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Partnership for Developing Business Models in Energy Access
Santosh Singh, IGEN-RE, GIZ India 7 August, 2014
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About GIZ
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• We are the world’s leading provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development.
• GIZ’s joint efforts with partners in India currently focus on the following areas
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
• Sustainable Urban and Industrial Development
• Natural Resource Management
• Biodiversity
• Private Sector Development
• Social Protection
• Financial Systems Development
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About IGEN-RE
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• The Renewable Energy Component of the Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN-RE) is a bilateral cooperation project.
• It is being carried out by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
• Launched in 2010, the project aims to promote renewable energy in rural areas.
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IGEN-RE Approach
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AREAS OF INTERVENTION
Capacity Development & Support for Key Stakeholders 3
MAIN FOCUS
Enabling Environment,
Scaling-up
Implementing Pilots on Decentralized Rural Electrification 1
Facilitating Supportive Policies and Programmes (state and national level) 2
Replicable Business Models
Networking & Knowledge Dissemination 4
Improved Conditions for
Renewable Energy in Rural
Areas
OBJECTIVE
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Developing Business Models for Energy Access
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Business Models
Creating Demand
Improving Supply
Developing Ecosystem
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Rural Electrification /
Mini Grids
Market Development for
RE products
Improved Biomass Cookstoves
Solar Water Pumps
Pine Needle Gasification
SELCO Incubation Centre
Improved Water Mills
Solar Mini Grids
Cross-cutting Issues
Gender
Involving Corporates
Facilitating Finance
Financial Viability of Biomass Gasification
Uttar Pradesh West Bengal
Uttarakhand
National
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal, UP
Bihar
National
National
IGEN-RE Activity Overview
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• Almost 900 million people in India depend on traditional biomass for cooking energy.
• More than 90% of these households use traditional inefficient cookstoves.
• Inefficient combustion results in higher consumption of biomass, degradation of natural resources and increased indoor air pollution (IAP).
• As per WHO, 488,200 deaths per year can be attributed to IAP in India
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Demand:
• Poor awareness about IAP & ICS
• Low incomes & willingness to pay
• Diverse fuel mix and cooking habits
Supply:
• Lack of appropriate stove technologies
• Lack of economically viable business models
Market Ecosystem:
• Inadequate & technology-driven government policies and support schemes
• Lack of coordination in the sector
• Lack of interest from the financial sector
Challenges
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Addressing these challenges is critical for developing a viable business model, however the cost of finding solutions
is often beyond the resources of social entrepreneurs.
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IGEN-RE’s interventions address these challenges and reduces the cost of market development for entrepreneurs.
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Enhancing Affordability of ICS Ø Tapping Carbon Finance to reduce stove costs:
• Cookstove PoA and capacity building support for SSS-NIRE (CME)
Ø Developing models for end-user financing: • Partnership with social enterprises to pilot different
approaches • Catalytic facility proposed to MNRE for ICS
financing
Creating Demand
Effective Awareness and Communication Campaigns Ø Designing cost effective marketing and communication strategy to reduce
marketing costs for entrepreneurs
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Identifying Appropriate Technologies Ø User acceptance field study • Conducted for 6 different ICS in Bihar, UP and
West Bengal (The report is available at www.igen-re.in)
Ø Emission and efficiency field-test of ICS in actual use conditions: • IIT Delhi and Berkley Air Monitoring Group are
initiating the work
Improving Supply
Developing Low Cost Distribution Models Ø Innovative approaches to optimize logistics for dissemination to be
developed with help of consultant Ø Partnership entered with Project Dharma and SwithOn to pilot developed
approaches
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Facilitating Knowledge Sharing
Ø India Cookstove Forum
Ø Support to networks and industry associations
• Planning to support an Alliance of Energy Access Practitioners with subgroup on ICS
• Developing decision support tool for clean cooking stakeholders
Providing Detailed Market Information
Ø Market survey for Bihar, UP, Uttarakhand, WB
• Primary survey of 7200 households completed. The data will be made public soon.
Market Ecosystem (1)
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Market Ecosystem (2)
Facilitating Enterprise Finance
Ø Study on barriers for financing rural energy enterprises
Ø The pilots based on the study findings are being designed.
Supporting Government Policies and Schemes
Ø Supporting WBREDA in dissemination of 20,000 fixed improved cookstoves
Ø IGEN-RE is supporting MNRE in development of guidelines for Unnat Chulha Abhiyan
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• Potential for replacing 9 million diesel pumps with solar PV pumps (C-STEP).
• Potential of about 70 million solar PV pumps to be installed by 2020. (HWWI)
• Potential to install capacity of 16,200 MW in the period 2017-22 for agriculture category (KPMG)
Potential for Solar Pumps for Irrigation
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Present Market Status
• Primarily driven by Government Tenders.
• Eligibility criteria encourages participation of large companies.
• Limited opportunity for enduser financing through involvement of Rural Banks.
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The Challenges in Technology Adoption (I)
Awareness
• Lack of awareness about the technology.
• Consumers are unaware of the performance/potential of the technology.
• e.g. at the time of conversion from diesel to solar many farmers insist on 5 HP rather than on 2 HP pump. Assumption is: the bigger the better.
Affordability
• Limited involvement of rural banks for end user financing.
• Even with the government subsidy support, the upfront cost (10-15% of the total cost) of solar water pumps is often too high for some farmers.
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The Challenges in Technology Adoption (II)
Availability
• Not available through local supply chain (vendors). Hence farmers are unaware of the technology.
• Poor availability and quality of support for after sale service.
Issue of Risks
• Farmers are risk averse when it comes to purchasing high value products.
• Lack of standardization.
• Fear of theft.
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• Technology overview
• Potential and application of solar pumps in India
• Potential in Bihar
• Specific barriers and solutions for the application of solar pumps for irrigation in Bihar
• Can be downloaded from www.igen-re.in
Study on Potential and Challenges of Solar Water Pumping for Irrigation in Bihar
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• Two 5 HP submersible pumps managed by a farmers’ cooperative; “Pay-per-use model”.
• Technology demonstration for at least 250 farmers from different districts.
• Training for bank-managers on technology and financial viability of solar pumps
Awareness Creation and Technology Demonstration
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IGEN-RE and CSR Partnerships
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• We have done a number of workshops to help the corporate sector to enter energy access interventions.
• IGEN-RE can help in developing a intervention strategy for CSR in energy access in the areas of -
• Mini-grids
• Off-grid lighting
• Clean Cooking
• Improved Watermills
• Renewable Energy in Agriculture
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