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Mini-grids, major impacts

Southeast Asia development: The IEA’s 2011 World Energy Outlook estimated that nearly half of all unelectrified rural areas would be most economically served by mini-grid solutions. Given that much of Southeast Asia is made up of archipelagos, electrification through mini-grids looks set to play an especially prominent role in this region.

By

Ian Clover

06 Feb 2017

ADB

Three statistics sum up the future of renewable energy development in Southeast Asia: a doubling of electricity demand by 2025, 130 million people without electricity, and a goal of 23% of the primary energy supply from renewables by 2025. A doubling of electricity demand is driven by rapid economic development and a modernization of energy …

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