{"id":10539,"date":"2013-11-19T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T10:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.sma-sunny.com\/2013\/11\/14\/video-update-dream-of-first-solar-powered-high-school-in-africa-becomes-a-reality\/"},"modified":"2013-11-19T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T10:10:06","slug":"video-update-dream-of-first-solar-powered-high-school-in-africa-becomes-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/en\/video-update-dream-of-first-solar-powered-high-school-in-africa-becomes-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Update: Dream of First Solar-Powered High School in Africa becomes a Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k7c8hNtxe8Y?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"640\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k7c8hNtxe8Y?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>In a previous\u00a0<a title=\"SMA Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/en.sma-sunny.com\/2013\/10\/08\/zambia-students-shine-thanks-to-first-solar-powered-high-school-in-africa-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a>, we introduced Sioma High School, located in Western Zambia, Africa. 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