{"id":5984,"date":"2012-01-05T06:57:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T11:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=5984"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:46:21","slug":"solar-power-for-the-worlds-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/solar-power-for-the-worlds-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Power for the World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery_pope_table_3_globalsolar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery_pope_table_3_globalsolar-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gallery_pope_table_3_globalsolar\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery_pope_table_3_globalsolar-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery_pope_table_3_globalsolar.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Energy Bulletin has a <a href=\"http:\/\/energybulletin.net\/stories\/2012-01-04\/solar-power-grid-energy-access-world%E2%80%99s-poor\" target=\"_blank\">thought-provoking article by Carl Pope<\/a> in which the author suggests ways to increase electricity inclusion in poor countries and make it clean at the same time.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The best way &#8230; is to launch a global initiative to provide <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/solar-articles.htm\" target=\"_blank\">solar panels<\/a> and other forms of distributed renewable power to poor villages and neighbourhoods\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, said Pope.<\/p>\n<p>He said there is an opportunity in the fact that more than 1.2 billion lack access to electricity and they could benefit from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\" target=\"_blank\">alternative energy<\/a> sources such as off-grid solar power and LED lights.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You should follow us <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/energyrefuge\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li>No Related Posts Found! 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