Round 5: Tossup 2

Note to moderator: read the answerline carefully. Maasai pastoralists have been displaced by projects providing this service located in Kenya’s Olkaria region. Husk, a company that provides “mini” methods of providing this service, left Tanzania over disputes with TANESCO. Morocco provides this service through complexes like one at Noor, which uses a parabolic trough collector (10[1])as a “concentrated” (-5[1])facility of its type. This service is intended to be supplied across Africa by the much-delayed Grand Inga (-5[1])infrastructure project in (10[1])DR Congo. (10[1]-5[1])In South Africa, Eskom’s failure (10[1])to fully provide this service has led to loadshedding. (10[1])For 10 points, what service may be conveyed (10[1])as HVDC from photovoltaics or batteries? ■END■ (10[2])

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