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Tharparkar is a backward district of Sindh, Pakistan. Most of the rural population of this district suffers from poverty and is deprived of very basic necessities of life such as drinking water and electricity. Demographic pattern was the main hurdle for rural electrification as the villages are scattered far apart in a random manner and a grid supplied electrical distribution was not technically feasible. Solar energy is one of the alternatives for rural electrification and other applications at desert of Tharparkar.

This chapter presents the practical applications of solar energy at desert of Tharparkar, Pakistan. Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has successfully electrified 50 villages of Tharparkar district through about 168 kW of DC power. A solar refrigerator has also been installed at BHU of village Khensir taluka Chacharo to store vaccines for snake bites and other lifesaving drugs. Remarkable socioeconomic and sociocultural change has been visualized in the dark areas which has been brightened through solar energy.