Eyin temi. E ku ojo meta. Please forgive my
reticence of recent time. I had gone on vacation into the deep to visit Yeye.
Lol. Just pranking you guys.
Today I will like to give you green folks
updates on the innovation by our sister company, Ecowatt Nigeria called
SOLARTEL. Solartel was designed by Olakunle and his partner to alleviate energy
poverty for quantum energy users, especially those in communication nexus, as
the unit is primarily a solar powered phone charging kiosk. Since Solartel 1
was launched early in the year, Ecowatt has produced another two units given
free of charge to entrepreneurs in Lagos. And I am happy to tell you that the units,
one in Abule-Egba and the other at Mafoluku in Oshodi, have been making eco-currencies for their
operators who now daily rely on energy from the sun to power their businesses
and make money. Pure genius by Ecowatt!
The idea behind Solartel according to its
exponents is to promote productive use
of energy particularly using renewable energy. Having understudied the
problems of small scale businesses in Nigeria, chief of which is instability
and high price in energy supply, they came up with the idea to power small
scale businesses with solar PV system and Solartel, as a prototype of one of
their innovations, has been a success story all the way. Today, Solartel 1,2 and
3 together generates over N50, 000 monthly in eco currencies for their
operators and together saves over 6,000 tonnes of carbon. Awesome isn’t it?
In recognition of this cutting edge
technology, Solartel just won a small grant award from the US Government to be
used in promoting the innovation in Lagos and we are gearing up for this august
event happening before the end of August,2017. The grant came on the heel of a
successful presentation of Solartel business Idea by Olakunle in Ethiopia where
Energy Experts from the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program had gathered to
brainstorm on the future of renewable energy. Ecowatt Nigeria, our sister in
the struggle, is braced to lead Africa into energy prosperity with her range of
innovations for small scale businesses and we are all excited for the success
stories.
Do you know of a small scale business in
your area that will like to benefit from the energy upgrade program being
offered by Ecowatt Nigeria Ltd. Give me a private chat and we might visit your
location to conduct walk through audit for your business and fix you up with a
Solar PV system free of charge.
Remember to always save energy whenever you
can. Stay green.
WSO
PS: Note that a small business that qualifies as a quantum energy user is such that needs nothing less than 100 watts of electricity to power its business daily.
