This Is How the World’s Poor Are Pioneering the Future of Energy
This Is How the World’s Poor Are Pioneering the Future of Energy
Author: Darlene Damm
What if it took you four hours a day to cook all your meals because, in addition to cooking, you also had to search for firewood? What if you could only work and study during the day because you had no light at night? What if when you went to the emergency room after injuring yourself, you were turned away because there was no electricity?
We live in a world where 1.3 billion people still do not have access to electricity, and another 1 billion people only have access to unreliable energy sources.
The good news? This is changing.
A renewable energy revolution is sweeping the developing world in which the world’s poorest are becoming pioneers in renewable energy and the smart grids of the future.
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