Madagascar: solar power ends dark age for rural clinics
September 29th, 2008
Solar panels sit on the roof of a rural hospital in Antsahadinta, in rural Madagascar which is still unconnected to the national electricity and water grid. Several rural hospitals such as Antsahadinta's were equipped with solar technology four years ago to produce their own electricity.
Elisabeth's 13 children were born by candlelight. Her daughter, who has just become a mother for the first time, was more "fortunate".
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D666 - Sep 30, 2008
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It's interesting. the real problem with programs to implement alternative energy sources in the industrialized world is that you have to convince people to spend more money for a less reliable and/or more complex technology, all for a goal that they can't immediately see. On the other hand, places like Madagascar simply don't have the option of putting in a hydroelectric or coal-fired plant. It may be that these places will end up being the real leaders in this area.- flag
