Kerala is looking at microgrids for providing power supply to around 70 tribal settlements whose remoteness makes it difficult for them to be connected to the distribution network of the Kerala State Electricity Board.
Work on establishing renewable energy-powered microgrids for electrifying these hamlets is expected to kick off in the 2022-23 fiscal and be implemented over the next two-three years.
The Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (ANERT) has been tasked with the installation of hybrid/standalone solar power plants in the selected settlements, all of which are situated in forest areas. Wherever possible, small wind turbines will complement the solar units.
