Irrigation services
Sold on prepaid metering at a tariff below diesel.
How a village unit works
Each village unit is a utility company owned by its farmers.
The array, the pumps and the meters belong to a company whose shareholders are the families farming under it.
One array. A changing season.
Where the power goes, season by season.
In the dry season, power runs irrigation pumps and the processing shed. Leftover power is exported to the DISCOM.
Ownership, without ambiguity
What the company is, in plain terms
- Owned by
- The participating farmers, through a special purpose company
- Shareholding
- In proportion to the land-use each farmer contributes
- Land
- Title stays with the farmer and no land is pledged
- Earns from
- Irrigation services, DISCOM export and processing services
- Surplus
- Paid to farmer-shareholders as dividend
- Farmer’s main income
- High-value crops grown under the panels
- Unit size
- [UNIT SIZE: solar capacity in kWp and number of families served, to be confirmed]
From agreement to operation
How a unit is set up
- 01
Incorporate the farmers’ company and settle members and shareholding
- 02
Sign land-use agreements with each farmer
- 03
Contract the EPC firm to design and build
- 04
Appoint the unit manager
- 05
Open the company bank account
- 06
Agree the high-value agriculture plan
- 07
Publish the service price list
- 08
Finalise the business plan
- 09
Hand over to operations and maintenance
Income that stays in the village
What a unit earns
Power exported to the DISCOM
Grid export matters most in the monsoon, when fields need little pumping.
Processing services
Milling, cold storage and drying that keep value in the village.