this could be promoted for instance through inkind microgrants of electrical equipment for use in economic activities for which there is local demand unctad a proactive support of rural firms and cooperatives embarking on the processing of agricultural crops could for example enhance local value addition while simultaneously creating that anchor load which generates substantial electricity demand increasing the viability of minigrids while electricity is the most versatile form of energy most of the energy services it provides can also be furnished albeit in some cases imperfectly by alternative energy sources mechanical power by wind or flowing water lighting by kerosene product and space heating by biomass and even product cooling by evaporation fridges