"ScrAPES #8- Peru to Provide Free Solar Panels to its Poorest Residents"

Article- Peru to Provide Free Solar Panels to its Poorest Residents, Justin Gammill, August 11 2015, 
http://iheartintelligence.com/2015/08/11/peru-to-provide-free-solar/

Topic: Renewable resources 

Summary: 
     In Peru, the poorest residents lack electric lighting and are using fuels that are bad for their health.  Jorge Merino, the Energy and Mining Minister of Peru, developed a solution to give the poorest residents electricity. The National Photovoltaic Household Electricity Program would provide free solar panels to over 500,000 to the poorest households. Thus, free solar panels and free electricity would be given to over 2 million of the poorest residents in Peru; being completed by the end of 2016. 
      I picked this article because it is wonderful to read about a program helping people and the environment. It was interesting to read that they plan to give out free solar panels and free electricity to over 2 million poorest citizens in Peru. This connects back to the Module 2 reading; showing that there are people out there who are working hard to help the poorest countries to develop a life style where they have reusable resources for themselves and for future generations; to create a healthier environment.   
      This article is important  to environmental science because the use of solar panels is a form of a renewable resource that can help the environment. It cuts down on the use of fuels in the long run. Developing renewable resources is an important key in keeping the environment healthy. The next step should be following the example of The National Photovoltaic Household Electricity Program; trying to develop more renewable resources for everyone in the world to use.