Tailor-made Solar Cooling

Our tailor-made solar cooling systems are a solution to a well-documented challenge in markets with limited or no cold-chain, such as in Sub-Saharan Africa where lack of cold-storage can lead to 80% unnecessary waste!

Our tailor-made solar cooling systems are a solution to a well-documented challenge in markets with limited or no cold supply chains, such as in Sub-Saharan Africa. In our market study, we found that this lack of cold-storage can lead to 80% unnecessary waste! There are some agricultural value chains and marketplaces with cold storage to keep vegetables, fruit, meat or fish cold or frozen. However, these cold storage units usually operate on costly and polluting diesel powered generators or unreliable grid electricity. This not only leads to pollution and emission of greenhouse gases, it also results in food waste when there is a power outage.

INNOVATION

Our proprietary, solar-cooling technology was developed in partnership with the Technical University of Delft. This technology was then tested through a project supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB). With the support of AfDB, Emergi constructed 10 units for field testing in Ivory Coast. After this successful trial, Emergi received the Momo4Climate award in 2017. Having received this award, we were able to build our next generation solar cooling unit, incorporating all the lessons learned from the AfDB project. Our tailor-made solar cooling systems present a zero-carbon and zero-electricity cold storage solution – using sustainable and cost-free solar energy to maintain cold or freezing temperatures (5C to -5C). Every country has its specific weather and solar patterns and every produce item has its specific cooling requirements. Therefore, we use context specific and proven cooling technologies or combine them for the optimum result.

Our tailor-made solar cooling systems present a zero-carbon and zero-electricity cold storage solution – using sustainable and cost-free solar energy to maintain cold or freezing temperatures (5C to -5C).