Clean off-grid power solutions for remote villages in Sabah can lead to low-carbon economies: NGO


KOTA KINABALU: Clean off-grid solutions used to power hard-to-reach villages in Sabah should be considered so that those communities can maintain their own supply and develop low-carbon economies, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) suggests.

Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP) said in a statement on Wednesday (Dec 1) that while most villages in the state are connected to the main grid, the connections lacked stability because of their remote locations.

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