Mastodawn

These stories keep being repeated, for many years now. Transitioning the Global South by slapping solar panels on people's roofs and calling it a day clearly doesn't work. These things need proper maintenance and that requires an infrastructure of technical services that is often simply lacking.

This isn't a solved issue.

https://www.thedailystar.net/news/survey-finds-47-home-solar-systems-failing-across-bangladesh-4079841

Survey finds 47% of home solar systems failing across Bangladesh

The survey shows that many systems installed under government and donor-backed initiatives have stopped working due to poor maintenance, limited technical support and weak monitoring mechanisms.

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publius Jan 14

@collectifission

My take :

https://man-and-atom.tumblr.com/post/805687246447607808/survey-finds-47-of-home-solar-systems-failing

Survey finds 47% of home solar systems failing across Bangladesh

The survey shows that many systems installed under government and donor-backed initiatives have stopped working due to poor maintenance, lim Many systems installed under government and donor-backed...

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Abdullah Khalid Jan 14

@collectifission This has been true forever for a wide variety of technologies. Rich countries can sell high tech goods to poor countries, but what poor countries need is technology transfer, and manpower development. That's the hard part.