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Empowering Rural India with Clean Solar Mini Grids

Explore how CLEAN, a network of decentralized energy enterprises, is bringing clean energy access to un/under-electrified regions in India. With a focus on policy advocacy, finance access, skills training, technology innovation, and networking, CLEAN is revolutionizing energy access through mini grids powered by solar, biomass, pico hydro, and small wind. With over 100 members nationwide, CLEAN is driving human development, eradicating energy poverty, and enabling rural economic activity. Discover the challenges and opportunities in decentralized energy generation and see how mini grids are complementing the national grid for enhanced energy access.

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Empowering Rural India with Clean Solar Mini Grids

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  1. Solar Minigrids in India: Reaching the last mile

  2. DECENTRALIZED CLEAN ENERGY ACCESS • -Un-electrified and Under-electrified regions • CLEAN is a Network of Decentralized Clean Energy Enterprises and organizations • Technology and scale agnostic; • Electricity and Non-electricity-based • Solar, Biomass, Pico hydro, Small Wind etc • Across business models: Small portable units, Stand alone systems, Micro and Mini grids • 100+ members across the country Focus Areas: • Policy Advocacy • Access to finance- for End users and Entrepreneurs • Skills and Training • Technology and Innovation • Networking and Information

  3. Why Mini Grids? • Delivering power to remote villages and hamlets • Providing high quality and reliable in areas where DISCOMs are struggling • Building energy entrepreneurs – Driver for human development • Engine for driving socio-economic change • To eradicate energy poverty • Mini grids can power rural economic activity

  4. Mini Grid outreach pan India CLEAN Mini Grid Players 12 Mini Grid players 340+ installations 10-70kW size 70-80 % Utilization factor 52112 lives impacted 3448 Commercial users and shops Better billing efficiency

  5. Decentralise/ Distributed Generation - A way forward courtesy@ OMC Power, MLINDA, and BOOND

  6. Block diagram for Photovoltaic Village Power – Solar Mini Grids

  7. Mini Grid players lesson learned - CLEAN Mini Grid Fraternity • Innovative Business model for sustenance of Mini grids in long run • Telecom tower • Agricultural processes load ( rice huller, pumping, poultry, cold storage) • Primary healthcare centres • Micro Enterprises • Schools and government offices • Financers still does not understand the value proposition mini grid player derives to last mile

  8. Solar Mini Grids : Challenges and Opportunities

  9. Shifting the narrative – Mini grids complimenting the National grids for energy access • Can serve capacity addition by reducing the T&D losses of centralizing generating facilities • CLEAN facilitating stakeholder consultation for the several state and national policies on Mini Grids • Develop village entrepreneur in operating the grids – livelihood generation • Quality and reliable supply of electricity to last mile • Anchor load RE-based mini grid model • Grid connected mini grids - Interoperatibility of Mini grids • Pilot of Block chain for P2P energy trading - Incentives for energy efficiencies

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