ah, and governments that go crazy for your data, we explain how these technologies work, how they can go in for but how they can also go terribly, watch it now on you to ah, to do on eco india. we are staring at the sun and advances in harnessing it as a reliable source of energy. solar power is clean, flexible, and for now, 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'd now averaging $300.00 days of sunshine

a yard. india has huge solar energy potential. it's still relies heavily on coal for its 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 wheat as the countries forced to move forward by the sun 247 ah for years the smart boards at this school in good draught when entered useless by an undeniable power supply. but that change when the entire village of more did up plugged into solar energy. now, not only does it 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, he parallel me, you are, you don't, you could not really use our digital classrooms as much as they would have liked it all out. but since we got the solar panels in the school. yeah, we can use all the tools that use up electricity went out without worrying about the electricity bill electric bill. we now use as much bye as we need through the daddy. so yes, how many for digging will do it? i have to look at that, get us a find now, come what after him, famous for its 11th century sun temple madeira 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, the rules 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. its equipped with a further 22000 panels. yoga hm. or did i go or ski drain as we designed this plant? specifically keeping in mind the energy requirements are for the regulator. we set up a 6 megawatt plant enough. if the mingo at betty energy is through the system power key. we see how long this will fills the requirement of the entire village. humbling his enter. this m look full pickup, they will score the battery storage system supplies. barlow 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 was on his leather, not going up up our bank or my arm. every pound 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 they up said the for example,

how much energy is being generated by the sunset. edison 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 as we need your bed. and we can even monitor the surplus energy that gets transmitted to the mean grades in hell. what? give me a glass michael. j village households can generate around one kilowatt of power enough almost 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 by in there. but it 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, our bill would be around $2500.00 degrees every month. all right. but now we end up hardening money if we, i was less electricity than our solar panels produce. how does alga,

whichever year all our savings are driven into our bank account that m r o banker goldman mother did the project funded by the government to the tune of 9000000 euros as lighting up lives in madeira, a digital remy letter v. fans a small tailoring shop. the switch to sola has made a big difference to her business. i made 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 motel for the sewing machine down, but earlier i would only work in the day and make duty blouses. now with solar power in the house, i can work in the night to lead and make more blouses recall. so that i was able to make about 50600 rupees a day. now i meet lord's word, at least 1500 rupees a day. this has helped me so much in running. my household expenses are gonna be medically got grainy at the adams goes out. i am adam, 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 planning on the sun 1st hand. oh, come and 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 very proud to say that i live in will get a really job my dad accommodating. 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. madeira 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 of transition, the green energy has picked up is germany will lead many more solar energy plans to meet its climate targets, but racially 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 soon there might not be much left as there are plans to clear 370 hector's, a forest equal to more than 500 socket pitches to make way for a solar power plant. boy and said that i was horrified to hear, we would have to chop 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 marker 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 looked like this. many residents are protesting that for farmers like yoga and caesar solar energy can also be a blessing. they can earn 3 times as much leasing the land to power companies. men from agriculture i've, i'm good to move them out as a mobile has farmers. we have to pay for everything up front, fertilizer pesticides, yost plumbed. ah, this is what the neighbouring field would look like. less appealing to paying visitors. i think people will reconsider coming here to ride higher. they might prefer to go where they can ride by the fields and through the wooden doors inviting him. there is dialogue between opponents and supporters of the project in temper fader. the investors changed their plans following protests by citizens

initiatives. we are not and use the planning area by about 40 percent and for we have very few lines of sight from residential areas. so i mean what, where it would be seen. we plan to install hedges and we've gone far away from the village and the residential areas ought on fun. evelyn ma bong, quite different from what was 1st envisioned guns on us. 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 them most suitable places for generating solar energy around the world. sunny places, not off north africa, has that land enough land. if we covered 300 kilometers by 300 kilometers and with solar panels am or the equivalent of about one percent of the sahara getting we could meet the entire planet. 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 nova, we need multiple sources. we thank you. building solar parks here in eastern brandenburg is the way to go on. soil here is to sandy and dry to grow much beyond we've used fertilizer and 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, horse and vast. not only is there too little in, it's also of core 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 id number. of course it does look a bit bad in your mind. i am a local counselor her, and i'm 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. so democracy works as a function either, but his name or kathy. 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. like people who work as nurses and possibly can't read or understand the contracts, iraq, if i take of it, i live in the past, 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 borns 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, al cave are 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 tatiana has been giving many interviews. it's taken 7 years with the energy company team to bring the 5 mega water photovoltaic array to completion is working. and if

for you understood by everybody, what is the potential that we have on our hands? this is natalie selling energy. that is the my purpose. oh, our purpose in my theme is at 50 things that are sustainable. or if a rhythm and use 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 mix bought an advantage of floating so the parks is bad that 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 fine. and mainly by portugal, state energy provider, e. d. p. rocker for their whole rock of surfaces that can be used and her skilled p, yes is just as they are modular her of course, respecting law, the environmental conditions that you have. it's scalable. it's complimentary to the other sources is not an alternative. it's a compliment area, so it's the solution to go further than 3 chris proof of her changing 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 float us on the i'll give a 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 amanda is one of the engineers behind the technology. they're made from recycle to poly thin plastic, and they're selling like hot cakes. but i'm from back in the amplifier. you're gonna feel north of him we're, we're just a little company, but we grew ever recent years ago. now we are 20 people who work on the design, the commercial side and engineering. yeah. if anavia yolanda liberals younger than i was the reps, us blunt liberals and on the production site, we're talking about 30 to 40 workers that weren't that are hot and must robot deals and mr. boss. and he's in dublin, but it's a real success story for at, and under 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 i'll give a re, covers less than one percent of europe's largest artificial lake. and it appears, planning a much bigger floating array on the lake. as part of portugal push for 100 percent renewable energy by 2000. and 30 these towers have it's mark in portugal and the example to the world as well, with our 1st project in a hydro, them, and then placed a benchmark in all utilities in the world, especially in asia, asia. they were very keen on these projects because they have large dams and they also are important to me energy problem to, to solve. and they will ramp up exponential, who actually with the setup of projects, ah, so we can expect to see many more fees floating solar parks around the world in future to the southern indian state of thomas loud 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 devised a 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 caught in a 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 stream cases on when they couldn't be paid their loan. they'd come from even coming in on the ground with kelly, but be la, uses his experience in the field to bring change. initially he found to be problems here, the reliance on pesticides in water scarcity, water putting farmers deeper into debt as they struggle to generate sufficient yields. families should not only but their finances, but they should also have a budget for water. starting with the water problem. bu i spoke to a former name santiago, who was in deep debt and willing to try out new ideas, the model version of what the goals us, all of our broad fighter to save water and money on electricity situation where the next rainy season is delayed by 3 months, almost need to preserve water and copy a 200 liter bag and hold the water. it can be mixed with, quote, will be the solar power to spare. distribute the mixture on crops this way. we can

see the product for delivery and call you back up. and since the now had us panel, the dealt with the 2nd problem to fully invented the solar powered like controlling festus. it was this and the light powers on automatically during the night. in the plate below, we keep some water mixed with champ. this trapped insect is pretty light traps that on the feed act like a natural pesticides 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 ragdoll. they also started looking at neat the vegetables and nuts as well as hurting animals for the saying that almost do not have to spend

money investing in new crop. they can use their existing cross animals, but they should look at the market to increase property will crops and keep the less profitable property to a minimum, minimum weight. you cannot be not started trying this out with central to i was i don't want them to do anything 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 dream 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, 350000 rupees are $4000.00 euro. what's the level order letter per pound it to work with? what he had central began using the visa from the chicken as 40 laser for his cash trees and other crops,

and their productivity increased due soon after farmers from nearly 10 villages near by also started following the new process. the amount of time the next day i am planning is to practice organic farming without using any chemical pesticides . what chemicals are expensive and make fire much sick? i want to empower farmers in the area to shift to organic farming. now i'm sending now speaks at community gatherings to tell his story and promote farming changes that bought, improve profit, and help the environment with embargo until it's luis palmer is passionate about solar energy and believes the world of 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 boardman. louis time i want nothing less than to stave the wealth with his 3 tons. so le vehicle, he's traveling the globin. it's collecting ideas to tackle the climate crisis unit volunteer loads with reference. if we want to meet people who are doing something about climate change, i spoke with 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 when is it simply unbelievable if it's c, o 2 emissions are ruining our world because there are so many solutions for louis louis time as contribution is the solar butterfly, the self sufficient, tiny house on wheels unfolds its solar panels like a butterflies spreads its wings. they power both the electric car that travels some 300 kilometers on one charge and the appliances inside its cabin

vicola aziz's through the coffee machine and we run everything in here. what electricity was not just the coffee maker. well, but i'll also the t v studio in both stove like microwave or shower, which though the cameras and puter cameras everything we need also to liberal is the well 1st vehicle built 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, allan bull, that's us with human beings. ange height, we devour everything hall, oil, gas, and cool from the ground. out on the re, humans have to follow the caterpillars lead, and it suddenly grows. wings takes off and then flies from flower to flower can i was all with we to have to change our ways and move towards renewable energy. so we don't need coal, natural gas and oil any more. and only bow palmer and his team hope to cover more

than 200000 kilometers within 4 years. that route leads through 90 countries on 6 continents, including a spin through india in 2023, drawing attention everywhere they go to the benefits of solar power. a line is a lot on the call solar energy alone could save us from the worst of what a warming live out. we can use it to heat houses, run cars. if somebody could produce electricity and even produce hydrogen and power airplanes. for all the things you feel so rad quarters of a problem could be solved just with solar energy beam. it's a lot and you lose. on december 12th 2025. the solar butterflies welto is due to end in paris in time for the 10th anniversary of the paris climate accord. imagine a world where every 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 leave you with that and see you again next week. good bye. and thanks for watching . ah ah ah,

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