Power-To-Go With The Solar Suitcase

Arrow Electronics And We Care Solar Co-Operate On Innovative Solar Suitcase Technology

April 8, 2019 (Brand Spur)

“Arrow Electronics and nonprofit We Care Solar won the 2019 Edison Award for Social Innovation for its joint development of Solar Suitcase 3.0, a portable and durable power system that provides sustainable energy for around-the-clock, effective obstetric care in remote and off-grid maternal health facilities around the world…Worldwide, more than one billion people live without electricity – and 300,000 women die in childbirth, often turned away from health centres that lack power…We Care Solar is a nonprofit that has teamed with Arrow to ensure women have access to safe childbirth in well-lit health facilities…

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[The Solar Suitcase is] a sun-powered, waterproof, compact system that includes medical-quality lighting, a fetal monitor, rechargeable headlamps, and cell phone charging for remote health workers to make emergency referrals…We Care Solar and Arrow partnered to lower the cost with a] more powerful design that is now easier to manufacture at scale, install and operate. Each unit is expected to work for at least five years before requiring a simple battery replacement. Extensive field testing is continuing in Uganda, and expanded manufacturing in the United States is planned for 2019…” click here for more

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