

Solar energy
Asian cities virus-proof public transit with smart shelters, thermal scanners
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First poverty, now pandemic threatens access to electricity
By Megan Rowling | Thu, 28 May 2020 -
With schools shut by pandemic, solar radios keep Kenyans learning
By Benson Rioba | Wed, 23 Dec 2020 -
Indian teen's solar iron smooths a pressing problem: forest loss
By Manipadma Jena | Fri, 20 Nov 2020 -
Solar energy on track to power London rail link by 2022
By Lin Taylor | Mon, 23 Nov 2020 -
Pakistan pushes renewables - but coal expansion continues too
By Rina Saeed Khan | Fri, 7 Aug 2020 -
Can solar fridges help deliver a COVID-19 vaccine to Africans?
By Peyton Fleming | Sat, 31 Oct 2020 -
India's tribal farmers tap solar irrigation to cut migration
By Soumya Sarkar | Mon, 27 Jul 2020 -
Bangladeshi solar-sharing start-up aims to cut power waste
By Naimul Karim | Thu, 2 Jul 2020 -
Coronavirus crisis risks cutting off clean power lifeline to poor
By Megan Rowling | Mon, 20 Apr 2020 -
Pump or dump? With oil declining, Africa ponders its energy future
By Laurie Goering | Thu, 2 Jul 2020 -
Remote island off East Timor turns sunlight, air into water
By Michael Taylor | Fri, 13 Dec 2019 -
Women bring light to remote villages on islands of Zanzibar
By Nicky Milne | Tue, 21 May 2019 -
Young Chadians seek to solve blackouts with social businesses
By Nellie Peyton | Wed, 18 Dec 2019 -
Pandemic spark: Solar energy prescribed for off-grid healthcare
By Megan Rowling | Fri, 3 Jul 2020 -
In rural Nepal, solar irrigation helps keep families together
By Aadesh Subedi | Tue, 5 Mar 2019 -
Malawi storm survivors hope solar power can switch on 'new life'
By Charles Pensulo | Thu, 4 Jul 2019 -
Cameroon boosts solar energy in push for rural power
By Elias Ntungwe Ngalame | Mon, 28 Jan 2019 -
Removable solar panels boost storm readiness in Dominica
By Laurie Goering | Fri, 13 Dec 2019 -
Hit by drought and power cuts, Zimbabwe steps up battery storage
By Lungelo Ndhlovu | Fri, 15 Nov 2019 -
Solar tracking bracelets protect nomadic Kenyan mothers, babies
By Munyaradzi Makoni | Thu, 2 May 2019 -
Renewable power surge in Africa faces a short: not enough workers
By Geoffrey Kamadi | Wed, 30 Jan 2019 -
Power-short Zimbabwe removes barriers to solar energy expansion
By Lungelo Ndhlovu | Wed, 17 Jul 2019 -
Solar pumps, migrant homes help shield post-COVID world
By Rina Chandran | Tue, 2 Jun 2020 -
In land-scarce Southeast Asia, solar panels float on water
By Rina Chandran | Fri, 8 Feb 2019
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Bogota's solar-powered gondola gives slum dwellers a lift
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Solar-pumped water slakes rural Kenya's thirst for development
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Energy-short Pakistan moves to power up solar manufacturing
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Girl power! India's 'solar gal pals' light up rural homes
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Green mosques and schools help Amman push for zero emissions
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Switch to clean energy and save $500 mln, aid agencies told
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Diesel or solar: Could push to power Philippines be greener?
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'Water from air' quenches threatened girls' thirst in Kenya
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Cambodia to boost clean energy use - but coal plants planned too
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Power ahoy! Floating solar panels buoy access to energy in Asia
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Developing nations say swifter climate action needs more cash
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Boomtown Seattle aims to add jobs - and subtract emissions
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In Bangkok neighbourhood, residents trade energy with blockchain
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Milking it: solar coolers heat up earnings for Kenya's farmers
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Wind and solar farms could double rainfall in Sahara
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As India adds 100 Smart Cities, one tells a cautionary tale
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Saudi Arabia to create world's biggest solar power project
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Power-for-all push risks leaving out Africa's poorest
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Energy access for all needed for "true democracy" in India
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Solar power could save water in thirsty Middle East, North Africa
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California becomes first US state to require solar panels on homes
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Oil-rich Nigeria turns to renewables as population booms
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Crowdfunded solar panels aim to supercharge business in Africa
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Solar power push lights up options for India’s rural women
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African cities pledge to cut emissions to zero by 2050
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As India offers up advice, sunny nations form a solar alliance
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Hawaii campus joins U.S. trend to go all green
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For clean drinking water in Kenya, just add sunshine (and a can)
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Solar water pumps up incomes for Nepal's quake-hit farmers
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Off-grid power pioneers pour into West Africa
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Tea, haircuts and fish bones: Letting the light into Pakistan
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From solar irons to shavers, power push aims to light up incomes
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"Consistently cheaper" clean energy set to connect world's poor
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More green power could curb India's water, electricity gap
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Fleeing Rohingya carry one key asset: Solar panels
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Worm toilets to solar lamps, innovations keep women safer in India
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Hurricane-hit Caribbean states target climate-safe future
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Keeping 1 bln people in the dark costs poor countries dear - study
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Brahmaputra boat clinic goes solar, powering rural healthcare
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Branson’s Caribbean green energy plan may include debt relief
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Pakistan’s solar homeowners get green light to sell power to grid
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Solar roof tiles offer tech boost for Kenya's rural classrooms
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Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya
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China plans 100 panda-shaped solar plants on new Silk Road
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In New York, neighbors trading solar energy electrify community
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Sun powers clean water, business opportunities for refugees
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Look to the sky for SE Asia's energy future: Thai solar pioneer
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In power-short Pakistan, switch to solar power hit by rumours
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As Zimbabwe’s homes go solar, its businesses lag behind
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Solar grid keeps harvests high, hospitals lit in Zimbabwe
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Branson setting up green energy fund to rebuild Caribbean
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Syria opens its first solar-powered hospital to save more lives
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Jordan's Azraq becomes world first clean energy refugee camp
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Emerging economies take lead on going green, but investment needed
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Solar power: A shot in the arm for India's health centres
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Kenya learns to cook with solar power–even when there's no sun
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Sun-powered micro-grids boost fortunes of Lake Victoria fishermen
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Can solar pumps give Nepal's women farmers a brighter future?
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Sun-powered skin? Energy-saving prosthetic limbs get better feel
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Rural India needs solar power for more than just lighting - study
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Is Pakistan's solar power poised to take off amid energy crisis?
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Can crowd funding help scale up solar power for Africa's poor?
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Beyond light, solar startup seeks to plug in rural homes in Africa
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In energy starved Indian villages, solar mini-grids light the way
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Solar energy and salt water power vegetable farms in the desert
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Solar boreholes throw lifeline to Kenyan herders
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Private sector power for refugee camps could light up communities
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'No time for trial and error': Cape Town mayor in green push
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Solar-powered Africa “never more possible and less expensive”
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Solar ambulances to speed into service in Bangladesh
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Faced with blackouts, Pakistan's largest public park goes solar
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Former U.S. President Carter goes solar, helping power hometown
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Solar borehole protects Kenyan herders' children from drought
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China's solar power capacity more than doubles in 2016
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Home-grown Kenyan solar farm powers computers - and protects girls
