Launch
Orb Energy builds solar for Barefoot College
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Orb Energy
- What it does
- Powers Barefoot College campus
- Kind
- Launch
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 2006
What they do
Philips Lighting chose Orb to set up a 116 kW solar array at the Tilonia campus in Rajasthan
What happened
The off-grid system uses lithium-ion battery storage, so the campus has power through the whole day
Why it matters
It supplies the office block, workshops, residences and kitchen where women train as solar engineers
The details
- Orb installed a 116 kW off-grid solar system in Rajasthan.
- The project was ordered by Philips Lighting in Feb 2018.
- Battery storage keeps the campus running all day.
- The campus trains women from many countries as solar engineers.
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