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Solar Financing and Sales Project
In September of 2018 Solar Village Project successfully launched the first phase of our solar lighting micro-finance project in Uttar Pradesh, India. This project was made possible by a generous grant from the Rock Spring Congregation in Arlington, VA. With this project SVP begins a transition from a model based on charitable giving to one that…
Read MoreESI Africa – Solar Village Project to light up Senegalese villages
In West Africa, the Sahel and Littoral regions in Senegal, who currently live completely off-grid, will be the beneficiaries of solar generated electricity. The Solar Village Project (SVP), a local non-profit organisation seeking to deploy and manage solar power projects in India and Senegal, is embarking on its second round of rollouts, Solar Business Hub…
Read MorePV-Magazine – 7 off grid solar projects being developed in Senegal
14. OCTOBER 2016 | APPLICATIONS & INSTALLATIONS, GLOBAL PV MARKETS | BY: SAM POTHECARY As off-grid solar booms in East Africa, seven villages in Western African nation Senegal are preparing to start benefiting from off-grid solar solutions, as non-profit organization Solar Village Project begins preparations to install solar arrays within the communities. The villages in…
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Solar Village Project to bring solar power to seven villages without electricity in Senegal October 15, 2016/in Business /by Solar Business Hub Solar Village Project (SVP), a local non-profit organization whose mission is to install and manage solar power projects in Senegal and India, has announced its second round of projects to be implemented in…
Read MoreSolar Daily – Local organization announces second solar installation project in India
Solar Village Project (SVP), a local non-profit organization whose mission is to install and manage micro solar-solution technology in rural villages in India, has announced its second installation project, the Kihare Village Project. SVP’s second project will provide electricity to every home in Kihare Fields, a small, rural community located in the state of Bihar,…
Read MoreSolar Industry Magazine – Nonprofit Launches Village Solar Electrification Project In India
The Maryland-based nonprofit Solar Village Project (SVP) has undertaken an electrification project for the village of Kihare Fields in the state of Bihar, India. SVP plans to provide home lighting and basic electrical systems powered by solar generation systems for every home in Kihare Fields, a small, rural community. The electricity derived from SVP-installed solar…
Read MoreThe Montgomery County Sentinel – Takoma Park resident gives back to those in need
Seventy-five years after India sheltered his grandfather from the Holocaust, Joe Kselman of Takoma Park has returned to light up some of the country’s poorest villages. His Solar Village Project (SVP) installs solar power lighting systems in the homes and schools of villages where few tourists visit and families of five live on dollars a…
Read MoreThe Takoma Park Newsletter – Takoma resident brings solar electricity to India
“We’re so entitled here in America and in Takoma Park,” says Joe Kselman, a local resident. Many people in Takoma Park would agree. Although our lifestyles vary across the city, all of us live in an advanced econ- omy with a high level of infrastructure, security and creature comforts. “Unless you travel to the third…
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