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Is sugarcane the answer to Africa's electricity problems?
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13 December 2022
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Whether you're in South Africa, Nigeria or Egypt, power outages are a frequent inconvenience.
As energy demands rise across the continent, generating enough power to keep the lights on is an ongoing challenge.
Eswatini is one of the countries trying a new approach - a method called cogeneration.
Most of the time, cogeneration uses gas or biofuels but in Eswatini, they're burning waste products from sugar production to generate power.
Could it be one of the solutions to energy sustainability?
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