solar mini grids in India: Reaching the last mile

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
• Policy Advocacy
• Access to finance- for End users
and Entrepreneurs
• Skills and Training
• Technology and Innovation
• Networking and Information
Focus Areas:

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
12 Mini
Grid players
340+
installations
340+
installations
10-70kW
size
10-70kW
size 70-80 %
Utilization
factor
70-80 %
Utilization
factor
52112 lives
impacted
52112 lives
impacted
3448
Commercial
users and
shops
3448
Commercial
users and
shopsBetter
billing
efficiency
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
1.Telecom tower
2.Agricultural processes load ( rice huller, pumping, poultry, cold storage)
3.Primary healthcare centres
4.Micro Enterprises
5.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

10. 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