More Power, Less Cost: Transitioning Up the Solar Energy Ladder from Home Systems to Mini-Grids

Providing access to electricity for the roughly 3 billion people who currently have no access or limited access to reliable service is a fundamental social and economic development challenge. A significant part of this population lives far away from the power grid, mostly in rural areas, where mini-grids could go far in meeting this enormous demand.

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