Mini solar power plant provides stable supply in insecure neighborhoods in DR Congo

STORY: Mini solar power plant provides stable supply in insecure neighborhoods in DR Congo DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the solar panels of Nuru in Goma, NE DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JONATHAN ALAIN BYAMUNGU, Co-founder of Nuru power plant 3. various of the Ndosho district in Goma, DR Congo 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): JUVENAL BIZIMUMGU, Miller and electricity user 5. various of the Ndosho district after dark in Goma, DR Congo 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): ANGELINA MUSOLE, Shopkeeper of Goma STORYLINE: The city of Goma in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) now has its own mini solar power plant at the initiative of a young Congolese. This power plant now supplies stable electricity to the city's Ndosho district, an insecure neighborhood after dark. The plant consists of 4,000 solar panels, each with a capacity of 335 watts. The company has also acquired solar inverters with a unit capacity of 50 kilo