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  "id": 17799855,
  "title": "Laos banks on wind energy to power renewables push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/laos-banks-on-wind-energy-to-power-renewables-push",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T12:35:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3373018/laos-banks-wind-energy-power-renewables-push"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Rising from verdant ridge lines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam’s surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. “The view is beautiful. They’re bigger than trees,” 23-year-old Toukta Phonsala said inside her wooden stilt house in Dak Wai village, her baby bouncing on her lap. Hydroelectric dams have proliferated across…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Laos’s wind farm powers Vietnam’s growth as region diversifies energy sources",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/laoss-wind-farm-powers-vietnams-growth-as-region-diversifies-energy",
        "published": "2026-11-02T09:35:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}