Consumer Solar Solutions
Today an estimated 560 million Africans live without electricity; Philips is committed to improving access to lighting in Africa, for the majority of the population that lives in off-grid communities. The Innovation Hub is designing and developing new consumer products using the combination of solar power and energy efficient LED technology. New go-to-market models are also being established to ensure these solutions become accessible to people that would not be able to afford them otherwise.
The Philips Africa Innovation Hub while headquartered in Kenya, will be responsible for pan-African research and projects and will have operations across Africa, linked to the Philips regional offices across the continent; the hub will be headed by Dr. Maarten van Herpen and will work in close collaboration with the Philips research labs in Bangalore, Shanghai and Eindhoven.
Source: Royal Philips.
Notes:
1) Source: Unicef – http://www.unicef.org/media/media_70890.html
(2) Reference Source: Water boiling test version 4.2.2 done at accredited stove laboratory, Aprovecho Research Center (http://www.aprovecho.org/lab/index.php), Oregon, USA.
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