Greenpeace Solar power at  World Cup 2010

Jericho, South Africa, 16 June-(ANA)-Villagers in Jericho, 180 kilometres from Johannesburg, will gather around a specially constructed Greenpeace Solar-powered Public Viewing Area today to watch South Africa’s Bafana Bafana football team play against Uruguay.

The large TV screen powered by the sun, has been placed in the Jericho community hall. The entire set-up is powered by solar panels and generators, erected by schoolchildren, who have been specially trained by Greenpeace for the task. 

Greenpeace Africa kicked off this Thangkollo ya Solar (Solar Kick Off) project to demonstrate the potential of renewable energy sources in South Africa.

“What the Jericho project shows is that South Africa doesn’t have to rely on outdated methods to literally empower its people. The country has some of the best renewable energy sources in the world in the form of sun and wind,” said Nkopane Maphiri, Greenpeace Africa’s climate campaigner. (ANA)

FA/ANA/16 June 2010---------