Explanation:

Baripatha is located about 25 km southwest of Bhubaneswar. The village has 61 households, and a population of about 350 people.The project cost Rs. 7 lakh and was co-funded by the solar products manufacturer, ECCO Electronics, and the power solutions provider, Jackson Group.Under this project, individual solar units with two solar home-lighting systems, which also have the facility of charging mobile phones and other devices, have been installed for each of the 61 households in the village.The central solar unit has eight panels that can be folded quickly in case of cyclones and high-speed winds that are frequent in Odisha.What makes the project in Baripatha is that in most rural solar projects, there is a central unit which supplies power to all households. The entire solar project is low cost, low maintenance and community owned.