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Amazon communities get solar power to help against drought and cut diesel
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Remote communities across Brazil’s Amazon are increasingly using off-grid solar power to get clean water and electricity. Solar power helps them prepare for severe droughts like the one in 2024, when Nova Sociedade residents walked 20 kilometres for water. The technology also replaces costly, polluting diesel generators, which often provide limited and unreliable power.
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