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“Electricity in Africa: The Dark Continent,” The Economist, August 16, ‘07
Global Implications of Standby Power Use, Benoit Lebot, IEA, Alan Meier, Berkeley Lab, and Alain Anglade, ADEME, France, June 2000
“Patient Capital for an Africa That Can't Wait,” Thomas L. Friedman,
The New York Times, April 20, ‘07.
Links
Green Empowerment
Promotes community-based renewable energy and potable water delivery internationally to generate social and environmental progress.
GVEP International
The “Global Village Energy Partnership” International works with donors to help small and medium-sized businesses in developing countries build local energy chains.
The Solar Guide
Aims to give consumers the practical information they want, about buying solar and renewable energy systems.
Solar Energy International
SEI offers hands-on workshops in solar, wind and waterpower and natural building technologies in 17 locations. It also offers internet-based online courses.
Solar Electric Light Fund
SELF brings solar power and modern communications to rural villages in the developing world. Projects are shaped by local people, particularly women, and operate sustainably.
“In the developed world, energy and electricity flow like water. Here, they are precious. Our eyes and lives are accustomed to darkness.”
- Jacob Dallan, age 65,
Kambi ya Simba, Tanzania
Did you know?
“Seen from space, Africa at night is unlit—as dark as all-but empty Siberia. With nearly 1 billion people, Africa accounts for over a sixth of the world's population, but generates only 4% of global electricity.”
“The ‘energy poor” in Africa spend about $17 billion a year on fuel-based lighting sources, such as kerosene lamps, that are costly, inefficient, and provide poor quality light while polluting and posing fire hazards.”
For more facts, see
www.lightingafrica.org