18 January 2012
Plus plastic electronics, "UK organic solar firm commissions new production plant"
18 January, 2012
Triple Pundit, "Pay-as-you-go solar could provide clean electricity to 1 Billion people", by Leon Kaye
Business Weekly, "Eight19 looks to expand "pay as you go" solar across Africa" by Will Nichols
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9 January 2012
Greenbang features Eight19 "8 minutes and 19 seconds that could change the world"
The piece describes Eight19's technology as having "huge potential"
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9 January 2012
Eight19 features in The Network: Cisco's Technology News Site.
“Brett Prior, a senior analyst with GTM Research, agrees that the pay-as-you-go PV model could offer a viable path for cash-strapped Africans to buy the power they need to get connected. 'The challenge is they often do not even have $10 to buy even a basic solar panel,' he says.”
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5 January 2012
The Guardian write on the significance of solar power for helping the billion people without electricity. The article highlights how the "poor already pay for light. They pay for kerosene and candles. And they pay a lot"
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30 December 2011
"This year the University´s commercial arm has hit effective profit, returning a record amount back to the institution and its researchers."
Varisty Online discusses this year's success of Cambridge Enterprise (CE) and features Eight19 as one of those companies supported by CE:
"Currently, Cambridge Enterprise supports more than 1,000 University researchers at all stages of the commercialization process. ‘Universities such as Cambridge have an...
21 December 2011
PV Insider featured Eight19’s solar as a service approach for the developing world, on December 20, 2011. Describing the IndiGo pay-as-you-go solution as “nifty technology and a novel business model”, the article explored the long-term benefits for end-users.
Dr Simon Bransfield-Garth, Eight19’s CEO, also highlighted the significant opportunity for the PV market, “People sometimes think of this as a niche market, but if you...
1 October 2011
SolarAid is thrilled to be working with Eight19, a technology innovator specialising in solar electricity for off-grid applications, on an exciting trial in Kenya.
With SolarAid's support, Cambridge-based Eight19, are trialling an affordable, smart power solution called IndiGo. Indigo is a smart, pay-as-you-go, personal solar electricity system designed for the developing world - and very much in line with SolarAid's vision of...
