Digital tech in solar sector will be big help to emerging countries

are set to drive more solar power installations in emerging markets in Africa and Asia, according to a new report by an international renewable energy association.

Eskom, which supplies virtually all SA’s power, is hamstrung by debt of R450bn, maintenance issues and design flaws at the Medupi and Kusile power stations. Ratings agencies have identified the state power utility as the single largest risk to the economy. The systemic lack of access to sustainable, secure and affordable electricity is deterring social and economic development in emerging economies, and leaving economic opportunities untapped.

However, extending grid-based electricity has important hurdles including connecting to an already weak transmission and distribution grid, insufficient power generation capacity to meet the electricity demand, high costs of extending the electricity network to remote areas, or simply a lack of affordability to pay for the electricity.

Mini-grids are small networks that can be independent of a nearby grid or can be connected to the main grid. They are being rapidly deployed to customers where the utility grid is absent or has failed. Globally, at least 19,000 mini-grids installed in 134 countries provide electricity to about 47-million people, most of them in rural areas, according to the SolarPower Europe report.

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