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I am Paras Loobma. I am an engineer from India.
This particular set that you see on the right hand side
is totally powered by renewable energy, and this is solar technology.
We have twenty four solar panels, powering the PA system.
We have another solar panel, powering the lights,
and we have another solar powered battery, which is powering the iPad.
So, I'm gonna talk about technology, and I will talk about it through a story.
Edison invented a bulb a hundred years ago,
but there're still 1400 villages in India, which are without electricity.
One of those villages is called Nangal Dhuri.
It is 200 km away from Delhi.
This village has never seen electricity for the past -- since its inception.
Now, we went to this village and installed solar panels there.
Before we did that, we heard a story from the villagers.
They used to use kerosene oil and wood to lighten up their homes and cook food.
Half a dollar every day for kerosene oil,
five rupees for a wood stick to light up and cook the food on.
Now, they have solar panels installed all over the villages.
They have a community solar power plant, they have a school running on solar energy.
And they also have irrigation pumps powered by solar energy.
The waste from the irrigation pumps and the crop waste
are fed into the biomass plant
which they again use in the evening for solar production.
If you can do it in Antarctica, and if you can lighten a bulb in India,
you can do it anywhere in the world.
Thank you.
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