Making inexpensive solar cooling for countries in need.
Many countries don’t have cold chains, which are the steps needed to keep food cool and fresh from the farm to the table. This means that a lot of food and quality is wasted, which has a big effect on rural and national incomes. Also, it makes food more expensive in cities, which are getting more and more crowded. This problem affects 38% of the food grown in Egypt and 48% of the food grown in India. The problem is that the food needs to be chilled as soon as it is picked on the farm. This is hard and expensive to do without electricity from the mains. The cooling modules from Solar Polar don’t need electricity from the mains to work. The modules can work both day and night because they have a part that stores thermal energy. They also have no moving parts and provide cooling with no carbon emissions, which makes everyone’s lives a lot better.
Positive facts about Cool Box
Cooling without electricity – 100% reduction in CO2 emission cooling using solar over electrically driven alternative
No moving parts, little maintenance, a life in service of 30 years plus.
Uses only natural refrigerants, no greenhouse gasses
SP use a natural refrigerant and therefore avoids the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases, and of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Reduction in food waste can give an Indian farmer a ten-fold increase in income and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rotting food
Repayment time of 3 to 5 years dependent on the cost of electricity
Works in off-grid communities
Local manufacture brings jobs as well as cooling
Video about Cool Box
https://player.vimeo.com/video/239420220
Cool Box website : https://solar-polar.co.uk/cool-box
