I do not know what I could be using to buy kerosene if I had not installed this solar unit." This is how having a solar unit which can supply power all day and night can save lives," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The researchers linked the slow uptake of solar energy to high investment costs in recent years, noting that upfront costs involved in generating one kilowatt of energy from solar were more than three times as much as those for hydropower. A report published in June by the International Renewable Energy Agency noted that the cost of utility-scale PV solar power dropped by more than 80% between 2010 and last year. Wanja said the weekly payments she makes on her solar unit work out at 55 Kenyan shillings a day.

Source: Standard Digital July 25, 2020 09:11 UTC