Energy-starved countries on the continent have reluctantly turned to coal and gas for decades. Cheap Chinese solar panels are now finally changing the calculus.
  • yet_another_commieEnglish
    18·
    4 months ago

    Hoping to wake up in a world where every African state is a net exporter of electricity

    • الأرض ستبقى عربية
      17·
      4 months ago

      The Sahel alone can provide enough electricity from solar to power the entire Earth.

      I didn’t do the math and I didn’t verify it, but I did read it somewhere, and the original source said Libya which isn’t a Sahel country but I assume it is true for the Sahel as well.

      • -6-6-6-English
        6·
        4 months ago

        I sure hope foreign powers (ruZZian sharks) don’t cut my giant gigajoule power-line at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. /s

    • kredditacc
      7·
      4 months ago

      at what cost

      I assume that Solar Panels made in China cost less than by the Yankees. They couldn’t compete.