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Developing on Coal
There are both benefits and challenges of developing on coal. Visit Vietnam to learn more.
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Urban Grid Expansion
Join Dr. Scott Tinker on an unexpected journey -- in turns heart-warming, funny, eye-opening and unsettling -- to understand the benefits and challenges of bringing energy to more than 3 billion citizens of the developing world.
Urban Grid Expansion
Season 1 Episode 2 | 26m 46s | CC
100 million people move to cities each year, mostly in the developing world – and they often settle in slums. How will governments and utilities battle cartels, corruption and budget shortfalls to supply electricity to these new urban citizens? Dr. Scott Tinker visits Kibera, Africa's largest slum, to look at the challenges to urban grid expansion.
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