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New Delhi: Agriculture continues to remain the mainstay of the Indian economy. Despite the fact that agricultural share in India’s GDP has more than halved from 30 percent in 1990-1991 to 14.5% in 2010-2011, the sector employs more than half the workforce in the country today.  Agriculture in India is heavily dependent on erratic monsoons and irregular canal based systems for land irrigation. It is often seen that monsoon failure is the primary reason for crop failures in large parts...

It is a known fact that some substances release electrons when struck by light waves. These independent electrons can be used to produce electric current. Solar-electric or photovoltaic, power came of age during the 1980’s when the technology became more commonplace and PV modules could be mass produced at prices that could be affordable to the general public.  PV modules containing the solar cell when exposed to sunlight releases electrons that travel from the positive to negative side of the cell in the process generating direct current. A solar panel module can produce as much as 50 watts of power on an average.

It is just the beginning of the summer season but larger parts of the country are already in the midst of heat wave with merciless sun worsening the farm crisis in draught prone areas. The situation is only going to get worse in coming days with the searing sun further drying up any available source of water for domestic consumption or irrigation purposes. Under such extreme conditions, remote and off grid areas of the country can really benefit from solar water pumps.

Solar powered water pumps in India are used extensively to pump water from wells, rivers or other underground water source for domestic consumption, feeding of livestock and most importantly for irrigation of crops. Solar water pumps have been available in India for the past three decades. Despite proving to be a good alternative to electric or diesel powered motors, they failed to gain traction owing to their high costs and low output. Its high cost and low power output-- the panels were only available in one or two horsepower (HP) output--solar powered pumps failed to extract water from deeper underground source; and subsequently failed to win the trust of farmers as well.

As the technology grows and solar powered water pump for irrigation becomes cheaper and more efficient, poorer farmers in India are getting a good shot at a chance of digging themselves from the hell-hole of poverty. Affordable and powerful, solar powered water pumps are doing an excellent job of not only lifting groundwater but also the income level of poverty stricken farmers. Poor farmers are no longer compelled to wait for electricity (Government subsidised but highly erratic) or more expensive and pretty unaffordable diesel-powered pumps.

A solar-powered pump is a pump running on electricity generated by free electrons travelling from positive to negative side of the photovoltaic panels. These free electrons come into being by sunlight falls on PV panels. The electricity thus is generated by collecting sun radiation as opposed to grid electricity or diesel run water pumps.