CPL’s Vision In Rural Electrification
CPL is well prepared to play its part in Rural Electrification. CPL has sources of imported components meeting the required technical specifications at competitive prices. CPL can provide these components and equipment in huge quantities. These include the following:

1. Solar Panels
2. LED based Lights
3. Lanterns
4. Batteries & Charge Controllers
5. Bio-Diesel production equipment
6. Micro Wind Turbines

Apart from this CPL has developed indigenous products as well, which are:

1. Hand Generator
2. Pedal Generator

Using the above products, CPL has the potential to provide turnkey solutions for electrification of villages, from feasibility to planning to execution and beyond. CPL can use the following technologies for Village Electrification.

1. Solar Energy
2. Wind Energy
3. Bio-Diesel
4. Innovative Lighting

CPL’s Comprehensive Approach For Rural Electrification
To accomplish the electrification program of rural villages a strategic and practical approach is adopted by CPL. This approach plays a vital role in the project execution. The approach is to interact with the local community and to involve them in the development until the completion of the program. A concept of VEC is inspired from India where it was successfully implemented in number of villages. CPL has partnership with a UK based Indian company to undertake village electrification through Wind, Solar and Bio-Diesel. CPL partner is vastly experienced in electrifying villages in different countries using VEC approach.

The approach is to elect a few representatives of the local community and form a small group of those community individuals whose prime responsibility is to ensure the smooth operation of the entire. This small group is named as Village Energy Committee (VEC). The entire program consists of a series of projects. Each VEC is responsible for managing and maintaining the system, to make available the operational requirements of the system within the village such as raw material availability, transportation etc., collection of funds for system operation and maintenance. Working in coordination with the local community and involving them in the management is the real strength and potential of this program.

The formation of VEC provides sustainability to the program because local community is involved in governing the activities and it is difficult for project implementing agencies to monitor the system after commissioning.

Village Selection & VEC Formation
Village selection is very important as the correct execution of the program is dependent on it. The criterion is to identify a suitable village where the technology could be demonstrated and deployed. For this each aspect a social infrastructure is designed and developed to govern the project at village level. Following aspects are viewed and worked out for this practice.

- Socio-Economic Surveys
- Analysis of Behavioural Data
- Techno-Economic Feasibility
- Identifying Village energy requirements
- Identifying and Selecting the VEC
- Evaluation of Potential of Replication and Modality of Program
- Village Education on the Electrification solution