A new study calls for special business model for developing low-cost, off-grid solar energy in some remote areas where costs and remote terrain often make it impractical or even impossible to extend the electric grid. Around the world, more than 1.2 billion people lack access to basic electricity service, and the majority of those people are living in developing nations, in rural or isolated areas with high rates of poverty. When rural, isolated communities do
Study calls for special business model for solar power in remote areas
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