This is a 9-month old article and still interesting. The last two paragraphs are copy-pasted below. By these, it appears that we are trailing Bangladesh and Nepal in terms of solar and mini hydro capacity, respectively. Where are we ahead do you think? “A rural electrification program in Bangladesh has been installing more than 50,000 solar homes systems every month since 2002. The program provides clean, emissions-free energy that will not contribute to climate change, while promoting development. The fastest-growing solar homes systems program in the world, this IDA-supported initiative has delivered off-gird solar power to 2.8 million households. “We can study much better now,” says 10-year-old Kusum Koli Roy. “The solar lights have helped us a lot with our education.” Another climate-friendly energy project, in Nepal, has been delivering more than 1,000 micro hydropower plants since 2007 to communities in 52 districts across the country. The new source of clean, renewable electricity helped 27-year-old Laxmi Rasalli open a poultry farm with 300 chickens that bring a new source of income to her family. “I could not have started raising these chickens if we didn’t have electricity,” Rasalli says.” worldbank.org/en/results/2013/04/13/climate-change-results-profile
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 06:08:52 +0000
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