Title :
Village electrification programme in India
Author_Institution :
Minist. of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi, India
Abstract :
India has about 96,000 villages still to be electrified. About 20,000 of these may be in remote and difficult areas, which cannot be electrified by conventional grid extension. The Indian Ministry of non-conventional energy sources has taken up a programme to electrify all such villages through renewable energy sources. Solar photovoltaic technology will have an important role in this programme, which may cover about a million households. The paper describes the Indian programme and its status. Two case studies from the Sunderbans and Ladakh region are also given.
Keywords :
electricity supply industry; power system planning; research and development; solar cells; India; Ladakh region; Sunderbans region; conventional grid extension; nonconventional energy sources; solar photovoltaic technology; village electrification programme;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of 3rd World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Osaka, Japan
Print_ISBN :
4-9901816-0-3
