Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry.

Monday, June 3, 2013

Lots of Energy, Little Access: Africa and Asia in the Dark

Some 1.2 billion people globally have no access to electricity, while 2.8 billion are forced to burn waste to cook and heat their homes, according to a recent World Bank-sponsored report.These are some crazy figures that significantly challenged the United Nation’s ambitious goal of ensuring that every person in the world has clean and modern electricity by 2030.  While the fossil fuels keep pumpi

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