Farmers can now water their fields with sun. Wonder how? We have a solar developer and installer from Salem who shares how solar pumps can be used for farm irrigation and why more farmers need to switch to solar pumps!
For more information: https://www.cag.org.in/switch-solar-pump
Mr. Sasikumar, farmer and land owner from Thiruvannamalai is watering with sun and changing the course of agriculture, one solar pump at a time! You can be a changemaker too, switch to solar pumps!
For more information: https://www.cag.org.in/switch-solar-pump
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Mr. Vijaykumar, an organic farmer from Salem is among the many TN farmers who are watering with sun and changing the course of agriculture, one solar pump at a time! You can be a changemaker too, switch to solar pumps!
For more information: https://www.cag.org.in/switch-solar-pump
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Agrivoltaics can be a way to achieve India's renewable energy targets. #Solarenergy #agriculture
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The availability of a large area of land is a prerequisite to the installation of solar panels. In order to generate 1MW of power, the area of land required could be between 2.5 acres and 4 acres. This implies that purely investing in solar farms filled with hundreds or maybe thousands of solar panels instead of crops will have a serious impact on the agricultural output which the land could have produced.
CAG in association with Purpose, New Delhi, has launched an initiative to increase conversations around agriculture, solar energy, and availability of solar solutions in rural Tamil Nadu. The overall objective is to expand and increase conversations with policymakers / stakeholders and engage with farmers to build awareness and demand for DRE (distributed renewable energy). The initiative aims to help shape policies and build public awareness to accelerate renewable energy deployment, strengthen solar energy access for the poor and especially farmers, and facilitate creating opportunities for people to make best use of the technology.
The sub-objectives of the work in Tamil Nadu include the following:
The estimated number of Agricultural Households in Tamil Nadu is 32.44 Lakh. Over 21 lakh agriculture pumps in the state require 3000 crore subsidy annually and require 8900 MW capacity, approximately 20% of state electricity consumption. The power supply is intermittent and still, over 4 lakh more farmers are waiting for their free connection for 15 years and are also demanding diesel subsidies for their existing pumps.
Given the context, solarisation of agricultural fields and installation of solar pumps will help in releasing some of this stress and further go a long way in promoting distributed renewable energy (DRE) solutions in the sector. Though there are some good incentives offered by the government in support of solar for farmers under different programs and schemes, the understanding and knowledge of farmers and local political leaders about these schemes is limited. Very limited efforts are made to reachout to farmers to make them aware, engage media and influencers for wider reach and supporting narrative building. From our Tamil Nadu research we know public, media and politics are key pillars to build and broaden climate solution/DRE narrative in Tamil Nadu, so with this campaign different engagement strategies for various stakeholders will be adopted to build a strong climate narrative in Tamil Nadu.
This webinar aimed to discuss the challenges Agrivoltaics is facing and the opportunities which can be made use of for its large scale implementation.
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A farming school supervisor is watering with sun and changing the course of agriculture, one solar pump at a time! You can be a changemaker too, switch to solar pumps! For more information: https://www.cag.org.in/switch-solar-pump
#SolarFarming #Agriculture #SolarPump #RenewableEnergy