February 25, 2006

Organiser Didier Mayer

Conference manifesto: It is obvious that the conventional electricity grid will not reach the estimated 1.64 billion people in developing countries without access to electricity in the foreseeable future. Renewable energy, and in particular PV, will contribute directly to the alleviation of poverty through the provision of electricity for basic services.
However, some innovative solutions still need to be found to combine the access to electricity with a local development, economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.…