Jun 10, 2011 / ENERGY GLOBE Award Project presentation -
"Portable solar power" In Bangladesh the day ends at 6 p.m. as
the villages go dark. Without a source of light, working and
reading are impossible: 75% of households in rural Bangladesh
are not connected to the grid. Rifat Turja of the FAROOQUI
foundationsought a solution to this problem – and suddenly he
saw daylight. According to the motto “Think simply and always
positively“, he developed his Multi-User Solar System. Instead
of mounting expensive solar panels on each house, a central
photovoltaic base station is installed. It serves as the solar
fueling station for the whole village. There the inhabitants
draw solar energy with a portable battery that is charged in
three to four hours. The integrated LED lamps then bring light
into darkness four hours a day for a whole week. Then the
1/2-kilogram lightweight, which even children can carry easily,
is recharged. Utilizing the system costs nothing, and setup
costs per household are less than 25% of a st