Switch On: The Series

Visit the Maasai savannah of Kenya, Africa’s largest slum and its newest hydroelectric dam. Journey into the coal mines and power plants of growing Vietnam. Cross Nepal with an environmental health scientist, studying people’s transition from the most dangerous cooking fuel, killing millions a year, to the safest. And bring solar electricity, for the first time ever, to the Arhuaco people of Northern Colombia. Watch this 7-part series, based on and expanded from the celebrated global energy documentary Switch On- a spectacular, unexpected journey to know and understand the issues driving energy development around the world.

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Switch On: The Series

First Air Date

February 1, 2024

Last Air Date

February 6, 2024

Seasons

1

Episodes

7

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

PBS

Off-Grid Solar, Part 2
S01E06

Off-Grid Solar, Part 2

Join Dr. Scott Tinker, Solar Electric Light Fund and a team of volunteers as they return to the jungles of Colombia to build a solar microgrid- as utilities, nonprofits and entrepreneurs are doing across the developing world. With the help of the Arhuaco villagers, for the first time ever this remote community will have the power to Switch On.

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