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High costs slowing Sri Lanka push toward solar energy
2016-09-22 08:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An ambitious plan by the Sri Lankan government to outfit 100,000 homes with solar panels, to turn them into power producers for the national grid, may be too expensive for many families to afford, experts warn. Sri Lankas government this month launched a battle for solar energy that aims to add 220 megawatts of clean power to the countrys energy grid by 2020, or about 10 percent of the countrys current daily electricity demand. By 2025, the country hopes to boost its solar power output to...
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