The Framework of Village EmPower Partnership© Projects
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DESI Power
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Village Partner Organisation(s)
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Investors, Banks, Grants,
Subsidies. Selling CO2 emissions saving
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[EmPower
Partnership©]
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Independent Rural
Power Producer
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Village Enterprises
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Cluster Centre
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Economic, Social and Financial
Results
The Village
Regular employment (especially for women), Higher
farm output. Better produce prices. Better women's health.
Profitable businesses. Capacity to undertake local social
initiatives. |
IRPPs: decentralised
power plants
Assured electric load and biomass supply. Profitable
power plant and energy services. Extension fees to run
the cluster centres. |
Investors
and banks
Reliable local borrowers. Reduced risks. Acceptable
ROI. Meets social and ethical responsibilities. |
| A replicable model for small scale (25 - 100 kWe)
decentralised (off-grid) power supply and energy services
systems for remote areas. Reduced power and financial
losses in rural power grids. Less budgetary support for
rural power supply. Increased rural productivity. Lower
migration to citie |
| Lower local pollution. Lower CO2 emission. Lower
energy losses. Saving of non-renewable energy resources.
Use of waste products. |
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Increased Sustainability: Local and Global
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Benefits of DesiPower
• Cheaper and cleaner than diesel
generation.
• Cheaper than industrial and
commercial tariffs in many states.
• More reliable and of better
quality than grid supplies.
• Cleaner than fossil fuel fired
plants.
• Smokeless cooking energy.
• Cheaper and cleaner process
energy from waste heat.
• Nearly eliminates the consumption
of diesel oil in generator sets and substantially reduces the cost
of electricity generated by them.
• Local value addition of local
resources accelerates the village development process
• Income from local renewable
energy resources, including unwanted weeds and agro-residues.
• Promotes sustainable local livelihoods
(operation of the power plant, jobs in new local micro-enterprises
and small-scale industries).
• Higher agricultural production
with adequate and timely water supply.
• Makes reliable and clean electricity
available in rural areas which would otherwise continue to subsist
without economic and social progress.
• Contributes to the reduction
of migration to cities.
• Reduces the share of fossil
fuels in the national energy balance.
• Reduces the share of coal-based
electricity supply, the consequent pollution and the resulting over-stretching
of the inadequate infrastructure.
• Reduces diesel consumption and
air pollution, and the outflow of foreign exchange.
• In short, promotes national
sustainable development.
• Helps reduce the risks of climate
change by supporting directly the national and global efforts to
stabilise the level of CO2 in the biosphere.
The ultimate target is to install IRPPs in neighbouring villages
with a total capacity of about 1 MW. The IRPPs and the village industries
pay a small extension service fee to the Cluster Centre and, once
all the villages are operational, make it self-supporting. DesiPower
has been working on the concept of a "Cluster Centre"
which is one of the cornerstones of its decentralised rural development
strategy for supporting the managerial and technical sustainability
of this programme. The Cluster Centre is active right from the start
by working closely with the villagers to promote the local activities.
Once the site is selected, DesiPower develops and builds the IRPP
package on the basis of the local conditions and helps the villagers
develop the local organisation and micro industries. Subsequently
the Cluster Centre takes the responsibility to provide a comprehensive
set of "Extension Services" which include technical and
managerial training, performance audit of the plants on a continuous
basis and refresher courses.
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