Minigrids Seen as Fix for 620 Million Africans Without Power
- Enel of Italy joins developers building miniature power grids
- Off-grid renewables are the 'future of Africa,' PwC says
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Power grids that work at a fraction of the scale of a traditional utility have gained support from banks and developers as a way to bring power to the 620 million people across Africa that lack access to electricity.
From Kenya to Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, companies including Italy’s biggest utility Enel SpA and General Electric Co. of the U.S. are building minigrids that distribute power to villages instead of whole nations.