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EQ International First innovation in Bihar of Solar Energy hybrid off-grid power plant in agriculture, cold chain and food processing sector

In many parts of India people who live in rural areas have no access to electricity. Despite ambitious government plans, the constraints imposed by a scarcity of financial resources and the sheer practical difficulties of transmitting and distributing grid electricity over huge areas means that most people face the prospect of going without a connection for many years to come. As a result, most families are forced to rely on candles or Kerosene lamps to provide basic lighting in their homes. In various rural parts of india 75% of householders use kerosene for lighting, while 65% also spend significant amounts of hard earned cash on dry-cell batteries for torches. Successive studies have highlighted the potential for decentralised supplies of power for lighting at both community and household level, and advances in Photo-voltaic technology has resulted in the steady growth of sales in Solar Home systems over the last few years. Unfortunately the cost of installing even a moderate Solar Home System puts it out of reach of the majority of rural families in developing countries. A recent survey carried out in Bihar, Up, jharkhand pointed to the potential for solar rechargeable lanterns as a low cost and flexible lighting option for large sections of the rural community. The project identified seven existing lantern designs considered to be appropriate to the environment and used between thirty and sixty of each to test customer demand for the products and to collect feedback on the technical performance of the samples. While the study demonstrated that there was a real demand for Solar Lanterns, customers highlighted a number of technical shortcomings with all of the products tested. Most of these shortcomings related to the poor construction of the lanterns, the quality of light and the relatively sharp drop off in performance after a period of months of use.