Electricity in Haiti
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonob...-talks-about-his-ambitious-energy-agenda/amp/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonob...-talks-about-his-ambitious-energy-agenda/amp/
I was surprised to see street light powered by the sun in P-a-P...I had a Haitian friend who went into the solar power business shortly after the earthquake.
He started manufacturing a simple system of a solar panel on top of a post, with an enclosed inverter with batteries below. The enclosure was filled with outlets for cel phone chargers. (110v outlets)
The idea was to give Haitians the ability to charge their phones for free, which would be an enormous benefit for them to be able to communicate.
The posts worked flawlessly - exactly as they expected. He started installing them at strategic points all over the country.
As they were progressing, they went back to check the original installations, and found every one of them with an enterprising citizen who was selling the electricity to others.
When the govt. saw that, they pulled the plug on the project, and my friend went bankrupt.
Sounds like he had a good idea, but too soon.
I had a Haitian friend who went into the solar power business shortly after the earthquake.
He started manufacturing a simple system of a solar panel on top of a post, with an enclosed inverter with batteries below. The enclosure was filled with outlets for cel phone chargers. (110v outlets)
The idea was to give Haitians the ability to charge their phones for free, which would be an enormous benefit for them to be able to communicate.
The posts worked flawlessly - exactly as they expected. He started installing them at strategic points all over the country.
As they were progressing, they went back to check the original installations, and found every one of them with an enterprising citizen who was selling the electricity to others.
When the govt. saw that, they pulled the plug on the project, and my friend went bankrupt.
Sounds like he had a good idea, but too soon.
The idea was to provide the electricity for free but then he went bankrupt?
BTW, the DR goverment should emulate this motion of Haiti to move towards 24/7 electricity. This truly mean developing, change and hope.
I'm going to assume that by, "the government pulled the plug," he meant it was the government that was behind the project monetary speaking that is. So, in essence, his friend went broke.
I'm going to assume that by, "the government pulled the plug," he meant it was the government that was behind the project monetary speaking that is. So, in essence, his friend went broke.
Thanks for clarifying, though, if the Haitian government was behind it monetarily, why would he be the one gone bankrupt?
It's likely that the system in question was Solar PV?
Because if the government pulled the plug then it means they were no longer going to support him and his project. I take this as they were the ones paying the man.