Sustainability Dimension (Criteria) and Indicator (Sub-criteria)

Sustainability statement: An installed Renewable Energy System (RES) is likely to be sustainable if it is technically sound, economically healthy, ensures positive environmental impacts, enhances benefit and accepted by the society.

Technical sustainability of electrification focuses on the system’s capacity of providing the efficient and reliable energy services throughout its economic lifespan.

Social sustainability focuses on the equitable distribution of benefits offered by and social acceptance of electrification that can be captured by enabling the technological intervention in the fundamental social services like health, education, agriculture, communication & information and contributing to poverty reduction by fostering income generation opportunities to the locals so that everyone irrespective of any economic, social or gender disparity can make the use of service provided.

An off-grid electrification project is economic sustainable if its revenue suffices for smooth operation to provide electricity services to its clients and it can manage repair and maintenance till its lifespan.

Environmental sustainability aims to reduce local and global impact in the environment by contributing to minimizing negative impacts of energy solution on the environment. It focuses on adaptation of national regulation, civil society’s awareness on environmental issues.