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they would be better off finding a use for the power in Africa. It like they have to pipe it in from so far just to... have it worthwhile. smh terribly thought.

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See this map:

https://www.altestore.com/diy-solar-resources/solar-insolati...

Most of the rest of Africa has as good or better solar potential than these two countries.

No they wouldn't. If local users want power then install more panels in addition to the UK panels.

It’s actually probably the opposite because of that - people in Africa now might have this as an accessible option simply because the UK went through all of the trouble to stand up the infrastructure. Even if the resources from the project itself don’t get reused all of the knowledge and derisking gained from demonstrating the concept has some intangible value

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