India represents the largest Renewable energy / solar electric potential & market in the world. About 5,000 trillion kWh per year energy is incident over India's land area with most parts receiving 4-7 kWh per sq. m per day.
However, a number of barriers exists to bring solar electricity in an environmentally and economically sustainable way, Some of the crucial barriers like – Lack or very low level of awareness of the Solar Technology and its applications, Lack of hassle free & tailor-made End-User Financing and its significance among the financial institutions. Limited sustainable entrepreneurs to ensure post installation services and Lack of integrated approach and proper synergy of various stakeholders of the fraternity to develop the sector in a sustainable manner.
India currently has more than 260 million people who lack adequate access to grid electricity or receive less than four hours of electricity per day. A robust ecosystem for decentralized renewable energy solutions can rapidly accelerate the access time line. One of the key aspects of this ecosystems access to affordable and flexible finance for end users and small businesses to afford the interventions involving renewable energy.
Realizing need for addressing above major bottlenecks of development of solar energy sector and to democratize the access to sustainable energy sources, BVT is making multifaceted efforts in these key areas of the sustainable energy sector.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Training on solar energy for employees of financial institutions such as cooperative, nationalized and other banks are provided to ensure credit linkage, funding or financing for solar based products...

ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS
Training on solar energy to various technical institutes like Polytechnics / Industrial Training Institute (ITIs) is provided to ensure the service or installation of solar products...

DEMO & USER PROGRAMS
Awareness programs are conducted by demonstrating the solar livelihood machines to trainees like teachers/nursing students/SHG members/General public at our BSAFE - Centre of Excellence,...
ACCESS TO ENERGY

Student Solar Light Scholarship Program
Bharathiya Vikas Trust partnered with Karnataka Bank to provide solar lights to poor students who have problems with electricity at their houses...

SOLAR GAP FINANCING PROGRAM
Gap Financing to Scale Energy Solutions for Livelihoods in North-East and Southern Region. Bharathiya Vikas Trust in collaboration with Sustain+ seeks to support rural entrepreneurs and communities...