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Photo by Nuno Marques on Unsplash A bit of common sense is required when converting to solar energy products. Photovoltaic (PV) or solar cells convert sunlight into electricity. When light strikes the semiconductor material of a solar cell, it releases electrons that generate electric current. A solar panel or PV panel is a frame with...
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Source: https://theconversation.com/why-renewable-energy-wont-end-energy-poverty-in-zimbabwe-159008 April 29, 2021 Article by Ellen Fungisai Chipango Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that hopes renewable energy technologies will help to address their energy problems. About 42% of Zimbabwe’s households are connected to the electricity grid. The country has huge and diverse renewable energy potential. Its sustainable...
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E.F. Chipango, Constructing, understanding and interpreting energy poverty in Zimbabwe: A postmodern perspective, Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 75, 2021, 102026, ISSN 2214-6296,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102026. Abstract Energy poverty is well acknowledged in the global public and scholarly discussions. Nonetheless, it is habitually analysed in isolation from the discourse through which it is framed, produced, represented and...
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14TH SEPTEMBER 2020 BY: TERENCE CREAMER CREAMER MEDIA EDITOR The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has clarified that it is aiming to release bid documentation for the so-called fifth bid window (BW5) of the South Africa’s renewable-energy procurement programme in December, following receipt of the regulator’s concurrence with a Ministerial determination that clears the...
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This newsletter is packed with Healthy Acts from We the People! Excerpts: Manufacturing equipment for most solar arrays and wind turbines requires significant energy and chemically purified water; and solar and wind systems harm migratory birds. “The Cloud Begins with Coal” and what you can do to decrease your electronic footprint. An overview about cellular...
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