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Title: Electrifying rural India

Abstract

NREL personnel team with the Indian and US governments and an Indian NGO to bring photovoltaic electricity to rural residents of the Sundarbans in India. India is the world's second most populous country, quickly approaching one billion people. Although it has a well-developed electricity grid, many residents have little or no access to electricity and the benefits associated with it. Many rural areas, for example, are isolated from the grid and will not be connected for many years, if ever. One such area is the Sundarbans located in the delta region of the two great rivers, the Ganges and Brahmaputra. The region lies partially in India and partially in Bangladesh. It is estimated that 1.5 million people live in this area, crisscrossed by many islands and rivers, who have only marginal supplies of electricity generated primarily from diesel generators and batteries. Working with the regional non-governmental organization (NGO), the Ramakrishna Mission and the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency, the governments of India and the US initiated a rural electrification initiative in Sundarbans. The initiative was designed to demonstrate the economic and technical feasibility of photovoltaics (PV) to provide limited supplies of electricity for applications such as solar home lightingmore » systems (SHS), water pumping, vaccine refrigeration, communications and economic development activities.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
OSTI Identifier:
20006003
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Solar Today
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: PBD: Nov-Dec 1999; Journal ID: ISSN 1042-0630
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; RURAL AREAS; REMOTE AREAS; INDIA; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOLAR ENERGY

Citation Formats

Stone, J L, and Ullal, H S. Electrifying rural India. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Stone, J L, & Ullal, H S. Electrifying rural India. United States.
Stone, J L, and Ullal, H S. 1999. "Electrifying rural India". United States.
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title = {Electrifying rural India},
author = {Stone, J L and Ullal, H S},
abstractNote = {NREL personnel team with the Indian and US governments and an Indian NGO to bring photovoltaic electricity to rural residents of the Sundarbans in India. India is the world's second most populous country, quickly approaching one billion people. Although it has a well-developed electricity grid, many residents have little or no access to electricity and the benefits associated with it. Many rural areas, for example, are isolated from the grid and will not be connected for many years, if ever. One such area is the Sundarbans located in the delta region of the two great rivers, the Ganges and Brahmaputra. The region lies partially in India and partially in Bangladesh. It is estimated that 1.5 million people live in this area, crisscrossed by many islands and rivers, who have only marginal supplies of electricity generated primarily from diesel generators and batteries. Working with the regional non-governmental organization (NGO), the Ramakrishna Mission and the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency, the governments of India and the US initiated a rural electrification initiative in Sundarbans. The initiative was designed to demonstrate the economic and technical feasibility of photovoltaics (PV) to provide limited supplies of electricity for applications such as solar home lighting systems (SHS), water pumping, vaccine refrigeration, communications and economic development activities.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20006003}, journal = {Solar Today},
issn = {1042-0630},
number = 6,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1999},
month = {Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1999}
}