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Solar mini-grids are a promising solution for many parts of Africa, and project developers worldwide are well underway in expanding their investments in this sector. However, these types of facilities are expensive to implement and generally not economically unfeasible to serve the “last mile” in most rural areas. Solar lanterns and home systems have tremendous potential to serve the “last mile”, but they have limited capabilities to create new wealth or economic opportunities in rural areas.
A Power Hub solution offer tremendous opportunities to solve the “last mile” crisis, given their relatively lower capital and operating costs and portability. However, for any power hub solution to be financially viable, it must serve energy-with-a-purpose.
The only financially viable and sustainable solution for a power hub solar generator in rural areas is when they can be leveraged to develop new goods and services that can be sold to the middle class and, even better, exported abroad.
A solar power hub generator powering semi-industrial agro-machinery or orther generic tools are the answer. They help villagers automate their most manually-intensive processes and help them develop finished goods, rather than just commodities, so more of the value chain is captured by the producer (including women’s cooperatives), rather than a myriad of middlemen. They offer zero operating costs compared to diesel-powered equipment, and they can be monitored from a distance by maintenance teams and capital providers.
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