Above the sacks of seeds and coal, three kerosene lamps gather dust in the tiny shed that Kenyan chicken farmer Bernard calls home. He prefers to use solar energy to light up his evenings, listen to the radio or watch television, after abandoning a diesel generator he said was expensive to maintain and burned fuel too quickly. “Solar panels are a good, cheap solution,” he told AFP. Across the continent, consumers are opting for their…
Africa looks to solar for communities off the grid
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