Asia Foundation: Getting Detached - How Coal-to-Solar Is Moving Beyond Mongolia's Gers
April 02, 2026
April 02, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 2 -- The Asia Foundation issued the following news on March 31, 2026:
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Getting Detached: How Coal-to-Solar Is Moving Beyond Mongolia's Gers
In Ulaanbaatar, where winter temperatures regularly fall below -30 C, heating systems are literally a matter of life and death. For decades, coal-fired stoves have both facilitated and burdened daily life in the city's ger districts. The ubiquity of the smoke-belching stov . . .
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Getting Detached: How Coal-to-Solar Is Moving Beyond Mongolia's Gers
In Ulaanbaatar, where winter temperatures regularly fall below -30 C, heating systems are literally a matter of life and death. For decades, coal-fired stoves have both facilitated and burdened daily life in the city's ger districts. The ubiquity of the smoke-belching stov . . .