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Are solar powered irrigation systems scalable in India?

Compendium on solar-powered irrigation in India

Paresh B Shirsath

Sakshi Saini

Posted on 20 Mar, 2021 09:38 AM

Article by: Sakshi Saini and Paresh B Shirsath

Solar power has huge potential for application in the agriculture sector, especially in the irrigation space. (Image: IWMI)

Energising Bihar’s agriculture

IWMI’s novel experiment in Chakhaji village

Shilp Verma

Posted on 19 Mar, 2021 07:51 PM

With small and fragmented land holdings, owning a well and pump is not a viable option for all farmers.

Yatin Kumar, one of the early solar irrigation entrepreneurs in Chakhaji (Image: IWMI)

Solar irrigation pumps: A boon and bane

Karnataka's Surya Raitha scheme provides farmers with cash income for “growing” solar energy as a remunerative cash crop, to prevent overusing solar powered pumps for groundwater extraction.

Tushaar Shah

Shilp Verma

Posted on 03 Jul, 2015 09:26 PM

Solar energy, which was until now only considered for small scale lighting is now slowly gaining tremendous popularity among farmers to pump irrigation water. The paper titled 'Karnataka’s smart, new solar pump policy for irrigation' published in the

Solar power use in a Tamil Nadu farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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