EP96: Using the power of the sun to keep things cool - Solar Polar

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GUEST

Dr. Robert Edwards

ROLE

Co-Founder and CEO

COMPANY

Solar Polar

HQ

Peterborough, UK

Solar Polar on In Good Hands

Background

1.5 billion people live without grid electricity. And as the temperature continues to warm around the world without any meaningful off-grid electrical solution, we’re seeing increases in crop wastage, medicine spoilage, and, in high-temperature events, mass fatalities.

Solution

Enter Solar Polar - the solar energy company using proprietary, off-grid cooling systems to provide refrigeration for medicine and food across the developing world, as well as enabling air conditioning that requires no electricity, moving parts, or harmful refrigerants.

Episode Brief

Solar Polar Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Robert Edwards joins Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:

  • The WHO paper that sparked the eureka moment

  • Developing cooling systems that require no electricity

  • Using the technology to preserve medicines in developing countries

  • Leveraging the system for food and crop waste reduction

  • Enabling zero-carbon homes and building

Credits

HOST

Peter Levin

PRODUCTION

Dan Mahoney

MUSIC

Eddie Knuckles

Peter Levin