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Here is an short video (two and a half minutes) looking at the benefits of solar energy for the poor in Africa.
1) How far are the Lodio family from mains electricity?
2) Complete this piece of text with the adjectives used by the reporter (from 00:57 seconds into the report):
''... a solar revolution. Standing here that looks like a ambition. But this continent has a advantage when you consider the potential of one of its resources.''
3) How many people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa?
4) What does Joseph Lopeta's village now have thanks to solar power?
5) Which country is the reporter in?
Answers below!
ANSWERS!
1) 200 km
2) ''... a solar revolution. Standing here that looks like a distant ambition. But this vast continent has a big advantage when you consider the potential of one of its greatest resources.''
3) Half a billion
4) Clean fresh water
5) Kenya
The Sun could become our biggest source of energy by 2050.
Here is an short video (two and a half minutes) looking at the benefits of solar energy for the poor in Africa.
Watch the video and then answer the following questions:
1) How far are the Lodio family from mains electricity?
2) Complete this piece of text with the adjectives used by the reporter (from 00:57 seconds into the report):
''... a solar revolution. Standing here that looks like a ambition. But this continent has a advantage when you consider the potential of one of its resources.''
3) How many people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa?
4) What does Joseph Lopeta's village now have thanks to solar power?
5) Which country is the reporter in?
Answers below!
ANSWERS!
1) 200 km
2) ''... a solar revolution. Standing here that looks like a distant ambition. But this vast continent has a big advantage when you consider the potential of one of its greatest resources.''
3) Half a billion
4) Clean fresh water
5) Kenya
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