SciDevNet: Solar power makes sense -- if you can get it right. For many isolated rural communities, off-grid solutions are the best chance of accessing electricity. We assume too readily that such solutions have to be small-scale and expensive. Two major national projects from different world regions suggest this doesn't have to be the case.
Peru recently announced a programme to supply solar power to two million of its six million people without access to electricity. The emphasis will be on poor rural...