Dear Digambar babu, We are proud of Ms. Dipti Vaghela,MS,San Jose State University – Renewable Energy and receipiant of ROBERT AND PATRICIA SWITZER FOUNDATION'S SWITZER ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR 2008,who is the mastermind of Purnaguma MHEP, in association with Gram Vikas. It's only yesterday her 3rd MHEP at Th. Rampur block was put under test run, at Karnibel, a small and remote village. Though, a NRI but native to India her hard work for the people of Kalahandi is really commendable. I have also discussed with Dipti about some more such projects in Th. Rampur. Now she is working hard in bringing the state electricity deptt,OREDA and other similar agencies into a single platform for electification of non-electrified villages of Kalahandi. I have also requested her to share her valuable works in this blog, which will be definitely be helpful for upliftment of Kalahandi. Regards, Akshaya
Thanks to Akshaya Babu, I've come to know of this blog devoted to Kalahandi!
Here is more info on the micro hydro in Orissa:
1. There are nearly 11 working units in Orissa, the oldest one having worked for over a decade now in Koraput.
2. Gram Vikas has implemented 4 units in Thuamul Rampur block. With each project, we have learned new lessons:
a. Amthagouda (5-20kW)--This system is under repair and will be re-commissioned next month.
b. Karlapat (15-25kW)--This system is functioning well, after we started involving local technicians for preventive maintenance. Now we are focusing on establishing livelihoods usage, e.g. oil mill.
c. Purna Guma (4-10kW)--This project is working well because it has local technology. Thanks to Practical Action in Sri Lanka, we were able to teach a local fabrication shop in Bhawanipatna how to fabricate the turbine for this project. We have learned not to depend on Bangalore and Delhi for our hardware needs, as those suppliers do not like returning to Kalahandi. Also in this project, we did not use Gram Vikas field staff. Instead, we found the natural leaders of the community--the village youth--and encouraged them to coordinate the implementation as much as possible.
d. Karnivel (4-10kw)--This beautiful, small village has raised my expectations of communities in Thaumul Rampur. Having only 15 households, this village has done double the work of the earlier projects, in half the time, with half the households. The lights were turned on April 1 with no major isses. We are working with OTELP to see how micro hydro electricity can be combined with OTELP's great efforts.
We have identified 5 more sites, but it is important that we do new micro hydro projects with knowledge about other electrification efforts (REC, OREDA, NTPC), so that we make the most of renewable energy collectively.
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It is very interesting to know that it is in operation since 2008. Is there any more info /stats as to how it is used?
Dear Digambar babu,
We are proud of Ms. Dipti Vaghela,MS,San Jose State University – Renewable Energy and receipiant of ROBERT AND PATRICIA SWITZER FOUNDATION'S SWITZER ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR 2008,who is the mastermind of Purnaguma MHEP, in association with Gram Vikas.
It's only yesterday her 3rd MHEP at Th. Rampur block was put under test run, at Karnibel, a small and remote village.
Though, a NRI but native to India her hard work for the people of Kalahandi is really commendable.
I have also discussed with Dipti about some more such projects in Th. Rampur. Now she is working hard in bringing the state electricity deptt,OREDA and other similar agencies into a single platform for electification of non-electrified villages of Kalahandi. I have also requested her to share her valuable works in this blog, which will be definitely be helpful for upliftment of Kalahandi.
Regards,
Akshaya
Thanks to Akshaya Babu, I've come to know of this blog devoted to Kalahandi!
Here is more info on the micro hydro in Orissa:
1. There are nearly 11 working units in Orissa, the oldest one having worked for over a decade now in Koraput.
2. Gram Vikas has implemented 4 units in Thuamul Rampur block. With each project, we have learned new lessons:
a. Amthagouda (5-20kW)--This system is under repair and will be re-commissioned next month.
b. Karlapat (15-25kW)--This system is functioning well, after we started involving local technicians for preventive maintenance. Now we are focusing on establishing livelihoods usage, e.g. oil mill.
c. Purna Guma (4-10kW)--This project is working well because it has local technology. Thanks to Practical Action in Sri Lanka, we were able to teach a local fabrication shop in Bhawanipatna how to fabricate the turbine for this project. We have learned not to depend on Bangalore and Delhi for our hardware needs, as those suppliers do not like returning to Kalahandi. Also in this project, we did not use Gram Vikas field staff. Instead, we found the natural leaders of the community--the village youth--and encouraged them to coordinate the implementation as much as possible.
d. Karnivel (4-10kw)--This beautiful, small village has raised my expectations of communities in Thaumul Rampur. Having only 15 households, this village has done double the work of the earlier projects, in half the time, with half the households. The lights were turned on April 1 with no major isses. We are working with OTELP to see how micro hydro electricity can be combined with OTELP's great efforts.
We have identified 5 more sites, but it is important that we do new micro hydro projects with knowledge about other electrification efforts (REC, OREDA, NTPC), so that we make the most of renewable energy collectively.
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