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one of the most affordable renewables on the market. we unpack some of the pros and cons. hello and welcome to the program. i'm son thought i now averaging 300 days of sunshine a yard. india has huge solar energy potential. it's still relies heavily on cold forest. electricity needs compounding some of the world's worst air pollution, but with plans to get half its power supplies from general builds by 2030. india is going to have to operate solar game. a village in good art is leading the weight as the countries forced to be powered by the sun 247. ah for years the smart boards at this school in good draught when entered useless by an under labeled power supply. but that change when the entire village of mortar,

plugged into solar energy. now, not only does its school have round the clock, bower, the building generates its own electricity with an array of solar panels on the roof. as actually charged me, if i that acre keep parallel me, you are, you don't, you could not really use our digital classrooms as much as they would have liked you for that. but since we got the solar panels in the school, we can use all the tools that use up electric city without worrying about they like to city bell elected the bill. we now use as much by as we need through the day. so yes, how many for digging will do a day that stuff like that? get us, i find stuck on what as a thing famous for its 11th century sun dimple. mother was chosen as the location for a pioneering pilot project that seeks to answer a simple question. gansler bow meet the energy needs of an entire rural community.

in february 2022, the government provided residents with 3 panels to install in their homes. 1300 household signed up and by october their roofs were ready. so to were those of the school and other government buildings to ensure a constant energy supply. the panels in the village are connected to a solar power plant that was built nearby. equipped with the further 22000 panels, yoga him or did i go, or ski drainage redesigned this plant is specifically keeping in mind the energy requirements of montana ledger. we set up a 6 make our plan 1015 mingo at betty energy's today. system power. we c homeloan. this will fill the requirement of the entire village. hum lilly. he said that his m look will pick up. they will school the battery storage system supplies balm and the sun is not shining during the night or the weeks of rain in the monsoon season . it ensures a smooth distribution of the power generated by the plant and mo, data as resident songers. let another one up up our bank or mom,

where every bar line needs a control room that can monitor everything and identify any fords in real time to resolve them quickly. so this system is for this solar plant and that is clean at the back is showing all the data the up to the for example, how much energy is being generated by the sun's radiation is getting measured and can be seen here. we can even monitor the sample and how the energy is spec to the entire village from here. and we can also see how much energy is getting stored in the battery is eligible, and we can even monitor the surplus energy that gets transmitted to the mean grid. hell, what give me, classmate village households can generate around one kilowatt of power enough for most to cover their daily needs. if they have any energy left over, the government buys that surplus, putting money in residence buckets. this monetary incentive has served to been over more evidence my under fidel was initially skeptical about the project, but decided to get on board when he saw his neighbors. electricity bill dropped to

0. my and then i thought i as a little earlier about bill would be around $2500.00 degrees every montera, but now we end up hardening money if we lose less electricity than our solar panels produce. how does alga cherry year all our savings or determine into our bank account? got m r o ganga goldman? am i going to do the project funded by the government to the tune of 9000000 euros is lighting up lives in madeira. but you get older and melody runs, a small tailoring shop. the switch to sola has made a big difference to her business. i may my think was it the lady i saw that i used to operate the machine manually with my food glasses. now, after i got solar, i got an electric more bell for the sewing machine down when earlier i would only work in the day and me. duty blouses, 7 hours solar power in the house. i can work in the night. delete and make more blouses. no medical, so when i was able to make about 50600 rupees a day,

now i meet lords worked at least 1500 rupees a day. this has helped me so much in running my household expenses. her guardian, medical leecock laney at the adams goes out there madam back at madera school, solar energy is no longer an abstract concept from science textbooks. the children are experiencing the benefits of clean green energy planets from the sun 1st hand. oh, come on, i go. other villas was already famous for this and damn, but it is now also indians forced release to have solar power and that has made it more famous. i'm really proud to say that i live in will get a really job my dad i'm it at in india is the woods 3rd largest carbon dioxide emitter and aims to meet half of its energy demands from renewable sources by 2030 . it's an ambitious goal. madera is a model that relies on government funding, but it's offering india a glimpse of the benefits that come with being energy self sufficient. as

global temperatures and energy force rise, the rest to transition to green energy as picked up is germany will lead many more solar energy plans to meet its climate targets. but where should i put them? it's a question that's creating conflict in rural communities. miss moore, east and german village of hawkins arden is located right next to a forest. it used to be part of a restricted military area that was cordoned off for decades where the wilderness could thrive undisturbed. but since there might not be much left as there are plans to clear $370.00 hector's, a forest equal to more than $500.00 socket pitches to make way for a solar power plant. boy and said that i was horrified to here, we would have to choke down the woods to produce renewable energy. there are

rooftops and other surfaces available on afflictions and you don't sacrifice a forest to increase the energy supply. market conflict surrounding solar power plants, many of brewing in the eastern germans state of brandenburg as many surfaces here are seen as suitable for soda entity. will the country side around berlin soon look like this? many residents are protesting that for farmers like yoga and caesar solar energy can also be a blessing they can. and 3 times as much leasing the land to power companies. men from agriculture, i've argued among them as a mobile has farmers. we have to pay for everything up front, fertilizer, pesticide seeds, but we never know how the harvest will be. i do, it's a huge risk when the solar firms came to us and asked if we were interested. and of course i was because it offers security from my farm to or who my between 100

hector's of land and the district of temper fed and north of berlin are being i'd for solar power and some here also stand to lose these riding stables are right next to the proposed plant. this is what the neighboring would look like. less appealing to paying visitors. thank us. want us to write a i think people will reconsider coming here to ride. they might prefer to go where they can ride by the fields and through the wooden doors inviting con, there is dialogue between opponents and supporters of the project in temper feita. the investors changed their plans following protests by citizens initiatives beyond if we reduce the planning area by about 40 percent and we have very few lines of sight from residential areas. so i mean what, where it would be seen. we plan to install hedges for her,

and we've gone far away from the village, and the residential areas are on fun. evelyn ma bong, quite different from what was 1st envisioned hawkins on north. ready what satan is that by 2045 germany hopes to get most of its energy from renewables to do this, solar and wind power systems must be expanded on a massive scale, but on the most suitable places for generating solar energy around the world. sunny places not off at north africa, has that land enough land just if we covered 300 kilometers by 300 kilometers and with solar panels or the equivalent of about one percent of the sahara getting we could meet the entire planets. energy needs. ready solar power plants already exist in the sahara, but they may need generate powerful countries in the region. nothing has come of the big plans to expose that solar power to europe due to a lack of electricity, lines, investment and political faith. and it's you,

i think if we consider these desert solar parks over 10 to 30 years, and we don't know what the political conditions will be in 10 years, time is lava. we need multiple sources. thank you. building solar parks here in eastern brandenburg is the way to go on. soil here is to sandy and try to grow much beyond we've used fertilizer in pesticides over. we've done everything. we are cloud. we've sun seeds then ended up with no harvest kind. crawford, my whole little the farmers next door have the same problem, the horse and best not only is there too little in, it's also of poor quality. both farmers are now benefiting from the energy companies, offered to lease a small portion of their land for a lot of money. they also sit in the local council that decides on this investment and the client. and of course it does look a bit bad in your mind. i am a local counselor and im also a former. you've been living with us. we will not vote on this. and we will also not have any influence on the whole procedure that was in the, on the record,

the other counselors will have to decide shying on. that's how democracy works. so function, either that is the more catchy. but down at the riding stables, they see things differently. you leon, it will, it feels that local counselors are not the right negotiating partners. i thought it was quick that such big project simply don't belong in the hands of local community representatives or people who work as nurses and possibly can't read or understand the contractors, iraq. if i take of it, i live in the 1st, the state or federal governments should regulate these things differently. i must reagan, which leads the question, who said, decide and where should all the wind and solar power plants go that are so urgently needed for the switch to green energy. in the face of controversy at on solar fox on land, floating farms are viewed as a potential solution installed on the surfaces of leaks. reza was fornes or

offshore beginning popularity in asia. europe's largest floating solar park recently opened in portugal. our reporter got a thought of the facility to explore its advantages. here on portugal, elk river reservoir, europe's biggest floating solar park covers the equivalent of 6 football pitches. it can only be reached by a short boat trip, one on which miguel patina has been giving many interviews. it's taken 7 years with the energy company team to bring the 5 megawatt to photovoltaic array to completion. is working. and it's fully understood by everybody. what is the potential that we have here on our hands? is natalie selling energy? that is the why purpose all our purpose in my theme is that 5th, things that are sustainable are ever risen and used the least.

resources are the minimum resources is possible. the energy company is investing heavily in renewable energy. solar currently only makes up 6 percent of the countries energy mixed, bought an advantage of floating so the parks is bad. they occupy spaces that could not be used otherwise. and being on water energy production is more efficient than on land. as the panels don't heat up as much and are likely to last longer. the panels must be kept clean to produce as much energy as possible. that job requires a good sense of balance and patience. but eventually, robotic cleaners will take over the task. 1500 local households receive clean energy from the system that's been financed mainly by portugal. state energy provider e. d. p. wrote off with their whole rock of surfaces that can be used and her

skilled p, yes, is just as they are more power. of course, respecting while the environmental conditions that you have, it's scalable. it's complementary to the other sources is not an alternative. it's a complement period, so it's the solution to go further. and 3 chris piv of her trudging and the colonizing the array connects to the grid by the hydro power plant in the dam. exit solar energy can be stored or used to pump water back into the reservoir to generate hydro electric power, the 12000 panels and 25000 floaters on the al, give our reservoir have been tested to withstand water, wind, and rough waves. the floaters are made in this factory in cash that year in spain's alec under region. one carillo's at a mandate is one of the engineers behind the technology. they're made from recycle

to poly thin plastic, and they're selling like hot cakes. and i'm a for bagging them. prefer you're gonna feel nothing we're we're just a little company, but we grew ever recent years ago, but now we're 20 people who work on the design, the commercial side and engineering. yeah. if anavia, you're locked on by the broth younger than it was the reps, us plant a little sand on the production site. we're talking about 30 to 40 workers. weren't that are hot and must reduce understand vase. and we think up lumber. it's a real success story. fernandez and immune groupons who set up the company together in 2008. they're now adapting their floaters to other environments, such as sewage plants or agriculture waste facilities. the alcohol array covers less than one percent of europe's largest artificial lake. and 80 p is planning a much bigger floating array on the lake. as part of portugal push for 100 percent

renewable energy by 2030 the seller servants mark in portugal. and the example to the world as well, with our 1st project in the hydro, them, and then placed the benchmark in all utilities in the world, especially in asia, asia. there were very keen on these projects because they have large dams, and they're also important to me energy problem to, to solve. and they will ramp up her explanation, especially with this type of projects. ah, so we can expect to see many more piece floating solar parks around the world in future to the southern indian state of tamela now and a retired government worker who's on a mission to improve lives in rural areas. he's introduced farmers to sustainable measures that boost use and devise the string of solar power devices specifically tailored to their needs.

ah. ready experiences are meant to be passed on and david raja beulah has had plenty he spent many years as the deputy director for the department of agriculture. and i mean i do state meeting farmers who are unable to make ends meet. ready this region is one of the most economically deprived in the country. often farmers here are cortinas cycle of debt. the thing or the reading like and when i visited the villages almost told me they struggle to repay the loan. because their earnings were to load a extreme cases on when they couldn't leave their loan. they'd come from even coming in on the ground with kelly, but to be le uses his experience in the field to bring change. initially,

he found to be problems here. the, the lines on pesticides in water scarcity both were putting farmers deeper into debt as the struggle to generate sufficient yields. farmers should not only but their finances, but they should also have your quote starting with a water problem bu spoke to a former named santiago who was in deep debt and willing to try out new ideas. the model version of what we call us, all of our draw fighter to save water and money on electricity. which ration where the next rainy season is delayed by 3 months, almost need to preserve water and a 200 liter that can hold the water. it can be mixed with cope will be the solar power despair distribute the mixture on crops this way we can see the product for delivery and call you that. and since the now had a panel, they dealt with the 2nd problem to fully invented the solar powered light controlling fast. it was a solar and the light in the powers on automatically during the night in the plate

below the keep some water mixed with chapel. this trapped insect, this particular light trap that on the feed act like a natural site that predicts drops. but why capturing insects may be good to turn profits in the short term loss of biodiversity is bad for agriculture in the long term. so there was more to be done, and this time the change they brought in together was the one with the most potential diversification, instead of growing crops that depend entirely on rain, like the lennox type red doll. they also started looking at meet the vegetables and nuts, as well as hurting animals for the same. almost do not have to spend money investing in new problems. they can use their existing crops and animals, but they should look at the market to increase property will crops and keep the less profitable property to a minimum feel minimum weights are going to be,

you know, started trying this out with central to i was, i don't want to pay the bill was contributing moving on land, which does not have integration facility. if there is rain, he can get some profit. if not, then he loses everything the not but he also had gas. you 3 and there were chickens on his farm. so we will out how he can increase the number of chickens to get supplementary income when we calculated his profits at the end of the year exceeded 350000 rupees, are 4000 euro allowable order letter to work with what he had dental began using the visa from the chicken as 40 license for his casual trees and other crops, and their productivity increased too soon after farmers from nearly 10 religious nearby also started following the new process. the amount of the next day by i'm planning is to practice organic farming without using any chemical

pesticides. what chemicals are expensive and make choir much big? i want to empower farmers in the area to see if to are going to farming. i mean, you know what, i mean i'm sending now speaks at community gatherings to tell his story and promote farming changes that bought, improve profit and help the environment. swiss environmentalist, luis palmer is passionate about solar energy and believes the world is dreaming with good ideas to stop global warming. to find them, the man who became the 1st person to suckle the globe in a solar powered vehicle is back on the road. taking his message across the earth, we caught up with him in berlin. louis time i want nothing less than to save the wealth with his 3 tons. so le vehicle. he's traveling the globe in it, collecting ideas to tackle the climate crisis. the unit volunteer eloisa definitely

. we want to meet people who are doing something about climate change. so these are individuals and companies with innovative ideas, and we invite them to our video studio where we make clips for social media. we want to show, hey, the world is full of ideas. so and it's, it's simply unbelievable that c o 2 emissions are ruining our world because there are so many solutions and those of louis time as contribution is the. so la butterfly, the self sufficient tiny house on wheels unfolds its solar panels like a butterfly spreads its wings. they power both the electric car that travels some 300 kilometers on one charge and the appliances inside its cabin advocacy through the coffee machine. and we run everything in here, what electricity was not just the coffee maker, but also the t. v studio in both stove go by like microwave or shower, which of the cameras and puter komarovsky everything we need to leave. but our it's

the well 1st vehicle belt, largely from plastic waste taken from the theme. and it's emissions free. there's a reason it looks like a butterfly. we have readily given that we chose the butterfly on purpose because it transforms itself as the game. it starts as a caterpillar, how devouring everything on the ground all and bowl. that's us, our human being essentially we devour everything hall, oil, gas, and cool from the ground out. all the read, humans have to follow the caterpillar's lead and it suddenly grows. wings takes off and then flies from flower to flower get. i was always we to have to change our ways a move towards renewable energy. so we don't need coal, natural gas and oil any more. often. anthony brown palmer and his team hoped to cover more than 200000 kilometers within 4 years. that route lead through 90 countries on 6 continents, including a spin through india in 2023, drawing attention everywhere they go to the benefits of solar power aligned is

a lot on the g column. solar energy alone could save us from the worst of what a warming live out. we can use it to heat houses, run cars from if it produce electricity and even produce hydrogen and power airplanes for all the things you know. so 3 quarters of the problem could be solved just with solar energy. it's a lot and you lose. on december 12, 2025, the solar butterflies, well tour is due to end in paris in time for the 10th anniversary of the paris climate accord. imagine a world where every we we consume energy is powered by renewable sources and not fossil fuels from form charges to the cause. we drive around from kitchen appliances to the treadmills we used to keep fit. i looked at these episodes showed you that this is possible and that we need to continue to move in that direction. i

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