Solar Power Can Convert India's Energy Poverty to Energy Prosperity

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Solar Power Can Convert India’s Energy Poverty to Energy Prosperity

By Manu Tayal/ Updated On Sat, Apr 20th, 2019

Over a period of one year, Samuday has invested close to Rs 30 crore towards establishing 14 solar mini grids, supplying power to over 900 households in 15 villages. It has also committed another Rs 3 crore to be spent every year over the next five years towards maintaining these grids.

In a bid to identify ways to effectively use solar power especially in rural India, HCL Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion at the India International Center.

HCL Foundation’s ambitious CSR project, Samuday which is currently working in three blocks of Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh – Kachhauna, Behendar and Kothawan — aims to develop model villages by improving six parameters including infrastructure, agriculture practices, livelihood, WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene), health, and education.

The Solar Electrification program, a major initiative undertaken by Samuday aims to ensure non-disruptive supply of electricity in underserved villages, especially in health centers and schools.

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1. Bullshit. Solar energy has just wasted a half a century showing it can't do anything.

I note that it is the poor who will have to clean this electronic waste scheme up, not rich assholes.

There are more than 1.5 billion people in India. Crowing about a scheme for 900 households in which they live is obscene, particularly when one considers the per capita energy consumption of Indians.