Publication date: 2016
Author: Veolia Institute
Description: This isue of FACTS deals with a social and technological revolution that is still in its early days: decentralized energy in developing countries. The full impact of this revolution is yet to be determined, but it is sure to be profound. In a conservative scenario, which would already represent a great success, this revolution would ba a phase of acceleration towards the centralized model of industrial countries. In a more optimistic scenario, the revolution would create (notably in Africa, which is the ideal region for such) a new energetic model that is the complete opposite of centralized models. And taking the scenario to its extreme, the revolution would spread to industrialized countries, thus becoming a new example of "reverse innovation".
