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Micro-power plants to bring electricity to millions

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Anil Raj |

TED@BCG Berlin

• October 2014

Reliable electricity remains a distant dream for too many people around the world and simply linking to the existing grid can be cost prohibitive. In this talk, Anil Raj proposes an alternative: micropower plants, small-scale renewable energy sources connected to a minigrid.

Reliable electricity remains a distant dream for too many people around the world and simply linking to the existing grid can be cost prohibitive. In this talk, Anil Raj proposes an alternative: micropower plants, small-scale renewable energy sources connected to a minigrid.

About the speaker

Anil Raj

Anil Raj

Solar visionary

Anil Raj is the Managing Director at OMC Power, a firm working to bring electricity to India’s rural villages by building micropower plants. A veteran of the telecom industry, Raj started India’s first mobile network in his role as the start-up CEO of Hutchinson Max Telecom in India. He later went on to Ericsson, where he held a number of senior management positions and established the company as a market leader in Indonesia and India.

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