Rural OffGrid Initiative

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Rural Off-Grid Initiative In India
Ravi Khanna Director-Scatec Group
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Outline

• Introduction to Scatec Solar
• Rural electrification potential in India
• Scatec Solars pilot projects in India
• Key learnings of pilots in India
• Public-Private-People-Partnership rural program
• Conclusions

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History of Scatec

• SCATEC established in 1987 by Alf Bjørseth (100)
• PhotoCure established in 1997 (Oslo Exchange)
• SCATEC established solar energy successes which
  merged as Renewable Energy Corp (REC) in 2000,
  went public in 2006, trading at Oslo Exchange at
  15 billion
• ScanWafer (1994), ScanCell (1998), ScanModule
  (1998), SolEnergy (1999), SiTech (2004)
• Norsk Titanium established in 2004
• NorSun established in 2005
• Thor Energy established in 2006
• Scatec Solar established in 2007
• Scatec Adventure established in 2007
• NorWind established in 2007
• OceanWind est. in 2008

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Scatec Solar
Become a leading turn-key supplier of Solar PV
Solutions for Commercial Power Generation World
Wide
Vision
Ownership
Scatec and Itochu (10)
Subsidiaries/ offices
Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Singapore,
US, India

• Develop and erect solar farms, primarily for grid
  connection
• Develop and deploy cost-efficient PV solutions
  for off-grid markets

Activities
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Global Presence
Dr. Alf Bjørseth, Chairman of Scatec Founder and
former CEO of Renewable Energy Corp (REC) and
subsidiaries ScanWafer (1994), ScanCell (1998),
ScanModule (1998), SolEnergy (1999), SiTech
(2004) Also established Norsk Titanium in 2004,
NorSun in 2005, Thor Energy in 2006, Scatec Solar
in 2007 Scatec Power in 2008
Mr. Ravi Khanna, Director Scatec Group Former CEO
of Scatec Solar and Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd
(MBPV) Board member of Solaria Corporation
(Fremont,CA), Stion Corporation (Menlo Park, CA),
Sol Focus (Europe) and SolarvalueDD (Slovenia)
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Scatec Solars Presence in PV Value Chain
PV Upstream
PV Downstream
Metallurgical silicon
Polysilicon
Wafers
Cells
Modules
Systems
Field development
Operating / Management
Scouting and site procurement
Technical assessment
Building/Construction
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Solar Park Developed by Scatec in Germany
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Rural Electrification Potential in India

• 70 of Indias population lives in rural areas
• 80,000 village are not connected to the grid
• 450 million Indians have no access to grid
  electricity
• The cost of grid extension is Rs. 4-5 lakhs/km
• Assuming that per capita per year consumption
  is
• 200 kWh then total generation needs per year are
  
• 90 billion kWh
• For an estimate of 1000 kWh/kWp yearly
  generation for
• the off-grid system the opportunity is 90 MWp
  in the
• rural areas.
• Opportunity to fill the gap due to unmet demand
  in the grid
• connected villages is even bigger.
• Potential to save 54000 ton of CO2 per annum

• Assumptions
• Rs 5 lakh/km Grid cost
• Length of micro-grid is 1 km

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Scatec Solar and Rural Electrification
To be profitable and make the world a little
cleaner
Main goal Develop a sustainable and scalable
model for off-grid solar systems in the
developing world ? a provider of clean energy
for rural areas

• Two pilot projects currently operating in India
• Demo project of new villages in India an
  Indo-Norwegian PPPP

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Off-Grid Pilot Projects in India

• Two villages in Bundelkhand Region 420 km
  south-east of DelhiLocal payment scheme to cover
  OM and replacement of batteries

Rampura
Gopalpura

• 60 households
• Economic activity
• Milk production
• Plant size 8,7 kWp
• Technology crystalline
• Distribution model mini-grid

• 70 households
• Economic activity
• Agriculture
• Plant size 9 kWp
• Technology thin film
• Distribution model charging hub

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Rampura Village Mini-Grid Model Crystalline
Si Technology
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Gopalpura Village Thin Film Technology -
Charging Hub
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Observations From the Two Pilots

• Rampura
• Uninterrupted power supply since February!
• 44 out of 67 households connected households
  pay for internal wiring
• Villagers are paying for the electricity very
  few defaulters
• VEC takes more and more control and
  responsibility
• Agrees on penalties and disconnection
• Handles bill preparation and collection
• Better studying conditions for children and
  better indoor atmosphere
• Better security at night and more social
  activities because of street lights
• Flour mill is working plans for chilling of
  milk and ground nut de-husking
• Villagers have bought fans, DVDs and coolers
• Women SHG and farmers group established
• PC at school regular study groups with
  participation also from nearby villages

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Observations from the Two Pilots - Continued

• Gopalpura
• Working well, increase in use of charging
• Charging hub less popular than mini-grid,
  especially among the better off
• Lack of lanterns and batteries among villagers
• Social cohesion is not as good as in Rampura
  more tensions and lack of involvement
• Will test decentralized internal wiring with
  battery
• Flour mill established facing difficulties
  because of unfair competition
• Testing of mobile water pump
• Charge battery enterprise

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Remote Monitoring and Documentation
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Public-Private-People-Partnership in Rural
Electrification

• The project has a two-fold purpose
• To improve livelihoods in villages through
  electrification to demonstrate the technological,
  organizational and financial models for
  decentralized solar based village electrification
• To develop a public financial incentive mechanism
  providing adequate motivation for private sector
  engagement
• Funded by Norad 63 , MNRE 30 and Scatec Solar
  7.
• Monitored by IREDA
• Cooperation with 5 Indian NGOs Pradan,
  Haritika, Srijan, Ledeg and Development
  Alternatives
• Villages in 4 states Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
  Pradesh, Leh-Ledakh and Jharkhand
  

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Snapshot of Villages
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Conclusions

• Solar Photovoltaic is ideally suited for
  decentralized power plants for the rural
• areas in which grid connectivity is
  challenging.
• Community solar power plants spur the economic
  activities in the village and
• as the livelihood of the people depends on the
  solar power plant, the ownership
• of the community develops naturally.
• A close dialogue between policymakers, the
  private sector and representatives
• of rural communities is indispensable for
  sustainable policies.
• Whenever the ability to pay does not cover the
  operations of rural electrification
• systems subsidies are legitimate. Through the
  development of the rural economy,
• jobs and growth these subsidies can be phased
  out in the long run.
• Mini grids which have sufficient capacity to
  power small businesses can spur the
• local economic activities and enable
  communities to improve their living conditions.
• Training of technicians is a must and
  electricity users must be explained possibilities
  
• and limitations of the system

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Thank You
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