June’s heatwave is likely to have caused the death of 2,700 people, and significant economic damage. READ: ZACK HANDS ANDY CLIMATE A TO ZHaranguesBut our politics is lagging well behind the reality. It’s Chinese solar PV and batteries that are electrifying sub-Saharan Africa. What’s even more impressive, in its own way, is what’s happening under the noses of even those governments who are actively hostile to the transition. The figures speak for themselves: solar PV cost four times more than coal for each kilowatt hour generated in 2010, but is now less than half the price.