Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Stanford University


PESD News



July 8, 2008

Another Look at Renewables on India's Sagar Island

India's Sagar Island is renowned among Hindu devotees for its pilgrimage sites and in the renewable energy community for its locally-managed solar and wind projects. Field work by PESD Researcher Sam Shrank corroborates some of the benefits of these off-grid electricity generators but suggests that the business model for running them is not as sustainable or replicable as the literature implies.