Mines, telecoms, factories: Will African manufacturers succeed without diesel?
A few dozen kilometres from Kolwezi in the DRC, rows of dark-blue solar panels are gradually replacing diesel generators at the Kamoa copper mining complex. The solar power plant spans 400 hectares and is designed to supply one of the world’s largest copper mines with cleaner, cheaper electricity.
Why it matters: It bears on the briefing's energy transition theme by showing a copper mine replacing diesel generators with solar power.