The facility is located in a remote part of South Africa

Oct 18, 2012 19:41 GMT  ·  By
Solar power allows researcchers to monitor elephants in remote parts of Africa
   Solar power allows researcchers to monitor elephants in remote parts of Africa

When it comes to observing and recording animal behavior, researchers going about their scientific business in remote parts of the world more often than not come across the following problem: poor (if any, that is) access to electricity.

However, one team of specialists from Stanford University came up with a solution to this problem: they used sun power to meet the electricity demands of a research camp they set up in an isolated area of southern Africa.

Thus, sun power provides microscopes, various gadgets and even an electric fence with the energy they need.

This allowed them to take their time filming and photographing the elephants which came to sip water at an oasis in Namibia's Etosha National Park.

The camp was up and running since early June up until August, and stands as proof of the fact that renewables can also do a great job when it comes to lending a helping hand to conservation projects.

More information is made available to you in the video below.