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Decentralised
Electricity Supplies--Considerable and Varied Needs in an Institutional
Environment Under Construction
Decentralised
Electricity Supplies is a new theme on which little has been written
and in which experience is recent and relatively limited. Many questions
remain unanswered. Not all the equipment is known (and some is still
being perfected); the role of public stakeholders and local authorities
is not clearly defined; private involvement is acknowledged in this
sector but we do not know how to define the parameters for such interventions;
tariff principles are under discussion almost everywhere; management
modes are under study; etc.
Projects
are few and, paradoxically (or perhaps for this reason), the demand
in the field is considerable (today an estimated 2 billion people
do not have electricity) and numerous projects will be developed in
this sector in the coming years. It is therefore necessary to make
the results of current experiments available as rapidly and as widely
as possible. Stakeholders must know of these experiences and the conditions
in which they are implemented in order to propose and undertake the
most appropriate projects.
In a rapidly
evolving context, having immediate access to the opinions of people
in the field is priceless. Horizontal exchanges between practitioners
are an excellent way to optimise the results and lessons learnt in
the field. Thematic forums (opened after seminars, for example) and
e-mail make these information exchanges possible. They also have the
added advantage of stimulating field teams by reducing their isolation
and allowing them to be present in a community of stakeholders committed
to this activity and to become better known.
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