Vol. 10, Special Issue 9 (2021)

Author(s):
Pushpendra Kumar Chaturvedi and Er. Babban Yadav

Abstract:
Energy is the basic unit that plays an important role in the socio-economic development of any region. It plays a vital role in meeting the domestic energy needs of rural households. The present study has been made to assess the utilization pattern of the households of Bijahi villages of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh. There are 100 families in which 359 person lives in the village. The required information and data were collected from the village with verbal discussion with the people of the village. To achieve sustainable development in these regions, access to clean and affordable (renewable) energy must be made available. And the electricity demand of each house is about 2.4kw/day for electrical purposes. The design of solar panels for electricity generation to fulfil the demand of the entire village needed 525 solar panels, each panel of 105watt. In this project, solar off-grid for the entire village as per the resources available in the village. Therefore, this study goals to determine efficient solar energy production and utilization for small-scale in a rural village. concludes that the advantages of the solar system are that it respects the environment by reducing greenhouse gas, it is also cheaper and less polluting. A community solar energy system can be the best option for the villagers.