The Indo-U.S. cooperative photovoltaic project
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
- Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi (India)
A cooperative program was established in 1993 by the governments of India and the United States. The 50-50 cost share project funded $500,000 of PV systems for home lighting, water pumping, battery charging, and vaccine refrigeration systems in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal, India. The project was designed as a sustainable rural economic development initiative with the Ramakrishna Mission, a well-respected humanitarian non-government organization (NGO) in this remote area of India. Special attention was paid to building an infrastructure for financing, installing, and maintaining the PV systems. A before-and-after impact study on the beneficiaries is being done. Lessons learned to date are presented along with details of the installed systems.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-83CH10093
- OSTI ID:
- 304478
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970953--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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