Madhya Pradesh

• 30 Mar 2022

Solar Powered E-Prime Mover Equipment

Why in News?

Recently scientists of Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal have developed a solar powered e-prime mover device.

Key Points

• This is a solar powered device, so that farmers will be able to spray medicine in one and a half acres of land in just one hour.
• Plowing, weeding and plowing of the same land can be done in less than five hours with the help of this device, in which fuel will not be spent.
• The battery of this device will last for three hours on a single charge. Farmers will also be able to burn the electricity of the house with the battery charged with solar energy.
• This device will also be used for transporting grains.
• Apart from this, the scientists of the institute have also made a CNG engine, which after installing in the tractor can reduce the cost of farming.