Photovoltaic micro utility (MU) systems introduced in the rural areas of Bangladesh in 1999 currently number more than 10,000 systems.
Off-grid is not the solution: While micro-utilities based on renewable sources are the way forward for much of rural Africa, the economic needs of Africa's growing cities and engines of growth will call for effective grids and a diversity of sources.
Enterprises such as Off.Grid:Electric are using a service-based model and selling pay-as-you-go solar that can be paid for daily using mobile money, akin to setting up a micro-utility.
Humanitarian and other development organisations are calling for replicable self-sustaining solutions to shared micro-utilities to ensure equitable modern energy delivery to energy-deprived village communities.
Womintra stationed field officers in the village for up to 2 years to familiarize the community with the project, facilitate PLD establishment, train PLD officials in micro-utility including technical, financial, and managerial skills and run an economic empowerment program.
From 1 year prior to hardware installation, Womintra field officers were stationed in the village for up to 2 years to familiarize the community with the project, facilitate the establishment of the PLD, and train the PLD officials in technical, financial, and micro-utility management skills.
One of the most recent examples of companies using Twitter for commercial purposes is Dell, who reportedly made $1 million in sales during the holidays via the micro-sharing utility, and recently started giving discounts exclusively to its followers.
Large allele dropout or stuttering was detected with MICRO-CHECKER utility (van Oosterhout et al. 2004).
The utility of micro air vehicles (MAVs) has expanded significantly in the last decade, and there are now numerous commercial systems available at relatively low cost.
This paper illustrates the utility of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) to study the process of tissue engineered bone growth.
There are big and small four-wheel-drives and the like, collectively known as sport-utility vehicles (SUVs); there are minivans or "people carriers"; there are pick-up trucks; there are boxy urban-utility vehicles; there are micro city cars; and there are sports cars of every dimension.
