Video: “solar trolley” a revolution in small farming irrigation

A group of Indian companies, led by Claro Energy, are innovating new ways to deliver solar-powered irrigation to small holder farmers, including pay-as-you-go (PAYG) mobile water pumping on the back of a converted e-rickshaw

Claro Energy, which has already installed or is maintaining more than 8,000 solar irrigation systems across India, is now piloting new approaches to service delivery, including pilots in Bihar state to test the ability of irrigation and other agricultural uses (processing, cold storage, etc) to serve a baseload for renewable mini-grids, as well as mobile irrigation.

A new video highlights Claro’s e-rickshaw that is already meandering down small country roads to deliver mobile, PAYG irrigation.

And here’s a photo of the fully unfurled solar irrigation e-rickshaw:

Photo credit: Claro Energy