service Enterprises with DRE for productive uses
A productive use can be defined as a routine economic activity undertaken in rural or urban areas to create and deliver a product or a service that has a commercial sale value to it. The goods or services are produced for the market, manufactured at a larger scale as compared to those meant for domestic consumption and sold for revenue generation and livelihood support....
SOver the last three years, clean cooking energy provision has centred around LPG expansion. A National Mission on Clean Cooking (NMCC) proposed by NITI Aayog is a welcome move. Given India’s mammoth and diverse Clean Cooking Energy (CCE) needs, CLEAN believes that the Mission must explore a range of CCE options, including those based on renewable energy. ICCF 2018 shed light on pathways to optimal integration of RE-based options in India’s CCE strategy....
Portable Micro Inverter of 150 W for Rural Applications
In India, inverters are mostly available in 650 VA. Even the inverters of lesser capacities that are available, they retain the same size and specifications of 650 VA inverter, with the exception that power is limited to lesser capacity. Most people in rural households need power up to 100–150 W (watts) for lighting and television requirements, which could be met with 150 VA of inverter with 60 Watt solar panel While, these users are left with no choice but to buy inverters of 650 VA capacities of power rating, which require 60Ah of battery and 60 watts of solar panels. All of this lead additional cost on inverter, batteries and solar panels so as to match the specifications of the inverter....
