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Afghan Solar

Posted Fri, 03/13/2009 - 23:27 by dnoon

Afghan Solar is a company located in Kabul started by Afghans in 2002.

Because of no city power, we provide alternative power solutions for lighting, Water, computers, telecommunications.
Our aim is to install solar energy to villages specially our home lighting systems throughout Afghanistan..
We represent big names in Solar business such as TATABP solar, Exide Batteries, Afghan Solar Inverters, Bergey wind energy.
Our team consists of professional certified engineers with trained locals who Do the tedious job with installing systems in remote regions of the Country.

12V DC Mini Computer

Posted Mon, 03/09/2009 - 11:11 by cglusky

This is a link to a 12V DC computer build we recently completed. It's marketed as a carputer but may work well for solar powered applications. Getting ready to send it to Afghanistan on the next Nerd Surge for testing in the field. Price as built is about $290 US.

http://metanomy.org/node/9

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Solar Stik

Posted Wed, 10/08/2008 - 09:07 by jblock

Solar Stik is a company that makes portable solar energy generators and solar/wind hybrid generators. In the portable power market, solar and wind has a profound impact on sustained power delivery because the most expensive cost in portable power is transport and storage of fuel. Solar and wind have no support costs. One of the benefits to Solar Stik's design is that their versatile systems can power diverse power needs, and are not narrowly designed for specific technologies. They are easily transportable and can be folded down into boxes that can be checked on an airplane. These benefits provide the ability to deliver power to remote locations or regions where transportation pathways are compromised.

Mexico Trip Report

Posted Wed, 08/13/2008 - 12:46 by dnoon

Pat McArdle is a member of the board of Directors for Solar Cookers International has been working with the STAR-TIDES project from the beginning. A retired Senior Foreign Service Officer with experience in Afghanistan, she has done some incredible work as our Integrated Cooking expert.

Nano-Bio Convergence in Solar Power

Posted Tue, 05/06/2008 - 07:36 by dnoon

Another interesting development in the Solar world - a nano - bio convergence

Researchers claim photovoltaic cell advance

Amir Ben-Artzi
EE Times Europe
(04/30/2008 7:59 AM EDT)

NETANYA, Israel — Scientists at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel claim they have found a way to construct efficient photovoltaic cells costing at least a hundred times less than conventional silicon based devices, and with similar or better energy conversion efficiency.

Solar Water Heaters in Cairo

Posted Sun, 05/04/2008 - 08:25 by dnoon

The Solar Cities project funded through USAID's Small Infrastructures program in Cairo

Micro Power

Posted Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:17 by cglusky

They call it mini but I am putting it in the micro category.

Handheld wind turbin with battery as well as solar panels.

http://hymini.com/html/HYmini.html

Might be something good to add to the demo kit.