Regional training workshop on remote village electrification

It was established at the start of the 9th Five Year Plan that of the nearly 80,000 un-electrified villages in the country, 18,000 villages are located in remote and geographically isolated areas where it would be impossible or very expensive to lay transmission lines and provide electricity through extensions of the existing grid. High priority is being accorded by the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) to remote village electrification through non-conventional energy resources such as biomass, small hydro, solar energy, wind energy, hybrid systems, etc.. Implementation of the remote village electrification programme will help to achieve the goal of 100% village electrification in the country by 2007. It is proposed to organize three Regional Workshops with the objective to create awareness in the target groups on different aspects of remote village electrification projects.