Featured in Treasure Islands – 08-2024

UP: A second chance

There is hope for the troubled island nation of Haiti. While much of the country’s population live in areas controlled by heavily armed gangs, in the north a solar nonprofit is lighting up schools and homes and proving the value of second-life modules.

By

Jonathan Gifford

12 Aug 2024

The Terrepower module processing facility remanufactured 60,000 of the 120,000 used solar panels it collected in 2023 and recycled the remaining modules. | Photo: Terrepower

On July 23, 2024, US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Greenfield flew into the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to meet with recently appointed lawmakers. She strode onto the tarmac from military aircraft at the international airport, which had reopened only in May 2024. It had been closed for three months due to attacks …

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