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See Liz Bates, Steven Hunt, Smail Khennas and Nararya Sastrawinata, “Expanding Energy Access in Developing Countries: The Role of Mechanical Power”, Practical Action Publishing, 2009. This An intermediate energy technology, in the sense of being midway between a functioning electricity grid and mechanical power, would take the form of local minigrids. Recommended reading: Yacob Mulugetta, Alison Doig, Simon Dunnett, Tim Jackson, Smail Khennas and Kavita Rai, eds. (2005), Energy For Rural Livelihoods: A Framework for Sustainable Decision Making, Practical Action; Joy Clancy and Lucy Redeby (2000), Electricity in Households and Micro-Enterprises, Intermediate Technology Publications; and Teodoro Sanchez (2006), Electricity Services in Remote Rural Communities: The Small Enterprise Model, Practical Action Publishing. valuable but brief survey gives many examples of mechanical power in practice, setting it in the context of conditions where electricity is wholly or substantially beyond the community’s reach.