RURAL ELECTRIFICATION-SOLAR WAY

Nanda Shivamoggi, Nagaraj Hediyal

Abstract: Electricity is an essential requirement for all facets of our life and it has been recognized as a basic human need. It is the key to accelerating economic growth, generation of employment, elimination of poverty and human development especially in rural areas. Rural Electrification (RE) is viewed as the key for accelerating rural development. Provision of electricity is essential to cater for requirements of agriculture and other important activities including small & medium industries, khadi, village industries, cold chains, health care education and information technology. The Renewable energy is the only promising solution to meet the growing demand of electricity services of rural household’s located remotely. Micro Wind, Pico Hydro and Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) can be considered as reliable and promising renewable systems to cater to the needs of the rural electrification. Solar photovoltaic technology-based applications, especially, solar lighting is viewed as a viable option for rural, semi-urban, and urban lighting need for home, community areas, and streets. The paper proposes Solar Photovoltaic System Scheme to provide the electricity to the remote, isolated rural households. The proposed scheme is justified in terms of its applicability, suitability, technically, and economically

Keywords: Renewable Energy, Micro Wind, Pico Hydro, Solar Photovoltaic, System, Home Lighting, Rural, Remote

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0511007