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Figure 9. A mini-hybrid off-grid electricity system (PV and wind) at Lucingweni Village, South Africa (adapted
from Rogers, 2009)
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank to Greg Forsyth and
David Le Maitre of the South African Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research for their contributions.
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