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PV
and development
There
are around 2 billion people in the world who do not have access
to adequate clean water supplies, electric lighting, primary
health care, education and other basic services. At the Millennium
Assembly of the United Nations in 2000, the international
community adopted the eight Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), and set clear and ambitious
targets for improving the conditions of these disadvantaged
people. The focus of the programmes of the world's development
assistance agencies (bilateral and multilateral donors, development
banks, NGOs) are now clearly aimed at poverty alleviation
in general, and at achieving the MDG targets.
PV
is uniquely attractive as an energy source to provide basic
services, such as lighting, drinking water and power for income-generating
work, for the people without electricity. Now, after its first
five years of work, IEA-PVPS Task 9, PV Services for Developing
Countries (PVSDC) has subtly redefined its mission: to
increase the sustainable use of PV & other renewable energy
technologies in developing countries in support of meeting
the targets of the Millennium Development Goals.
Further
information on PVSDC and UK involvement can be found on the
subsequent pages of this site and also on the main PVPS website. To download an introductory
flier on Task 9 click here.
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PV
pumping in Mali provides clean water for drinking and cooking
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