Even today, 200 million people do not have access to electricity in their homes in rural India. To address this decisive challenge, it is imperative to establish a symbiotic relationship between IT solutions and energy solutions. Solar2Go aims at addressing this challenge and seeks to ensure access to electricity at an affordable price to major part of the rural populace in India. Solar2Go offers a solution for solar companies to secure the payment from end-customers reliably while providing better customer support and operational efficiency. The pay-as-you-go model for the users also by-passes the need for a steep investments, making solar energy affordable and attainable for millions of households.

"A digital solution that can be used without a smartphone adds to the growth of potential user pool, considerably. A conservative estimate of the Indian market is about 20 million households for micro-grids alone. However, Solar2Go is also designed to enable solutions in semi-rural or urban areas with grid interaction significantly increasing its scope and perfectly support the government rural expansion strategy," said Rustam Sengupta, Founder of Boond Engineering & Development (P) Ltd., the consortiums Indian partner.

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