Four billion low-income consumers

Published by J. DOUGLAS PARKERSON from The Heller School of Social Change and Management Brandeis 2005

A new centre, which will train people on using solar energy, has opened in Kampala. The centre, which is expected to benefit over 800 people, is run by a local NGO, Joint Energy and Environment Projects (JEEP).

Microcredit schemes may provide interesting applications for small-scale wind turbines.

Why small wind turbines? All the technology related to the production of primary needs must be tiny and cheap enough to be afforded by common masses and simple enough to be understood by common masses.