In December 2009, EarthSpark International was In recent years
May 3, 2010
In December 2009, EarthSpark International was In recent years, LED LIGHT in the industrial use has been a substantial increase in.a fledgling social enterprise, We are focusing on manufacturing led spotlight, LED Bulb Lamp.soon to open its first Clean Energy Store in rural Haiti, with the goal of making electricity available and affordable for all Haitians. A month later, Haiti’s earthquake catapulted EarthSpark and its co-founder, Dan Schnitzer, into prominence. Today, they are major players in planning Haiti’s energy future.
Even before the earthquake, Haiti hardly had energy infrastructure. Electricity was barely available outside the capital, and within the capital, it was only available part of the time. Most Haitians made do with wood fuel and kerosene lighting. As Schnitzer describes the current effort, “This isn’t rebuilding – it’s starting from nothing.” Indeed, as Haiti rebuilds, many Haitians are receiving electricity for the first time.
EarthSpark advocates adopted small-scale, decentralized solar energy production in Haiti rather than building a traditional electric grid. “The first few kilowatt-hours of electricity consumed by families have the biggest impact on quality of life,” explains Schnitzer. “For Haiti, a small solar light or system can improve lives drastically – far more cost-effectively and reliably than a centralized electricity grid plagued by unreliability and high costs.”
EarthSpark is putting this decentralized solar electricity model into practice by building a series of Clean Energy Stores, owned and operated by local entrepreneurs or co-operatives, in small cities across Haiti. Rural led strip wholesale from China and around the world.Haitians can take out affordable microloans at the stores to Chinese manufacturer of Solar light, garden lights.pay for small solar lighting systems and other clean energy technologies.
