Kenya: Rural Areas Investing in Renewable Energy

[jpak]

http://allafrica.com/stories/200805271088.html

The United Nations International Development Organisation (Unido) is calling on communities without access to electricity to submit renewable energy production proposals for funding.

The organisation has set aside Sh310 million ($5 million ) for lighting up 100 villages in rural Kenya. The money is part of the body's renewable energy programme which aims to provide 1,000 villages in the country with power derived from solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal sources.

It is hoped that the free projects will help reduce the number of rural Kenyans still relying on non renewable energy resources like charcoal.

The Assistant Minister of Industrialisation, Mr Charles Keter, says only 10 per cent of Kenya's rural population has access to electricity.

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[diane in sf]

1. Right now small solar installations are more economical for night lighting

than batteries in unelectrified villages.

[XemaSab]

2. How is charcoal not renewable?

:shrug:

[JohnWxy]

3. fantastic!