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Thank you IndieGoGoers.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
access:energy empowers
Kenyans to bring renewable electricity to their communities, creating skilled jobs and energy independence.
We are training local technicians to build
wind turbines from scratch, using scrap metal and car parts that they source locally. We need your support. We’ve already received
an award from the President of Kenya for our work, but its financial support
that we now need in order to keep this powerful dream alive. The wind turbines:
Thank you IndieGoGoers.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
access:energy empowers
Kenyans to bring renewable electricity to their communities, creating skilled jobs and energy independence.
We are training local technicians to build
wind turbines from scratch, using scrap metal and car parts that they source locally. We need your support. We’ve already received
an award from the President of Kenya for our work, but its financial support
that we now need in order to keep this powerful dream alive. The wind turbines:
Thank you IndieGoGoers.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
access:energy empowers Kenyans to bring renewable electricity to their communities, creating skilled jobs and energy independence.
We are training local technicians to build wind turbines from scratch, using scrap metal and car parts that they source locally. We need your support. We’ve already received an award from the President of Kenya for our work, but its financial support that we now need in order to keep this powerful dream alive. The wind turbines:
+ Are 3 times cheaper than equivalent solar panels
+ Do no harm, unlike disposable batteries or kerosene smoke
+ Help create skilled jobs
Your donation:
Your donation:
Your donation:
+ Will be matched, dollar for dollar by the Segal Family Foundation doubling your impact
+ Is direct, thanks to the match funding, your $25 (that’s £15) enables two artisans to work for a week, acquiring the skills they need to be energy independent
ACCESS:ENERGY IN THE NEWS
Want to know more? Read about us on these pages!
- Fast Company: Co.Exist
- Yale University's Sage Magazine
- Rhodes University's Critical Thought Page
- Anya Hart Dyke's Going Green blog
- we were selected as IndieGoGo CEO Slava's personal pick for the staff Campaign Roundup 10 Feb 2012
WHY ACCESS?
access:energy's approach to energy provision is quite different from solar power projects - we build our turbines from scratch at small workshops in Kenya, install them as energy hubs in rural villages and distribute power very locally. This local approach means we can deliver electricity far cheaper than mass-produced solar panels and even, in many cases, grid electricity. It also means that as we grow we create skilled jobs in the places where people need them most.
Local demand, local supply. Power to the people.
This ethos is at the heart of access:energy. It is why we think this is going to work.
THE IMPACT
REPLACING LOW-QUALITY SOURCES OF ENERGY:
Most Kenyan households are still reliant on kerosene lamps, disposable batteries and diesel generators. These energy sources are very expensive and harmful to human health.
JOB CREATION:
Most other energy projects in Africa rely on importing products to sell or distribute. With your support this project will develop local production capacity - renewable energy technology built by Kenyans, for Kenyans.
LOCAL OWNERSHIP:
We set up small clean energy hubs that are then managed by Kenyan communities, bringing self-reliance.
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY:
Our turbines are built to produce enough power for clinics to store vaccines and provide 24 hour obstetric care, to provide light for children to study at night, refrigeration for dairy farmers and fishermen, and for the whole village to be able to charge their mobile phones.
You get the idea, electricity is big.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS TURBINE
The access:wind turbine was designed by access:energy in close partnership with artisans from Kenya's informal manufacturing sector (Jua Kali) with technical support from engineers from Yale University and the EngineerAid network.
In July 2011, it won a Kenyan Presidential Award for Jua Kali Design and Innovation.
We work with wind turbines firstly because, with a little ingenuity, they can be made from scrap materials, car parts and components found readily in Kenya, so no global supply issues even in remote places. Secondly, because small wind turbines can meet the energy requirements of Kenyan houses far more cheaply than imported technology.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS JUA KALI
Jua Kali means 'hot sun' in Swahili. It is the term used for the informal manufacturing areas in Kenyan towns. Each Jua Kali area is a complex, self-organising system of mechanics, welders, wood workers and other tradesmen who work 'under the hot sun' - ie. without big workshops or heavy machinery. Jua Kali artisans break, re-build and lovingly maintain just about any piece of technology you can think of from radio sets to Isuzu trucks. Now, with access:energy, they are starting to manufacture wind turbines.
Jua Kali is a fascinating socio-economic phenomenon that the Kenyan Government is just beginning to support as an important source of GDP, skilled labor and employment. Our local manufacture approach means we engage an enormous human resource that has in the past been marginalised and redirect it towards building clean energy technology.
WHAT WE NEED & WHAT YOU GET
The money raised in the access:energy campaign is guaranteed a matching donation from the Segal Family Foundation for the first $10,000 raised. You give a dollar, the Segal Family gives a dollar, doubling your contribution!
Your money goes towards proving the access:energy concept: training informal sector artisans to build wind turbines and piloting our first off-grid energy hubs for Kenyan villages. If it works, we will be able to approach social investors and make access:energy a reality for millions of Africans over the next ten years.
FURTHER INFO ON PERKS
There are lots of ways to get involved: Order our 2012 Calendar of Kenyan mechanic hunks (yes, seriously), own beautiful wall-size drawings and photographs of the access:wind turbine or come visit us out in Kenya if you're feeling daring!
The Treasure Hunt: Just like a game of battleships but spicier. Hunt for prizes by uncovering a section of the image on our website at www.access-collective.com/indiegogo. Chose a grid square when you donate and we will update the image on our website every day to show what prizes have been won.
Other ways you can help: Please share our Indie Go Go campaign with others, through conversations, Twitter, Facebook, email, Tannoy systems - whatever works. You can click here to tweet about our campaign, here to share to Facebook.
There is lots more information on our website (www.access-collective.com/indiegogo).
ACCESS:ENERGY IN THE NEWS
Want to know more? Read about us on these pages!
- Fast Company: Co.Exist
- Yale University's Sage Magazine
- Rhodes University's Critical Thought Page
- Anya Hart Dyke's Going Green blog
- we were selected as IndieGoGo CEO Slava's personal pick for the staff Campaign Roundup 10 Feb 2012
WHY ACCESS?
access:energy's approach to energy provision is quite different from solar power projects - we build our turbines from scratch at small workshops in Kenya, install them as energy hubs in rural villages and distribute power very locally. This local approach means we can deliver electricity far cheaper than mass-produced solar panels and even, in many cases, grid electricity. It also means that as we grow we create skilled jobs in the places where people need them most.
Local demand, local supply. Power to the people.
This ethos is at the heart of access:energy. It is why we think this is going to work.
THE IMPACT
REPLACING LOW-QUALITY SOURCES OF ENERGY:
Most Kenyan households are still reliant on kerosene lamps, disposable batteries and diesel generators. These energy sources are very expensive and harmful to human health.
JOB CREATION:
Most other energy projects in Africa rely on importing products to sell or distribute. With your support this project will develop local production capacity - renewable energy technology built by Kenyans, for Kenyans.
LOCAL OWNERSHIP:
We set up small clean energy hubs that are then managed by Kenyan communities, bringing self-reliance.
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY:
Our turbines are built to produce enough power for clinics to store vaccines and provide 24 hour obstetric care, to provide light for children to study at night, refrigeration for dairy farmers and fishermen, and for the whole village to be able to charge their mobile phones.
You get the idea, electricity is big.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS TURBINE
The access:wind turbine was designed by access:energy in close partnership with artisans from Kenya's informal manufacturing sector (Jua Kali) with technical support from engineers from Yale University and the EngineerAid network.
In July 2011, it won a Kenyan Presidential Award for Jua Kali Design and Innovation.
We work with wind turbines firstly because, with a little ingenuity, they can be made from scrap materials, car parts and components found readily in Kenya, so no global supply issues even in remote places. Secondly, because small wind turbines can meet the energy requirements of Kenyan houses far more cheaply than imported technology.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS JUA KALI
Jua Kali means 'hot sun' in Swahili. It is the term used for the informal manufacturing areas in Kenyan towns. Each Jua Kali area is a complex, self-organising system of mechanics, welders, wood workers and other tradesmen who work 'under the hot sun' - ie. without big workshops or heavy machinery. Jua Kali artisans break, re-build and lovingly maintain just about any piece of technology you can think of from radio sets to Isuzu trucks. Now, with access:energy, they are starting to manufacture wind turbines.
Jua Kali is a fascinating socio-economic phenomenon that the Kenyan Government is just beginning to support as an important source of GDP, skilled labor and employment. Our local manufacture approach means we engage an enormous human resource that has in the past been marginalised and redirect it towards building clean energy technology.
WHAT WE NEED & WHAT YOU GET
The money raised in the access:energy campaign is guaranteed a matching donation from the Segal Family Foundation for the first $10,000 raised. You give a dollar, the Segal Family gives a dollar, doubling your contribution!
Your money goes towards proving the access:energy concept: training informal sector artisans to build wind turbines and piloting our first off-grid energy hubs for Kenyan villages. If it works, we will be able to approach social investors and make access:energy a reality for millions of Africans over the next ten years.
FURTHER INFO ON PERKS
There are lots of ways to get involved: Order our 2012 Calendar of Kenyan mechanic hunks (yes, seriously), own beautiful wall-size drawings and photographs of the access:wind turbine or come visit us out in Kenya if you're feeling daring!
The Treasure Hunt: Just like a game of battleships but spicier. Hunt for prizes by uncovering a section of the image on our website at www.access-collective.com/indiegogo. Chose a grid square when you donate and we will update the image on our website every day to show what prizes have been won.
Other ways you can help: Please share our Indie Go Go campaign with others, through conversations, Twitter, Facebook, email, Tannoy systems - whatever works. You can click here to tweet about our campaign, here to share to Facebook.
There is lots more information on our website (www.access-collective.com/indiegogo).
ACCESS:ENERGY IN THE NEWS
Want to know more? Read about us on these pages!
- Fast Company: Co.Exist
- Yale University's Sage Magazine
- Rhodes University's Critical Thought Page
- Anya Hart Dyke's Going Green blog
- we were selected as IndieGoGo CEO Slava's personal pick for the staff Campaign Roundup 10 Feb 2012
Local demand, local supply. Power to the people.
This ethos is at the heart of access:energy. It is why we think this is going to work.
THE IMPACT
REPLACING LOW-QUALITY SOURCES OF ENERGY:
Most Kenyan households are still reliant on kerosene lamps, disposable batteries and diesel generators. These energy sources are very expensive and harmful to human health.
JOB CREATION:
Most other energy projects in Africa rely on importing products to sell or distribute. With your support this project will develop local production capacity - renewable energy technology built by Kenyans, for Kenyans.
LOCAL OWNERSHIP:
We set up small clean energy hubs that are then managed by Kenyan communities, bringing self-reliance.
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY:
Our turbines are built to produce enough power for clinics to store vaccines and provide 24 hour obstetric care, to provide light for children to study at night, refrigeration for dairy farmers and fishermen, and for the whole village to be able to charge their mobile phones.
You get the idea, electricity is big.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS TURBINE
The access:wind turbine was designed by access:energy in close partnership with artisans from Kenya's informal manufacturing sector (Jua Kali) with technical support from engineers from Yale University and the EngineerAid network.
In July 2011, it won a Kenyan Presidential Award for Jua Kali Design and Innovation.
We work with wind turbines firstly because, with a little ingenuity, they can be made from scrap materials, car parts and components found readily in Kenya, so no global supply issues even in remote places. Secondly, because small wind turbines can meet the energy requirements of Kenyan houses far more cheaply than imported technology.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS JUA KALI
Jua Kali means 'hot sun' in Swahili. It is the term used for the informal manufacturing areas in Kenyan towns. Each Jua Kali area is a complex, self-organising system of mechanics, welders, wood workers and other tradesmen who work 'under the hot sun' - ie. without big workshops or heavy machinery. Jua Kali artisans break, re-build and lovingly maintain just about any piece of technology you can think of from radio sets to Isuzu trucks. Now, with access:energy, they are starting to manufacture wind turbines.Jua Kali is a fascinating socio-economic phenomenon that the Kenyan Government is just beginning to support as an important source of GDP, skilled labor and employment. Our local manufacture approach means we engage an enormous human resource that has in the past been marginalised and redirect it towards building clean energy technology.
The money raised in the access:energy campaign is guaranteed a matching donation from the Segal Family Foundation for the first $10,000 raised. You give a dollar, the Segal Family gives a dollar, doubling your contribution!
FURTHER INFO ON PERKS
The Treasure Hunt: Just like a game of battleships but spicier. Hunt for prizes by uncovering a section of the image on our website at www.access-collective.com/indiegogo. Chose a grid square when you donate and we will update the image on our website every day to show what prizes have been won.
Other ways you can help: Please share our Indie Go Go campaign with others, through conversations, Twitter, Facebook, email, Tannoy systems - whatever works. You can click here to tweet about our campaign, here to share to Facebook.
There is lots more information on our website (www.access-collective.com/indiegogo).
Team on This Campaign:
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Sam SmithEngineer and Communications
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Sam DubyDirector and Chief Engineer
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Harrison LeafDirector of R&D
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