Education Park

Energy

EducationEconomy

Chetan S. SolankiAssociate Professor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT

Bombay

JAN. 2013

A Mission for Providing High Quality, Affordable Education &

Training in Rural India

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Indias Energy Status

India is Young

July 2011-Population =1189 million of which

0-14 years: 29.7%

15-64 years: 64.9%

65 years and over: 5.5%

Dependency ratio of 0.6; 2030-0.4

2020 Average Age: India-29; China-37; Japan-48:

India will have youngest working age population in world

India needs more energy

India population is growing with 1.4%

Growing economy will have growing demands of energy

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Human Development Index of India

HDI is indication of

health, education and

income

Primary Commerical Energy

Consumption

Source: Petronet LNG Ltd- Corporate Profile Presentation

Primary commercial energy consumption from various sources

(does not include use of biomass for cooking)

Coal is a major fuel in Indias energy scenario, renewable energy

and nuclear energy is small share of pie

Domestic Production and Consumption

of crude oil

India Imports about 85% of crude oil consumption

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85 million households spend 30 billion hours annually in fuel wood

gathering

Economic cost of biomass fuel was estimated to be Rs.299 billion

using a wage rate of Rs.60 per day

Indias fossil fuel resources

Fuel Proved Reserves Domestic

Production

Actual consumption Reserves/Consumption

(years of fuel remaining)

Coal

(Million Tonnes) 250,000 533 721.9 346.26

Oil

(Million Tonnes) 757 38.4 141.8 5.34

Natural Gas

Billion m3 1240 52.2 64.9 19.11

We do not have good fossil fuel resource

Indian Electricity Scenario

MW %age

Total Thermal 123758.98 65.98

Coal 104,816.38 55.88

Gas 17,742.85 9.46

Oil 1,199.75 0.63

Hydro (Renewable) 38,848.40 20.71

Nuclear 4,780.00 2.54

RES** (MNRE) 20,162.24 10.75

Total 1,87,549 100

Source: Ministry of Power, GoI, as on March 2012

In order to supply average electricity (world average) we should have

800,000 MW capacity, and 4000,000 MW capacity to meet developed

countries energy consumption

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India just can not build more power plant, even if we have lot of money

Coal resources are there, but not best suitable, we import 25% coal

We import 85% of oil consumption

We are trying to buy nuclear fuel from outside, our plants runs to 40%

of their capacity

Our hydro power plants runs to only 70% of their capacity

So what else?

Can we supply electricity to all?

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About

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Small support through NGOs does not bring a quantum

change in a childs life

the bottom-line is, child if poor remains poor

Simple learning to read and write does not provide him plate-form

to take off (for higher education, good job etc.)

I learned this after 10 years of my experience in starting and

running NGOs, for instance

Rose- Rose an Organization for Supporting Education (ROSE), 2001

NEF- New Energy Foundation , 2006

Learning: There is little possibility that small effort bring change to anybodys

life quality and quantity in education and training is required

Why another NGO?

Affordable education & training

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World economies are increasingly knowledge based

Skilled manpower plays key role in their own and nations development

Still about 60% population lives in rural area

A child born poor in India is guaranteed to remain poor for life

Providing affordable quality education and training is important for

betterment of disadvantaged

Cost of education can be kept low if the organization is not for profit

Education Park is a non-profit organization

Government education does not provide quality &

Private education is expensive

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Education Park

www.edupark.org

Though, the basic education of any level (basic reading, writing, maths, etc.) is

good, it is not good enough to change ones life

Life changing education, which enables individuals to live better life, is required.

Education Park is non-government, non-profit organization.

It is registered under Society Registration Act 1973 (no. 44), having

registration no. 03/30/01/11338/09), Also, 80G, 12 A, CBSE affiliation,

Therefore Education Park..

Social growth & prosperity : The core issue

Madhya Pradesh India Developed

countries

Energy (unit/capita/year)

330 700 13,000

Education (literacy %)

50 65 85

Economy (income/capita/year)

17,000 30,000 1000,000

Education, Economy and

Energy are important inputs

for social growth of any

region

Access to energy is key

to growth, solar energy

could be solution

April 2009 The started with barren land

The land for Education Park is acquired in April 2009. It was just barren

land

Total land area is about 14 acre, with 990 meters of border area

No plants at site

in beginning

Middle block

Primary

block is

ready and

running

Solar Energy Training

center and Farmers

Knowledge center

Buildings under construction

Design of Education ParkSolar Passive Architecture Zero Energy Campus

Use of natural

energy for

lighting,

ventilation

reduces energy

consumption

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Zero energy campus is up and running

Education Park primary and middle block

Both building are identical, do not use fan or lights for operation

There are 22 class rooms, 2 labs, 3 activity hall (music, dance, art &

craft), 1 computer lab, 1 library

There are now over 700 students enrolled with 35 teachers

RTE implemented from year 2011

School is now CBSE affiliated!!

Solar Energy and Farmers training

center

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Assembly of solar lights have been started in campus, with the plan to

assemble 10,000 lights in a year, will create employment for over 100 people

Farmers training workshops have been started, formed a group called

PROFIT (Progressive Farming through Information and Training)

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Completely Solar Powered Campus

There are more than 12 kW PV modules installed in campus, the roof of

training center is a solar roof (image below)

The panel powers computers, printer, water pumping, fans and lights (in

few rooms)

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Energy wise green campus is becoming greener

There are now 2000 trees planted, all irrigated by

drip system

Rain water harvesting is implemented

Site photo at the start in 2009

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We have come long way.

2007-08 :Idea- high quality and affordable education and training in rural areas is required

2008-09: Formulation of Education Park, idea was discussed with others, a team was formed

2008-09: Planning detailed planning of Education Park put in Detailed Project Report

2009-10: Execution of the plan: land purchase, fund raising, green building design and construction of primary block

2010-11: Applied for 80G for tax exemption and obtained

2010-12: Construction of Shloka Birla block nearly completed

2011-12: Obtained CBSE affiliation for school

2011-12: Construction of Solar energy and Farmers training center completed

2012-13: Started assembly and distribution of solar lights and employment creation

still long way to travel. Your support is expected

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Energy and Economic

Development

Training and assembly

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A series of workshops called Vasundhara

for farmers has started, training on BT

Cotton, Soyabean and Green Chili

harvesting has been conducted

Solar lantern assembly has started,

currently supplied 1000 lights to forest area

of Harda district, MP

Har Ghar Mein Roshani Project providing

light kits to families, lights are locally

assembled

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Technology Choice Solar LED lights

The solar LED lights used are based on patented designs by TET which

are specifically designed with following aspects in mind

Ruggedness the lights are designed to be rugged and fail-proof

considering the rural environment

Rural Relevant Performance

- designed to provide light for very long duration. Eg. upto 1 week on a

single recharge.

- Such performance is required due to high power cuts and during

monsoons, natural calamities and in regions with large forest cover.

- only LED lights with performance is chosen.

Low costs Through innovation in technology and processes, these

lights are upto 40% less expensive than commercially available

lights of similar high quality.

Package of solar lights

Home Light - A 2 Watt solar LED home light with 3 Watt solar panel.

It illuminates about 200 sq. feet with enough light for entire household.

Study Light - A 0.25 Watt LED study light is useful for studies. The

study light can be charged directly from the home light.

Mobile Charger - A provision for charging mobiles.

The package of 2

lights eliminates

the need for kerosene lamps

Har Ghar Mein Roshni One Child One Light

Sales-cum-Service Model

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Education

Park

Main Center

Sales &

service

person

Block-1

Sales &

service

person

Block-2

Sales &

service

personBlock-3

Khargone District

Madhya PradeshFamiliesFamilies

Families

About

One Child One Light Proposal

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This is proposal is part of mission to provide One

Solar Light to each students in Khargone district of

MP who is of 10 years age an older by 15th August

2013. There are more than 100,000 students who

come in this category.

One Child One Light project

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Kerosene for lighting in MP

Census data of 2011 shown below represents that, still more than

40% families in rural areas of MP use kerosene for lighting purpose

A solar solution for lighting, can not only be cheapest but it can

also be fastest in reaching remotest of rural areas

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One Child One Light

Khargone district of MP

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Population of Khragone District, Census 2011 More than 80% people live in rural

area, it has significant tribal belt as

well

Being mainly rural area, there are

frequent power cuts 18-20 hours are

common

Kerosene is commonly used for

lighting purpose

Model for solar light usage

A Child in school gets a solar lights

A common charging solar panel is

installed in school

Students charges the lights during the

school time, takes home for use in the

night, 7 to 8 hours of back up for light

Children brings back solar lights in

school to get charged

The scheme makes it attractive for a child

to come to school for charging, parents

will also send him/her

List of Schools in Khargone District

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1 43 10 43 460 117 14 9 696

2 22 9 22 250 83 8 5 399

38- 27 8 27 323 59 3 2 449

4 30 10 30 336 121 10 9 546

5 27 9 27 441 89 7 2 602

6 16 9 16 141 45 9 4 240

7 20 9 20 168 74 9 18 318

8 13 8 13 186 49 4 2 275

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1. Better study, more study hours

2. Better health, no health hazards caused by kerosene usage,

3. Better attendance in schools,

4. Kerosene saving, foreign exchange saving

5. Less pollution, reduction in CO2 emission, less pollution

6. Local assembly of lights, employment creation and Local

service, longer product life

7. Extra income for families due to extended day

8. Safety from fire hazards and safety during night

Advantage of project

Impact of Project

If we can successfully provide 100,000 lights to students (First experiment of its kind in country), it will have following impact

It will provide 30,000,000 extra study hours per year to students,

It will save 15,000,000 kg of CO2 emission,

It will save 4,360,000 US$ of foreign exchange to Govt.Assuming solar study light results in one extra hour of study per day, for 300 days in a year.1 liter of kerosene burning emits about 2.5 kg of CO2 and 1 family use 5 liter kerosene per monthAssuming Govt. spends about 40 Rs per liter to import kerosene, and 1$=55 Rs

Health of children will be better

Create employment in rural areas

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One Child One Light

Put up to the Govts

Large scale deployment can be done by Govt. due to their huge

infrastructure

Other than providing light to 100000 students, assembled by local

people for local people, the purpose of this project is to demonstrate

the effect and impact of the project to MP Govt and other

governments to adopt solar for lighting purpose as fast as possible,

other application of solar can follow

Financial Model

Solar lanterns will be provided to each school going child

Subsidy

Level

Types of Contribution Subsidy/discount

Component

MRP 580

1 Subsidy and Savings from Thrive Energy

Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Education Park

Rs. 180

2 Contribution requested from donor Rs. 200

3 Contribution of beneficiary Child Rs. 200

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Thank you for your attention!

Please contribute for the project.

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