Scaling Energy Access in Africa: Solving the Battery Issue for Rural Clinics ...Mike Rosenberg
Looking for Reseller Partners in West and East Africa.
Presented at Solar West Africa conference in Accra, Ghana April 20th and the launch of our SolarEnabler - a $2000 (or $1/day) lithium battery system with inverter and charge controller built in that democratises solar power by making it simple and self-installing. Provides enough power for full size fridges, kettles, shirt irons and all the white goods people can now afford (but can't afford to power). Enables dignity.
3G connected so clinics or homes in Africa can leapfrog the west by remotely turning the lights or fans off. Ships in May to 30 homes in Nigeria paying just $30 month on a buy to own basis.
We founded Aleutia in 2006 to design computers from the ground up for use in rural Africa. All of our projects were off grid and in countries like Angola we couldn't find affordable solar installation providers so we became expert at small scale DC solar power systems and designed a Solar Classroom in a Box (2011) which we've since deployed at 366 schools across Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and other countries. When we started providing the same for clinics in Oyo, Nigeria we found many sites already had direct solar (battery free) vaccine fridges. But the panels hadn't been connected to any batteries or lights - clinics were still delivering babies with paraffin lanterns. At another site, the compressor had broken after 9 months and there was too much bureaucracy between the aid funder and the clinic to have it fixed - it was an $8000 cupboard.
We realised we needed to provide AC power - a WHO approved vaccine fridge is only $800 (a tenth the price) if AC powered - and take a holistic view, providing power for the entire clinic, not just a fridge or our computers. We set out to kill generators.
Tesla's PowerWall was too heavy (our walls could never bear 100kg) and required an external inverter and professional installation so we set out to make something plug and play.
Scaling Energy Access in Africa: Solving the Battery Issue for Rural Clinics ...Mike Rosenberg
Looking for Reseller Partners in West and East Africa.
Presented at Solar West Africa conference in Accra, Ghana April 20th and the launch of our SolarEnabler - a $2000 (or $1/day) lithium battery system with inverter and charge controller built in that democratises solar power by making it simple and self-installing. Provides enough power for full size fridges, kettles, shirt irons and all the white goods people can now afford (but can't afford to power). Enables dignity.
3G connected so clinics or homes in Africa can leapfrog the west by remotely turning the lights or fans off. Ships in May to 30 homes in Nigeria paying just $30 month on a buy to own basis.
We founded Aleutia in 2006 to design computers from the ground up for use in rural Africa. All of our projects were off grid and in countries like Angola we couldn't find affordable solar installation providers so we became expert at small scale DC solar power systems and designed a Solar Classroom in a Box (2011) which we've since deployed at 366 schools across Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and other countries. When we started providing the same for clinics in Oyo, Nigeria we found many sites already had direct solar (battery free) vaccine fridges. But the panels hadn't been connected to any batteries or lights - clinics were still delivering babies with paraffin lanterns. At another site, the compressor had broken after 9 months and there was too much bureaucracy between the aid funder and the clinic to have it fixed - it was an $8000 cupboard.
We realised we needed to provide AC power - a WHO approved vaccine fridge is only $800 (a tenth the price) if AC powered - and take a holistic view, providing power for the entire clinic, not just a fridge or our computers. We set out to kill generators.
Tesla's PowerWall was too heavy (our walls could never bear 100kg) and required an external inverter and professional installation so we set out to make something plug and play.