Myanmar has one of
the lowest electrification rates in Asia, with more than 60 % of the population without access to a modern form of electricity, denying people the ability to work, weakening health and safety, education, and limiting the opportunity to rise out of poverty.
Not exact matches
For
electrification to
lower emissions, Kennedy says that a region needs to produce its electricity at a
rate below his threshold: approximately 600 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per gigawatt hour (GWh).
These unprecedented
rates are a consequence of both the relatively
low - capacity factors of wind and solar as well as increased demand due to the assumed widespread
electrification of the economy.