Water and Energy Abstracts

  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 3

Barefoot in Afghanistan – Solar electrification of villages in Afghanistan

  • Author:
  • Bunker Roy, Gry Synevvag
  • Total Page Count: 1
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 38 to 38

Abstract

In the mountain of Afghanistan, villagers must walk long distances and pay high prices to buy fuel to survive. Here authors report on an innovative solar electrification scheme which has enabled villagers to be self-reliant installers.

Keywords

Solar electrification, Solar light, Cost effective