Welcome back! It seems our baby already has a name – Kelli! (see license plates in photos) The most pressing issue right now is getting the vehicle into the garage as winter is approaching and working outside in winter in Illinois would simply be madness. Despite sticky breaks on the rear wheels we were able […]
Welcome to part 1 of what I hope will be a very interesting project – converting a gasoline vehicle to an electric vehicle (EV)! New registrants of EVs including both battery electric and plug-in hybrids increased by 70% between 2014 and 2015. Recognizing this market trend, myself and a pair of like-minded energy-enthusiastic graduate students, […]
Opening Night… The car that’s been coming to our village the last few weeks showed up again today, for the first time at nightfall. The 3 salamingas that have been building the solar center jumped out of their wheel machine smelling like water instead of their typical smells of dirt and sweat. They also wore […]
Days 7-16 I’ve been unable to find reliable internet in order to post pictures or make additional posts. But I’ve managed to squeeze-in this post using the ever-elusive internet at our guest house. We’ve made a lot of progress in the last 10 days. The construction of the solar charging center was lead by the […]
Despa! (“Good Morning!” in Dagbani – the language used by the villagers I am working with) Welcome to my first post in a series that will cover my trip to rural Ghana where I will be implementing a solar business that will bring inexpensive and clean energy to a village currently lacking access to electricity. […]
