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DR Congo’s power-hungry mining sector drives record solar surge

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DR Congo’s power-hungry mining sector drives record solar surge
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More than 300,000 solar panels and 120 battery containers are helping to power Africa’s largest copper mine with continuous clean energy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as miners turn to solar as an alternative to expensive diesel and energy imports.



The project at the Kamoa Copper mine in the south of the DRC, which became operational last month, is one of the largest solar and battery facilities generating baseload power on the continent.



The clean electricity is displacing mil

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