BEE to help better usage of electricity for agri sector
Updated: Apr 25, 2014 05:45:48pm
New Delhi, Apr 25 (KNN) Use of heavily subsidised electricity for agricultural use has been a subject of debate whether it is resulting into an optimum usage of power and the ground-water through pump sets.
To address this issue, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is coming out with a programme to ensure a proper demand side management in the agriculture sector.
The mission of BEE is to institutionalise energy efficiency services, enable delivery mechanism in the country and provide leadership to energy efficiency in all sectors. Reducing energy intensity in the economy is its primary target.
Amongst other programmes, Agriculture Demand Side Management (Ag DSM) programme is a key trust area of BEE to reduce overall power consumption and indirectly to reduce peak demand.
Under the Agriculture Demand Side Management (Ag DSM) programme, pump set efficiency upgradation would be carried out through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
The objective of the program is to create appropriate framework for market based interventions in agricultural pumping sector by facilitating conducive policy environment to promote Public Private Partnership (PPP) to implement the projects.
In this context BEE wants to hire retainer consultant for the Ag DSM scheme.
One of the most important sectors of Indian economy, agriculture and allied sectors account for about 13 per cent of the GDP and employ more than 50 per cent of the total work force. While it plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic development of the country, the agriculture sector consumes 22 per cent of total electricity consumption.
The power consumption pattern in the agriculture sector witnessed an increase from 4470 million units during 1970-71, accounting for 10.21 per cent of total power consumption, to 99023 million units during 2006-07, accounting for 21.7 per cent of the total consumption. The high rate of growth in agricultural electricity consumption results from aggressive rural electrification coupled with a policy of below cost pricing to farmers. The agriculture tariff has not growth while average cost of supply of utilities is increasing at a fast pace. It has been one of the factors contributing to inefficiencies and thereby high AT&C losses of the state utilities.
Ag DSM promises immense opportunity in reducing the overall power consumption, improving efficiencies of ground water extraction and reducing the subsidy burden of the states without sacrificing the service obligation to this sector, in terms of electricity saved, given that most of the studies project potential savings of about 30 per cent by mere replacement of inefficient pumps, the overall electricity savings (from 15 million pumps) is estimated at billion units annually. (KNN/ES)
To address this issue, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is coming out with a programme to ensure a proper demand side management in the agriculture sector.
The mission of BEE is to institutionalise energy efficiency services, enable delivery mechanism in the country and provide leadership to energy efficiency in all sectors. Reducing energy intensity in the economy is its primary target.
Amongst other programmes, Agriculture Demand Side Management (Ag DSM) programme is a key trust area of BEE to reduce overall power consumption and indirectly to reduce peak demand.
Under the Agriculture Demand Side Management (Ag DSM) programme, pump set efficiency upgradation would be carried out through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
The objective of the program is to create appropriate framework for market based interventions in agricultural pumping sector by facilitating conducive policy environment to promote Public Private Partnership (PPP) to implement the projects.
In this context BEE wants to hire retainer consultant for the Ag DSM scheme.
One of the most important sectors of Indian economy, agriculture and allied sectors account for about 13 per cent of the GDP and employ more than 50 per cent of the total work force. While it plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic development of the country, the agriculture sector consumes 22 per cent of total electricity consumption.
The power consumption pattern in the agriculture sector witnessed an increase from 4470 million units during 1970-71, accounting for 10.21 per cent of total power consumption, to 99023 million units during 2006-07, accounting for 21.7 per cent of the total consumption. The high rate of growth in agricultural electricity consumption results from aggressive rural electrification coupled with a policy of below cost pricing to farmers. The agriculture tariff has not growth while average cost of supply of utilities is increasing at a fast pace. It has been one of the factors contributing to inefficiencies and thereby high AT&C losses of the state utilities.
Ag DSM promises immense opportunity in reducing the overall power consumption, improving efficiencies of ground water extraction and reducing the subsidy burden of the states without sacrificing the service obligation to this sector, in terms of electricity saved, given that most of the studies project potential savings of about 30 per cent by mere replacement of inefficient pumps, the overall electricity savings (from 15 million pumps) is estimated at billion units annually. (KNN/ES)
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