The hearing began on Friday, 18th September with a field trip to Djabula, a village in the Maputo province, two hours by road from the capital, that has been electrified using photovoltaic panels. Accompanied by two engineers from the Mozambican National Energy Fund (Fundo Nacional de Energia - FUNAE), legislators from the Southern African Region saw firsthand how the people from this rural village have benefited from the energy provided by the solar panels combined with batteries.