Tiny village becomes India’s first to run completely on solar power

Home to 6,500 residents, Modhera has become India’s first village to run entirely on solar energy. A government-funded project is raising the area’s living standards and boosting the local workforce.

As the time margin for limiting global heating narrows, the race to implement renewable energy sources is intensifying.

Not to mention, recent months have shown that depending on imported fossil fuels for power is risky business, as its availability can easily be diminished when political tensions rise.

All of these factors are pushing even the world’s most fossil fuel-reliant countries to ramp up green sectors. By 2030, India is aiming to supply at least half of its energy via renewable sources, primarily solar and wind.

Thanks to a government-funded solar project worth millions, Modhera, a small village in western India’s Gujarat state, has become the first to run fully on solar power.