First Solar, Inc. and Sir Ratan Tata Trust announced plans to collaborate on a pilot project to provide safe drinking water and irrigation to rural communities in India’s northern Uttarakhand state. Many remote villages of the middle Himalayas lack basic infrastructure such as roads, health facilities, schools and electricity. In Uttarakhand, even many villages that are connected to the electrical grid receive only erratic electrical service. In the absence of electric pumps, collecting...