Publication: Solar-diesel Hybrid Options for the Peruvian Amazon : Lessons Learned from Padre Cocha
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2007-04
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2007-04
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Seven million Peruvians - 23 percent of the country's population - lack access to modern energy services. Most of these residents are located in the Peruvian Amazon, where 95 percent of people have no electricity supply. In the sparsely populated department of Loreto, Peru's vast northernmost region, more than one-third of residents lack access to energy services which could generate income and foster economic activity.
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“Wang, Xianodong; Vallvé, Xavier. 2007. Solar-diesel Hybrid Options for the Peruvian Amazon : Lessons Learned from Padre Cocha. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
(ESMAP) technical paper series;no. 111/07. © http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17919 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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