SAAP Director in Bihar

Fr. Paul Mariadass, director of Solar Alternatives and Associated Programmes (SAAP), stands in front of concentrating solar power systems in SAAP's research yard. SAAP is a Jesuit-run organisation that provides solar solutions to energy needs, aiming to benefit underprivileged sections of society by providing pollution-free solar systems. St. Mary's compound, Phulwaria Sharif, Patna, Bihar.

Unique identifier: GP027DS

Type: Image

Shoot date: 09/07/2010

Locations: Asia, Bihar, India

Credit line: © Harikrishna Katragadda / Greenpeace

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Decentralised Renewable Energy in Bihar

The eastern state of Bihar is one of the most energy deprived regions in all of India. Government policy to distribute electricity through a centralised grid is failing to provide power to people in rural areas, and tens of millions of people have no access to electricity at all. If this traditional, fossil-fuel-based approach continues, the lack of energy access will soon become a bottleneck to Bihar's otherwise rapid development. This documentation includes various initiatives taken by local entrepreneurs who are successfully developing decentralized non-conventional energy production, using solar and discarded rice husk power systems.

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