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Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:23 PM Dec 2015

Zambia power cuts leave most of the country in darkness

Source: BBC

Much of Zambia has been plunged into darkness by a power cut, the country's Energy Minister Dora Siliya has said.

In a message on Facebook she said the blackout was caused by faulty equipment and that only the Southern and Western provinces - supplied by a hydroelectric power plant at the Victoria Falls - were unaffected.

The incident is a repeat of a similar blackout on 11 December.

Zambia - a hydroelectric-dependent country - has had erratic rainfall.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35165744

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Zambia power cuts leave most of the country in darkness (Original Post) Little Tich Dec 2015 OP

Sounds like they need more energy infrastructure Matthew28 Dec 2015 #1

Developing countries, in some ways, are in an ideal position to implement renewable energy. nomorenomore08 Dec 2015 #2

Matthew28

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1. Sounds like they need more energy infrastructure

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Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:25 PM

Dec 2015

adding more solar, wind and of course hydro is the solution! Maybe upgrading some of their old infrastructure is also a great idea.

I hope they do it soon.

nomorenomore08

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2. Developing countries, in some ways, are in an ideal position to implement renewable energy.

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Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:59 PM

Dec 2015

Since a lot of them don't have the built-up (and in many cases, aging and inefficient) energy infrastructure that the wealthier nations do.

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