Powering the northeast region

ASHOK B SHARMA
Posted: Tuesday, Dec 02, 2008 at 2335 hrs IST
Updated: Tuesday, Dec 02, 2008 at 2335 hrs IST

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: 30 villages and 488 hamlets through SPV home-lighting systems and about 12,000 home-lighting systems have been already provided.

In 2007-08, 8,100 solar home-lighting systems, 320 street-lighting systems and 32,208 solar lanterns were allocated under the SPV demonstration programme to the northeastern region. Support has been given to install six solar water heating systems of cumulative capacity of 4,500 litre per day in Sikkim. The proposals to install 20 water heating systems in Mizoram and solar dryers of 500 kg per batch capacity for drying turmeric—one each in 20 villages in eight districts—are being considered by the Union government.

In Assam, 15 test projects in remote villages are under implementation to provide electricity through biomass gasifiers, coupled with 100% producer gas engines, cooking energy needs to improve cook stoves, cattle dung-based biogas plants and motive power through biofuel operated engines.

Three biomass gasifier systems with an aggregate capacity of 600 kwe were installed in Nagaland in 2007-08 to meet electricity needs. The National Biogas & Manure Management Programme is being implemented in northeastern India and 1,719 family biogas plants have been set up in 2007-08.

The wind power programme in the region is not viable due to low potential. Assessments for wind potential were carried out in 24 sites and 23 stations were installed in the region, of which three were closed down in Tripura and two in Assam after completing two years. All stations were found to be less windy except P Leikul in Assam.

However, in 2006-07 the Union government approved setting up 20 new stations with 50 m masts in all northeastern states, including Sikkim. Small wind energy systems, namely water pumping windmills, aero-generators and wind-solar hybrid systems are being implemented in Assam and Sikkim. Three windmills have been set up in Assam and 10 aero-generators have been set up in Sikkim....

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