Jayaram Reddy and Hira Bano live on the edge of India’s two largest solar parks – their villages separated by barbed-wire fences and walls from the miles of gleaming blue solar panels.Each day, they wake up to the sight of the power plants on their doorstep and wonder if their future will ever be as bright as the growth of solar energy – a key source as India switches to green energy to wean its economy off climate-heating coal.Teenager Hira Bano poses for a picture in front of her house near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan. Photo credit: Thomson Reuters Foundation/ Roli SrivastavaThe Bhadla solar park in northwestern Rajasthan and Pavagada park in southern Karnataka states – among the world’s biggest, generating a combined 4,350 megawatts – are considered milestones in India’s goal to boost its renewable energy capacity to meet a target of 500 gigawatts by…
India’s solar energy boom has left some communities worried for their future
