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....
INDIA CLEAN COOKING FORUM 2018: STRATEGIZING RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR COOKING
This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of S3IDF and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. Government. This report was prepared under the Clean Energy Access Network (CLEAN) project, Award Number AID-386-A-14-00013....
Training Manual on Financial Literacy for Decentralised Renewable Energy Enterprises
This manual on Financial Literacy for Decentralised Renewable Energy Enterprises has been compiled by Friends of Women’s World Banking. As one of its mandates, CLEAN seeks to address financing challenges faced by energy enterprises in India. Financing (Debt, equity or grant), by far has been one of the most critical barriers to scale up for most of the DRE enterprises as most of them lack fixed assets that are considered acceptable forms of collateral by Financial Institutions (FIs). Financing to such enterprises is perceived to be risky due to the market segment they cater to (often poor and underserved)....
Single-phase Variable Frequency Drive for Livelihood Applications
Backed by a market research study, field visits, and incorporating suggestions from its members, CLEAN has concluded that the decentralised renewable energy (DRE) sector lacks a single-phase power supply application to meet livelihood and domestic motorised loads (Potential loads listed in Annexure 1). It also concluded that remote and rural locations have only single-phase supply. To find a solution to the issue, CLEAN pursued the development of a single-phase motorised application and testing of the prototype....
Portable Emission Measurement System (PEMS) for Field Testing of Cookstoves
Traditional solid-fuel cookstoves, or ‘chulhas’, are known to be a source of air pollutants. Nevertheless, these chulhas are used by a large number of rural households in developing countries. Efforts to improve the energy efficiency and reduce emissions are reported in several studies. Literature survey and experience also point to large deviations in emission levels when measured in the lab and compared with the field results....
A detailed Manual on Lead Acid Battery Operation & Maintenance for Solar PV Plants
In India over 14,000 Micro/Mini grids (DC and AC) are under operation. These micro and mini grids are complementing the efforts of Government of India’s ambitious target of providing 24/7 access to electricity to every Indian citizen by 2022. Micro/mini grids entrepreneurs are deploying innovative offgrid solutions that are powered by renewable energy to provide energy access for all. All these plants have solar PV capacity generally in range of 250 W to 100 kW with battery backup for providing backup for almost couple of hours to over twelve hours....
Findings from the workshop on energy and agriculture for smart villages in India
Agriculture continues to be central to the lives and economies of rural communities in India. Many of those communities have little or no access to modern energy services. These realities motivated the holding of the workshop “Energy and agriculture for smart villages in India” in September 2016 at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Patancheru, Telangana, India....
State of the Decentralized Renewable Energy Sector in India
Decentralized renewable energy has the potential to address social, environmental, and economic goals while meeting poverty alleviation and gender welfare objectives. It deserves its rightful place in India’s clean energy narrative...
