African Huts Far From the Grid Glow With Renewable Power

These homes are powered with no fossil fuels.

Thanks to this solar panel, Sara Ruto no longer takes a three-hour
taxi ride to a town with electricity to recharge her cellphone.

This article in the New York Times describes how small scale solar power can bring electricity to some of the 1.5 billion people in the world who don't have access to electricity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/science/earth/25fossil.html?partner=rss&emc=rss