Pretty much everyone with any humanitarian impulse should support grid extension. (grist.org)
Even in places that currently lack a centralized grid, low - cost off - grid interventions are enabling households with initial access to the «energy ladder» at a fraction of the cost of grid extension, providing immediate benefits. (carbontracker.org)
As a recent report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative highlights, grid costs become prohibitive for coal in rural areas when the investment needed to build a thermal power plant is combined with the cost of building electricity grid extensions and importing fuel. (algore.com)