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標題＊ Solar irrigation pumps can help India reach 38% of
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新聞日期＊ 18/08/2018
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6 商情內容＊ A switch from conventional diesel- and electric-
Content powered irrigation pumps to solar-powered ones can
help the country achieve 38 per cent of its envisaged
175 Gw renewable energy target by 2022.

The shift to solar-powered irrigation pumps can also

save enormous sums of money and generate additional
income for farmers, says a report by the US-based
Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis
(IEEFA).

The IEEFA report, titled 'India: Vast Potential in

Solar-Powered Irrigation', notes that the idea of
replacing some 30 million grid-attached or diesel
pumps with solar pumps is gaining traction but the
pace of deployment is slow.

The Government of India's Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam

Utthan Mahaabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme and the Gujarat
government's Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) are steps
in the right direction for solar-powered irrigation
initiatives. The KUSUM scheme mandates deployment of
2.75 million solar pumps in the first phase of its
implementation. The initiative would produce an
additional 4 Gw of installed solar power, thus giving
a material boost to the country's renewable energy
deployments.

"The government, to its credit, is encouraging

farmers to install stand-alone, solar-powered, off-
grid pumps to not only meet their irrigation needs
but also to provide an extra income source from
selling surplus power to distribution companies
(discoms)," wrote Vibhuti Garg, an IEEFA energy
economist and the author of the report.

ALSO READ: Funding cloud on Modi govt's solar plan

for farmers after FinMin red flag

"Considering the declining trend in prices of solar

modules combined with economies of scale, IEEFA sees
the all-in cost of solar-powered irrigation as a
strong argument for reducing reliance on the current
expensive government-subsidised model. The strategy
also stands to give a strong push to the government's
'Make in India' programme by stimulating domestic
solar-pump manufacturing," Garg added.

About 70 per cent of the country's households are

still dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods.
Successful farming is driven by irrigation
facilities. Only 48 per cent of the country's net
sown area is irrigated. The rest is dependent on the
vagaries of nature. Demand for sustainable irrigation
far exceeds the current available pumping capacity
and despite the government's announcement of various
initiatives to boost deployment of solar irrigation
pumps, the uptake has been slow. A robust national
solar irrigation programme could successfully
contribute to the country reaching its goal of 100 Gw
of installed solar power capacity by 2022.
 The upfront cost of solar pumps, the heavily
subsidized supply of electricity to the rural sector,
poor after-installation maintenance support and lack
of awareness on benefits of solar power have
dissuaded most farmers to shift from the conventional
irrigation mode. However, solar-powered irrigation
offers huge economic and environmental benefits and
schemes like KUSUM and SKY are pointers to the
attitudinal shift.

A significant up-scaling of solar-power irrigation

would be broadly beneficial and specifically useful
in providing distributed/end-of-grid generation,
reducing the need for heavily subsidised electricity
to the agricultural sector, and aligning solar
generation with water irrigation time of use, said
Garg.
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