A Guide Book To Implement Agriculture Demand Side Management: Studies from Water Energy Nexus Activity (WENEXA II) Project

Editore: India Core Publishing, IndiaCore Response Team106, 2nd floor, F Block, PVK,Ansals Palam Vihar,Gurgaon 122 017, Haryana. INDIA.+91 +124- 407 0942/ 407 1610/ 320 152191- 98185 22517/ 98185 22518Delhi +91 +11- 6640 5777, 2011

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Impact Of Agricultural Tariffs Implications For State Electricity Boards 3 India?s Ground Water Economy 4 The Water-Energy Nexus 5 Business Models For Implementing AGDSM Projects 6 Review Of Pilots Conducted On Agriculture Dsm 7 Pilot Conducted In Doddaballapur Bescom 8 Establishing Baseline For AGDSM Study 9 Pump Replacement 10 Capacity Building 11 Water-Side Interventions 12 Converting Revenue Subsidy Into Capital Subsidy 13 Scalability and Sustainability Of The Project 14 Conclusions 15 Challenges Risk Mitigation And The Way ForwardThe book is a compilation by Tetra Tech of studies conducted under the first market driven public-private partnership between Bangalore Electricity Supply Company and an energy service company for agricultural demand-side management pilot It will be helpful in implementing large scale program of agriculture demand side managementThe agricultural sector consumes about 23 percent of India?s electricity and 90 percent of its ground water Although a number of initiatives have demonstrated that more efficient irrigation pump sets could save 30 to 70 percent of the sector?s electricity use stakeholders have been unwilling to bear the costs and risks of replacing the country?s inefficient pump sets To address this problem the United States Agency for International Development has launched a pilot project to replace about 604 irrigation pump sets in India?s Karnataka State The study concludes that with a nationwide investment of 12 billion in new high energy efficient pumps India could reduce its electricity demand-supply gap from the current 11 to 3 and its annual agricultural tariff subsidy by 2 billion a year Additionally with improved power reliability and quality farmers would tend to run their IPsets Irrigation pump sets more judiciously resulting in decreasing fall of groundwater levelsThe agricultural sector consumes about 23 percent of India?s electricity and 90 percent of its ground water Although a number of initiatives have demonstrated that more efficient irrigation pump sets could save 30 to 70 percent of the sector?s electricity use stakeholders have been unwilling to bear the costs and risks of replacing the country?s inefficient pump sets To address this problem the United States Agency for International Development has launched a pilot project to replace about 604 irrigation pump sets in India?s Karnataka State This pilot is the first market-driven public-private partnership between Bangalore Electricity Supply Company and an energy service company for agricultural demand-side management 180 pp.

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• Titolo: A Guide Book To Implement Agriculture Demand Side Management: Studies from Water Energy Nexus Activity (WENEXA II) Project
• Editore: India Core Publishing, IndiaCore Response Team106, 2nd floor, F Block, PVK,Ansals Palam Vihar,Gurgaon 122 017, Haryana. INDIA.+91 +124- 407 0942/ 407 1610/ 320 152191- 98185 22517/ 98185 22518Delhi +91 +11- 6640 5777
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Rilegatura: Rilegato