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Since  India  is  a  developing  nation,  we  need  to  think  beyond  giving  incentives  to

customers  for  achieving  the  growth  of  renewable  energy  systems.  One model  that  has

worked  in  the  rural  areas  of  other  developing  countries  (like  Fiji)  is  the  RESCO

(Renewable Energy Service Company) model.

RESCO model is the extension of ESCO (Energy Service Company) model that we are all

familiar  with.  With  ESCO,  the  Government/Large  private  organization  invests  and

creates all the infrastructure for centralized energy generation. The power so generated is

then distributed to users and the users just pay for the amount of electricity consumed. 

This  recurring  payment  mechanism  will  generally  pay­back  all  the  capital/running

expenditure  for  the  entity  that  owns  and  runs  the power plants,  over  a period of  time.

Some Governments may divert funds from other sources to subsidize the energy so that it

is available to everyone at an affordable cost.

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I guess we are familiar with this model. But, if the centralized energy source is replaced

by distributed  renewable energy  source,  the ESCO model becomes RESCO model. With

RESCO,  Government/large  private  organization  still  invests  in  procuring  and

maintaining power generation equipment and transmission  infrastructure. But  they are

installed in a distributed fashion ­ over user homes/user premises.

For example, consider solar panels. RESCO provider  invests  in solar panels and has an

agreement with individual household users for installing them on their rooftops, etc. for

an elongated period (like 25 years). Most of the power generated by these solar panels is

utilized at the residential premises (hence minimizing transmission losses) and the excess

capacity  is  sent  back  to  the  RESCO  provider  who  may  allocate  it  to  neighbors/other

customers.

This  pay­as­you­go  RESCO  model  is  an  interesting  model  to  explore  because  many

customers (especially  in the rural areas) are not able to afford huge capital  investments

to procure renewable energy systems for their homes. But, they might be more willing to

pay a fixed cost every month for their energy consumption. Also, since the ownership of

the power generating equipment is in the hands of RESCO provider, maintenance is also

their prerogative. The end users do not have to bother about it.

This  model  can  be  made  more  effective  by  Government  incentives  like  soft  loans  and

subsidies to RESCO providers. The Government should involve private participation and

encourage  them  to  build  decentralized  RESCO  energy  production/distribution

businesses.   

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