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Welfare Benefits of Decentralized Solar Energy for the Rural Poor in India

Robin Burgess
Michael Greenstone
Nick Ryan
Anant Sudarshan
To evaluate the demand for solar electricity, researchers randomly offered solar microgrid connections at different prices to households in rural areas of Bihar, India. Demand for microgrids was highly variable and low when they were offered at market price, likely because there were several other...