Tag Archives: haiti
Will Tesla Motors Change the World?
It’s a little bit mind-boggling to think that only a century ago, cars were just starting to become available to the average man. Fast forward to today and almost everyone in the modern world has a vehicle, if not two. Cars have become one of the most ubiquitous and important pieces of technology that we [...]
The Clinton Foundation Backs Solar in Haiti
President Bill Clinton announced four new commitments to provide solar energy to Haiti by Clinton Foundation partners. Clinton took a three-day trip to Haiti to visit project sites featuring solar energy installations. He was accompanied by senior executives of large energy corporations from around the world, including China, Israel, and Ireland, as well as directors [...]
Sending Solar Cookers to Haiti
One of the biggest challenges facing post-earthquake Haiti is thedisruption in the power supply. Fortunately on such a sunny island,solar power can fill in some of left by downed power lines and damagedpower plants. For Example, Solar Cookers International (SCI)is working to supply people in the earthquake zone with solar ovens andwater pasteurization indicators (WAPIs), [...]
Solar Lights in Haiti: Update
In a press release today, solar-powered light manufacturer Sol, Inc.announced that the first phase of its Haiti relief effort has beencompleted. The company has already shipped approximately one third ofits first 130 solar light systems and is looking for air or seashipping partners to assist with the rest. While the bulk of thecompany’s $300,000 effort [...]
Sol, Inc. Donates Solar Lights to Haiti
Millions of dollars of relief may never reach Haitians in timeunless roadways, relief camps, hospitals and distribution areas canoperate past dark. Sol, Inc. is helping to solve the problem by donating some of its solar power street lights to the earthquake-stricken island. The total donation is expected to exceed $400,000 USD withassistance from suppliers, donations [...]
Solar’s Role in Rebuilding Haiti
Thecatastrophic earthquake that has all but leveled Haitian capitalPort-au-Prince, left tens of thousands dead or missing, and crippledthe country’s infrastructure certainly didn’t spare alternative powersources like generators or solar installations. Some solar arrays arestill up and running and providing much-needed power, though, whilestill others are being reassembled out of the wreckage. In an insightful blog [...]
1,000 Solar Mobile Phones Sent to Haiti
Solar powered bibles are just one of the few things being sent to Haitias a relief for its disaster struck citizens. Now, 1000 solar poweredmobile phones are being sent to Haiti, a country where communicationhas been cut of from its roots due to the recent earthquake. Thecompany’s, Intivation (a company that manufactures solar chargers [...]
Solar Bibles Headed To Haiti
Internationalagencies are on their way to Haiti with food, water and medicine, butvictims require something more to gather energy to start again. To keepalive the faith in God, a U.S. based group is sending Bibles toHaitians. These are not simple books, but are in the form of an audibledevice that runs on solar power. Called [...]