Biomass Plant Lights Up Rural Senegal

The 32 kilowatt generator, which uses groundnut shells and dried millet stalks for fuel, is generating more than just electricity in a Senegalese village.
  • Senegal:   Biomass Plant Lights Up Rural Senegal

    IPS, 30 August 2012

    A new power plant in the eastern Senegalese village of Kalom is generating more than just electricity. Powered by agricultural waste, the station has lit up homes, lightened… Read more »

An inhabitant of Mbar Toubab village in northern Senegal.

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