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Off-Grid Solar, Part 1
Season 1
Episode 5
For millions of off-grid citizens and villages, building their own solar power system may be the fastest way to get electricity. Dr. Scott Tinker visits a houseboat family in Vietnam, a Maasai family in Kenya, the Arhuaco tribe in remote Colombia, solar nonprofits and innovative start-ups to learn what it takes to plan, fund and build solar far off the beaten path.
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Visit the jungles of Colombia with a global solar nonprofit to build a solar microgrid.
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Explore key issues of building hydroelectric projects in developing world to power cities.
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There are both benefits and challenges of developing on coal. Visit Vietnam to learn more.
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Scott Tinker visits Africa's largest slum to look at the issues of urban grid expansion.
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3 million per year die using biomass to cook, heat homes. Modern cooking fuels save lives.