Featured in Testing the waters – 07-2011

Large market for small systems

PV in developing countries: Simon Rolland, Secretary General of the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), on business models for small-scale off-grid photovoltaics.
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In 1995 Africa held 25 percent of PV capacity worldwide – then only off-grid – and once also reached 90 percent of the new-born market. However, as demand picked up in Europe, Africa and other developing economies have been placed on the back burner. Now, as the thirst for energy increases in Africa, Asia and …

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