{"id":9174,"date":"2024-06-14T14:14:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=9174"},"modified":"2024-06-14T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:14:16","slug":"the-microgrid-revolution-in-bihar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/the-microgrid-revolution-in-bihar\/","title":{"rendered":"The microgrid revolution in Bihar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a project that has touched the lives of some 44,000 households, spread across 240 villages. To put it simply, these people now have something they never had before  electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing can capture the project better than this data point: In January 2018, India had 63 microgrids, or networks that generated and distributed electricity in a particular area, with generation capacity of 1.9 MW. A year down the line, this number has increased <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n               <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div>  <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> by at least 373 microgrids and 12.8 MW of capacity, not counting the 11,961 standalone systems.<\/p>\n<p>Bihar has built the countrys largest microgrids, standalone systems cluster. The country could draw useful lessons from it. The experience of companies like Mera Gao Power and Husk Power in providing microgrid and standalone <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/solutions\">solutions<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/un\">UN<\/a>-electrified villages has not been good, mainly because of collection issues and interference from local powers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a project that has touched the lives of some 44,000 households, spread across 240 villages. To put it simply, these people now have something they never had before electricity. 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