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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Cairo Slums Get Energy Makeover


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Solar CITIES project leader T.H. Culhane (right) and organization intern Omar Nagy stand next to a solar-powered water heater on the roof of an apartment building in the Zabaleen neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt.

The project offers people in Cairo's slums clean energy through solar panels and biogas reactors and a chance to improve their lives, according to Culhane.

Photograph courtesy T.H. Culhane