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urmomaisjabbathehutt t1_iqon5i3 wrote

Reply to comment by lughnasadh in The US's National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to make decentralized microgrids as simple to set up and operate as diesel generators, and has created a prototype that is much simpler than existing microgrid technology. by lughnasadh

It is happening right now, african comunities that didn't have access to energy now they have access to solar energy

I was just watching the other day a little feed produced by a Massai guy living in a remote area in reddit and he did commented on it

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zyzzogeton t1_iqp9feq wrote

Developing countries can often leapfrog technologies. By the time most of the developing countries in Central and South America needed to really upgrade their telco infrastructure, mobile towers became easier and cheaper to deploy and that became the norm.

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