Power Facts
- Two decades of warfare have left Afghanistan's power grid badly damaged. As of October 2002, only 6% of the population had access to electricity. In 2000, net electricity generation was 0.4 billion kWh, of which 36% came from fossil fuel, 64% from hydropower, and none from other sources. In the same year, consumption of electricity totaled 453.8 million kWh. Total installed capacity at the beginning of 2001was 0.497 million kW.
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Electricity is the backbone to any economic recovery, since it powers all
other facets of a recovery operation, including construction, education, and
even healthcare. A country is only as good as the energy that powers it?and
Afghanistan is still struggling to turn on the lights.
In the wake of Afghanistan?s economic and political troubles, many things
have been pushed aside?including energy maintenance and progress.
Historically, the country has relied on what they could get, cheaply and
quickly, to power business?and only six percent of the country is even
connected to the public power supply. And, following large scale bomb
attacks and constant battles over the last two decades, well over half of
the country?s power lines have been destroyed.
The aid community has focused in recent years on doing what they can to get
Afghanistan connected, lit, and running. However, few resources are
available to allow the country not only to rebuild and maintain its energy
system, but to also pursue cleaner forms of energy that are more efficient
for the people, more easily sustainable, and better for the planet. Clean,
efficient energy should be available to everyone, but can only be made
available by a country with a supportive economic foundation.
Energy is top priority not only in Afghanistan, but in the world. New and
better energy sources and key players in the field are making their way onto
the global stage as the world becomes more and more aware of the need for
reform. Like the rest of the world, Afghanistan is ready for a change, and
entrepreneurial companies who are interested in growing in the energy
industry can be sure that their investment through AFTIG will be used to
further global awareness in this hot-topic market.
In Afghanistan, your investment could be used to rebuild existing power
plants and power lines. Funding could help train employees to use new and
better technologies that replace old, out-dated methods. And, perhaps most
importantly, an investment in energy will allow Afghanistan to stretch
closer to their goal of becoming a self-sustaining country that is fully on
the grid.
Invest powerfully. Invest with AFTIG.
