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On the cusp

Off-grid PV: Of the 1.3 billion people without access to electricity, more than 80% live in rural areas far away from the existing power grids. Because of the problems to finance the up-front cost of a solar PV system with a battery, diesel gensets are still the preferred energy solution in many of these areas.

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pv magazine

21 Jan 2015

That the world has not only become smaller but faster is apparent in the off-grid sector. With 19 of the 20 world’s fastest-growing nations located in the developing world, the need for stable access to energy in those areas has become a prerogative. Yet the advancement of national grids is not filling this space. In …

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