The Long Read: Jobs or just lights? Nigeria toils to power up its solar promise
MEGAN ROWLING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the inroads solar energy is making into Nigeria…
Wow!: Solar power helps Indian women make light work of cotton spinning
After the national Mission Solar Charkha project, MOUSHUMI BASU, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports how one Indian state is training female cotton spinners to use solar-powered wheels…
Wow!: Solar power opens the door to banking for rural Indians
MOUSHUMI BASU, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports how, in remote areas suffering frequent power cuts, solar panel systems help keep banks running as they curb climate-warming emissions…
Crypto power: Can solar panels boost cheap, green homes in South Africa?
KIM HARRISBERG, writing for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a new development project which its creator hopes will be a blueprint for green, safe and cheap homes across South Africa…
Wow!: Bangladeshi solar-sharing start-up aims to cut power waste
NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on an innovative – and award-winning – energy project in Bangladesh…
MALAWI: STORM SURVIVORS PLACE HOPE IN SOLAR POWER TO SWITCH ON “NEW LIFE”
CHARLES PENSULA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how solar power systems survived the recent devastation of Cyclone Idai in Malawi, sparking new hopes for disaster resilient systems…
Postcards: How Bogota’s solar-powered gondola is giving slum dwellers a lift
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Colombia…
Postcards: Women bring light to remote villages on the islands of Zanzibar
NICKY MILNE reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation on how a solar power training scheme aimed at women is changing lives…
Development: Aid agencies eye solar power to replace volatile, costly fuel
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how aid agencies are increasingly looking to solar power to keep operations, including hospitals, running in countries…