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Issue no. 46
November 2008

Power to the community

A community power centre brings business and ICTs to farmers in Kenya
Generating power and money

Solar power provides income-generating opportunities in East Africa
Growing energy on the farm

Vegetation cleared from grazing land generates electricity in Namibia
Fuelling productivity

Bioenergy could provide the energy needed to raise agricultural producti...

Perspectives

Energy production priorities

Although estimates vary greatly, from as few as five to as much as 100 years, the fact remains that fossil fuel resources are finite and will steadily decline before they r...

Q&A

Rural renewable energy

Why do so many rural communities in ACP countries still have such poor, or even no, electricity supplies? It costs more than US$10,000 per km to bring electricity cables t...

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