FLAT-PACKABLE THERMAL COLLECTOR SET FOR RWANDA

摘要

Dundee-based start-up SolarisKit has developed a thermal collector flat pack kit that promises to provide cheaper access to hot water in Pwanda. The company was founded by mechanical engineer Dr Faisal Ghani in 2019, aiming to provide an affordable, sustainable and practical solution for heating water after reading a journal on Rwanda's energy usage. Recently, SolarisKit completed the Royal Bank of Scotland's three-month Climate Entrepreneur Accelerator programme. RBS has established a corporate partnership with SolarisKit as its first UK customer, with plans to install the thermal collector at its Gogarburn HO in Edinburgh. The'S200'thermal collector developed by SolarisKit is one of the world's easiest and cheapest to install according to the team, with product trials set to begin in June and 80 units already shipped to Rwanda. According to Dr Ghani, it operates using the same principles of currently available solar thermal collectors: solar radiation is attenuated through high transmission solar glass side panels.