India: India looks to solar electricity to power remote villages

Time: Meerwada has long hewed to the sun's schedule. The village of 400 in central India`s Madhya Pradesh state lies 70 km from the nearest town, and until last year it was not supplied with power. Daily chores were completed between sunrise and sunset, or else by the light of polluting kerosene lamps. "Our village has never had electricity," says Daulat Ram, Meerwada's village head. "We struggled without it." Now Meerwada doesn't just live by the sun, it harnesses it. SunEdison, a California-based...

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