ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 03 NO. 01 JANUARY 2015:

Title:        Regional energy planning – A study on potential of solar photovoltaic (SPV) based electricity for households in Gudiyattam Block, Tamil Nadu
Authors:     K. Anantha Narayana, S. P. Sekar, M. Venkatesan
Abstract:    Among the renewables, solar energy has good potential in rural areas of Tamil Nadu. A study to explore potential of SPV based electricity with available barren uncultivable waste land in households of panchayat villages was conducted. Union of panchayat villages is a block and in this study defined as a region. Gudiyattam is a designated rural block in the state of Tamil Nadu and consists of 44 panchayat villages and 1 town. This study was conducted using available Barren uncultivable wasteland at panchayat village level and aggregated to Block level. Among the 44 panchayat villages, 17 having surplus, 12 having moderate and 15 with no SPV electricity potential. It is observed that, surplus potential is very high and ranges from 5-8 times the demand and sufficient to meet the needs of deficient panchayat villages in the region. This study has found Regional Energy planning through SPV based electricity is a reliable alternative and has potential for replication in other blocks.

Keywords:   SPV, Rural Energy, Panchayat Village, Sustainability, Electricity
Pages:          56-61

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