Here comes the Sun

Over 150 isolated Philippine villages will get electricity for the first time
this September as part of a huge trial of solar power. The $48 million
collaboration between the Philippine and Spanish governments and the energy
company BP Solar will supply 870 solar generators to power homes, schools and
health clinics as well as to purify and distribute water. “In isolated areas,
solar is often the most cost-effective way to supply basic, essential needs such
as lighting, water pumping, irrigation and refrigeration for vaccines and
medications,” says BP Solar’s Harry Shimp.