Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Odisha gets its First 100% solar-powered village-BARIPATHA

On 2nd October 2015 the tribal Village called Baripatha became the first village in the state to be powered entirely by solar energy.
  • This Rs 7-lakh project, co-funded by ECCO Electronics (a solar products manufacturer) and Jakson Group (a diversified power solutions provider).
  • They provide individual solar units with two lamps in each of the village’s 61 households, along with a central one-kilowatt unit that powers eight street lamps, and an LED television set and a TV set-top box for the community centre.

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