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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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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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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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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…
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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…
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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…