French startup Koolboks has developed off-grid solar refrigerators that offer continuous refrigeration for up to four days via solar modules, ice storage, and lithium-ion batteries. The units are ...

Until recently, a store selling groceries in a village in Zambia couldn’t sell cold drinks: It didn’t have access to electricity to power a fridge. But the store now has a solar panel on the roof ...

South Africa scientists have developed an integrated, solar-powered heat pump and refrigerator for use by food vendors in sub-Saharan Africa. The dual system is powered by two 90 W solar modules and ...

UNICEF is building a global network of fridges and cold rooms—the cold chain—to make sure a vaccine stays effective as it’s transported to rural communities off the grid. When a COVID-19 vaccine is ...

The new TCW 15R SDD is a solar direct drive vaccine refrigerator, specially designed for small size health centres, working straight from solar panels with no batteries and no regulator.

ARCHIVE PHOTO: At an outreach post, Maasai people in the mountains far away from any health center are vaccinated and recorded in the Electronic Immunization Register by Dr Shemaghembe Bakeri, in the ...

The power grid supply in Africa is erratic and inconsistent, affecting rural and urban households and businesses. For restaurants or neighborhood stores dealing with perishables, frozen foods and ...

“Take what you need, leave what you can” is the motto of this big-city initiative. Positioned next to a garden of fresh vegetables grown to feed the Englewood community sits The Love Fridge, Chicago’s ...

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has received 1,653 solar-powered refrigerators from Gavi to enhance the country’s vaccine supply chain. The Executive Director of NPHCDA, ...