India, July 11, 2024 : Transformative and one of its kind IoT-enabled solution that empowers rural communities, with a particular focus on uplifting tribal women, through the utilization of renewable energy.
· Distributed Energy
Solution, which is highly efficient, and cost-effective, supplying
24*7 reliable power to irrigation pumps, agro-processing units, households, and other
productive usage
· Empowerment of ~
100,000 farmer families by 2025.
Schneider Electric
India Foundation (SEIF), a socially committed arm of Schneider Electric in
India has inaugurated two Climate Smart Villages in Gumla, District,
which is a designated aspirational district of Jharkhand, in collaboration with
PRADAN (Professional Assistance for Developed Action), a prominent NGO that
works to improve lives of underprivileged rural families. The Climate Smart
Village initiative is designed to empower rural India, with a specific emphasis
on uplifting tribal farming communities with the use of renewable energy.
Access to essentials
like healthcare, education, food security, livelihood opportunities, safety,
and clean water is crucial for socio-economic development. Energy is pivotal in
enabling access to these necessities. In rural India, many areas still lack
reliable electricity access, relying on polluting diesel power, which incurs
high costs and environmental hazards. Even in electrified areas, challenges
like power limitations and unreliable supply hinder essential services.
Recognizing these
challenges, Schneider Electric has developed an innovative, efficient, reliable,
and cost-effective “Climate Smart Village Solution”. Schneider Electric
through PRADAN implemented the solution in two villages in the Gumla District
of Jharkhand to power productive loads such as irrigation pumps, oil
expeller, rice huller, groundnut sheller, flour/spice grinding mill, and
electric rickshaws. This India for India (i4i) system also supplies
reliable power to households, runs streetlights, and meets other community
needs ensuring 100% capacity utilization by efficiently directing power to
various loads.
The Climate Smart Village
Solution in Sehal and Chatti villages features 40 kW and 45 kW solar arrays
with innovative IoT-enabled smart power management systems. This system ensures
100% capacity utilization of the solar panels by diverting power to different
loads based on demand, benefitting the 110 families in the two villages. These
enhancements have also led to new economic opportunities, such as a 2X increase
in farmers' income, reduced migration, and a decrease in carbon emissions by
60,000 kg/year.
As part of their livelihood
improvement program in 2019, Schneider Electric and PRADAN have already
installed 800+ solar irrigation pumps
impacting the lives of 16000+ women farmers.
Speaking on the
launch, Deepak Sharma, Zone President- Greater
India & MD & CEO, Schneider Electric India, said, “Schneider
Electric believes in the crucial role of India's rural development in achieving
the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047. While significant strides have been made in
placing rural India at the forefront of the country’s developmental journey,
accelerated access to essential services like healthcare, education, food
security, livelihood opportunities, safety, and clean water is vital to creating
a real impact. The development in Sehal and Chatti Village as part of the
Climate Smart Village program is a testament to Schneider Electric’s dedication
to empowering rural communities through renewable energy, advancing a fair and
inclusive energy transition, and enabling sustainable access to energy for all.”
Saroj
Mahapatra, Executive Director, PRADAN, added, “We take
immense pride in this collaboration with Schneider Electric India Foundation to
inaugurate the 2 Climate Smart Villages in Jharkhand. Across these 2 villages,
communities would be using solar power for Irrigation, Agro-processing,
Households, and other community requirements. The success of our joint
initiatives has inspired us to continue this partnership in other states, and
together, we will make rural India more sustainable and empowered.”
The Climate Smart Village initiative empowers rural communities through
renewable energy in three key areas: sustainable agriculture, livelihood
opportunities, and household electricity access. Schneider Electric is
committed to continuing its efforts to support and uplift India's rural
communities ensuring sustainable and innovative energy solutions are developed
& deployed that foster growth for all, thereby making a strong contribution
to India’s Viksit Bharat mission.
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Electric
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