“A quarter of the world’s population—or 1.3 billion people—lack access to electricity. Close to 85 percent of those without electricity live in rural areas and 87 percent are geographically concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.” In a recently published report supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, Accenture Development Partnerships assessed the suitability of off-grid energy systems in seven … Continue reading New Report Says Off-Grid Systems Can Solve Energy Poverty in Rural Areas