Solar Power Companies Provide Aid to Haiti

Solar Power Companies Provide Aid to Haiti (AP image/Gregory Bell)

Over the past two weeks since the devastating Haiti earthquake struck, cash and in-kind donations from all around the world have been pouring in to help Haiti.  Individuals, organizations, and corporations have generously opened their hearts and wallets to provide Haiti earthquake relief in many different ways.

Solar power companies, like many other businesses, are finding ways to use their technology to provide aid to Haiti.  It should come as no surprise that solar energy can make a significant difference to Haitians and relief workers, given the success of solar in developing countries around the world.  Solar energy is used to help cook food, and provide drinkable water, lighting and communication – all of which are desperately needed in Haiti.

Struggle for survival after the Haiti Earthquake (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Hats off to the following solar power companies that are doing so much to provide aid to Haiti:

• SolarWorld, based in Germany, and which manufacturers solar panels in the U.S., has donated solar power equipment and modules to generate solar power for ten water pumping stations in Haiti.
• Solar lighting manufacturer, Sol, has provided a number of solar-powered streetlights which help rescue/recovery workers continue efforts after nightfall.
• Solar powered cell phones have been donated by Intivation, a Dutch-based green tech company.  The 1,000 phones can help Haiti relief workers communicate with each other to coordinate efforts.
• Solar Ovens International is taking donations to provide solar ovens for Haitians. The company has partnered with Feed My Starving Children to deliver 270,000 meals to the country, along with a number of solar cookers so that affected people can prepare their own healthy meals without electricity.

If you want to help these solar power companies help the Haitians, please click on any of the links above where you can find more information on how to make a donation – which is probably tax deductible (check with your CPA or tax advisor).

Solar power-based assistance is critical in this situation.  The fact that neither power lines nor telephone poles are needed to provide some of the most basic needs to Haiti means that solar energy can also give rise to another key necessity that so many desperately need: Hope.

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