Featured in Contactless prowess – 06-2011

Remote sunshine

Burma: SunEnergy Power International or SunEPI as it is known sought to bring energy to communities that are in need worldwide. The non profit public benefit companys Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Walt Ratterman saw renewable energy sources as the solution using the bottom-up approach. One of the countries, among more than 30, that saw changes to its communities was Burma. Walts daughter Briana Ratterman tells pv magazine more about powering people in the remotest areas with sun energy.

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pv magazine

31 May 2011

“Here in the United States, solar systems typically consist of modules on our roofs, connected to the utility grid to generate some portion of our household electricity. But in many part of the developing world, solar energy is the only source of electricity for a home or a village.” These are the words of Walt …

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