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Deploying off-grid technology to eradicate energy poverty

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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:25 authored by Benjamin SovacoolBenjamin Sovacool
In 2009, about 1.4 billion people lived without electricity, and 2.7 billion depended on wood, charcoal, and dung for domestic energy needs (1–5). This lack of access to modern energy limits income generation, blunts efforts to escape poverty (6), affects the health of women and children (7), and contributes to global deforestation and climate change (8). Small-scale renewable energy technologies and distributed energy options, such as diesel generators and improved cookstoves, offer rural households modern energy services (6). Programs involving governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, banks, and community cooperatives have expanded access to these technologies and their services in recent years.

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  • Published

Journal

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Issue

6103

Volume

338

Page range

47-48

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-12-21

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