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100 them clearly welcome to a new edition of equal africa. you very much magazine here in come for la, uganda. i am sandra scene overview. and oh whoa will come from me, chris alone in the state nigeria. sometimes we can learn from the past. our ancestors knew pretty well. i'll to farm sustainably. but 1st, let's look forward. this is what's coming up, the next 30 minutes with all you can charge your cell phone on your own switch. how green is solar energy really? and farmers returning to an ancient method to feed the cattle. it happened to all of us you're sitting with your family having dinner and all of a sudden the lights go out. paul failure. he my jury. it's

unfortunately our daily occurrence for a lot of people only about 56 percent of nigerians are connected to the national grid. it's on reliable, on average, in i drove home, gets about 5 hours of electricity per day. but because of proximity to the equator, we have intense energy coming from the sun. how we can harness it effectively in the paintings of the national park grid is the focus of this next support from bummer bumble. in oregon state, a this welding torch is running on electricity, while at the same time, mobile phones are charging on the headrest. the next bill is running. in fact, a few years ago, this would have been impossible for the people who buy me gum in the state of the

village wasn't connected to any power. great. now it has its own small solar power . the $8.00 to $5.00 kilowatt to peak plum. that is 7, not only does 2000 cipher households, but also people, but all saw we have above 100 products use use us are both tear to come. russia, users on or so 30 com. pablo. renewable energy has made the entire village, independent of the public. great, ma'am ma'am, is one of around 100 communities benefiting from the nigerian energy support program. the project receives financial support from germany and the local companies build and operate the plants. the major, any support program can be somebody ra pinion, and the german federal ministry for economy corporation and development has helped deny dram people. in many ways we supported major ali, their renewable energy,

energy efficiency, or education measures off the country. and we've given 30000 people, asked us to electricity in this part of nigeria, solar energy has proved that we can use the local economy. grocers can refrigerate their goods and sell them over a longer period treats people can work more reliably, as they are no longer dependent on gas power generators, and macs. it transport company from league us as also set up shop here. it's developed on the bank that's able to handle conditions on nigerians routes. its rental station is located right next to the philippa. these people don't have road networks, an access to fuel station. so, um, setting up the charging infrastructure for these vehicles, right? in the heart of the call, nancy already saves them time on their models or the discounts that they will have to cover to get pos for the vehicles. that house, you know,

tremendous impact on time. save in that australia's impact level security. many villages are still skeptical, acknowledged. that's why max stress is the environmental friendliness. when marketing his bikes, the fundamental difference is just also accomplish on engines. that pollutes though the environments marks spent in oak according to time with the members of this community, training them on how to use this, this vehicles or how to get used to oh, how quiet the are santa i d need you down to is a fan of the bikes and now uses them for delivery. the rising cost of gas was another factor in his decision to switch to and bike, which cost seemed between $501000.00 there a per day. roughly wanted to yours to lucy richie. medina. how do we solar power has brought prosperity to our community, or more people who can now use light,

z televisions and freezers. and we now have welders who can you, solar power to do their work. so we don't have to travel far for such work diligence. sheila, when obama may be success story, but he can't disguise the fact that nigeria has a serious energy problem, often only a fraction of its existing capacities being used due to technical problems on acts of sabotage. the result, 55 percent of the population has no access to electricity. and just a problem, you know, just keeps on rising dark places that day. not ad assisted the national grid for one and 20 is touchy. yeah, i depended on for the for dinner. china junior, which cost a lot of money. so renewable energy, easy solution to our problems in nigeria, new when i did don into right we were we damina, i shalaya train specialists in sooner. technology more than $5000.00 nigerians are

taking horses and washed them a cut in white. a lot of the niger and energy support program. they're free of charge and a shalaya says her graduates have a good job process. we need more person out there that i killed enough to solve our ineligible but the. ringback point of lead about different types of companies in id hadn't let about how she did affect solar resources to do basic solar installation. out you out to the maintenance and troubleshooting of the last days, graduates from the academy to the maintenance on, by masula contract. helping make the village a really model for renewable energy natured by next year. the government plans to supply it further. 100000 people with electricity from clean energy sources more solar power plants would certainly help

a lot of people here in nigeria. and they don't always have to be huge. solar energy can also be very useful on a small scale. one student from kenya came up with an ingenious idea for how to reach our devices, such as cell phones. do an entirely without par banks or electricity from the grid . let's find out more in this weeks. go in your bits. ah, b, there is no shortage of sunshine in kenya. a graduate of university of ne robbie has developed a device that use a solar power to charge cellphones and produce light and is attached to a hoodie. it's supposed to be so. oh, i do electrical engineering. alamo read all my power, mo leon,

if reputed. so i must make my theory with her insulator for that it is the letter. and now what approve they cannot i electrocute anybody. another thing, ah, it 1st, because if i follow follow ruge calhoun imports the materials to make the hoodies the minis. solar pour system is put in place on the hoodie and then covered up with an easy to remove seal. this is connected to a phone, charging cable, his customers as students with limited access to electricity alone. when i enter has just bought himself a cultural design. i really feel cool. i feel like i don't know. i feel like with

a i haven't seen anyone else with something like this. if he thought i'd give me that. i mean, like i'm living in 20 that she coupled celsius hoodies for the equivalent of 49 euros. he's hoping he will soon be able to expand his business beyond nairobi. and how about year? if you are also doing your best, tell us about is visit our website. oh, send us a tweet. hash tag doing your best. we share your stories. what a fantastic idea oliver, who the like that it's a small skill example of a technology that has been adopted worldwide in huge solar farms which supply energy to entire regions. that is h a crease of holes,

the solar panels have to be produced. and then to requires some toxic materials like lead. and what about the old panels? can they be recycled? how green either full energy reading or reporter took a look and found out it's emissions free? that's why solar energy is said to be so green. but is that really true? let's have a closer look at the 3 critical issues surrounding solar energy. first, let's look at what impact solar energy has on the climate. i. solar panels produce electricity without creating emissions. but producing them uses lots of energy. bra, materials have to be mind transported, processed, then the whole thing has to be assembled. and as our economy is still largely run on fossil fuel, all this means greenhouse gas emissions. so the question is,

how much and how much is that compared to other sources of energy? any valuation revealed the following results. on average solar energy emits around 40 grams of c o 2 equivalent per kilowatt hour it produces, which is really low compared to fossil fuels like natural gas at 500 grams or coal at a 1000. in future, there might even be completely new solar technologies, like parole, skype modules, these promise to use less energy in production and convert even more sunlight into electricity. that would create a kind of snowball effect. the more solar gets deployed, the cleaner it will become to produce even more. so strictly speaking, solar energy isn't completely emissions free, but it is already one of the climate friendliest energy sources we have mixed up. let's take a look at what actually goes into making all these panels to produce solar cells.

you need quite a few chemical substances like silicon tetra, chloride. for example, if it ends up in the water, it can have devastating effects on the environment and to people's health. it can be recycled and then re used, but it's unclear how many manufacturers do that. we have a lot of hazardous chemicals of concern that are in used in to make solar panels. the coalition developed the solar scorecard that ranks manufacturers by their sustainability that ah, pretty much ah, the problem. what's solar? so it is green. it's only green in one phase, wanna make sure it's green throughout his life cycle. ah, finally, let's take a look at where all these panels go to die. solar panels last around 30 years. as of now, the waste heap of discarded panels is still relatively low about 250000 metric tons

. but by 2050, it's expected to grow to 78000000 metric tons. that would be more than $200.00 empire state buildings of old solar panels. well, you know, now it's a, we can see that it's going to be a problem that, of course, in the next 10 years or 15 years is going to be a major prices. where old panels would pile on to the mountains of the waste. we're already struggling to deal with, but there is a solution, recycling the panels, governments in the european union, for example, made it compulsory for manufacturers to make sure they're used panels get recycled . but still not all of the materials can be used to make new solar panels. and the costs of recycling is relatively high. and that's partially at least because there's not yet that many modules to recycle. this means in places without

legislation, like the usa or china, it's still cheaper to throw old modules into landfills. a french start up came up with a new recycling process focusing on recovering the most valuable materials. actually the economic return of the class is not that high. so we try to integrate our so how much volume that has to be recycled. so silicon as silver ah, together it's about 3 percent of the total weight only. it has 17 but even with a 70 percent off the of the economic value the company hopes to make a profit recovering the materials and then be able to build more solar panels. so for now, solar power is not entirely green, but the good news is that solar panels can be recycled and that it's actually worth

it. protecting gal environment means we have to keep improving the technologies we use. and one month in the netherlands is doing exactly that. agriculture and forestry are responsible for almost a quarter of global cub, wendy excited missions, but by making greenhouses more green, these entropy, noah is aiming to make them more climate friendly, even climate neutral. these are the greenhouses of pito mining in for years his obsession has been to run them as environmentally friendly as possible. he specializes in sweet peppers and cucumbers and produces huge amounts of these vegetables and total our company us is 50, hector, yes. and on the 15th, as we grow 32 hectic sweets, peppers, and what we have as well is as long as we come earlier, you can see here as we grow them about 30000000 pieces a year. it's a complex and finely tuned operation in all aspects of growing feeding and

harvesting the produce. and behind it is an elaborate system of energy production using as little energy from the grid as possible. like this is the transport system . but this is also the heating system, the, this is a pipe and we put in, for example, 55 degrees of water, the water from the biomass pond for example, or to see to be combined, heat and power can go into the greenhouse. and during the night, the roof shielded by retractable blinds, to keep in the heat, which again, saves energy. this is a 20 cylinder 3 megawatt electricity, and which is provided by the yellow tube is gas. and then the machine is running, making 3 megawatts electricity, and producing to cool it down 3.3 megawatt to make. and that's the energy how we used to heat our greenhouses. his real pride and joy is

his biomass plan, which recycled local greenways, including the stocks of his own vegetables. it's mainly chips from the area. and like this book is also coming from the area its collective, its only products. so how does that work? yeah, the biomass comes from up, falls down on the grades, and then afterwards, everything is cleaned. and on top with the heat, we make steam. with steam, we make electricity. to do the big systems energy generation, peter invested 30000000 euros is some only larger companies can afford will remain in europe for the time being, but switched from the high to low, thick in front. severe heat waves on ongoing drought are destroying cool, and the land used for grazing to feed his cattle. one farmer has revived the age

old tradition, used by his grandfather, which of the consoled is surprisingly effective. 2022 was the hottest summer ever recorded in europe. many regions have little rain for months, rivers, streams, and lakes dried up. even major waterways like the y river in france were reduced to a trickle. french farmers were had particularly hard by the drought crops, shriveled on the fields and pastures baked in the sun, leading cattle with little food to eat. in desperation, farmers turned to a nearly forgotten source of food, the leaves and branches of trees. in the us trees there like insurance against drought. they've been here since before. my grandfather bought the land in 1939. most of them are planted here since they grow quite well joe, we push it refers to the bungalow. compressing is

a farming method that has existed in europe for thousands of years. trees are cut back on a regular cycle, and the stems and branches are used as cattle feed. for decades, there was plenty of rain and grazing land here, so copying fell into disuse. now recurring drought is reviving the tradition by midday defect gall this year, which was dry. i don't know how many we proven. we produce a lot of them on several 100. apparently that the near on us tree like the one we've just cut back will feed about 6 to 8 cose. he sees you. you are. there were days that a summer where we had to call past several trees. sometimes up to 10 on on opposed to the trees or a big money saver for farmer cars. jambo, not, he estimates it saved him from having to order to truckloads of hey this year. without the asked trees, he would have spent about 7000 euros on hey the man i am on

there right now here we print the nash tree to make fodder. right, we made a bundle out of it, which we're going to dry for. fishy. we'll give it to the calves when they're a month, a month and a half old. net like is on warm. we like the crunchy leaves in the spring or your ca, debra. so, um, ah, these ash trees were planted for carpeting long ago today. jumble now is bringing these branches into storage to feed his cattle in the winter, and in times of drought. he's benefiting from the wisdom of generations of farmers who knew that as the saying goes, only a full cow is a happy cow. ah, no, we had but to africa. well, we'll also have a long tradition of knowledge the we can use to help in the fight against climate change in zimbabwe for from a z, as in nancy, ease bringing these ideas to the stage. does right, sandra, it is

a one man show, in yellow thi, investigates the road for additional knowledge systems and signs play in a fast changing world and in climate change intervention. take a look. i took a mess with ha, all actors ends only athey gives the suffering earth a voice. he also plays a farmer who leads in oxen to plow across tough soil. who taught? we'll talk okay. i'll let the actor uses comedy and drama to teach children about climate change and environmental protection. the story and act of man is about the life of a rainmaker who's lost his powers. the work was specifically conceived with

children in mind. how can humans survive famines and droughts? to answer that question, the actor also plays the role of a scientist. i thought that it was with tele, plumbing, when, which will make a new, the so gum that won't grade the whole walk on monday and well, the kids seem to be getting the message, especially the part about humans needing to act quickly. i learned that sad and then never came wednesday and i and also how to also enjoy a myself. i met pants, ease and tell everybody to ment, keith for the teachers. the show is a welcome addition to the lessons in which they emphasize the importance of environmental protection. it is important to incorporate that into our an

aspect and doing a performing as performance because they understand it more. so it's out of their formal education in class. the tour started into smaller cities. now since only our fee is performing in the capital herrera, the actor developed the show and just 7 weeks, he's been involved with climate protection for a while now for a 2nd job. as a farmer, he uses climate friendly farming methods on his own land, traditional knowledge systems late at all in the past years, in that science ease playing a role now, but how best can we make these 2 especially concerning issues of climate change to keep adult center change the topic is presented with a touch of humor, but it quickly gets serious. one, b, and b. b come from the day that we have in prison for either cindy

or just it in your system. and your brother, the show's creators, hope that the performance serves as an example to others. what you really like to see is to, to excite other people, particular young eaters, where they can actually say, i want to do the same play so that it continues being done. or the end of again by quite a number of people. the i happy that we have talked people that have the know how and we are hoping that by poking them instead of them doing a lot of discussions. though the more etching around issues of climate change, his own contribution is the show. if he's able to acquire financial backing your performance in all of zimbabwe, 11 provinces, there are so many eco friendly solutions and in the cities out there, we hope you enjoyed the show. i am chris,

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