The Pay-as-You-Go Off-Grid Project in India: Addressing Energy Poverty One House at a Time

Event:

The Pay-as-You-Go Off-Grid Project in India: Addressing Energy Poverty One House at a Time

01 October 2015

Author / Speaker:

Aniruddha Vinaykumar Patil, ADB - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Aiming Zhou, ADB - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Dongxiang Li, ADB - Email the author | Other materials by the author

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Project Stories:

Knowledge and Power: Lessons from ADB Energy Projects

Many rural villages in India are energy poor, with 289 million people lacking access to electricity while 80 million remain underserved. To quickly fill the access gap, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiated an equity investment that allowed customers to buy energy credits in “small packages”.

Read about ADB’s other energy projects in Knowledge and Power: Lessons from ADB Energy Projects.

Geographical Focus:

India

Type of Content:

Project Stories

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