Solar power to the people!
Technical obstacles to efficient solar energy are shrinking, but economics and politics still challenge its widespread adoption by the poor.
Putting science
at the heart of development
Technologies to harness solar power as a path to low-carbon energy are developing at breakneck speed. This Spotlight looks at how developing countries can best make use of them to benefit the millions of rural poor who still live without electricity?
(Photo credit: Flickr/Oxfam International)
Features
Solar power for the poor: facts and figures
Solar power could help alleviate rural poverty. David J. Grimshaw and Sian Lewis shine a light on its progress, potential and pitfalls.
24 March 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Financing solar power for the poor
Solar power can light the homes of the off-grid poor, but how can people buy the equipment? Pinaki Roy and Katherine Nightingale report.
24 March 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Opinions
Solar power for the poor needs government support
Governments in South Asia must support solar power to make it affordable to the rural poor, says development expert Vishaka Hidellage.
24 March 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Africa: Time to go solar
Africa should follow China's lead, and foster solar innovation, production and demand, says UN-Habitat's Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka.
24 March 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
China should support solar thermal energy research
China must support technological research on solar thermal energy, say Huang Ming and Yidong Gong.
News
Pakistan’s renewable energy awaits tapping
23 May 2012
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EN
Solar energy to connect indigenous communities in Peru
24 September 2010
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ES
Nicaraguan NGOs join forces to boost clean energy
6 July 2010
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ES
Europe and Latin America agree on energy cooperation
5 May 2010
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ES
Source: Deutsche Welle
Haiti to get helping hand with renewable energy
26 April 2010
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ES
Peru bets on renewable energy production
16 April 2010
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ES
India to take green revolution to eastern drylands
26 February 2010
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EN
India's prime minister unveils 'solar valley' vision
14 January 2010
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EN
Solar-powered irrigation a shining success in Benin
6 January 2010
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EN
Source: Science Daily
Doubts raised over India's plans for solar power
14 August 2009
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EN
Honduras: solar panels for indigenous peoples
21 April 2009
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ES
Source: La Tribuna
Scientists propose 'solar tower' to boost Namibia electricity
11 August 2008
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EN
