New Power Generation

“This fast pace of growth suggests that, if sustained, off-grid connections will within a few years outstrip the rate at which people are being connected to the grid, leapfrogging power lines in much the same way that mobile phones bypassed fixed-line telephone networks.” Using small-scale solar power, Africa is getting in the game while remaining off the grid. And it’s been a long wait on “a continent in which two of every three people have no access to power.” From The Economist: Africa unplugged.