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Title How data collected from mobile phones can help electricity planning Media name/outlet The Conversation Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 13/03/19 Description Access to reliable and affordable electricity brings many benefits. It supports the growth of small businesses, allows students to study at night and protects health by offering an alternative cooking fuel to coal or wood.
Great efforts have been made to increase electrification in Africa, but rates remain low. In sub-Saharan Africa only 42% of urban areas have access to electricity, just 22% in rural areas.
This is mainly because there’s not enough sustained investment in electricity infrastructure, many systems can’t reliably support energy consumption or the price of electricity is too high.URL https://theconversation.com/how-data-collected-from-mobile-phones-can-help-electricity-planning-110803 Persons Eduardo Martinez-Cesena, Joseph Mutale, Mathaios Panteli, Pierluigi Mancarella
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Energy
- Global inequalities
Keywords
- development
- data science
- energy networks