{"id":634,"date":"2019-02-08T02:14:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T02:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-kaleafrica.com\/?p=634"},"modified":"2019-02-08T02:57:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T02:57:43","slug":"solar-project-has-life-changing-impact-in-rural-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-kaleafrica.com\/fr\/solar-project-has-life-changing-impact-in-rural-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar project has &#8216;life changing&#8217; impact in rural Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"634\" class=\"elementor elementor-634 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fc6c97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fc6c97\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30ebc12\" data-id=\"30ebc12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-17a572f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17a572f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-45fd48f\" data-id=\"45fd48f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b9faf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42b9faf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span id=\"ember1168\" class=\"ember-view\">The initiative, led by Strathclyde University researchers, has seen affordable energy supply businesses set up in four villages. The partnership, which has been backed by a \u00a3600,000 grant from the Scottish government, ensures locals own and operate the equipment.<\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"ember1168\" class=\"ember-view\">Only 12% of Malawi&#8217;s 18 million population is connected to the main electricity grid, which dips to 2% in rural areas. For the vast majority the main energy source is open fires, which puts pressure on the country&#8217;s forests. <\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"ember1168\" class=\"ember-view\"><a id=\"ember1171\" class=\"hashtag-link ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=%23SolarEnergy\" target=\"_self\" data-control-name=\"update_hashtag\"><span id=\"ember1172\" class=\"hashtag-a11y ember-view\" dir=\"ltr\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span><span class=\"hashtag-a11y__name\">SolarEnergy<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a id=\"ember1175\" class=\"hashtag-link ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=%23Rural\" target=\"_self\" data-control-name=\"update_hashtag\"><span id=\"ember1176\" class=\"hashtag-a11y ember-view\" dir=\"ltr\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span><span class=\"hashtag-a11y__name\">Rural<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a id=\"ember1179\" class=\"hashtag-link ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=%23Development\" target=\"_self\" data-control-name=\"update_hashtag\"><span id=\"ember1180\" class=\"hashtag-a11y ember-view\" dir=\"ltr\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span><span class=\"hashtag-a11y__name\">Development<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a id=\"ember1183\" class=\"hashtag-link ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=%23Energy\" target=\"_self\" data-control-name=\"update_hashtag\"><span id=\"ember1184\" class=\"hashtag-a11y ember-view\" dir=\"ltr\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span><span class=\"hashtag-a11y__name\">Energy<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a id=\"ember1187\" class=\"hashtag-link ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=%23OffGrid\" target=\"_self\" data-control-name=\"update_hashtag\"><span id=\"ember1188\" class=\"hashtag-a11y ember-view\" dir=\"ltr\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span><span class=\"hashtag-a11y__name\">OffGrid<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"ember1168\" class=\"ember-view\"> <\/span><a id=\"ember1192\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eSppJfy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eSppJfy<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f14ee5\" data-id=\"7f14ee5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3bc109 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c3bc109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-kaleafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/105223475_malawi1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-636\" alt=\"_105223475_malawi1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-kaleafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/105223475_malawi1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.w-kaleafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/105223475_malawi1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a511202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a511202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cBefore the project, people were travelling al<i>most 30km to have their hair cut, now people are get<\/i>ting their hair cut here. 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