Energy Efficiency Services Limited Launched National Efficient Cooking Programme and Energy Efficient Fans Programme.
Energy Efficiency Services Limited Launched National Efficient Cooking Programme and Energy Efficient Fans Programme. These initiatives are aimed to enhance energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprints in Indian households.
National Efficient Cooking Programme
- Scheme A subset of the Clean Cooking Scheme.
- Aim: To revolutionise cooking practices in India.
- Target: To deploy 20 Lakh induction-based cook stoves across India.
- Focus: Non-Solar/Electricity-based Induction Cookstoves, aligning with the Go-electric initiative by the Ministry of Power.
o Go Electric Campaign aims to create awareness on the e-mobility ecosystem & benefits of electric cooking
through Information, Communication and Education (ICE) activities.
Other schemes for alternate cooking solutions
- Unnat Chulha Abhiyan programme (2014): For the promotion of improved biomass cookstoves in the country to reduce consumption of fuel wood with higher efficiency and low emissions.
- National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP): For setting up of family-type household biogas plants to meet the cooking energy needs of rural and semi-urban areas.
- Promoting solar cookers to reduce indoor air pollution.
- Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY): For providing them with clean cooking fuel through LPG.
Energy Efficient Fans Programme
- Aims to distribute 1 crore energy-efficient fans that can reduce nearly 20% of total residential electricity consumption.
- These initiatives not only reduce energy consumption and environmental impact, but also enhances consumer comfort while lowering electricity bills, creating a win-win situation for all.
- The program for deploying one crore ceiling fans was initiated during the G20 Energy Transitions Working Group in Goa in July 2023.
- In continuation of this, EESL is inviting the first bid of 20 lakh fans, under a programme titled Energy Efficient Fans Programme (EEFP)
Significance of the initiative
- Benefits of e-cooking: Efficient and safer alternative to traditional gas and electric stoves with portability, convenience, and safety.
- Fulfilling rising demand for induction stoves: With over 10 million units sold in 2021-22, increased demand is attributed to factors like modular kitchens, rising LPG costs, and the versatility of cooking with induction.
- Carbon footprint reduction: These initiatives are aimed to enhance energy efficiency in Indian households and contribute to carbon mitigation goals.
- Economic savings: It offers a cost advantage of 25-30% over traditional cooking methods.
- Other benefits: Reduce dependence on imported sources of energy, no difference in food cooked on flame versus that cooked using induction cookers.
About Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)
- Founded in 2009, EESL is promoted by Ministry of Power, as a Joint Venture of 4 public- sector undertakings, viz.,
♦ National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), Power Finance Corporation Limited,
♦ REC Limited, and POWERGRID Corporation of India Limited. - It is one of the main implementation arms of National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency- a mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
Flagship programs of EESL:
- Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme distributed LED bulbs across the country.
- Street Lighting National Programme
- Smart Meter National Programme
- Buildings Energy Efficiency Programme