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Gram Oorja - community solar micro-grids

Gram Oorja Solutions, founded in 2008 in Pune, designs and installs solar micro-grids operated by the communities themselves in remote off-grid villages, many of them tribal.

Power lines stretching across a meadow with hills in the backgroundillustrative atlas image · Robert So / Pexels
GOGram Oorja Solutions Private LimitedcompanySNSameer NairALAnshuman Lath
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01 The context

Its pilot in Darewadi (Maharashtra, 2012) was a 9.36 kWp solar micro-grid for 39 households that also powers a mill and water pumps. The model is Build-Operate-Transfer: a village trust collects tariffs, manages maintenance and takes ownership, with strong participation of women. It has been replicated in more than 150 villages across several states.

02 How it works

method · Community Build-Operate-Transfer micro-grid with village trustmethod · Tariff management and collection led by community womentool · Solar irrigation pumpstool · Hybrid solar micro-grid with batteries

03 What it stands on

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EvidenceGram Oorja's Journey in Remote Village Electrification (Sameer Nair)Centre for Science and Environment (CSE India) · 2018

04 Go to the source

Visit the official site ↗gramoorja.in