Powering the Common Service Centers to Empower Rural Communities

Reliable access to modern energy services is key for development. India, alongside its growing energy demand, also faces multiple challenges in providing energy services to its masses. Innovative approaches that bundle appropriate technology and delivery channels are pivotal in addressing such challenges. This paper discusses one such approach, where the Common Service Centers (CSCs), based on a revenue model, use solar applications to provide lighting opportunities to the communities they serve, besides supplementing their own power requirement.