Amped Innovation: Developing Affordable Solar-Powered Fridges for Sub-Saharan Africa
Amped Innovation have effectively addressed two major hurdles faced by solar-powered fridges today: affordability and efficiency. You can read how in our case study.
Only 4% of rural areas in Africa have access to refrigeration. With an average cost of around $1,300-$2,000 for a medium-sized system, solar fridges are too expensive for much of rural Sub-Saharan Africa.
The challenge of producing a world-leading cost-effective and high-performing refrigerator was taken on by Amped Innovation, with support from the Efficiency for Access Research and Development Fund. Find out in our report how Amped Innovation tackled the challenges of affordability and efficiency in solar-powered fridges by leveraging phase change materials and an innovative design. The final product works out at around half of the previous costs about half as much to run as before.