solar power Africa Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:34:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How Solar Power Could Be Cheaper Than Diesel in Africa https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-cheap-africa/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-cheap-africa/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:34:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56380 Africa is the source of some great startup companies that are increasing access to renewable energy across the continent, and now a South African research team has announced that they have found a solution to a problem than has stumped researchers for years. Their innovation will make small-scale solar power plants easy to make and easy […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-cheap-africa/feed/ 0 56380 Solar ATMs Show that Solar Power is Bankable https://www.greenoptimistic.com/atms-run-247-south-africa-thanks-solar-20141112/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/atms-run-247-south-africa-thanks-solar-20141112/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:13:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50142 Imagine life without an ATM. Or better yet, imagine life with an ATM that doesn’t work. Well, that was the situation for some people in Mpumalanga, South Africa were ATMs went offline for lack of electricity.  Thanks to solar power, however, the banking industry is starting to shine brighter. Call it fate or serendipity, but […]

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