Solar revolution transforms remote corners of Bolivia

Published: 25 July 2011 y., Monday

On the windswept high plains of Bolivia, an energy revolution is under way. Small communities, never connected to the power grid, now have access to electric power for the first time through solar and wind power systems, introduced one village at a time by engineers at a Cochambama University.

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