Journal article

Global policy of rural electrification

FS Javadi, B Rismanchi, M Sarraf, O Afshar, R Saidur, HW Ping, NA Rahim

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2013

Abstract

Energy poverty and lack of electricity in the rural area exacerbate the poverty of the developing countries. The sustainable renewable technologies can be considered as efficient tools to reduce energy poverty whenever they are conducted based on an appropriate policy. Electricity can improve the human's lifestyle by increasing the level of health, education, welfare and technology. Currently, Sub-Sahara Africa with only 14.2% of rural electrification has the first rank in the world with lowest access to electricity, in that region around 585 million citizens has almost no access to electricity. The present study focuses on the general global policies to electrify the rural areas. In this re..

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Grants

Awarded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia


Funding Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge University of Malaya for financial support. This research was carried under the UM/MOHE High Impact Research Grant Solar Research Suitable for Rural Electrification with project H-16001-D0022 and MOHE Research Project under Strategic Dialogue Malaysia and CLMV Countries No. 53-02-03-1080.