June 7th, 2013
Background
Between June 2011 and January 2012, SharedSolar [1] introduced electricity access to approximately 65 businesses, households, and schools in Ruhiira, Uganda. SharedSolar’s mission is to supply electricity through the use of micro-grids to locations where the rural poor are without electricity and traditional grid connection is not economically feasible. The micro-grids supply electricity at the same voltage and frequency as the Ugandan grid (240 V and 50 Hz), and they rely on photovoltaic electricity generation with battery backup. In order READ MORE
