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Solar thermal energy improves hygiene in healthcare centres
A hot-water supply through solar energy ensures hygienic maternity care in health centres.
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Solar pumps provide Nama population with water access and year-round agriculture
By using solar pumps on broken wells, Nama farmers in the Maltahöhe region regain access to a regular water supply.
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Solar drying for coffee beans
Using solar drying systems, Kenya’s coffee farmers can improve the quality of the beans, reduce labour input and achieve higher prices.
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Water hyacinths – from pest to resource
Water hyacinths threaten the biodiversity of African lakes – but local residents can also obtain biogas and fertiliser from them.
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Solar power helps women increase their agricultural yields
Solar-powered light, water and machinery will help women in the communities of Thian Worou and Tantaga to process various agricultural products.
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Solar energy increases local value-creation by women
Thanks to the expansion of a mini-grid, entrepreneurs in Senegal can really get going.
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Biogas saves women time and makes them more independent
A biogas plant in the village of Kontoubarou enables cooking without firewood while producing ecological fertiliser for agriculture.
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Equipping school canteens and health centres with water pumps and solar-powered refrigerators
Renewable energy can greatly benefit social institutions, by powering refigeration or water access in medical centres and schools.
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Refugee shelters need sustainable solar solutions
Clean electricity for refugee families in Uganda
Through approximately 330 savings communities in refugee shelters and host communities, ZOA aims to promote the market for sustainable solar solutions.
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Solar pump boosts yields of women’s co-operative
Solar irrigation provides a women’s co-operative with a permanent solution to improve their living conditions.
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Electrifying San communities with solar energy
Decentralised PV systems will improve the livelihoods of a nomadic San community and highlight the role of women in it.
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A mobile training centre teaches young people about the potential of solar technology
Clean electricity for refugee families in Uganda
Through approximately 330 savings communities in refugee shelters and host communities, ZOA aims to promote the market for sustainable solar solutions.
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PV on stilts – two opportunities for Benin’s farmers
Agri-PV systems allow agricultural land to be used to generate renewable electricity in parallel with growing food.
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More skilled workers for solar plants in rural Benin
The non-governmental TierraSol organisation wants to train young people in the design, construction and development of solar energy and thus open up new prospects for them
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Ensuring healthcare with solar power
Solar energy makes it possible: The large municipality of Boukombé, with its more than 80,000 inhabitants, is to receive modern and reliable healthcare.
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Healthcare posts: producing electricity and chlorine with solar panels
Solar panels provide power for medical equipment, computers and lights – in a pilot project, three health posts will now use the solar power also to produce chlorine at low cost.
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A good solar education as a second chance
Women and young unemployed people are trained to find professional prospects in the solar sector.
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Care centres to be electrified with solar power
The decades-long war in Congo has brought much suffering. Some of the few centers that provide care to those affected now receive solar power so they can better provide aid.
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Reliable solar power for an orphanage with vocational training centre
Building solar power and training young people
The Casa do Gaiato orphanage is tapping into an off-grid power supply with solar systems and at the same time training young people in solar technology and installation
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Capturing CO2 savings and promoting investment in high-quality PV systems
A calculation model will help investors to calculate the contribution of their systems to climate protection and thereby to generate emission certificates.
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Secure energy for health center through solar hybrid system
The intelligent PV system makes hospital operating rooms safer
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Public-private partnerships and CO2 financing strengthen electrification of municipalities
Sustainable financing mechanisms provide Beninese communities with additional access to clean energy.
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Foundation promotes solar technologies for farmers
The “Maa Green Energy” project aims to kick-start the local market for solar products
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What is the CO2 reduction potential of e-mobility?
Measuring CO2 savings to pave the way for e-mobility in Uganda.
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Technician network extends life cycles of solar lights
Repairing solar lights opens up a new, sustainable business for local technicians in Zambia
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An app brings together solar technicians and operators in rural areas
The Tukole Solar Project aims to improve the maintenance of solar systems in rural areas and make it easier for customers and solar technicians to meet.
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Energy Generation trains solar technicians
Supporting young entrepreneurs in West Africa Energy Generation provides 60 young apprentices with a promising professional future.
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Energy cooperatives to empower Ethiopian women
A concept is being developed for the creation of an energy cooperative.
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Electricity for IT rooms in five schools
The organisation Pamodzi Ndi Ana equips schools with computers and photovoltaic systems. But it is not only the pupils who benefit from this.
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Greenhouses create secure jobs for women
Thanks to solar-irrigated greenhouses, solar cooling and innovative marketing, women farmers in northern Malawi can triple their income.
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Solar system ensures light, water and productivity
Just a few kilowatt hours of electricity improves the lives of around 1,800 villagers in Benin.
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S4H Project: Solar energy for better health care
Thanks to solar power, three health centers can adequately store medicines, sterilize equipment, and better care for pregnant women and newborns.
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Keeping Vaccines Cool with Solar Power
Three additional health centers are able to keep vaccines cold, making immunizations available to more people in northern Uganda.
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Solar-cooled milk boosts income
Solar-cooled milk containers are helping more dairy farmers become part of Zambia’s milk value chain.
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Solar water pumps for Laikipia
The project “Access to Solar Water Pumps in Laikipia,” implemented by SNV Netherlands Developmnt Organisation, aims to help remove obstacles in irrigation and raise awareness for the benefits of solar systems.
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Solar Water Pumps Secure Harvests and Livelihoods
Project strengthens irrigation systems and climate resilience of smallholder farmers in northern Tanzania.
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Women and Young People Take Off
In Senegal, women and young people are supported in implementing their business plans.
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Key Positions for Women Engineers
Female engineers gain access to Benin’s energy institutions, countering gender inequality.
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On One Map: Making solar projects and expertise more visible
With trainings of maintenance staff and a mapping of connected systems, ProREU wants to strengthen the solar market in Uganda’s north.
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Microcredits Facilitate the Purchase of Solar Systems
With the help of adapted microcredits, small-scale farmers take energy supply into their own hands.
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Solar Cooperative – Growing Faster Together
Ugandan solar companies organise themselves in a cooperative to benefit from each other.
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Training of Technicians for PV Systems
With trained solar technicians, Ethiopia can use the sun as an energy source.
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Using Solar Power in Coffee Production
Using solar drying systems, Kenya’s coffee farmers can improve the quality of beans, reduce labour input and achieve higher prices.
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Eye Clinic Counts on Reliable Solar Power
The MICEI Institute for Ophthalmology in Cameroon counts on solar energy. This secures the energy supply, reduces costs and allows more treatments.
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Solar Park Secures Award Winning Radio Station
Radio Pacis produces its own electricity, while also providing a supply to the public power grid.
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Training Courses on Small-Scale Solar Cooling Systems
Through practice-oriented training courses, young people in Kenya learn about small-scale solar cooling systems and can use this knowledge for a better future.
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Energy Through Domestic Biogas Plants
Biogas plants can ensure the energy supply for 75 percent of Ethiopia’s population and also protect their health.
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Cheap water thanks to solar energy
Equipped with a solar-powered pump, the vocational school in Tanzania covers its water needs and thus saves on electricity costs and CO2.
