TY - BOOK AU - Welsch, Manuel AU - Bazilian, Morgan AU - Howells, Mark AU - Divan, Deepak AU - Elzinga, David AU - Strbac, Goran, et al. TI - Smart and just grids for sub - Saharan Africa: Exploring options U1 - 333.793 PY - 2013/// CY - s.l. PB - Elsevier KW - Electrificación Rural KW - Distribución de Energía Eléctrica KW - Países en Desarrollo KW - Desarrollo Económico KW - África N1 - 05978 N2 - In 2009, an estimated 585 millon people had no access to electricity services in sub-Saharan Africa. Unlike many other regions of the world, under current assumptions, that figure is expected to rise significantly to about 652 million by 2030 an unsustainable and unacceptable situation. Knowing of the intrinsic linkages between access to energy services and development, national governments and regional organisations have identified the urgent need for accelerated electrification rates. Some of the established and emerging concepts, systems and technologies grouped under the term smart grids my offer an important contribution to achieving universal access to electricity ER -