The IEA projects that under business as usual close to 1 billion people will still be without access to electricity and 2.6 billion people will still lack access to clean cooking facilities in 2030.
The IEA estimates that total investment of nearly $1 trillion ($979 billion) would be required to achieve universal energy access by 2030, an average of $49 billion per year (from 2011 to 2030). I think universal energy access and more can be done for a lot lower cost and it can be done faster.
However, solar power has become cheaper than diesel in developing countries.
There are now LED lights for $10-27 each with lumens 5-30 lumens of light.
Technological improvements in
* lowering the cost of LED lights
* lowering the cost of solar power
* increasing the brightness of LED lights
* increasing the power from solar power
* increasing the production of portable solar and LED lights
By 2017-2020, the $5-20 per person could provide lighting and electrical charging and basic electrical needs for every person in the world.
$30 billion to provide $20 of LED lighting and solar power to the 1.5 billion who would not have basic electrification through other means.
Fairly full featured smartphones cost under $100 in China now. By 2017, a $20 smartphone will be more capable that that $100 phone now.
It would be about $60 billion would provide LED lighting, 50 watts of solar power, and smartphones for the people in world without electricity now. Those people are spending about $36 billion per year on kerosene.
Having light, solar power and smartphones will accelerate the rise out of poverty for these people.
Basic batteries and better bicycles (ideally electric bikes) could be developed at $100 per person.
If they can get electricity up to 100 watts then it would be very easy to have boiled and safe water.
Having electricity, lighting and communication would make it easier to deliver medical care. Vaccines are easily distributed with available refrigeration.
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The IEA estimates that total investment of nearly $1 trillion ($979 billion) would be required to achieve universal energy access by 2030, an average of $49 billion per year (from 2011 to 2030). I think universal energy access and more can be done for a lot lower cost and it can be done faster.
However, solar power has become cheaper than diesel in developing countries.
There are now LED lights for $10-27 each with lumens 5-30 lumens of light.
Technological improvements in
* lowering the cost of LED lights
* lowering the cost of solar power
* increasing the brightness of LED lights
* increasing the power from solar power
* increasing the production of portable solar and LED lights
By 2017-2020, the $5-20 per person could provide lighting and electrical charging and basic electrical needs for every person in the world.
$30 billion to provide $20 of LED lighting and solar power to the 1.5 billion who would not have basic electrification through other means.
Fairly full featured smartphones cost under $100 in China now. By 2017, a $20 smartphone will be more capable that that $100 phone now.
It would be about $60 billion would provide LED lighting, 50 watts of solar power, and smartphones for the people in world without electricity now. Those people are spending about $36 billion per year on kerosene.
Having light, solar power and smartphones will accelerate the rise out of poverty for these people.
Basic batteries and better bicycles (ideally electric bikes) could be developed at $100 per person.
If they can get electricity up to 100 watts then it would be very easy to have boiled and safe water.
Having electricity, lighting and communication would make it easier to deliver medical care. Vaccines are easily distributed with available refrigeration.
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