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Wind, Sun and Water: Global Communities Embrace Clean Energy
Here’s how the planet is electrifying.
Buyanjargal Dorj, 13, adjusts a solar panel outside his home to align with the sun's movement in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Many herder families in rural Mongolia use a solar cell system for electricity.
Odonchimeg Batsukh,
GPJ
Mongolia
Wind turbines spin at Parque Industrial de Energía Renovable (PIER II), the first wind farm in the state that consists of 33 turbines, in Esperanza, Puebla, Mexico.
Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez,
GPJ
Mexico
Venel Louissaint carries a solar panel at his apartment in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. Louissaint puts the panel on his roof every morning and brings it back in before nightfall so it won’t be stolen.
Jusly Felix,
GPJ
Haiti
Munni Yadav mixes buffalo dung and water in a tank to produce biogas in Janaki, Banke district, Nepal.
Amrita Jaisi,
GPJ
Nepal
Solar panels are arrayed at the Fonroche Humacao Solar Farm in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Yerimar Rivera Rivera,
GPJ
Puerto Rico
Technician Yuvaraj Paudel inspects the hydropower generation plant at Sanima Mai Hydropower Limited in Ilam district, Koshi province, Nepal. The plant’s three units generate 29 megawatts of electricity and connect to the Nepal Electricity Authority's substation in Godak, Ilam.
Mayamitu Neupane,
GPJ
Nepal
A solar panel stands in front of Namuhoose Addeodanta’s house in Pallisa, Uganda. Addeodanta says she had to seek a backup plan for lighting due to a delay in rural electrification.
Edna Namara,
GPJ
Uganda
Electrician Katembo Mupaya unclogs the reservoir at the Lusukwe micro-hydropower plant in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Since 2017, the plant has supplied electricity to the villages of Mighobwe and Kirumba, in southern Lubero territory.
Merveille Kavira Luneghe,
GPJ
Democratic Republic of Congo
Solar panels are installed on the roof of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority building in Kathmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal. The office’s primary source of electricity is solar energy.
Yam Kumari Kandel,
GPJ
Nepal
Miguel Hidalgo, a member of the Rueda Libre collective, which promotes alternative and renewable energies, charges his cellphone and mini-projector using a bike generator that he and other members of the collective built in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Adriana Alcázar González,
GPJ
Mexico
Solar panels on top of streetlights store energy during the day and help light up the night in Kathmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal.
Sunita Neupane,
GPJ
Nepal
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