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DESCRIPTION:Title: Ending Energy Poverty through Off-Grid Solar Power\n\nOv
 er 600 million people lack access to the electricity grid. This form of en
 ergy poverty disproportionately afflicts those living in developing countr
 ies\, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. Closer to home\, 
 tens of thousands of households\, mostly on tribal lands are without grid 
 electricity. Achieving universal electrification through grid extension is
  optimistically decades away\, and in many rural areas may never occur. Th
 is talk describes approaches to providing off-grid electricity solutions i
 n the form of renewable energy-powered minigrids\, microgrids\, energy kio
 sks\, and solar home systems. Dr. Louie will draw upon his experiences in 
 Zambia and the Navajo Nation to explain the technology\, development appro
 aches\, barriers and opportunities for rural electrification.\n\n[]\n\nSpe
 aker(s): \, Henry Louie \n\nRoom: Room 101\, 915 N Broadway\, Everett\, Wa
 shington\, United States\, 98201\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org
 /m/471719
LOCATION:Room: Room 101\, 915 N Broadway\, Everett\, Washington\, United St
 ates\, 98201\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/471719
ORGANIZER:shuzheng.xie@wsu.edu
SEQUENCE:24
SUMMARY:Tech Talk: Ending Energy Poverty through Off-Grid Solar Power 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/471719
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal">Title: Ending Energy Pov
 erty through Off-Grid Solar Power</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-al
 ign: justify\;">Over 600 million people lack access to the electricity gri
 d. This form of energy poverty disproportionately afflicts those living in
  developing countries\, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia.
  Closer to home\, tens of thousands of households\, mostly on tribal lands
  are without grid electricity. Achieving universal electrification through
  grid extension is optimistically decades away\, and in many rural areas m
 ay never occur. This talk describes approaches to providing off-grid elect
 ricity solutions in the form of renewable energy-powered minigrids\, micro
 grids\, energy kiosks\, and solar home systems. Dr. Louie will draw upon h
 is experiences in Zambia and the Navajo Nation to explain the technology\,
  development approaches\, barriers and opportunities for rural electrifica
 tion.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\;"><img src="ht
 tps://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/d19ab6cf-99f1-41bc-84
 76-9a760fc39960" alt="" width="1100" height="1700"></p>
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