Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
by Katie Auth*
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Large-scale clean energy projects shouldn’t eclipse the urgent need to provide electricity to low-income and rural communities
The 84 wind turbines erected just south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, tower above an arid landscape of grassland and unpaved roads, inhabited mostly by small-scale farmers, who – along with 77% of the country’s population – lack access to electricity.
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