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Power to the People: Integrated Planning in Developing Countries

By hungermovement team
Created Sep 13 2006 - 1:06pm
Author: 
by Lawrence Hill
Body: 

Scientists believe that using combinations of resources different from those used in the past to produce electricity — and integrating them in a cost-effective way — could ease the health, economic, and environmental effects of increased worldwide demand for electricity services. In developed countries, for example, electric utilities and energy planners have combined planning for electricity-capacity increases to meet growing demand with cost-effective reductions in the use of electricity. Full Article [1]

Teaser: 

The electricity planning problem in many developing countries is complicated. The challenge is not only to substitute investment in cost-effective reductions in electricity use for investments in power plants as in developed countries but also to obtain financing for any electricity-related investment.

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