Solar

Solar

Generation
      Advanced Nuclear
      Renewable Energy
            Solar
            Hydroelectricity
            Wind
            Geothermal & Heat Pumps
                  Enhanced Geothermal Power
                  Heat Pumps
Off-grid Electricity Access
      Microgrid
Distribution
Smart Urbanisation
      Transportation
      Smart Grid
Storage
      Large-Scale Storage for Renewable Energy

Christchurch Micro Urban Village

New Zealanders are picking up pencils, tools and instruments to create a pop-up transitional urban village that brings together small innovative buildings, housing, shops, music rooms and cafes. The SHAC Micro Urban Village is in the earthquake damaged city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Village Entrepreneur

The initiative started in Ifaty, a village in South Madagascar. Ifaty has no connection to electricity and has a population of more than 15,000 people. The government of Madagascar has no plans to install an electricity grid nearby before a 2040 -2050 timeframe. ToughStuff saw an opportunity to launch a project for the distribution of solar lights to the residents of the village. The Village Entrepreneur program leverages the microfinance model to encourage independence and self reliance.

How the model works:

Drake Landing Solar Community

Canada has a reputation for being a cold country, not the place you would expect a world leading solar-thermal community to be but the Drake Landing Solar Community in the town of Okotoks, Alberta Canada is just that. The community, with an average annual temperature of 40C, is the first of its kind in North America and is unprecedented in the world in providing 90% of the space heating requirements of each of the 52 homes in the community with solar energy.