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VISION

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural

Energy & Development, Bangalore

Presentation at MNRE, New Delhi

04.06.2013

About - MGIRED

• Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Development (MGIRED) is a Southern Regional Institute established in the year 2000 in Bangalore with the assistance of MNRE and Rural Development and Panchayath Raj, Government of Karnataka. It is set up to cater to the training needs of Southern States/UT’s.

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Activities of MGIRED

• Organize training programmes for Elected

Representatives & Officials of Panchayat Raj

Institutions, rural youth, bankers on

conservation of fossil fuel sources & promotion

of Renewable Energy (RE) sources viz. solar,

wind, pico-hydro & bio energy sources.

• Research & consultancy work related to

renewable energy, waste to energy, financing

renewable energy equipments & services etc.

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Infrastructure of MGIRED

• Campus of 4 Hectare area within

Bangalore Metropolitan Corporation.

• Energy park displaying various devices

to harness renewable energy sources.

• Conference Hall & class room.

• Hostel with 20 rooms to accommodate 40

people.

• Library.

• One channel of training. 4

Year Training Programme

Target

Achievement

No. of.

Trainees

Target

No. of.

Trainees

Achievement

2008-09 60 60 2400 2623

2009-10 60 72 2400 3169

2010-11 60 75 2400 3579

2011-12 60 66 2400 4367

2012-13 60 60 2400 4341

2013-14 60 03 2400 125

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Capacity building

• Capacity building of all stakeholders on various aspects of Renewable Energy, Rain

Water Harvesting & Environment Protection.

Sl. No. Name Nos.

1 Elected Representatives P.R. Institutions 20

2 NGO’s 05

3 P.R. Officials 06

4 Colleges 08

5 School Children 12

6 Exhibition/Workshops 05

7 Banks Workshop 04

Total 60

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MGIRED Training Programmes

(2013-14)

Total number of participants : 2000

Sl. No. Name Nos.

1 3 day programme for ITI faculties 05

2 6 day programme for ITI students 05

3 6 day programmes for BPL rural youth 05

Total 15

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Training Programme for ITI

Students/Faculties/BPL Youth (2013-14)

Partnership with NLT

Total number of participants : 450

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MGIRED Vision

• Short term training.

• Long term training.

• Organizing workshops, seminars &

consultation meetings.

• Technician training on biogas, solar PV,

solar thermal & solar pumpsets, wind

energy.

• Entrepreneurship training in solar

products & services.

Training topics:

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MGIRED Vision (Contd…)

• Energy from rural waste.

• Energy efficient building construction.

• Solar energy application for processing of

fruits & vegetables.

• Financing solar products & services.

• TOT for ITI faculties.

Training topics:

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Action Research Studies

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No. Title

1 A study on the present status and prospects of solar street

lights in Karnataka

2 A study on the cost and reliability comparison between solar

v/s diesel and electric pump sets

3 A study on prospects of captive solar power plants in Southern

Region

4 A study on the functioning of bio fuel manufacturing units

5 A study on the present status and prospects of grid connected

wind farms in Southern Region

6 A study on pico hydro/micro hydro power projects in Southern

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Action Research Studies (contd…)

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No. Title

7 A study on solar home lighting systems

8 A study on solar home water heating systems

9 A study on solar water heating systems in hospitals and hotels

10 A study on prospects of standalone home /industry roof top

wind mills in Bangalore

11 A study on commercial bio diesel plantations

12 A study on solid waste management in Gram Panchayaths

13 A study on performance evaluation of solar financing

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Workshops & Seminars 1. Policy initiatives from Government to promote

energy conservation in agriculture and rural

industries.

2. Policy initiatives from Government to promote

solar home lighting system and home water heating

systems.

3. Policy initiatives from Government to promote

solar pumps sets for irrigation.

4. Policy initiatives from Government to promote roof

top wind mills.

5. Policy initiatives from Government to increase

access to credit to own renewable energy

equipments and devices. 14

Workshops & Seminars (contd…)

6. Involvement Community Based Organizations in

promoting renewable energy technologies.

7. Increasing green energy jobs and self

employment in rural areas.

8. Problems and prospects of harnessing solar

energy technologies in rural areas.

9. Promoting community managed off- grid

captive solar power stations in rural areas.

10. Solar technology adoption in educational

institutions and hospitals in rural areas.

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Student Summer Internship

• Final year Engineering students of post

graduate studies in energy discipline can

take up project work at MGIRED.

• Project work 8-12 weeks can be

undertaken to which a weekly stipend of

Rs.1000/- could be given. To begin with 4

students can be taken annually.

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Integrated Energy Planning

MGIRED can take up consultancy studies to

prepare area based micro level energy plans

based on local energy sources & technology

& energy demand for Panchayat Raj

Institutions, Educational Institutions &

Primary Health Centres.

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Centre for Media & Documentary (CMD) Wide

Publicity for following Programmes of MNRE

i. The National Mission for Enhanced Efficiency

(NMEF)

ii. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission

(JNNSM)

iii. The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

(RGGVY)

iv. The Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)

v. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)

vi. The Bio-Energy Mission

vii. The National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF)

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Objectives of CMD

• Single point source for information on RE

• To initiate Action Research

• To supplement formal & informal education on

RE

• Networking among stakeholders

• To forge alliance with similar Institutions

• Documentation of best practices & lessons learnt

• Mapping of energy service delivery models

• Mapping of energy financing models

• To study community participation in

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Publication of Newsletters

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Dedicated Website

• Incentive schemes of Government of

India & State Government

• Announcement of Training Programme

• Feedback of Training Programme

• Soft copies of Newsletters

• Quality standards of energy saving

equipments & devices

• News schemes of Government of India

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MGIRED Infrastructure Expansion

• Addition: 3 Conference Halls with

seating capacity of 50 each.

• Seminar Hall with 75 capacity.

• Hostels with additional 120 single rooms.

• Auditorium with 200 seats.

• Central Library.

• 24 x 7 power pack through RE. 22

MGIRED as Research & Training Coordinator

for Energy Security of Karnataka

• KPCL

• PCKL

• KPTCL

• KREDL

• Karnataka Biofuel Board

Following organizations are striving to achieve

energy for security of Karnataka

MGIRED can organize tailor made training

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Instituting Annual Awards in

Excellence in RE

“MGIRED NIRANTARA SHAKTI

EXCELLENCE AWARD” can be designed to

recognize & promote outstanding

individuals & organizations who have

adopted & contributed to promote RE to

achieve national goals for wider replication.

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Instituting Annual Awards in

Excellence in RE (contd…)

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

• Biomass energy

• Waste to energy

• Green buildings

• Clean transport with bio diesel

Following technologies can be considered:

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Instituting Annual Awards in

Excellence in RE (contd…)

• Panchayat Raj Institutions.

• Corporate Houses including Educational

Institution, Hotels & Hospitals.

• Individuals.

• Banks who made innovations in RE

financing.

Four categories:

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Centre of Excellence in RE innovation

Incubation & Entrepreneurship

• Compared to fossil fuel power plants

RE is expected to generate more jobs

per unit of installed capacity per unit of

power generated & per rupee invested.

• Centre will provide local business &

entrepreneurs with a hub for improved

access to RE research facilities,

expertise & support. 27

Implementation Plan

• Strengthening of Human Resources.

• Preparation of projects &

submission to different donors

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Thank You