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Decentralized Energy Supply
Over 1.6 billion people have no access to electricity and more than 2 billion people rely on wood and dung for fuel consumption. (U. Fritsche, F.Matthes, World Summit papers of H. Böll Foundation No 22, 2003) As agreed on the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg 2002, the United Nations Plan of Implementation states that “…access to energy facilitates the eradication of poverty”. It continues, “the access to reliable, affordable, economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound energy services and resources” should be improved “through various means, [including] enhanced rural electrification and decentralised energy systems, increased use of renewables, …”
