NUL ERC SCIENTISTS TAKE CLEAN ELECTRICITY TO 185 HOMES IN THE MOUNTAINS! 

Let’s take a trip to the beautiful mountain villages of Motete in Butha-Buthe and in Thaba-Tseka. For a long time, these places had no electricity. People used candles for light, chopped firewood to cook, and walked long distances just to charge their phones. But that all changed when the National University of Lesotho (NUL) Energy Research Centre (ERC) showed up…with a plan. They were bringing in something called mini-grids, powered by the sun. These mini-grids now light up over 110…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...