Global Renewable Energy Initiative Aims to Bring a Billion People in From the Dark
Monday, September 16, 2019
By Jillian Ambrose
Electricity could be delivered to more than a billion people currently living without it within a decade by linking up small-scale projects into a giant, environmentally-friendly network.
According to a new global commission, advances in micro energy grids and renewable energy technologies could “dramatically accelerate change” and transform lives in rural areas of sub-Saharan African and south Asia.
The Global Commission to End Energy Poverty met for the first time this week to set out plans to accelerate the UN’s sustainable development goal to ensure access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for all people by 2030.
Photo courtesy of UN Migration Agency (IOM).
Source: The Guardian (link opens in a new window)
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