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In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

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Zimbabwe enjoys photovoltaic sunlight in abundance to support solar energy grids, but lack of funding remains the major hindrance to alleviate energy poverty through renewable energy systems.

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• Estimating the monthly average values of the global, diffuse, and beam solar radiations on horizontal surfaces in the Afar region of Ethiopia using empirical methods. • Estimating the total solar ...