Solar powered street cleaners emerge on streets of Pyongyang: photos

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Solar powered street cleaners emerge on streets of Pyongyang: photos

Proliferation of solar-power continues to increase in energy-insufficient North Korea

Chad O'Carroll December 4, 2017

Solar powered street cleaners emerge on streets of Pyongyang: photos

NK News

Solar powered street cleaning vehicles have recently begun to appear on the streets of Pyongyang, photos shared with NK News on Saturday show.

The emergence of the small and multi-colored vehicles, which feature a small roof that doubles as a solar panel, comes amid a broader push by the fuel-poor country to maximize the use of solar energy throughout the country.

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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