Energetica India Magazine nº88 March-April 2020

own, and operate solar-PV pumping in the farms. Till date (24th February 2020), solar power plants of approx. 100 MW cumulative capacity have been commissioned. With a mission to promote e-mobility in India, we are developing Electric Vehi - cle Charging Infrastructure and have signed MoUs with multiple stakeholders across municipalities, DISCOMs for lo - cational assessment study and setting up of charging infrastructures in their jurisdiction locations. Till date, 68 nos. of Public Charging Stations (PCS) have been installed in NDMC Delhi, CMRL Chennai, Maha Metro Nagpur, Noida Authority and SDMC Delhi Under the Gram Panchayat Street light - ing Programme, we have replaced more than 16 lakh conventional lights with LEDs in Andhra Pradesh and a simi - lar programme has been undertaken in Jharkhand as well. Further, we are about to commence this programme in Telangana, Maharashtra and a few other states. Under the Smart Meter National Pro - gramme, we have over 10 lakh smart meters installed in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar and NDMC-Delhi. We’re proud to see that since the ear - ly days of 2015, energy efficiency has grown more prominent in the consumer’s conscience. Our programmes, ground- ed firmly in creating demand momentum for energy efficiency, have played a crit - ical role in transforming India’s growth story, and we fully intend to continue ex- panding our footprint and exploring new avenues and markets to sustain a global transformation towards responsible en- ergy consumption and generation. E nergetica I ndia : What have been some of the most important learning over this decade w.r.t implementation of energy efficiency plans in a common man’s everyday routine? V enkatesh D wivedi : We have realized that if any energy efficiency solution is af - fordable, accessible and sustainable, the consumer behavior will change to- wards that and this is core to our ap- proach at EESL. We have witnessed this with our LED programmes like UJALA and Street Lighting National Programme that have not just transformed the indus - try but also altered consumer behavior, by increasing their acceptance to ener- gy efficient technologies. EESL adopted an innovative mass pro- curement strategy, which lowered the manufacturing cost of the LED bulbs. The benefit of this price reduction has been passed on to the consumers, who have benefited from reduced bills due to the usage of LED bulbs. The DISCOMs and ULBs too benefited from increased savings. EESL also enrolled Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for LED bulb distribution, as part of its inclusive growth strategy to enable growth in lower income communities. With this programme EESL has also pro- vided an impetus to the growth of the industry, creating favorable market con- ditions for new industries to develop. As on date, under UJALA, EESL has distrib - uted over 36.18 crore LED bulbs across India. This has resulted in estimated energy savings of 46.98 billion kWh per year with avoided peak demand of 9,407 MW and estimated GHG emission re - duction of 38.05 million t CO2 per year. Additionally, EESL has distributed over 71.77 lakh LED tube lights and 23.17 lakh energy efficient fans. Under SLNP, as on date, EESL has in - stalled over 1.06 crore LED streetlights across India. This has resulted in esti - mated energy savings of 7.14 billion kWh per year with avoided peak demand of 1,190 MW and estimated GHG emission reduction of 4.92 million t CO2 per year. energetica INDIA- March-April_2020 23 INTERVIEW