Does Chhotkei need a smart microgrid?

Chhotkei is a village inside Satsokia Tiger Reserve Odisha, India. It is not connected to the grid to protect wild animals. Instead, a ‘smart solar microgrid’, funded by the Finnish power company, Wartsila, has been given to the community here.

Corporate social responsibility funds are often used to finance one time expenses of innovative technologies and projects like this one.
However, to have real impact, we found that two key requirements are needed.

This is the second video in a series about Understanding microgrids in emerging economies. It features Sunmoksha, a smart solutions company trying to address the challenges of rural electrification using IoT technology

This video has been made by New Ventures Asia and the Miller Centre for social entrepreneurship, under the Energy Access Investment Readiness Program, supported by USAID.

This video has been made by New Ventures Asia and the Miller Centre for social entrepreneurship, under the Energy Access Investment Readiness Program, supported by USAID