Illuminating Remote Villages with Off-Grid Solar.

Off-grid solar systems are bringing limited access to electricity to remote villages in Indonesia, providing more hours in the day, more income, and more social gatherings. While Indonesia has brought electricity to millions of people in recent years, there are still more than half a million people living in places the grid doesn’t reach. Grassroots social enterprise projects have brought small, individual solar panel systems to villages like Laindeha and across the island of Sumba, providing clean electricity directly to those who are unelectrified. While barriers still remain, experts say off-grid solar programs on the island could be replicated across the vast archipelago nation, bringing renewable energy to remote communities.