Brussels, 05/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Union is to grant €95 million to 16 energy projects to facilitate access to clean energy at affordable prices in rural areas of nine African countries, announced Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, speaking at the UN Annual Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Forum, in New York on Wednesday 4 June.
The 16 projects will be funded by the new rural electrification programme of the EU and will give more than two million...