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Senegal villages going solar

February 19, 2010

Villages in the country's South are switching to solar to light up homes and charges cell phones.

Image: KfW-Bildarchiv/Bernhard Schurian

For the people in southern Senegal, batteries and diesel generators are a primary source of electricity. But now an increasing number of villages are switching to solar power, aided by German technology. In these villages solar panels are used to power charging stations for lamps, cell phones - and even a hospital.

A film by Karl Harenbrock

Global 3000 # ideasforacoolerworld # Senegal's solar powered hospital # 19.01.2010

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