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UN opens first zero emission community power centre in rural Kenya

source: United Nations | Jul 08, 08 | submitted by Ryan

The first power-generating centre using environmentally friendly hydro and solar power has been inaugurated in a Kenyan village 150 kilometres north east of Nairobi by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

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