Solar PV water pumping comes of age in India

Author

Surendra, T.S. ; Subbaraman, S.V.V.

Author_Institution

Polyene Group, Suryovonics Ltd, Hyderabad, India

fYear

2002

fDate

19-24 May 2002

Firstpage

1485

Lastpage

1488

Abstract

If grid-connected PV applications are prominent in the PV market segments of developed countries, an agrarian country like India is gradually experiencing a paradigm shift to stand alone solar PV water pumping. This would encourage economies of scale PV plants in India in the future and ensure reliable, clean and sustainable power to small farmers. The DC floating pump system developed by the Polyene Group has found acceptance amongst small farmers in the Southern states of India as established by various studies. This paper also discusses the economics of solar water pumping from the stand point of the Government and develops life cycle cost analyses of various options. Solar PV water pumping has indeed arrived in India.

Keywords

life cycle costing; photovoltaic power systems; pumps; water supply; DC floating pump system; India; PV market; Polyene Group; agrarian country; economics; grid-connected PV applications; life cycle cost analyses; small farms; solar PV water pumping; solar water pumping; stand alone solar PV water pumping; sustainable power; Costs; Crops; DC motors; Economies of scale; Government; Manufacturing; Power system planning; Power system reliability; Propagation losses; State estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE

ISSN

1060-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7471-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190891

Filename

1190891