Tata Power Solar’s journey of enabling solar everywhere is incomplete without the chapter on Chhattisgarh. Located centrally in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh, the tribal community here continues to be a very isolated one that is rendered unreachable due to the lack of infrastructure. For an extended period of time, this place has continued to remain removed from the rest of civilization and all the while these tribal communities have been deprived of basic necessities with absolutely no access to power. Whether building a microgrid from scratch or retrofitting an existing diesel microgrid, we can assist you in developing an optimal solution for microgrid solar systems. Tata Power Solar led a campaign in this region to make solar available in over 400 villages with 10,000+ installations generating over 14,000 kWh of energy per year – making Chhattisgarh a monumental flagship project to reckon with.
Tata Power Solar, as part of the projects outlined above, has set up over 100 microgrids solar systems in a phased approach across the many villages spanning the Chhattisgarh forests. This project has posed many challenges such as the accessibility of these villages, acceptance by local community which Tata Power Solar was able to preemptively account for and solve. This has made this particular project a huge success and changed lives of the people in Chhattisgarh. Today it is a tale to tell.
The acceptance by the tribal communities made the successful implementation and execution of microgrid solar systems project by the Tata Power Solar an exemplary example of the flawless execution by the Tata Power Solar team.
The villages identified by CREDA for these solar projects are those that have been classified as locations where access to grid is considered impossible. Tata Power Solar, with its impeccable planning and disciplined execution, were able to account for this and not only did they reach out to all these locations, the team implemented these projects within the planned timeline.
All these tribal villages that had never experienced access to such energy sources were both grateful and overjoyed to finally turn a chapter in their lives towards a better living. As part of our core values and tradition, whichever remote areas where Tata Power Solar does solar installations, they like bringing the local communities to be trained and educated which allows for a greater sense of ownership and acceptance of the project by the local community.
Electrification of villages using solar power plants has had a positive impact on the lives of the villagers, largely populated by poor tribes, by giving them access to a green, sustainable source of energy. Supplemented by privately owned power packs, homes now have electricity 24 hours a day, running lights, televisions and in some cases, pay-and-use printers and scanners. For example, the home lighting project ensures that all the homes are lighted with 2 CFLs each, which run from 6-10pm. The solar power packs are used to run fans, refrigerators, TVs and charge mobile phones.
Tata Power Solar has touched the lives of over 10,000 people residing in the Chhattisgarh forests – local businesses now can stay open for longer hours, children can study even after sunset, families can now enjoy watching television, in a reliable and cost-effective way.
