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Smart Grid on Main Street
EarthSpark International has developed a solar-diesel hybrid micro-grid system to increase access to affordable, reliable electricity for value-added agricultural processing in Les Anglais, Haiti.
SociaLite Lighting Systems
SociaLite Lighting Systems, founded in 2017, works to increase awareness of, and alleviate light poverty by developing and installing solar powered mini-grid systems. We actively seek, and work with impoverished, marginalized, forgotten communities.
Solar Market Gardens
For over a decade, SELF’s Solar Market Gardens (SMGs) have tackled food insecurity through a combination of solar power and drip irrigation.
Sumba Iconic Island Initiative
To provide access to reliable and 100 percent renewable forms of energy for the 750,000 inhabitants of Sumba Island, ending their dependency on fossil fuels and supporting gender-balanced development and economic activities of the people.
SunBell multifunctional solar lantern and mobile charger
SunBell is a smart solar lamp with mobile charging capabilities. More than 2.4 million SunBells have been distributed worldwide since 2014.
Sustainable Sanitation in Nepal
A social enterprise model for public toilets piloted in Nepal that incorporates additional revenue streams with waste-to-value technology (biogas), bundled services (shops), gender-inclusive design, and a cleaning compliance program.
Tele-Irrigation
Tele-Irrigation is a technological innovation that allows farmers to remotely manage their farm irrigation using a mobile phone powered by solar or wind energy. The system intelligently distributes water and processes real-time meteorological and hydrological data.
World Social Capital Monitor
For the first time in history, in order to accelerate the SDGs people can score on eight crucial local social goods by open access and in 46 languages yet.
Healthy Entrepreneurs
Healthy Entrepreneurs delivers effective and affordable health products and services to the last mile, hard-to-reach populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, through a network of 5,000 Community Health Entrepreneurs in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Burundi.
Clean water from ocean waves - Wave2O
An innovative solution to harness ocean wave energy for seawater desalination.
Xenom Energy
A transformative start-up building a cutting-edge B2B platform for easy access to petroleum products in Africa. By connecting independent fuel station owners to Oil Marketers through our tech-enabled and operations driven marketplace.
AbzeSolar S.A.
AbzeSolar S.A., based in Burkina Faso, scales the use of sustainable energy solutions in the sub-Saharan region to eradicate poverty through energy and heating products, financing, cooperation, training, and employment. The ‘Initiative MAMA-LIGHT for Sustainable Energy’, launched by Abze, empowers communities to organize, manufacture, implement, maintain, and use sustainable solar energy and other renewable energy solutions to create jobs and to grow their local economies.
aQysta - Barsha Pump
The Barsha Pump is a patented, award-winning water pump driven solely by the water flow of streams, rivers, or canals. It pumps water to higher grounds without requiring any fuel or electricity and requires minimal maintenance.
Coastal villages in Bangladesh are Brightened by the Solar Energy
Most of the coastal people in Bangladesh live in darkness at night due to a lack of electricity and the high price of kerosene. The Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS) has implemented comprehensive initiatives to address these challenges without harming the ecosystem.
CodePhil
Digital Literacy in Rural Philippines for Sustainable Livelihoods & Community Resilience
Demand Limiting Controller (DLC)
The DLC is an intelligent networked system that automatically manages HVAC energy, including demand, kWh use and overall HVAC load during peak hours for industrial, commercial and retail facilities. By leveraging discrete zone data with weather forecasts, the DLC ensures optimal building conditions with managed HVAC operation.
Divine Bamboo Group Ltd
Divine Bamboo is an innovative forestry company that provides a clean cooking fuel in the form of high quality charcoal briquettes produced from local bamboo, grown specifically for energy purposes on our sustainable bamboo plantations in Uganda.
Ecooler: Solar-powered Evaporative Cooler for Fruits and Vegetables
Ecooler efficiently recycles water to store fruits and vegetables powered by solar energy, reducing post-harvest losses for women vegetable growers.
Futurepump Solar Pumps
We manufacture simple, durable, and portable solar irrigation pumps for the world's smallholder farmers.
Greenway Cookstoves
Greenway cookstoves optimize the air supply to the flame, ensuring complete combustion. They reduce smoke emissions by 70%, wood fuel usage by 65%, and cut down on cooking time and fuel collection time. This innovation aims to provide cleaner cooking solutions to reduce the health and environmental impacts of traditional cooking methods, which predominantly affect women and children.
Hybrid Vehicles with Exportable Power for Community-Based Agriculture Mechanization
Motivo is developing the Hybrid Agriculture/Road Vehicles with Electricity Storage and Transformation (HARVEST), a multi-purpose platform that enhances farm productivity by delivering power for tasks like plowing, well-drilling, cold storage, and transporting crops. Utilizing energy sources such as solar, wind, micro-hydro turbines, or the grid, the system is community-operated via mobile technology.
IoT Solar Panels with Payment System
A solution to enhance energy access for street vendors in India using solar-powered units that can be controlled remotely based on daily payments. The device aims to improve working hours, safety, and income for street vendors.
LAWIN Forest and Biodiversity Protection System
LAWIN is a forest and biodiversity protection system that empowers communities and authorities to address forest degradation and achieve conservation objectives. It hinges on regular monitoring and informed responses to forest and biodiversity threats.
Liter of Light
One billion people around the world suffer from energy poverty. Most proposed solutions bring technologies to energy-poor communities through top-down approaches, importing consumer models without turning over skills or ways to repair the technology. The Liter of Light Project teaches communities how to use recycled plastic bottles and locally sourced materials to illuminate their homes, businesses and streets. The Liter of Light redesigns solar lighting for the developing world, creating local jobs, teaching green skills, and empowering energy-poor communities. The project includes training local communities on building and installing solar lights using simple technologies and locally sourced materials. The primary business model involves training cooperative groups, primarily women, to build and sell the technologies at a retail price with a retainer fee to pay off the initial capital investment. The project also proposes a central recharging station business model for solar lamps.