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News Release from: Solarcentury | Subject: Solar powered laptop computers
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 January 2005
Solar technology used to bring IT to
rural Africa
Two London based organisations have recently completed their first joint project to supply solar powered laptop computers to schools without electricity in rural Rwanda.
Two London based organisations have recently completed their first joint project to supply solar powered laptop computers to schools without electricity in rural Rwanda Digital Links, a charity founded to improve access to information technology in the developing world and solarcentury, the UKs leading supplier of solar PV systems have delivered 800 of the solar systems across the country
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 30 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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After much searching for a suitable solution, Digital Links CEO David Sogan found the answer on his doorstep.
"We were looking for a solar company that could help us design a robust product that could be used in schools that had no access to electricity".
" The solution that we came up with is cost-effective and perfectly suited to the environment".
solarcentury CEO Jeremy Leggett said "We are thrilled to have found a project that demonstrates the potential for solar power to revolutionise lives".
" Using solar electricity for light and education offers the opportunity to address some of the fundamental problems the world faces in very practical ways".
" What a terrific way for our magical technology to be first used in Africa".
This collaboration comes days after Tony Blairs speech at 10th anniversary of the Prince of Wales Business and the Environment Programme reaffirmed the key themes of the G8 as climate change and Africa.
The collaboration between Digital Links and solarcentury brings together these two themes to deliver renewable energy powered education and communication for one of the most disadvantaged countries in Africa.
Digital Links and solarcentury are now planning to develop the relationship with more projects that incorporate the use solar technology to bring IT to marginalised communities in the developing world.
They are currently working on a project to design portable solar powered Internet café housed in a shipping container.
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