allAfrica.com: PanAfrica: ADB Encourages Renewable Energy Development in Africa

allAfrica.com: PanAfrica: ADB Encourages Renewable Energy Development in Africa: "The majority of the population that is not connected to the grid will remain 'in darkness' regardless of the massive investment in the electricity sector. In this light, efforts have to be directed at providing sustainable energy to the population.

With traditional grid extension becoming excessively expensive to provide isolated rural areas with electricity, decentralised renewable energy and energy efficient technologies that make use of locally available resources become relevant."



This could be another reason why and how distributed power generation will become an increasingly viable option. Markets like the potential one in Africa [and China and, I would guess, India] will serve to bring costs down for production ...