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The Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, recently made a visit
to Rampura in Uttar Pradesh, the first village to get a Community Solar
Power Plant by Scatec Solar.
The
visit comes as the company, together with Indian and Norwegian
governments, is about to launch the scaling-up of the solar energy
project for rural electrification in India. Indian and Norwegian
governments in partnership with Scatec Solar will jointly finance the
expansion from two to 32 villages, impacting approximately 1,800
families. With technology from Norway and sun from India, this
project proves that private companies, government organisations and
rural communities can work together to achieve sustainable development,
said the Prime Minister. He is in India for talks with the Indian Prime
Minister, Manmohan Singh and to attend the Delhi Sustainable
Development Summit where he will deliver a keynote address.
He
took the opportunity to visit Rampura to examine the opportunities
solar energy represents in bringing climate friendly power to areas
that currently have no access to electricity.
In 2008, Scatec
Solar took the initiative to develop a sustainable and scalable model
for off-grid solar systems in rural areas. After a successful
implementation of solar systems in two villages, Rampura and Gopalpura
respectively, another 30 villages in India will now have Community
Solar Power Plants (CSPPs) installed.
The project target is to
install approximately 300 kWp in 30 villages not currently connected to
the electricity grid. In total this will have an impact on
approximately 1800 families.
