July 11, 2024
From solar grid to cattle shed: How Greenpeace’s dream of a solar-powered village fell apart in just a few years...In July 2014, Greenpeace celebrated the project, claiming that it made Dharnai the first village in the state of Bihar to run entirely on solar energy. The project quickly collapsed, though, as batteries became overused, causing the entire grid to fall into disrepair, environment-focused news outlet Mongabay-India reported in December. ...
“When this solar farm went defunct, it was primarily because of two reasons,” Vijay Jayaraj, an India-based researcher at the environmental group Cornwall Alliance, told TheDCNF. “One is the cost of the power, and the second is reliability.”
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Accelerate the World's Transition to Sustainable Energy - to fight Anthropogenic Climate Change, page-35561
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