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For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids

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For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids

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Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid solar panel installations to bring reliable electricity to remote communities — setting a model for other African countries

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Fantastic!

Reliable power enables so many things. Reducing costs, increasing capacity, and reliability is great.

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