Our Impact

Reliable electricity can transform people’s lives. Shopkeepers can keep their shops open longer and earn more. Entrepreneurs can set up new micro-enterprises to benefit the local economy. Critical local institutions such as banks, schools and health clinics are able to provide better services. Through these entities, communities have access to better choices and opportunities at their doorstep, including, safe drinking water, safe cooking fuel and faster connectivity. With electricity, families can do daily chores easily after sunset, avoid use of harmful kerosene lamps and with improved earnings add a fan and TV to improve their lives.

We believe that’s what rural development is all about. That’s why we are using solar energy based mini-grids for rural electrification in India: because we believe electricity is an accelerator for economic growth and the mini-grid energy service model at the local level is an effective way to drive economic development of local communities.

The local impact of our projects---both economic and social---drive Tara Urja's vision and mission. In partnership with Sambodhi, we strove to quantify some of the benefits we bring to the communities we serve, and use these learnings to provide further insight into the needs of our customers.