The director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) was adressing the second International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition (IOREC) in Manila.
He said the time is ripe to pounce upon a “transformational opportunity” to provide power to the 1.5 billion people who lack electricity access by pairing resources such as PV and biomass with mini-grid technologies.
With solar, countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand "have started but have not even begun to scratch the surface in terms of what’s possible”, Amin told Recharge on the sidelines of the IOREC, which was held in co-operation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE).
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