Lesotho: Creating electricity from wind turbine
Written byNdesanjo Macha
Andrew is trying to create his own electricity in Lesotho: “To bring real electricity we needed bigger 12v batteries. I got one, and the priest has one. The batteries are nice, but my little solar panel is just too small to give them a good charge. That is why we are now trying different methods of creating our own electricity. The priest had the generator which when turned puts out electricity.”
Written byNdesanjo Macha
2 comments
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I am interested in the small Wind Turbine Kits. nevertheless, here in lesotho, especially in my village, wind is always available so i won’t need a solar/wind conbination.