Azure Power Gets U.S. Grant for Indian Rural Solar Project

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Azure Power India Pvt., a developer of solar plants, won a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency for a project aimed at helping to bring sun-based power to rural villages.

The $476,670 grant will fund microgrids powered by two 500-kilowatt photovoltaic plants in the states of Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, according to an e-mailed statement from Azure.