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Living off the grid

Report: Jan-Philippe Schlüter / Sonya DiehnFebruary 26, 2015

In South Africa, it's difficult to get a steady supply of electricity. For years, the South African public utility Eskom has been cutting power when there is not enough. But one engineer in Pretoria has taken matters into his own hands. For more than 5 years, he’s supplied his own home entirely from renewable energy.

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