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| Top: Television powered by photovoltaic cells at a Niger river valley agricultural cooperative, 1992. One of about 200 installations erected as part of the carefully planned 1992-93 rehabilitation of Niger's network for educational programming, the equipment consists of two photovoltaic panels, the color television (set into the structure for security), a converter, two batteries, and the antenna. |
| Bottom left: PV-powered water pumping. This installation in Dargol, Dptm. of Tillabry, Niger, is part of a demonstration project begun in the mid-1980s. The installations consist of the solar panels in the foreground, the well, the large white plastic water tank and a simple cement block reservoir, along with a rank of taps for public access. Photos courtesy of Christian Hempel, GTZ Special Energy Program. |
| Bottom right: Installation of PV panels on the roof of a rural health clinic in Bola, Ethiopia. Photo courtesy of Peter Ahm, director, PA Energy A/S, Denmark. |
| Gerald Foley is affiliated with the Nordic Consulting Group, Copenhagen. |
| Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data |
Foley, Gerald, 1936
Photovoltaic applications in rural areas of the developing world/
Gerald Foley.
p. cm. (World Bank technical paper; no. 304)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8213-3461-1
1. Photovoltaic power systemsDeveloping countries. I. Title.
II. Series.
TK1087.F65 1995
333.792'3dc20 95-36268
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