Creating a sustainable infrastructure in remote areas across the world is a challenge faced by communities and governments constantly. This problem is magnified in continents such as Africa where the vast jungles and the dense vegetation keep communities and villages isolated from the rest of the planet. While the entire continent is linked by satellite technology, it is the base stations that are missing. Envision Solar International’s LifeVillage Modular Concept aims at powering the remote areas to life using solar power.

The LifeVillage concept includes Envision Solar’s LifePort and LifePod modular steel-frame structures that are equipped with solar panels that provide between 1.5 and 4 kW of electricity. Energy storage is provided in the form of batteries to supply electricity outside of daylight hours. The LifeVillage also incorporates a self-contained water treatment unit to capture and reuse water. This technology can be used to power remote communities and help them flourish using clean energy.

Applications for the LifeVillage include the creation of medical clinics, schools, housing for doctors and teachers, cell, mobile telephone, radio, TV, Wi-Fi and WiMax facilities that are constantly powered by solar power. The technology is being tested in USA as we speak and will soon be tested on the West Coast of Africa. Cote d’Ivoire will be where it will make its debut and let us hope that it continues to spread across Africa from that isolate point.

Via:Â Gizmag