Featured in Triumph for our times – 01-2016

Tapping Tanzania’s potential

Battery storage: A solution to emerging markets’ growing energy needs, battery storage is beginning to deliver on its promise and potential in many parts of rural Africa. Stefanie Werler and Franziska Kohler of GIZ reveal how solar+storage could solve Tanzania’s energy problems with a little forethought and planning.

St. Paul’s hospital in northern Tanzania is fighting a daily struggle: frequent power outages during the day disable the continuous supply of electricity that is so essential for its medical devices. Though connected to the national grid, power outages with an approximate duration of 30 minutes occur weekly and at irregular hours.Being one of the …

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