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.
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
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 ]
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