Reliability, Resiliency Key to Caribbean Rebuild

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This article was originally published in the April issue of POWER Magazine. As another hurricane season approaches, the lessons learned by energy companies that have repaired power infrastructure in Haiti, Puerto Rico, and other areas provide a path forward for reducing the impact of future major storms. The devastating hurricanes…

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PRESS RELEASE: Sigora Haiti awarded “Best Microgrid Project” at the 9th Annual Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum

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October 24, 2017: Sigora Haiti’s Môle-Saint-Nicolas microgrid, which provides 24/7 power to 5,000 people in a previously un-electrified region of northwest Haiti, was awarded “Best Microgrid Project” at the 9th Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF), the largest annual gathering of the Caribbean renewable energy market that took place in Miami from the 18thto the…

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SOLAR MAGAZINE: Solar Energy Storage Resilience: On the Ground in Haiti

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Originally published on SOLAR MAGAZINE – Online, television, radio and print news services are awash with reports of Hurricane Harvey and Irma’s devastating effects in Texas, Florida and neighboring southeastern U.S. states, and justifiably so. Attaining record-setting proportions and sustained wind speeds, Hurricane Irma swept across the Caribbean’s Greater and…

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RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD: Haitian Solar PV Weathers Hurricane Irma

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Originally published on RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD –  With the complete toll of Hurricane Irma beginning to reveal itself, renewable energy stakeholders take stock of lessons learned. Haiti-based micro-utility start-up Sigora Haiti is one such group. Holding a concession from the government of Haiti to be sole power provider to some 200,000 in…

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VOICE OF AMERICA: Bringing the Internet to the World’s Far-flung Corners

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Originally published on VOICE OF AMERICA – NEW YORK —  Without adequate power, even the best smartphone or laptop can quickly become useless. It’s a simple concept that’s often taken for granted in industrialized nations. But not in the developing world where basic internet access is a challenge. “You have…

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GREENTECH MEDIA: How One US Startup Is Making Electrification a Bankable Business in Frontier Markets

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Originally published on GREENTECH MEDIA –  Sigora International charts a path to profitably powering 136,000 people in Haiti. There’s a reason why Sigora International, a startup headquartered in San Francisco, chose to deploy its pioneering micro-utility platform in Môle-Saint-Nicolas, a remote seaside town in northwest Haiti — the poorest region…

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