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Australian solar company lights up India's slums
An Australian company lighting India\'s slums with solar energy is providing a solution to the problem of deadly air pollution in India\'s poorest areas. Pollinate Energy, a company founded by five Australians, is changing the way the people in Indian slums use light in the night.
Canberra: An Australian company lighting India's slums with solar energy is providing a solution to the problem of deadly air pollution in India's poorest areas. Pollinate Energy, a company founded by five Australians, is changing the way the people in Indian slums use light in the night.
Its portable solar lamp, with a port to charge a mobile phone, has replaced dirty kerosene lamps in 8,000 homes, ABC reported. According to the company, indoor air pollution from kerosene lamps and stoves are the second leading cause of death in the world's second most populous country, making the Australian lamp a potential game changer.
Pollinate Energy employs locals to go tent to tent to sell the solar lights. The lights cost about 30 Australian dollars ($23) each. The company allows the customers to pay in installments. It has sold over 7,000 lights in Bengaluru and is expanding to two more Indian cities.
