In Short : Power connections in Uttar Pradesh are set to become more affordable after smart meter installation rates were reduced by more than 50 percent. The move is expected to ease the financial burden on consumers, accelerate smart meter adoption, and improve billing efficiency, energy accountability, and power distribution performance across the state’s electricity […]
World Bank: Cost declines in solar-plus-storage could see 490 million relying on microgrids by 2030
Plummeting solar-plus-storage costs could help electrify millions worldwide by facilitating a ten-fold explosion of mini-grid systems, a new report from the World Bank has said. The 19,000 mostly hydro- and diesel-based mini-grids that power 47 million people today could boom to 210,000 systems powering 490 million by 2030, according to the institution. Its report said […]
