Can DC technology systems be the answer to rural electrification?

Solar home systems with a panel to generate electricity and a battery to store it have been around for more than a decade.

Investors who are thinking of investing in solar home systems have one important question. Can the system power anything more than a few lights and a mobile phone charging.

Cygni, a company based out of Hyderabad and incubated by IIT Madras, seems to have a solution.