Citation
(2013), "Energy Access Practitioner Network newsletter features solar energy in Africa, access in Asia", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 24 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2013.08324eaa.005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2013, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Energy Access Practitioner Network newsletter features solar energy in Africa, access in Asia
Article Type: News From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 24, Issue 5.
The Energy Access Practitioner Network has released a newsletter, featuring a practitioner's perspective from the non-profit innovation: Africa on the installation of 63 rural solar projects, as well as updates on the Practitioner Network's activities and workshops, funding opportunities, recent reports, new members, upcoming events, and other announcements. In a section on the “Practitioner perspective”, the non-profit innovation: Africa reported the results of a survey of 63 rural solar projects, finding medical clinics that installed solar-powered lighting saw registered births increase fourfold. Solar energy also improved the quality of rural medical care, in part by powering refrigerators for storing vaccines and other medications.