India's embrace of renewable energy has been vast and varied. This perspective, while highlighting certain challenges, overlooks the broader picture and does not provide a comprehensive depiction of the adoption of mini-grid solar technology in India. “I would encourage the other villages also to put solar as it is beneficial in all aspects, from saving money to saving electricity,” she said.In a recent article by the Washington Post titled "India joins rush to renewables, but its rural solar systems fall off grid", the tone suggests that India's efforts in harnessing solar energy, particularly through mini-grids, might be falling short.
Modhera resident Ashaben Mahendrabhai summed up the benefits. And similarly, the other villages and towns can adopt this model to become self-dependent, self-sufficient in the energy needs.” Bhardwaj: “This kind of project acts as a demonstration project for other villages and towns in India. If the project proves to be economically viable, the plan is to replicate it in other rural areas in Gujarat. This demonstration project is expected to provide learning to resolve bottlenecks related to renewable energy. That’s the speciality of this project,” said Vikalp Bhardwaj, Managing Director of Gujarat Power Corporation Limited. “This is the first village in India where even during the night, the energy consumed by the villagers comes from the solar component. Solar panels on the rooftops of houses in Modhera, located in Gujarat state, India. And the fact that solar energy is transforming the lives of the people of this village, making it more healthy, giving them more prosperity, but at the same time, contributing to rescue our planet from climate change that is still riding without control.” Inspiration from the Sun God “Here where the Temple of Sun was built 1,000 years ago, there is a new Temple of Sun. Interacting with the villagers of Modhera during his visit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed the efforts of the Government and the residents. This benefit that our Modhera village has got, should reach the entire country,” she said.
It feels like the Sun God is providing us energy through its light. “If this solar is installed across the country it would be really advantageous. His wife Surajben was all smiles and eager to recommend it for other villages. He exclaimed that “ this saving is like a pension for our old age. Residents of India's first solar village interacting with the UN Secretary-General during his visit. But slowly, the team made us understand the concept and the advantages of solar, how we will save electricity and money, then we got interested in it,” she said. We were not literate to understand what solar energy was and had little knowledge about it. “When the first time the project team came to us with the idea of solar, we didn’t understand the concept, so we refused to get it installed. With the electricity bill in minus, Ashaben is not only saving the money that she used to spend on electricity, but the excess electricity generated is sold back to the grid and she gets money in return. Earlier our electricity bill used to come around 2,000 rupees. Since solar installation in our village, we are now saving a lot of electricity. “We work in our farm and used to pay huge electricity bill for agriculture. It is also becoming a source of income for them.Īshaben Mahendrabhai, 38, lives with her husband and two children. Renewable energy as an income sourceĬonversion to a clean, renewable energy source is not only enabling the villagers to run more electrical household gadgets to make life comfortable, without worrying about the electricity bill. With the electricity bill in minus, Ashaben is not only saving the money that she used to spend on electricity, but the excess electricity generated is sold back to the grid and she gets money in return.
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