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|Pub Title=Position Paper - Off-Grid Renewable Energies to achieve SDG-7 and SDG-13: Cheaper, Cleaner and Smarter
|Pub Organization=ARE
|Pub Author=ARE
|Pub Month=April
|Pub Year=2020
|Pub Abstract=The number of people without access to modern forms of electricity still remains at a level of almost 1 billion. Access levels are unevenly distributed with especiall Sub-Saharan African countries tailing behind on ambitions to reach universal access to electricity by 2030.1 Significantly more investments are needed to achieve SDG-7 to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all,” as well as SDG-13 to “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.”

Until now what has been missing is evidence of the potential of off-grid technologies to achieve both SDG-7 and SDG-13 in a cheaper, cleaner and smarter manner than other alternatives. New evidence from the GIZ, Reiner Lemoine Institute and the greenwerk. study “Off-Grid Renewable Energy for Climate Action”
is without ambiguity: off-grid renewable energy solutions, such as clean energy mini-grids and solar home systems (SHS) have significant environmental, practical, economic and socio-economic merits over grid expansion.
|Pub Download=https://www.ruralelec.org/sites/default/files/2020-03-27%20-%20GIZ%20Position%20Paper%20-%20Digital.pdf
|Pub Newsletter=No
|Pub Tag Offgrid=Off-grid
|Pub Tag Climate=Climate Change
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