Power Africa Presentations and Videos
All the videos listed below were captured during the Power Africa 2012 Conference. They are listed in chronological order and include the group discussion at the end of the presentations, if there were any. All comments are welcome. Three notes: Set quality to HD on the video for maximum clarity and use the FULL SCREEN … Read more
Power Africa Conference 2012 Summary
Many thanks to all participants at the IEEE Power Africa 2012 in Johannesburg South Africa. Community Solutions Initiative was grateful for all the support and interest by all participants. Here is the report from Ray Larsen on the accomplishments from the CSI Special Session at Power Africa: 1. We have a firm partnership development plan with 3 new highly … Read more
Impact of CSI Power Africa Conference
Hello, everyone! The CSI Power Africa conference had a tremendous impact as evidenced by the testimonial from an attendee, Ifeanyi Orajaka from the Green Village Electricity Project in Nigeria. Please enjoy reading it below. Warm Greetings all, I wish to use this medium to express appreciation to all those that made the CSI workshop at Power Africa … Read more
IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Challenge – CSI Tutorial Presentations
Thank you to everyone who attended the tutorial on Sunday which covered the range of open-source projects by Community Solutions Initiative. Attendees provided excellent feedback and discussion that we appreciate. Below are the presentations in pdf format: CSI Introduction (by Dr. Robin Podmore) CSI LightCycle (by Dr. Robin Podmore) CSI Wind Turbine (By Dr. Henry Louie) CSI Solar … Read more
IEEE / Sirona Haiti Rural Electric Project Report
SUMMARY Between June and July of 2011 the Sirona Cares Foundation (SCF) and the Community Solutions Initiative (CSI) of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) deployed six pilot SunBlazer Solar based Battery Charging Stations and established six franchises designed to support the long term operation and maintenance of the units in the context … Read more
Light Cycle Videos
Today we bring you six (6!) new videos on the light cycle. They include: a basic demonstration of operation, a demonstration of a “light stick” LED flashlight, some metering options with the Light Cycle, and an explanation running the Light Cycle with a load. Thanks to Ron Parigoris for the build and Wayne Gutschow for the camerawork! … Read more
