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Azure Power gets USTDA for rural solar power

EM NEWS BUREAU ,  Friday, April 27, 2012, 15:51 Hrs  [IST]

Azure Power, an independent solar power producer, has today been awarded a grant from the United States Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), to assess the development and accelerate adoption of solar power in rural India. The $476,670 (around Rs.24 million) grant will fund a feasibility study on two 500kW micro-grid solar photovoltaic power generation pilot projects in the states of Gujarat and Chhattisgarh.

Azure Power will, with this study, open up the potential of electrifying rural India through solar powered micro-grids. Micro grids are islands of renewable power generation, power storage and enable localized power distribution. Given the power-starved situation in several thousand Indian villages, where grid-connectivity is yet to be realized, Azure Power believes that micro-grids are a viable energy alternative for household and agricultural purposes.

There are an estimated 58,000 non-electrified villages which together provide a market potential of about 0.9 GW. Following the study, Azure aims to set up over 100 micro-grid solar systems, with each system covering an average of 2-3 acres of rural land which would generate sufficient power to electrify approximately 800-1,000 villages with little or no connectivity to existing electrical grids.

The USTDA India mission aims to further development of projects that have a positive economic, social and environmental impact while promoting exports of US to India. The grants provided by USTDA support the initiation of such projects and bring them close to realization. "With this USTDA partnership we expect to unlock the potential of solar power generation in rural communities," noted H S Wadhwa, COO, Azure Power.
 
                 
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