SELCO ProjectsCase Studies

1. Bank gives a loan to an interested, eligible

entrepreneur who procures material from SELCO.

2. Solar charging station for batteries owned by entrepreneur at his house. Power per charging station can vary from 100W to 1.5Kw.

4. Charged batteries being transported to the vendors in the

evening.

5. Vendors using solar charged batteries to run their lights. They pay a nominal rental fee (Rs.10 to 20/-) to the entrepreneur at the time of battery delivery. The entrepreneur retrieves the batteries once discharged and restarts the cycle.

The alternative: bulbs and

kerosene lanterns

3. Typical central charging of SLA/Deep cycle 10Ah-15Ah batteries. Around 10 to 150 batteries can be charged.

Education

Who: Rural evening schools Why: Use kerosene lamps to teach children from 6-8pm What: Solar lights to be charged during the day for daily evening lessons Impact:

Savings from purchase of kerosene Improving regularity of classes Improving health of children and teacher

Tibetan Settlements

Who: Tibetan Settlements

Why: Unreliable electricity and hence increased usage of diesel generators or kerosene hurricane lamps

What: 300 Streetlights and 100 home lighting systems across Karnataka

Pegasus Outbound Training Center

Where: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu What: A combination of 46 outdoor lights and 1KWp indoor PV systems

Corporate Social Responsibility: Canara Bank lights up Karuna Ashraya

Where: Bangalore, KarnatakaWhat: Indoor lights, corridor lights and ward lights.

Kentenich Vidyaniketan

Where: Madurai, Aloor, Alwaye and Bangalore What: 100% Solar PV systems

Aloor- 4.5 KWpAlwaye- 2.7 KWpBangalore- 9 KWpMadurai- 3.3 KWp

Manipal Academy for Higher Education (MAHE)

Where: Manipal What: 2,50,000 liters per day of solar thermal systems which is the largest solar water heating

system for a single client