Abstract
This note provides a field narrative about an emerging energy cooperative which was established with the mandate of supplying uninterrupted and clean electricity through solar photovoltaic unit. Formation of energy cooperative was one of the many dimensions of development intervention planned in the programme for ‘Integrated development plan of Durbuk block using renewable energy resources’, by implementing agencies. Field observations provided evidence that the cooperative was socially accepted. The flip side of the burden on the cooperative members was in terms of financial cost—due to cost side technological skewness—in running and maintaining of the solar power unit. The study provides an insight into the social, economic and technological dimensions of programme intervention and their scope for rural development, rather than becoming encumbrance to social capital.
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