Peru’s poorest will soon have solar power
Perus poorest will soon have solar power
By Holly Richmond
18 Jul 2013 2:54 PM
Solar is for rich people or so it often seems. Theres the cost of the panels themselves (although theyre slowly becoming more affordable) and the fact that getting your landlord to plop solar panels atop your apartment building might be a lost cause (unless you live in these Seattle apartments). Community solar is catching on, but solar is still out of reach for most of us.
Unless you live in Peru. The country just launched The National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program, an initiative to get solar to 2 million of the countrys poorest residents:
The first phase of the program, called The National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program was initiated on Monday (July 8) in the Contumaza province, where 1,601 solar panels were installed. These installations will power 126 impoverished communities in the districts of Cupisnique, San Benito, Tantarica, Chilete, Yonan, San Luis, and Contai.
The program plans to install about 12,500 solar (photovoltaic) systems to provide for approximately 500,000 households at an overall cost of about $200 million.
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