Solar technology is empowering people in rural India with clean affordable energy

A woman is being trained on how to install and use MSD in Tripura’s Bikrampur village. Image credit:NB Institute of Rural Technology (NBIRT) Used with permission. For 98-year-old Usha Rani Das, in the Northeast Indian state of Tripura, electricity in her home has been a rare luxury for most of her life. Her native village of Bikrampur in the remote West Tripura district, though connected to the conventional grid power, would be routinely plunged into darkness for long, uncertain periods. 98-year-old Usha Rani Das from the remote Bikrampur village of Tripura flaunts a micro solar dome that has …

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