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RESCO (Renewable Energy Service Company) A goodmodel for India?Posted on Saturday, 17 November 2012 by Rajesh, SWHE in Labels: General
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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