Sentences with phrase «universal electricity access»

With the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the WEM access module was linked to a geospacial model of electricity demand and resources for sub-Saharan Africa to determine the least - cost evolution of electrification in the New Policies Scenario and to deliver universal electricity access.

It is now well understood that universal electricity access by 2030 (a core part of U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 7 - SDG 7) can only be achieved if decentralized renewable energy (DRE)-- green micro-grids and rooftop solar paired with storage and ultra-efficiency appliances — gets adequate finance to reach scale quickly.

India's continued emphasis on electrifying households means it is expected to reach universal electricity access in the early - 2020s, with renewables accounting for about 60 % of those who gain access.

The investment required for clean cooking facilities is modest, amounting to less than one - tenth of what is needed for universal electricity access.

Not exact matches

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has pledged the commitment of his government towards ensuring universal coverage and access to electricity to all parts of Ghana by the end of his term in office.

He continued, «The pledge I have given is that by end of my term, there will be universal access to electricity to all parts of Ghana, including the Upper Region», an announcement which was received with a rousing applause from the hundreds gathered at the forecourt of the Lawra Naa's palace.

He also reiterated his commitment to ensuring universal access to electricity to all parts of the country, and with the Upper East being the part of the country with the least access to electricity, 60 % access, the President stated that it is necessary that every effort is made to accelerate the provision of electricity to the Upper East.

The Indian government's push for universal energy access and an expansion of manufacturing will drive electricity growth.

«We believe that universal access to health care, education, affordable food, water, electricity and housing is the right of every Ghanaian» says the manifesto, adding that the NDC Government will establish and implement a framework for collective and individual contribution to the peace, safety, security and stability of the country when retained in power.

Key among NDC's 2016 manifesto promises in the sector includes increasing the stock of power generation assets, developing more sustainable power sources, encouraging energy conservation, increasing generation capacity in excess of 5,000 MW by 2021 and achieving universal access to electricity by 2025.

But Richenda Van Leeuwen, the U.N. Foundation's new point woman on energy poverty, said leaders widely recognize the impossibility of achieving universal primary school education, reducing child mortality or other development targets without access to electricity.

In turn, this reduces the investment cost in the supply of electricity required to deliver universal energy access, making off - grid renewable solutions more affordable to households.

A key finding is that universal access to electricity and clean cooking can be reached without making this task any more challenging.

Universal access to electricity remains elusive, and scaling up access to clean cooking facilities is even more challenging.

DES can help speed up universal access to electricity, as it can be implemented faster and cheaper than major infrastructure projects.

As part of its New Deal on Energy for Africa, the African Development Bank has set the ambitious goal of achieving universal access to electricity in Africa by 2025.

Estimates show an annual investment of $ 45 billion is needed to meet universal electrification, but the latest data shows that finance commitments for electricity in these 20 «high - impact» countries that represent 80 percent of those without electricity access is less than half that number, averaging just $ 19.4 billion a year.

Over the last three decades, according to the World Bank, China has achieved universal access to electricity — 600 million people have been lifted out of poverty and connected to the electricity grid.

Hosted by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), the Forum is focused on addressing the key challenges in delivering universal energy access to the billion people globally who are still living without basic modern energy services, such as electricity, and the three billion who lack access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking.

Although universal access to electricity remains beyond reach, since at the current pace there will be an estimated 674 million people still without electricity in 2030, the number of people gaining access to power has been accelerating since 2010.

One of the regions where universal access to clean energy remains a pressing challenge is sub-Saharan Africa, where roughly 590 million people lack access to electricity.

Since he took power in May 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made universal access to electricity a key part of his administration's ambitions.

We propose an Affordable Energy Program that would limit energy burdens to 6 percent of gross household income, universal access to solar energy in a manner that would make electricity cheaper, and efficiency programs that would reduce the cost of assistance as well as the need for assistance.

This third edition of the report, a multi-agency effort led by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Bank, provides an update of how the world has been moving towards the three SE4All objectives: universal access to electricity and clean cooking, doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency, and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030

His remarks covered the need for investment in upstream oil to meet rising demand and offset decline in mature fields, how competitive prices are vital for growth in gas markets, the rapid growth in solar and wind, and prospects for reaching universal access to electricity, including India's significant achievements over recent years in this respect.

In a country where 244 million have no electricity and 819 no access to clean cooking facilities, it is impossible to find a solution without coal being part of the energy mix — Coal is essential to global efforts to achieving universal energy access.»

The World Bank's Access Investment Model (AIM) provides detailed bottom - up estimates of the average annual cost of reaching universal access to electricity over the period 2010 -Access Investment Model (AIM) provides detailed bottom - up estimates of the average annual cost of reaching universal access to electricity over the period 2010 -access to electricity over the period 2010 - 2030.