February 14, 2017 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Sigora Haiti S.A., the clean energy micro-utility owned by San Francisco-based Sigora International Inc., announced today a US$2.5 million investment from the Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI), the European Commission’s Electrification Financing Initiative backed by 15 European Development Finance Institutions. The funds will be…
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FORBES: Fighting Energy Poverty With Renewables And Sustainable Economics In Haiti And Beyond
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Originally published on FORBES – There have been many aid programs designed to bring electricity to off-grid communities in Haiti, but once funding for a project runs out, then what? Without ongoing capital for maintenance and repairs, the infrastructure wears out and communities are left where they started. One potential solution…
FAST COMPANY: In Haiti, a startup is building 100% renewable grids for towns with no power
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Originally published on FAST COMPANY – A year ago, no one living in Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti, had electricity. By the spring of 2016, the town had a brand new grid, and it will soon run completely on solar and wind energy. “In six months, we built from scratch the entire electrical…
GREENBIZ: What off-grid countries can teach us about clean power
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Originally published on GREENBIZ More electricity is coming to the rural Global South, bit by bit, as renewable projects light up remote villages and hospitals, individual huts and large water treatment plants. There are 1.2 billion people estimated not long ago to live without electricity. But electrification isn’t arriving in these…