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Hisar, Dec 16 (UNI) There is a lot of potential of saving more than 25 per cent of the total available electricity in Haryana by adopting conservation measures.

This was revealed by the power engineers on the second day of the four-day Electricity Conservation Fair organised by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) here today.

According to the engineers, the Haryana Power Utilities are making all efforts to add installed generating capacity and strengthening power transmission and distribution system, involving huge cost, so as to solve the chronic inadequacies in power supply.

Energy efficiency can contribute considerably to reduce the gap between supply and demand, as for every unit of energy saved an equivalent to 1.3 unit of energy is generated, they said.

Haryana is predominantly an agricultural state and farming is largely dependent on electricity run tubewells, the engineers pointed out. Inspite of the issues related to depletion of ground water table, Haryana has highest density of agricultural pump-sets that is about 10 tubewells per sq km.

As per the statistics, there are over 4.6 lakh irrigation pump-sets in Haryana. Around 40 per cent of the total available electricity in the state is being used for running of these pump-sets.

Studies have shown that significant energy saving (25 to 30 percent) could be achieved through correct design and operation of irrigation pump-sets, the engineers observed during the discussions.

Efficient use of domestic and commercial electrical gadgets, use of non-conventional energy for lighting, cooking and water heating can lead to saving of electric energy to a considerable extent, the engineers felt. The Energy Conservation Act has provision for mandatory minimum efficiency standards and energy star labeling for equipment and appliances, following which the Union government has launched a scheme of labeling of electric gudgets and equipment.

Energy efficiency labels and standards for appliances, equipments and lighting offer a huge opportunity to improve efficiency and energy labels empower consumers to informed-choices about the products that would lead to conservation of electricity, the power engineers added.

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