Solar energy will play a big role in Africa
Solar energy is a kind of cheap energy source for Africa, clean, green, free, without pollution or damage to the environment.
Electrifying the rural areas poses great challenges for African governments. Remote and scattered, rural homes, which are unlike homes in the urban areas, are costly and often impractical to connect to the main electricity grid. But stand-alone sources of power, such as solar energy, wind energy and power from mini-hydro generators, can help to fill the gap of remote and scattered, rural homes. In Africa solar power, which is clean and renewable, fits the demands.
The sun is free and inexhaustible. Solar energy technology, for example, photovoltaic panels (PV panels), converts the sunshine directly into electricity, with no pollution or damage to the environment in Africa. The solar panels can generate enough power to run stoves, pump water, light clinics and power televisions in Africa. Africa has one of the best climates for this type of green energy (renewable energy, clean power) in the world. Solar energy will play a big role in Africa.
