Our Tech ! Why Now
The World population is rapidly increasing with a good number not having access to electricity especially in Sub Sahara Africa. Solar energy surged from 252GW (2022) to 760GW (2025) blowing past IEA forecasts.
252GW
2022 Solar Capacity
760GW
2025 Solar Capacity
3x
Growth Rate
Problem 1: Expensive Pre-Sale Site Visits
The first problem in getting a solar system is the process of pre-sale site visits for survey, consultation and solar system estimate are expensive because of more resources being used and more time spent.
During the years of surveying and installing home solar systems and solar mini-grids for rural communities, driving to a client's site in the rural areas and the city can be quite expensive because of execution tools which are (Pickup truck, GPS, Decameter, Compass, etc). Human resources, individual protecting equipment increases pre-sale site costs and it's a time consuming process, especially during pre-sale stage.
However, site visits have traditionally been an extremely important part of the overall process as they allowed the installer to accurately assess site ID, solar irradiance, equipment power and their consumption time therefore appropriately estimate the PV systems size and cost. Filling the form process is very slow especially when you survey a rural community for its solar mini-grid.
Solution: SORAD Mobile App
SORAD mobile app comes as a solution giving us the ability to do accurate site surveys while reducing pre-sale site visits and giving us a proper estimate of the PV system size and cost.
Business Model
B2B2C - Solar installers all over Africa and the world would use them for their clients, and individuals who are interested in getting a home solar and don't know how to go about it have a proper estimate for their PV system size and cost.
Market Opportunity
The market is huge and exponentially growing from the service obtainable market in million $, service available market in billion $ and the total accessible market in trillion $.
SORAD is solving a 30% process in accelerating Home solar systems in Africa and in the world as it is about to be launched.
Problem 2: Low Efficiency Silicon Panels
During the years of installing mono/poly silicon crystalline PV panels, it was realized that the silicon panel had a low efficiency because it was only absorbing/photoelectric to the near infra-red wavelength.
The silicon panel was reflecting the rest of visible wavelengths and causing heat degrading the lifespan of the panel, having a low performance alongside its low energy conversion efficiency.
Solution: 7-Wavelength Perovskite Solar Panel
The solution to these problems is having a PV panel which absorbs more wavelengths and reflects less wavelengths, thereby increasing the energy conversion efficiency and capable of working at higher temperatures.
We designed a PV panel where the 7 visible sunlight wavelengths of the Sun that are incident to the Solar panel are absorbed/photoelectric to its particular semiconductor/perovskite, increasing the energy conversion efficiency and having more electricity generated per 1m².
Key Advantages
- •Less generation of heat
- •Functions better at higher temperatures than silicon solar panels
- •Higher energy conversion efficiency per surface area
- •Absorbs/photoelectric the 7 visible wavelengths of the sun's radiation
- •Reduces the net radiation rejected, which reduces heat generated
- •Ideal for space-based solar panels and terrestrial solar panels
They are the best case for space-based solar panels as they will be able to generate more kilowatts 24/7 to power our developing cities, data centers and rural communities.
Path to Market
Manufacturing Plan
Going to the market needs we prototype the patent that was recently published and large scale manufacture with a Roll to Roll printing and 3D printing machine equipment.
Investment Required: $3.3 Million
- • Roll to Roll printing & 3D printing equipment
- • Material costs
- • Labor costs
- • Land costs
- • Maintenance costs
- • Factory overheads
Target: Large scale manufacturing by 2028
Risks & Challenges
Key challenges to be encountered:
- •3D printing our PV organs from down to top respecting its structure
- •Developing a longer lifespan of the perovskite semi-conductors
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