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| |Pub Month=April | | |Pub Month=April |
| |Pub Year=2020 | | |Pub Year=2020 |
− | |Pub Abstract=The number of people without access to modern forms of electricity still remains | + | |Pub Abstract=The number of people without access to modern forms of electricity still remains at a level of almost 1 billion. Access levels are unevenly distributed with especiall Sub-Saharan African countries tailing behind on ambitions to reach universal access to electricity by 2030.1 Significantly more investments are needed to achieve SDG-7 to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all,” as well as SDG-13 to “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.” |
− | at a level of almost 1 billion. Access levels are unevenly distributed with especially | + | |
− | Sub-Saharan African countries tailing behind on ambitions to reach universal access to electricity by 2030.1 Significantly more investments are needed to achieve | + | Until now what has been missing is evidence of the potential of off-grid technologies to achieve both SDG-7 and SDG-13 in a cheaper, cleaner and smarter manner than other alternatives. New evidence from the GIZ, Reiner Lemoine Institute and the greenwerk. study “Off-Grid Renewable Energy for Climate Action” |
− | SDG-7 to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy | + | is without ambiguity: off-grid renewable energy solutions, such as clean energy mini-grids and solar home systems (SHS) have significant environmental, practical, economic and socio-economic merits over grid expansion. |
− | for all,” as well as SDG-13 to “take urgent action to combat climate change and | + | |
− | its impacts.” | + | |
− | Until now what has been | + | |
− | missing is evidence of | + | |
− | the potential of off-grid | + | |
− | technologies to achieve | + | |
− | both SDG-7 and SDG-13 | + | |
− | in a cheaper, cleaner and | + | |
− | smarter manner than | + | |
− | other alternatives. | + | |
− | New evidence from the | + | |
− | GIZ, Reiner Lemoine Institute and the greenwerk. | + | |
− | study “Off-Grid Renewable | + | |
− | Energy for Climate Action” | + | |
− | is without ambiguity: off-grid renewable energy solutions, such as clean energy | + | |
− | mini-grids and solar home systems (SHS) have significant environmental, practical, | + | |
− | economic and socio-economic merits over grid expansion. | + | |
| |Pub Download=https://www.ruralelec.org/sites/default/files/2020-03-27%20-%20GIZ%20Position%20Paper%20-%20Digital.pdf | | |Pub Download=https://www.ruralelec.org/sites/default/files/2020-03-27%20-%20GIZ%20Position%20Paper%20-%20Digital.pdf |
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