The UN says "Mobile phones are the biggest contributor to economic growth in off-grid rural populations". But keeping a phone charged when off-grid is frustrating and expensive. People travel large distances to charge their phones, pay for the world's most expensive electricity, and lose their phones for half a day while they charge. Twice a week.
BuffaloGrid offers access to electrical power, to rural people in the developing world.
BuffaloGrid has created a profitable, cost effective and protected way to reliably deliver power to remote areas. It makes power affordable - to acquire and to sell.
BuffaloGrid makes billing and promotion possible, because it knows exactly who power goes to.
No other system has this mix of secure information and easy access, which we believe is the key to bringing mobile network operators into the power distribution market.
BuffaloGrid is a gateway for new types of power services, billing and promotion that bring remote rural villages into the information age. The phones and network infrastructure exist, what is needed is a way to power them.
At BuffaloGrid we believe that people need access to power, not ownership of inefficient or polluting power solutions. A decentralised energy source is the key to bringing power to widely distributed off-grid people.
BuffaloGrid provides a simple and unique solution that brings power to people. Solar powered BuffaloGrid-Hubs bring charge right where it's needed. A charged phone means access to services such as mobile-banking, water point mapping, and eventually the internet and the world.
BuffaloGrid provides the environmental benefits of zero CO2 power, which translates into increased access to safe phone charging and lighting, reducing respiratory complaints and indirectly tackles other problems such as the one created by kerosene lamps that claim the lives of 1.5 million people each year, over half of which are under the age of five. Having safe lighting also means that people can be more productive through the dark hours, allowing children to study for longer.
BuffaloGrid - Hubs can also be used to provide off-grid power for a range of vital uses from medical to educational applications. It will help in bringing a considerable amount of economic growth to hundreds of rural communities around the world.
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www.buffalogrid.org
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