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A low-cost, plastic solar lamp could provide affordable lighting for millions living in rural off-grid areas across Africa.
Seedling growing inside lightbulb, digital composite

The lamp is made from polymer solar cells and although it is not as efficient as similar technologies, it could prove more affordable, according to its developers.

"There are many technologies out there already that are established and better performing ... but perhaps these do not have the potential to go much lower in cost," said lead researcher Frederik Krebs, from the Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, in Denmark.

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