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Local electricity: Africa goes off-grid [1]

Giant wind farms may grab the headlines but plans to develop local off-grid electricity will have bigger impact on Africans and carbon emissions.

Publication Date: 
29/07/2009
Tom Levitt [2]
Ecologist [3]
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Animal Dung [4], Farm Residues [5], Health Effects [6], Firewood [7], Respiratory Diseases [8], Kerosene [9], Climate Change [10], Renewable Energy [11], Biomass [12], Wind Energy [13], Women [14], Child Health [15], Energy [16], Rural Electrification [17], Africa [18]

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[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-electrification
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa