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Senegal’s new wind farm will provide clean energy to 2 million

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With the wind farm, 30% of all energy used in Senegal will be from renewable sources. Image: Unsplash/ZHANG FENGSHENG

Nellie Peyton
Journalist, Reuters Foundation
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