Greening, The Cooperative Way / Solar Cooperative of Gujarat

 Date  :  Tue 07-06-2022 10:38

To      :   mnpaliwal@gmail.com; info@vamnicom.gov.in

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Smt Hema Yadav ( Director )

 

Smt Manisha Paliwal ( Professor )

 

VAMNICOM

 

 

Dear Friends,

 

 

Just read your above-mentioned article in today’s Business Line

 

 

At one place , you write :

 

“  Dhundi village in Kheda district of Gujarat, formed the WORLD’s

 FIRST , Solar Irrigation Cooperative, Dhundi Saur Urja Utpadk

 Sahakari Mandli ( DSUUSM ) in 2016

 

   

   The Solar Energy provides, power to run irrigation pumps, water for

 farms, cattle, homes and income by selling the SURPLUS ENERGY to

 the Grids “

 

 

 

In this context, you might want to look up my following earlier E-MAILS to our Cabinet Ministers :

 

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[ A ]   Congratulations , Shri R K Singhji ………[ 19 Nov 2020 ]

 

Extract :

      Ø  This set-up will require NATIONAL SOLAR EXCHANGE in

          which ALL discoms will be mandated to become Members

         

           

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[ B ]    Market-based Model for Renewable Energy …[ 09 June 2021 ]

 

Extract :

#  Introduce “ Co-operative Farming of Solar Power / CFSP “ { call

    it a kind of “ Contract Farming “ }

    

    Incorporate this into just released FARM LAWS to encourage setting- up of :

    “ Solar Power  Farmer Cooperative Society “ along the lines

      of  Dairy Farmers’  AMUL Milk Cooperative Society

    

     

#   Solar Farm company can “ Sell “ ownership rights of

     solar panels to individuals in modules of 1000 sq ft

     (costing Rs 4- 6 lakh per module )

      

     These rights can be sold / transferred to any buyer, only with

     

     prior permission of the Solar Farm Company Concerned

   

      

  #    My nearest DISCOM will supply me those 10 KW, free of

        cost ( ie: deduct  from my monthly usage )

 

       

        Any excess over my actual consumption, to be credited to my

       account

 

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[ C ]         Not Good Enough ! …………………[ 02 Dec 2017 ]

 

 Extract :

              Ø      Anyone can generate and SELL  electricity,

                       anytime and to anyone and at any price

 

                                             

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[ D ] Congratulations , Shri Saurabh Patelji  [31 Dec 2020 ]

 

 

Extract :

 

 Para # 4 :

      Ø  Consumers other than Residentials can set up Solar Projects

          on their  Roof / Premises or can give their roof / premises on

          lease to third party  for generation & consumption of power

          within  or OUTSIDE  the premises

          

        

  Para # 6 :

       Ø   A group of consumers can set up solar projects for self-

            consumption as a COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP PROJECT and

           consume the generated solar energy IN THE RATIO

           of OWNERSHIP

            

            

           

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[ E ]      No Godfather for Rooftop Solar ? ………[ 01 June 2021 ]

 

Extract :

 

Dear Shri R K Singhji ( Minister for Power ) :

Ø    It is high time we stop limiting our SOLAR VISION HORIZON

      like a “ Frog  in the Well “

       

Ø    It is time to remember that the nomenclature : Roof Top Solar

      “, somehow ties us down to the words ROOF TOP , which is only

      just one of the  locations which can be used to harness Solar

      Energy

       

 Ø   Solar Energy can also be harvested at other locations on Earth,

      such as,

FARMS , DESERTS, LAKES, MOUNTAIN TOPS, HIGHWAYS , TRAIN TRACKS, etc.,

 or even through solar panels farms in  SPACE ( low earth orbits ?

 ), beaming electricity down to Earth-based receivers ( using micro-

 waves ? )

    

 Ø  We must break loose  from the narrowly defined, Roof-Top Solar

   / Land-based Solar and latch on to the all-encompassing concept

    of :

      

                SOLAR  ENERGY  TRADING INFRASTRUCTURE  ( SETI  )

 

 

Dear Shri Amitbhai Shah ,

 

 

You are the Minister for Cooperatives

 

Against our target of 40 GW of Rooftop Solar by March 2022, as of

 today ( mid May 2022 ), we have managed to achieve, a meagre 6

 GW !

 

To fulfil the commitment made by our PM , Shri Modiji at COP26, there

is only ONE WAY –  Sardar Patel Way !

 

Please , implement my suggestion to turn this entire system ( of

generation–distribution–sale of Solar Power ) into a :

 

 CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT

 

I urge you to REPLICATE the MIRACLE called AMUL