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Focus on Poverty: We can create solar nations
2013-08-22 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
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...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical