Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Sunday 23 October 2022

PSSU beat me to the draw !

 


PSSU = Petlad Sojitra SaurUrja Utpadak Sahakari Mandli Ltd

 

Here is how :

Now, milk district Anand taps the Sun  /  Times of India ( Mumbai Edition ) / 24 Oct 2022

 

Copy from PressReader :

 

Five years ago, Mahesh Manibhai Patel, a farmer with 11 ‘vigha’ land in Gujarat’s Anand district, used to spend sleepless nights because his village got electricity for only eight hours, often late in the evening or at night.

 

Now, he can draw water 12 hours a day in the daytime. He not only gets a good night’s sleep, but also earns a couple of lakh rupees every year by selling surplus electricity.

 

The revolution in Maheshbhai’s life is part of a new cooperative movement sweeping through Anand, which is home to Amul and the birthplace of India’s White Revolution.

 

In 2018, the world’s first solar cooperative Petlad Sojitra Saururja Utpadak (PSSU) Sahkari Mandali Limited – started in Anand with a seed capital of just Rs 1,100.

 

The idea was to replicate Amul’s cooperative model in the solar energy field.

 

Four years on, PSSU’s turnover has touched Rs 12 crore. More importantly, it has inspired seven other solar ‘mandalis’ (cooperatives) in a cluster of 18 villages covering 22 sq-km in Anand district.

 

After meeting the villages’ irrigation needs PSSU has enough solar power left over to supply the state grid.

 

It has also started taking commercial contracts for installing solar panels in the region. PSSU’s three agriculture feeders at Ishnav (Mahesh-bhai’s village), Trambovad and Ashapuri villages generate 24,000 units daily and supply electricity to 388 farmers.

 

In 2019, the Ishnav feeder was India’s first agriculture feeder run by a solar cooperative.

 

“We had started with the motto to replicate the success that the Amul model has achieved in the milk business. Amul Dairy too started its journey with just 250 litres of milk,” said Tejash Patel, founder and chairman of the PSSU mandali.

 

“We utilised the Surya Shakti Kisan (SKY) scheme launched by the Gujarat government in June 2018. The SKY scheme enables farmers to generate electricity for their captive consumption and sell the surplus power to the grid. Under the scheme, solar panels are provided to farmers as per their load requirements,” Tejash-bhai said.

 

The farmers got 30% subsidy each from the Gujarat government and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

 

They also got 35% of the funds as a loan from Nabard.

 

They had to pay the remaining 5% themselves, so they took a loan of Rs 3.5 crore from the Kheda District Madhya Sahkari Bank.

 

Tejash-bhai said they paid off the loan four months after launching the pilot project.

 

Now the farmers will get free electricity from their solar systems for 22 years and also earn from the sale of surplus units. The cooperative’s members can expect to earn Rs 45,000-Rs 2.5 lakh per annum from electricity.

 

The solar movement is changing people’s lives.

 

“Since availability of both electricity and water to irrigate farms was an issue, I used to cultivate only wheat or millets – crops that do not require much water,” Mahesh-bhai said. “But since I have installed a 50hp solar pump, I can draw water for 12 hours during the day. I have started cultivating highyielding crops like tomato, chilli and tobacco, and earn Rs 7.5 lakh per annum, as against Rs 3 lakh from wheat and millets earlier.” That’s not counting his earnings from the sale of surplus electricity units.

 

The solar cooperative is also generating employment.

 

“We have 23 employees, including engineers, who have executed many commercial projects in Gujarat. Our major clients are the dairy cooperative societies of Amul Dairy in Petlad, Sojitra, Tarapur, Khambhat, Umreth and other villages of Anand and Kheda districts, apart from Panchmahals District Agriculture Produce Market Committee and Panchmahals District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited,” said Tejash-bhai.

 

[ pssumandali@gmail.com  ]

 

 

 

My  Take  :

 

Ø  A Tale of Two States ………………………………………………[  28  Oct  2020 ]

 

Extract :

Here is a broad / conceptual frame-work :

Ø  Introduce “ Co-operative Farming of Solar Power / CFSP “ { call it a kind of “ Contract Farming “ }

-( incorporate this into just released FARM LAWS to encourage setting-up of “

   Solar Power Farmers Cooperative Society “, along the lines of Dairy Farmers’

   AMUL Milk Cooperative Society )

       

Ø  Under CFSP, provide 30 % Capital Cost Subsidy to companies setting up large ( > 500 MW ) Solar Farms in remote areas ( eg : desert areas of Kutch – Spiti – Lahul – Ladakh etc , which have a potential to generate 315 GW of Solar power )

Read : https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/08/from-ladakh-with-love-and-sun-shine.html

 

Ø  1 MW of ( grid ) solar will need 100,000 sq ft of solar panels ( 1 KW will need 100 sq ft )

Ø  The estimated cost of 1 MW solar power plant is approx. Rs 4 - 6 crore.

Ø  That works out to approx. Rs 400 - 600 / sq ft of Capital cost for Solar panels

Ø  Solar Farm company can “ Sell “ ownership rights of solar panels to individuals in modules of 1000 sq ft, ( costing Rs 4- 6 lakh per module ) . These rights can be sold / transferred to any buyer, only with prior permission of the Solar Farm Company concerned

Ø  Each module ( of 1,000 sq ft ) will generate 10 KW of power, which Company will feed into a NATIONAL GRID ( free ) .

Ø  Each such Co-operative Company can reserve / own by itself, 30 % of Solar Panels for generating power for sale in free market   

Ø  My nearest DISCOM will supply me those 10 KW, free of cost ( ie: deduct from my monthly usage ) . Any excess over my actual consumption, to be credited to my account

Ø  Depending upon my usage / need , I as an individual CO-OPERATIVE OWNER , can “ buy “ any number of STANDARD MODULES, and from any number of Cooperative Farming companies or other Co-op Owners

Ø  This set-up will require NATIONAL SOLAR EXCHANGE in which ALL discoms will be mandated to become members

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  24  Oct  2022

 

Related Readings :

 

Ø  Not Good Enough ! …………………………………………………………… [ 02 Dec 2017 ]

 

Ø  From Ladakh with Love ( and Sun Shine ) ………………………..[ 08 Aug 2018 ]

 

Ø  Congratulations , Shri R K Singhji ………………………………………[ 19 Nov 2020 ]

 

Ø  Congratulations, Shri Vijaybhai Rupaniji ……………………………[ 30 Dec 2020 ]

 

Ø  Congratulations , Shri Saurabh Patelji ……………………………….[ 31 Dec 2020 ]

 

Ø  Gross Metering : a Cooperative Concept ?....................... [ 16 May 2022 ]

 

Ø   My 163 blog's on solar power ……………………………………[ as of 10 Mar 2022 ]

 

 

 

This blog e-mailed to :

secretarygeneral@indianwindpower.com  /  ad.delhi@indianwindpower.com  {  IWTMA  }

iwpahq@windpro.org / secretary.general@windpro.org / iwpa.rsc@gmail.com / iwpacno@windpro.co.in { IWPA }

manish@inwea.org  { Indian Wind Energy Association – IWEA }

ps@appindia.org.in / akhurana369@appindia.org.in / girish.deveshwar@appindia.org.in  { APP }

rajnath-pc@nic.in  { Rajnath Ram , Adviser Energy – NITI }

Vipul.tuli@sembcorp.com  { Vipul Tuli , MD, Sembcorp India }

Alok.nanda@ge.com / Ananda@shiftcomm.com  {  Alok Nanda, CEO , GE Technology Centre }

Ashish.khanna@tatapower.com  { Ashish Khanna, President -Renewable , TATA Power }

Vinay.rustagi@bridgetoindia.com  { Vinay Rustagi , MD , Bridge to India }

chair@nic.in / ps.mhaske@nic.in  {  Chairman, CEA  }

secy-power@nic.in  {  Secretary, Ministry of Power  }

secy@cercind.gov.in  { Secretary , CERC  }

 

 

 

 

 

 

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