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¶ Lights flick on across a sleepy hamlet in Kenya, thanks to the efforts of more than 200 Maasai women at the frontline of a solar power revolution. Trained in solar panel installation, they use donkeys to haul their solar wares from home to home in the remote region, giving families their first access to clean and reliable power. [TODAYonline]

Massai village in Tanzania. Photo by David Berkowitz. Wikimedia Commons.

¶ Tokyo-based firm Juwi Shizen Energy started construction of a 25-MW solar park in Hirono, Japan, to be put online in the spring of 2016. This is the biggest engineering, procurement, and construction deal in Japan for the joint venture between German developer Juwi AG and Japanese firm Shizen Energy Inc. [SeeNews Renewables]

¶ A report, Under the Rug: How Governments and International Institutions Are Hiding Billions in Support to the Coal Industry, reveals that governments…