Tata Power and The Rockefeller Foundation announce breakthrough enterprise

Tata Power and The Rockefeller Foundation announced the launch of a major new initiative to set up microgrids, which will address one of the most pervasive challenges in modern India: the lack of access to affordable, reliable electricity for millions of rural homes and enterprises. By scaling up an innovative microgrid model to be implemented in collaboration with Smart Power India (SPI) and the Institute for Transformative Technologies, TP Renewable Microgrid will provide clean power to nearly 5 million households, directly impacting the lives of 25 million people over the next decade.
This unique collaboration will amplify the government of India’s ongoing campaign to provide electricity to rural areas, unleashing the potential of renewable microgrids to serve households and businesses that suffer from poor reliability and coverage by traditional grid-based power.
TP Renewable Microgrid will be operated and managed by Tata Power which brings significant experience in distributed energy, having established a joint venture with Delhi government to serve a large portion of the local population, including sizeable slum communities.