Sunsafe
Sunsafe simplifies off-grid solar system deployment by providing a smartphone app that sizes systems and validates component compatibility via QR code scanning, ensuring safe solar installations.
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Active Projects
Sunsafe for Productive Use
Funding to expand the Sunsafe app's applicability to productive use cases in agriculture, and assess go-to-market strategies for scalability and adaptability.
Locally Manufactured Next-Generation Solar
Collaboration with Swansea University to establish local manufacturing of solar panels to empower communities. Project includes gender inclusion, and capacity building in solar energy.
The Economic Value of Improved Electricity Reliability
Partnership with Yale University to research how electricity supply reliability impacts businesses economically.
Investigating Customer Originated Grid Unreliability
While Kenya's grid connection rate exceeds 76%, the national utility faces system losses averaging 24.2%, significantly above the regulatory threshold of 17.5%. This research investigates how technical and non-technical losses originating at the customer level impacts service delivery and grid reliability. The project is an electrical extension of the economics focused study.