A four-day solar energy expo has been running since Thursday in the Indian capital, highlighting the "dark" situation especially in rural India and proposing " light'solution through solar energy.
Held on the sidelines of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, about 34 participants at the expo were displaying a wide range of solar-based energy appliances, including lanterns of various shapes and sizes.
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) of India which took upon itself to light up one billion lives around the globe, including India, Indonesia, Cambodia and Africa.
About 1.5 billion population of the world is without electricity, according to an estimate. And a quarter of it resides in India. They either use wood or kerosene oil to light their houses and for cooking purposes -- affecting their health, environment and the climate adversely.
With more than half of its territory located in tropical or semi-tropical zones, India is endowed with abundant solar energy which can be fully tapped for sustainable future.
Therefore, TERI
has been involved in providing solar lanterns and setting up solar
recharge stations in inaccessible and least developed areas. Read More
