Rise Solar: powering households in emerging markets
1.6 billion people around the world currently live without access to electricity. Their options -- diesel, conventional solar, and sometimes grid power -- are all well beyond their means. Yet, most of them spend upwards of $100 per year on energy for kerosene lighting, cell phone charging, and batteries for flashlights and radios.
Rise Solar, currently incubating under D-Rev, has developed a patent-pending solar concentrator that can provide electricity for cell phone chargers, batteries, and other devices through our charge control circuitry. The device is modular and versatile, enabling the user to tailor the system to his or her end use. Multiple concentrators interconnect to create bigger systems. This modularity allows us to respond quickly to market demand by providing accessories that interface with the concentrator and fit the users’ needs.
Our solar starter kit is the first and only affordable, entry-level power system for a household in emerging markets. The retail price of $50 is a fraction of the cost of existing generation systems and will be affordable for the majority of the population.
Learn more on our website: www.risesolar.com
Vision
To provide energy at less than half the cost of current solar options for those who see potential to light and power communities to improve incomes, productivity and health.
