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A Solar Revolution in West Africa's Villages
http://allafrica.com/stories/201412021478.html[font face=Serif] 2 December 2014
[font size=5]West Africa: A Solar Revolution in West Africa's Villages[/font]
By Ntaryike Divine Jr and Christophe Assogba
[font size=4]In many off-grid villages in West Africa, solar power now provides energy for lighting, cooking and street lights.[/font]
[font size=3]When the sun goes down in many villages across Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali, most activities cease. Shops close, business stops for the day, and children are forced to do their homework by the light of polluting and hazardous kerosene lamps or candles.
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But there is a realistic solution, which some remote communities are beginning to embrace: solar power. Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali are ideally suited to solar photovoltaic power: every year, they receive up to 3,000 hours of intense sunlight, which could be harnessed to provide much-needed energy to isolated communities.
Supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), 14 villages across the region - Hon, Koussoukpa, Sirakorola, Tinkaré, Bilinga, Bougouré, Fili, Kalsagado, Kayéré, Kire, Son, Yallé, Ziga, Leba - now have access to life-changing solar power.
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[font size=5]West Africa: A Solar Revolution in West Africa's Villages[/font]
By Ntaryike Divine Jr and Christophe Assogba
[font size=4]In many off-grid villages in West Africa, solar power now provides energy for lighting, cooking and street lights.[/font]
[font size=3]When the sun goes down in many villages across Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali, most activities cease. Shops close, business stops for the day, and children are forced to do their homework by the light of polluting and hazardous kerosene lamps or candles.
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But there is a realistic solution, which some remote communities are beginning to embrace: solar power. Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali are ideally suited to solar photovoltaic power: every year, they receive up to 3,000 hours of intense sunlight, which could be harnessed to provide much-needed energy to isolated communities.
Supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), 14 villages across the region - Hon, Koussoukpa, Sirakorola, Tinkaré, Bilinga, Bougouré, Fili, Kalsagado, Kayéré, Kire, Son, Yallé, Ziga, Leba - now have access to life-changing solar power.
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