Solar tree-based water pumping for assured irrigation in sustainable Indian agriculture environment

Abstract

Solar power irrigation systems have been widely employed in many countries to enhance access to electricity for irrigation, and numerous design tools have been developed for better performance and implementation. The findings are based on the quantitative analysis that predicts the water requirements for horticultural crops as their behavior is dynamic throughout the year and different cycles need surplus electrical energy requirements that can be transferred under different loads after irrigation. The research article emphasizes the techno-economic analysis, which is carried out to suggest the minimum cost prediction based on the data processing and analysis. The data collection is based on the number of days required in different horticulture crop cycles, and different development stages for water requirements. The water requirements in the different development stages are 9.30, 13.98, 27.90, and 27.31 mm/day for initial (20 days), development (30 days), mid-season (40 days), and late-season (25 days) respectively. The estimated CO 2 mitigation values are 2170, 25.00, 0.9832, and 53,339 based on the yearly electricity harvest (kWh), lifetime (years), Kaya identity (kgCO 2 /kWh), and carbon dioxide for life span (kgCO 2 /kWh) respectively. The estimated cost of a solar tree-based irrigation system is $3430, which suggests the techno-economic behavior of Indian rural application to carry sustainable agriculture in India. If users can change their methods to use alternate energy technology, it may save money on energy and reduces their dependability on the grid energy.