Saturday, October 15, 2011

Clean energy lowers the prices of electricity in Africa

Without providing access to energy for all, we will never win the fight against poverty – I repeated this mantra many times. Behind these words, there are actions; and I want to share with you a successful story from Africa today.

Do you know how much on average we pay for electricity in the EU? It is about 16 eurocents/kWh. How much do you think a person in Djibouti pays for electricity? Well, in some parts of this country the energy price is as high as 30 eurocents/kWh, which means, that too many people can not afford it.

See full Article.