POWER UNITED
SOLAR POWER STATIONS FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Our Process
Identify Rural Training Centers
The first step in Power United’s process is identifying Rural Training Center partnerships who's needs closely align with a shared mission and vision. These remote centers serve as vital education hubs and skill-building communities but exist without access to electric utility grids due to geological constraints and population distribution. By partnering with grid-compromised community based schools, we can help ensure that sustainable standalone solar power solutions are collectively implemented right where they can capture and provide electricity.
Collaborative Project Planning and Funding
Once a Rural Training Center is identified, the next step is to collaborate with local leadership to plan a project and secure necessary funding.
We work closely with village leaders, educators, and stakeholders to develop a comprehensive implementation plan that addresses the unique challenges and opportunities of each location.
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In tandem, we seek funding from a variety of local sources, including grants, donations, and corporate partnerships, to ensure each project’s financial viability. This collaborative approach ensures that each project's non-profiteering model is transparent, adequately resourced and poised for long-term success.
Project Execution with the Local Community
The final steps in the process lead to completing each project, in close collaboration with our host communities. Village chiefs, board members, educators, and trade school students collectively bring project visions to life.
From building a structure, if needed, to installing and commissioning each solar system - our work in sustainable development is focused on growing solar science/technology comprehension, teaching integral system maintenance and guiding the process of power distribution to training center communities and their surrounding village members.
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We feel hands-on project inclusion fosters not only friendships but actual ownership which better ensures knowledge transfer and learned skills required to sustain better prepared communities. By empowering stakeholders to take an active role in projects, we can help create a legacy of self-reliance and sustained positive change.
We are driven by a singular mission at Power United: to bring solar energy solutions to rural communities, transform lives and empower sustainable growth across age ranges, income levels and gender spectrums. We see an opportunity to create lasting impact and collaboration through solar powered battery-banked distribution kiosks in regions where reliable power is non existent yet sense of intergenerational community is strong,
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Our work focuses on forging relationships and providing leadership to create standalone solar power systems designed to meet the unique needs of underserved remote areas existing in the hot humid Coral Sea region.
These systems not only create light for homes and schools but also energize communication capabilities, improve healthcare/educational access and natural disaster preparedness. Our outreach directly impacts people learning what is means to live with readily available grid-independent power for the first time.
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Our approach is mindful and collaborative. We prioritize working hand-in-hand with local leaders and stakeholders to better ensure solutions are sustainable, impactful, and tailored to specific community needs.
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Since our founding, we have:
• Launched "Powa Haus #1" a first-ever solar powered distribution system at Vatu Rural Training Center, located on the eastern plains of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
• Empowered a grid and climate-compromised community of 180 with clean energy access and LED rechargeable bulb exchange program which has replaced dangerous decades old expensive kerosene lanterns and travel to charge lifestyles.
• Guided a pay as you go system managed by the community whereby a small recharge fee for lights and devices creates income generation in support of the school's food budget.
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• Built with students and staff of VATU, a pilot solar thermal food dehydrating system targeting creative recipe ideation, nutritional benefits and food preservation.​​​
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Our journey is just beginning with over 90 communities identified throughout the region and our next 2 projects in the works. Join us on our mission!
2021
Year Established
2
Communities Empowered
2
Projects Implemented
10+
Partnerships Formed
