Africa's power surge

• Autores: Lisa Grossman
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2983, 2014, pág. 20
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Rich nations are taking an increasing interest in electrifying the rest of the world. At the Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, US Pres Barack Obama announced an additional $12 billion in funding for his administration's Power Africa initiative, which aims to help bring power to at least 60 million households and businesses across the continent. But 85% of the 1.3 billion people lacking electricity worldwide live in rural areas which means powering Africa won't be as simple as hooking up villages to a centralized power grid.