It was hard for people to accept what we learned in india liliana terán told ips.
Chile indigenous village solar panel.
Santiago mar 13 ips three indigenous communities from the chilean highlands have just received solar panels which will be set up and maintained by unlikely solar engineers.
Liliana and luisa terán are two indigenous women from northern chile who traveled to india for training in installing solar panels.
Caspana chile sep 2 2015 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert.
Two indigenous cousins who were trained as solar engineers got the municipal authorities to provide solar panels for lighting in public buildings and on the village s few streets while they installed panels in 127 of the village s homes.
Caspana chile sep 02 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert.
It was hard for people to accept what we learned in india explained liliana terán.
It is the fourth completely solar town in the province of jujuy on the border with bolivia and chile.
The plant is due online by the end of the year at which point it will become the cheapest.
The primary school in caspana 1 400 km north of santiago.
Five native women who travelled halfway around the world to india and overcame language and other barriers to bring photovoltaic energy to their villages.
The indigenous village of caspana lies 3 300 metres above sea level in the atacama desert in northern chile.
Residents of san francisco a community of just 54 people in argentina s puna region stand next to solar panels that began to operate in early october supplying all their electricity and providing them with street lighting for the first time.
Tecnologica has installed the first panels at its granja sola plant.
Caspana chile sep 2 2015 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert.
Today the generator is only a back up system for the 127 houses that have an autonomous supply of three hours a day of electricity thanks to the solar panels installed by the two cousins.
Together they have not only changed their future but that of their remote village caspana as well.
