{"id":12146046,"date":"2026-10-14T08:40:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/?p=12146046&preview=true&preview_id=12146046"},"modified":"2026-10-14T08:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:48:57","slug":"climate-solar-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/10\/14\/climate-solar-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"From climate-driven disasters to Rohingya refugee camps, solar kits help keep the lights on"},"content":{"rendered":"

By VICTORIA MILKO<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISLAMABAD (AP) \u2014 Every day, Mohammed Saber places a single rectangular solar panel on the roof of the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shack that he and his family have called home for years, the last stop on their journey after fleeing the Myanmar military\u2019s brutal crackdown<\/a> on the Rohingya in 2017.<\/p>\n

The panel is part of a portable solar kit given to the Rohingya refugee family as humanitarian aid six years ago. It\u2019s been the family\u2019s primary source of electricity, making daily life so much easier in the camp for the displaced in Teknaf, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can now charge our phones, cook with light, children can study at night and use fans during the hot season,\u201d said Saber, 35.<\/p>\n

From the flood zones of Nepal<\/a> to refugee camps in Africa, experts say that solar energy is increasingly becoming part of disaster relief as technology improves, costs fall and humanitarian organizations recognize that having access to electricity is a fundamental need.<\/p>\n

Renewable energy solutions are needed more than ever, they say, as climate change drives and intensifies extreme weather<\/a> while wars, sanctions and political upheavals keep fossil fuel prices volatile<\/a>.<\/p>\n