Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) is a joint venture of NTPC Limited, Power Finance Corporation, Rural Electrification Corporation and POWERGRID. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) was set up under Ministry of Power (India) to facilitate implementation of energy efficiency projects. EESL is a Super Energy Service Company (ESCO) that seeks to unlock energy efficiency market in India, estimated to at US$12 billion that can potentially result in energy savings of up to 20 per cent of current consumption, by way of innovative business and implementation models. It also acts as the resource centre for capacity building of State DISCOMs, ERCs, SDAs, upcoming ESCOs, financial institutions, etc.
Government of India launched the Unnat Jyoti by Afordable LEDs and Appliances for All (UJALA) scheme on 5 January 2015 with an objective to provide people with affordable energy efficient appliances in comparison to the market price. EESL is the implementing agency for the scheme, ensuring widespread distribution of energy efficient appliances across the country.
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EESL has implemented 10 energy efficiency projects during the financial year 2014-15 with a total investment of Rs.147 crores. These in total have helped avoid capacity addition of 285 MW in 2014-15 and generated energy savings of 96.36 MU. These efforts translate into a carbon-dioxide emission reduction of 77 million Kilogram annually. The uniqueness of EESL's programmes are paving the roadmap for making energy efficiency more accessible, affordable and safer for cities and dwellings.
EESL seeks to unlock energy efficiency market in India, estimated to at US$12 billion that can potentially result in energy savings of up to 20 per cent of current consumption, by way of innovative business and implementation models.
- Largest public ESCO in the world - 100% government owned - in sync with national priorities
- Backed by Government of India and Promoters with net worth of over INR 2.144 Billion
- Implementing largest Energy Efficiency Portfolio in the world achieving actual energy savings
- Over 22.9 crore LED bulbs distributed; 19.5 lakh street lights replaced with LED lights
- One of the fastest growing companies in India - 10 fold growth in one year
- EESL's interventions have increased India's share in LED global market from 0.1% in 2013-14 to 12% in 2015-16.
- 40,000 direct and 25,000 indirect additional job creation
EESL is successfully implementing the energy efficiency schemes like UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All), Street Light National Programme (SLNP), National Energy Efficient fan distribution programme, Efficient Buildings programme. EESL is also implementing the world's largest Agricultural Demand Side Management programme (AgDSM) wherein the Energy Efficient Pumpsets (EEPS) with Smart control Panel are being distributed to farmers free of cost. Smart control panels would enable facilities like remote (Mobile based) start/ Stop, fault report by SMS, etc.
EESL through its procurement model has brought about a market transformation in terms of LED bulbs pricing and production. The rates have dropped to one-tenth of what it was couple of years back. The uniqueness of EESL's programmes are paving the roadmap for making energy efficiency more accessible and affordable in India.
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UJALA LED bulbs
EESL has been able to successfully aggregate demand and has undertaken bulk distribution of LED bulbs that has led to more than 80% reduction of costs - from Rs.310 (February 2014) to Rs.65 (April 2017, without taxes).
The benefit of this cost reduction has been passed on to the consumers making LED and energy efficient appliances an affordable commodity for all. The average price at which LED bulbs under UJALA are available vary between Rs.60-70 (subject to various state taxes) with a 3-year warranty.
UJALA scheme, which started with distribution of LED bulbs has now expanded to include variety of energy efficient products like fans, tube-light and air conditioners, etc. With a network spread over 24 states, EESL has distributed more than 22.7 crore energy efficient LED bulbs leading to energy saving of up to 29,510 mn KWh, reduction of 2.3 crore tones of CO2 emission and Rs 11,804 Crore cost savings on electricity bills annually. This has also led to peak demand reduction of 5,908 MW. EESL plans to replace 77 crore inefficient bulbs with LED bulbs by March 2019. If all these bulbs are replaced the total reduction in connected load in the country is estimated to be 20,000 MW and energy savings of 10,000 crore kWh every year. The total saving in electricity bills of consumers will be Rs. 40,000 crore every year, considering average tariff of Rs. 4 per kWh.
EESL procurements conform to BIS specification IS 16102 (Part 1) and (Part 2): 2012 for self-ballast lamps. Further these bulbs carry a 3-year free replacement warranty against technical defects. At the bidding stage, the prospective bidders are required to provide, along with their bid documents, the test reports from National Accreditation Board of Laboratories (NABL) accredited labs. At the distribution stage, EESL picks up samples of LED bulbs at each place where the distribution is taking place and from the manufacturing facility in a random manner and gets it tested at NABL accredited labs.
UJALA Energy Efficient Fan
Energy Efficiency Services limited (EESL) has launched the National Energy Efficient Fan Programme (NEEFP) to promote efficient use of energy by increasing the use of energy efficient appliances at the residential level. The cooling needs of most of the households in India are met by fans, given that the penetration of ACs in households is still less than 10%. The average rating of the fans installed and sold in the market is between 75-80W whereas energy efficient fans provide the same level of comfort at about 45-50W. Considering that almost 30 million fans are sold every year, the potential to reduce demand is significant. Replacement of Regular Ceiling Fans with BEE 5 Star rated ceiling fans could lead to 47 billion units of annual energy savings. There are 35 crore inefficient fans across the country, if all of these are replaced with BEE 5 star rated energy efficient fans the country will have an expected annual energy savings of 47 billion KWh with a reduction of over 12,250 MW of electricity load.
Under National Energy Efficient Fan Programme, EESL provides BEE 5 Star rated ceiling fans which are 30% more energy efficient as compared to conventional fans. The energy efficient fans will be available to the consumers on an upfront payment of Rs. 1,150/- per fan. EESL has distributed 6.2 lakh energy efficient fans under this scheme which will result in an energy savings of over 2.4 lakh kWh per day and a monetary savings of Rs 8.2 lakh per day to the consumers. The differential price of the fan (between efficient and inefficient one) is Rs. 500 which is the primary reason for its low penetration along with the lack of awareness. With the usage of these energy efficient fans it is estimated that consumer's electricity bills will reduce by about Rs. 700-730 per year thus making the cost recovery in less than 2 years.
UJALA LED Tube Lights
Tube light form the one of the most vital source of light in both residential and commercial usage today. Thus it was pertinent that after LED bulbs, UJALA expanded to include affordable LED Tube lights. Government of India launched the scheme to distribute 20W LED tubes lights which are 50% more energy efficient that the conventional 40W tube lights. LED tube lights are available to the consumers for Rs. 230/- per tube as against the market price of Rs 400-600.
EESL has distributed 16.5 lakh LED tube lights under this scheme which will result in an energy savings of over 7.2 crore kWh per year and a monetary savings of Rs 24 crore per year to the consumers. EESL has helpline number, dashboard - www.ujala.gov.in and social media handles, @EESL_India for Twitter and @EESLIndia for Facebook to enable consumers to register complaints and arrangements for fault rectification.
Street Lights
EESL has evolved a service model to enable Municipalities to replace conventional lights with LEDs at no upfront cost. The balance cost is recovered through the municipalities by monetising the energy savings. Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) to replace 3.5 crore conventional street lights with smart and energy efficient LED street lights by March, 2019.
For the street light programme, the total connected load of street lights across the country of around 3400 MW, can be reduced to 1400 MW by replacing conventional lights with LED based street lights. These replacements can lead to savings of approximately 9 billion KWh of energy and cost saving of Rs. 5,500 crore to municipalities annually. Use of LEDs in public lighting could result in more than 50% reduction in energy consumption. A total of 19.6 lakh LED street lights has already been replaced in the country which is resulting in daily energy savings of 7.5 lakh kWh, avoid capacity of 68.5 MW and reducing 627 t of CO2.
Agriculture Demand Side Management
In Power sector, Agricultural Demand-side Management (AgDSM) consists of those activities, methodologies, awareness, policy and technologies, that influence consumer (farmer) behavior and changes their consumption patterns.
The objective of the AgDSM programme is to reduce peak demand, to reduce the total energy consumption in Agriculture sector. Under AgDSM proposition, replacement of inefficient agricultural pump sets is done with BEE star rated energy efficient pump sets to reduce the energy consumption. It has been experienced that the simple payback period in these projects is 2-3 years and total project duration is 4-5 years.
Atal Jyoti Yojna
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched the "Atal Jyoti Yojna" under which Solar Street Lights are to be installed in areas with inadequate power supply in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. "Atal Jyoti Yojana" (AJAY) is being implemented to fulfil Government's pledge to provide required energy for fulfilment of basic needs of people of India. Under this programme, the MNRE will install Solar LED Street Lights in rural, semi-urban and urban areas which don't enjoy adequate coverage of power. The scheme will be executed across states of Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha by March 2018. The installation of Solar LED Street Lights will ensure ample light in major roads, markets, public conveniences etc. in remote areas and would help the citizens of our country lead a safe and secure life.
Municipal Demand Side Management (MuDSM)
EESL has also identified that there is an immense potential for India to tap the Municipal Demand Side Management (MuDSM) which includes replacing the inefficient pump sets in the municipalities with efficient ones.
The replacement is expected to target a saving of approximately 25 to 40 percent in power consumption of the ULBs. This translates to an energy savings of at least 3000 MUs (based on the data that public water works in India consumes more than 12000 MUs), which means that one can avoid the need for an additional capacity of 500 MW for the Indian scenario.
Energy Audit and Energy Conservation Measures in Public Water Works & Sewerage Systems are reforms under the AMRUT (The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) Mission of Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Considering this, EESL had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Urban Development (Govt. of India) for undertaking the reform across India which is to be implemented in 500 smart cities and 100 AMRUT cities. Agreement has been signed with Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for IGEA (Investment grade energy audits).
Solar Agricultural Pump-sets
Currently, 30 million agricultural pumps are installed in India of which nearly 10 million pumps are diesel based and remaining are grid connected. However, due to unreliable grid supply and increasing diesel prices, solar water pumping system offers immense opportunities to replace conventional pumps. At present, solar water pumping system market in India is subsidy driven. Non-subsidized pumps accounts for marginal share in the market. High capital cost is the major hurdle in the growth of solar water pumping system market. Regardless of subsidies provided by the government, solar pumps are still unaffordable for small farmers due to their high upfront cost in comparison to diesel and electric pumps. With this background, EESL intends to develop a programme to provide a reliable source of supply to agricultural pump sets which are currently being operated by diesel generators or through grid supply by way of solar mini grids. By developing such renewable energy based grids, farmers will be able to receive considerable revenue on monthly basis by selling the excess power to the grid for a period of 25 years. The benefits of the programme to the farmers includes social emancipation as well as contribution to the society by means of water conservation.
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