Low-Tech Solar Panels Offer Low-Cost Energy To Developing Nations
CLEVELAND, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Around the world 1.6 billion people do not have access to electricity. Cleveland-area native Christopher Clark wants to change that.
The 26-year-old Clark founded Sunflower Solutions after becoming aware of the rampant lack of power in developing areas and the myriad problems that stem from living without electricity.
Clark's company is the latest Civic Innovation Lab champion, awarded $30,000 to expand his business of creating low-cost solar panels to provide electricity to developing countries. Clark hopes that his innovation will help remove the first obstacle to solving a host of other issues, including hunger, access to clean water, and education.
"This is more than just a company to make money," Clark said in a recent Plain Dealer article. "It will change lives."
Lab Director Jennifer Thomas agreed.
"Christopher has created a company with a conscious," she said. "And it's a viable model."
Read more about Clark's recent success here in a profile in the Plain Dealer.
To get more information on Sunflower Solutions: Visit www.thesunflowersite.org, follow them on Twitter, or become a fan on their Facebook page.
To get more information on the Civic Innovation Lab: Visit www.civicinnovationlab.org.
SOURCE Civic Innovation Lab
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