the drive into the atlas mountains takes us hours for technician joe di the journeys like this one into far flung villages are part of the job and yet there's still something special because the work he does in installing solar panels changes people's lives. so close to what he thought wonderful to see how thrilled a family is when they get electric like for the 1st time. it's just really nice. the mountain village of todd has no running water no electricity and no telephones mohammed ben saeed al gore's family can hardly wait for his colleague to arrive and install a solar panel on their rooftop. they look on eagerly as the work gets underway. and the solar panel will cost the family a few $100.00 euros that's a lot of money here it's a pretty quick job the technology is relatively simple but maintenance and the batteries longevity are still problematic the system has to be wired up in a somewhat unorthodox way but nevertheless it works joad connects the module to the battery and it starts charging. it doesn't take long to install our technology the time consuming part is getting to th