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Indian fan industry is ready to supply the energy saving products.
Indian Fan Manufacturers Association (IFMA) Chairman Rohit Mathur said here on Wednesday that the domestic organised fan industry was ready to supply star-rated ceiling fans meant to be part of the nationwide programme for increasing energy-efficiency of the products.
“Under this programme, the five-star rated fans can save 35 per cent of energy consumption. The saving would vary based on the rating given by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). The rating system could have applicable “star” certification -- starting from one to five,” he said.
He said the Union Ministry of Power, BEE and Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, a not-for-profit company, is drafting policy guideline and infrastructure framework for rolling out replacement of energy-efficient ceiling fans in the country.
Through this initiative, Super Efficient Equipment Programme, the government targets to remove barriers for market adoption. It has also funded fan manufactures to participated in the programme. The cost of these fans would, however, be 20 per cent higher than the conventional 70-watt ones.
“Certain pockets of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have been chosen for a pilot project. Through the State discom consumers can exchange their old fans for the energy efficiency rated fans. Easy and staggered financing has also organised for the changeover programme,” he added.
Mathur informed that tenders have also been floated for supplying fans of matching rating. “We hope that the pilot programme would be operational by December this year,” he added.
IFMA members have already begun production and supply of rated fans to the government for its use. This new project, once rolled out nationally, would open up the market for energy efficient fans through large-scale replacements.
During 2014-15, 11 IFMA members produced 44.48 million fans. IFMA represents around 75 per cent of the country’s fan production. India exports around 5 per cent of fans produced, mainly to African, South-East Asian and West Asian countries.
According to Mathur, though in the last fiscal, the industry recorded a growth of over 8 per cent, first half of the current fiscal has seen a slower growth of around 5 per cent.
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