We’re excited to announce Solarworx’s participation in the 5th German-African Business Summit, happening from 2nd to 4th December 2024 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. Join us at Booth 13 to discover our innovative DC Mesh Grid technology and our DC Solar home systems and explore partnership opportunities to bring affordable, scalable energy solutions…
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Solarworx is honored to be named a Deep Tech Pioneer by Hello Tomorrow. Out of thousands of applications, our solution stood out to their experts, and we couldn’t be more excited. Join us at the 10th Hello Tomorrow Global Summit this March 2025—a powerhouse gathering for deep tech trailblazers, investors, and innovators pushing solutions from…
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Our CEO Felix Boldt had the honor to participate in Nico Peterschmidt’s Minigrid podcast “The Mini-Grid Business”, published by INENSUS GmbH. Explore “DC MESH Grids”, the latest episode of the podcast, where they delve into the advantages and challenges of DC MESH grids compared to AC minigrids and standalone solar systems—the primary solutions for rural…
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Solarworx is pleased to announce its participation in the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo, from October 8 to 10, 2024, at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. This event, organized by GOGLA, brings together global leaders in off-grid solar technology. We invite attendees to visit our booth A42+A43 in Tent B to…
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In a significant milestone, we are thrilled to announce that the Nigeria Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) program has officially approved DC MESH grids, alongside standalone systems and minigrids. This approval marks a pivotal moment for MESH grids, affirming their recognition as a mainstream electrification method. We are looking forward to bringing our…
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We are excited to announce that Solarworx will be exhibiting at Intersolar Europe 2024, the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry, alongside our investor Canadian Solar. The event will be held from June 19-21, 2024, at Messe München in Munich, featuring over 1,370 exhibitors across 111,000 square meters. Intersolar Europe is renowned for connecting…
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Solarworx will be in Lagos, Nigeria from May 19th-24th. Join us at our booth sponsored by Victron Energy at the ARE Energy Access Investment Forum (EAIF), taking place from May 21st-23rd. As the premier annual investment event for the renewable electrification sector, we’re looking forward to connecting with industry enthusiasts and partners to discuss sustainable…
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Solarworx participated in the Global Solutions Summit 2024, held in Berlin from May 6th to 7th. The Summit is renowned for shaping policy recommendations for the G20, G7, and global governance, bringing together experts from various sectors. During the panel session titled “Decentralized Energy Solutions: Local Solutions and Global Impact”, Solarworx presented the transformative potential…
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Solarworx, together with our partner Solarkiosk, are expanding our solar services to Germany, with our new residential solar installation projects. This expansion is consistent with the companies’ commitment to sustainable energy and supports ongoing sustainable energy projects in Africa. The profits generated in Germany finance our ongoing initiatives in Africa. Customers in Germany can expect…
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As a selected SET100 startup, Solarworx will be participating in the SET Tech Festival and the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2024. The 8th iteration of the SET Tech Festival will take place alongside the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue on the 19 March 2024, at the Westhafen Convention Center in Berlin. The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue…
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Solarworx is exhibiting at the Solar & Storage exhibition in Johannesburg from 18-20 March 2024. Join us at the CanadianSolar Booth B12, at the Gallagher Convention Centre to discover more about our latest Solar Home System and DC MESH technologies! About Canadian Solar Inc. Canadian Solar was founded in 2001 in Canada…
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Solarworx is pleased to announce the successful operation of our MESH grid in Mubanga. This commercial MESH grid, located near Lusaka, Zambia, consists of 60 connections—55 consumer connections and 5 prosumer connections. Each of these prosumer connections are powered by approximately 1 kW PVp and 2.4 kWh batteries, resulting in a collective capacity of approximately…
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Solarworx is honoured to be chosen as one the 100 best clean energy and climate tech start-ups by being included in the 2024 SET100 list. Chosen by an international panel of experts from over 430 start-ups, Solarworx was awarded in the category of “Quality Energy Access & Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-7)”. The SET100 list showcases…
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We are excited to announce that Solarworx has been selected as one of the distinguished Hello Tomorrow Deep Tech Pioneers! Out of an astonishing 4,500 applications from 120 countries, Solarworx’s MESH grid technology has been identified as one of the most promising innovations in the deep tech domain. Solarworx advanced to the second round of…
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We are pleased to announce that Solarworx has been awarded the top prize in the Galp Startup the Future Global Open Innovation Program. Out of a pool of over 200 applications spanning 47 countries across six continents, Solarworx emerged as the winner in the competition track dedicated to “Bringing Energy to Everyone: Fighting energy poverty…
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As the winner of the Empower a Billion Lives (EBL-II) competition held in Orlando in March 2023, Solarworx has been invited to participate in the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE 2023) in Nashville, Tennessee, taking place from October 29th to November 2nd, 2023. The IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) is a…
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Solarworx had the privilege of participating in the 17th edition of the Microgrid Global Innovation Forum, held in London from September 26 to 27, 2023, organised by the Smart Grid Observer. The event brought together a diverse group of industry professionals, including developers, project owners, NGOs, finance experts, and technology innovators. The primary objective of…
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Pictures by PaygOps and Solarly We are thrilled to present a new and exciting Paygo-enabling hardware: the Paygo & Monitoring Dongle, developed by Solarworx in close collaboration with Victron Energy, to turn some of Victron Energy devices into Paygo. This innovative Dongle is fully compatible with PaygOps and other last-mile management software, thus strengthening the…
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We are thrilled to be recognized as one of the most promising global startups in energy and climate technology by being included in the 2023 SET100 List, in the category of “Quality Energy Access & Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-7)”. The SET100 List presents the top applications for the Start Up Energy Transition (SET) Award, which…
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We are going to exhibit our latest Solar Home and DC MESH technologies on the Solar Show Africa 2023 in Johannesburg, 25-26th of April. Please find us at the Canadian Solar booth in the Sandton Convention Centre, we share a booth! About Canadian Solar Inc. Canadian Solar was founded in 2001 in Canada and…
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Solarworx will attend the APEC 2023 in Orlando, USA from March 19th to 23rd in course of the IEEE Empower a billion lives competition. Solarworx will present its latest advancement in the DC MESH technology space at the conference. About Empower a Billion Lives Empower a Billion Lives (EBL) unleashes innovation through the development…
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Picture FRES and PaygOps Burkina Faso Overview Pay-as-you-go (Paygo) allows consumers who are unable to afford an asset or service at once, to pay for it in instalments, flexibly over time, thus not only being able to get access to solar energy solutions, but gaining access to financial services for the first time in their…
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Maroua, Cameroon September 6th, 2022 – The new DC Microgrid in the village of Zalla close to Maroua in North Cameroon is successfully in use. All local representatives supported the project and helped with its realization. The energy is being used so far for chilled water, a hair salon, lighting, fans and television. Distributors such…
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Berlin, 16th May 2022 – Together with Mehnert Corporate Design GmbH & Co. KG, Solarworx has won the highest award category – the iF DESIGN AWARD 2022 Gold – and is now one of the top winners of the globally renowned design label. Only the 73 most outstanding propsals out of nearly 11,000 entries were…
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Maroua, Cameroon April 8th, 2022 – Solarworx expands its new DC Microgrid technology to the village of Zalla close to Maroua in North Cameroon. Together with local installer Solkamtech SARL the Solar Home System based power grid now allows power sharing among 25 households. Within this year another 30 households will be connected. The RES…
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Mumbwa, Zambia, 30th October 2021 – Solarworx has been able to complete the first pilot installation of its innovative DC Microgrid in the area of Mumbwa, Zambia. The grid builds upon existing Solar Home Systems from Solarworx or other manufacturers and allows sharing the excess power from solar panels or battery capacity. Costs are considerably…
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Berlin, August 27, 2021 – As part of Berlin’s “Design Transfer Bonus” funding program, the Berlin-based design firm Mehnert Corporate Design implemented the design of the Solego systems. The program promotes the transfer of design expertise from companies and universities to SMEs in the social economy. The challenge was to design the system in such…
DetailsBerlin, 1st April 2021 – EEP Africa will support a Solarworx pilot in Zambia for decentralized smart grids based on interconnecting solar home systems (SHS). Solarworx and its local partner LittleSun will install SHS that can be stacked like Lego bricks in high-density communities. These will then be connected to form a decentralized 60V solar…
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Canadian Solar, EIT InnoEnergy and DEG invest a seven-digit sum into SolarWorXPartnership looks to address the global challenge of 1.2 billion people currently living without reliable access to electricity GUELPH, Ontario, March 16, 2021 – Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company”, or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ) and SolarWorX, a Berlin based off-grid solar pioneer, announced today…
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05th March 2021 – Solarworx CEO Felix Boldt was part of the MES virtual conference taking place yesterday. Together with innovators from Okra Solar, ME Solarshare, SET Ventures and TU Berlin the role and perspective of micro-grids for countries in the Global South were discussed. Watch the video below. Display content from YouTube Click here…
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Mumbwa, Zambia 18th December 2020 – With support of the Renewable Energy Solutions (RES) Programme the Germany Energy Agency, Solarworx and partners LittleSun and Nexira have started the rollout of Solar Home Systems in Zambia. In the course of the project, 35 Solarworx Solego 160 Solar Home Systems including DC appliances are installed in households…
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Douala, Cameroon, June 24th 2020 – Solarworx has entered into a partnership with Solkamtech bundling solar home systems with modern cooking solutions for off-grid households in Northern Cameroon as part of the USAID/Power Africa grant scheme. With destination port of Doula a container loaded with Solarworx products was finally consigned this week and Felix Boldt,…
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Freiburg, 12th December 2019 – Second place of the MakeItMatter award 2019 goes to Solarworx from Berlin. Local utility company EWS, together with the Freiburg-based Smart Green Accelerator start-up platform, presented the MakeItMatter awards for the first time. The prize aims at start-ups that advance the energy revolution with innovative ideas while thinking about aspects…
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Baltimore, 1st October 2019 – Solarworx wins the global finals for the track “emerging decentralized solutions” at the Empower a Billion Lives (EBL) competition in Baltimore, USA. The total prize money of over USD 200,000 is dedicated to innovative solutions that foster energy access for the 2bn people living in energy poverty worldwide. Among 450…
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Berlin, 18th June 2019 – Watch the pitch of Solarworx Co-Founder & CEO Felix Boldt during this year’s Ecosummit in Berlin. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube
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Berlin, 29th May 2019 – Solarworx wins the energy startup business plan competition organised by Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB), Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB) and Unternehmensverbände Berlin-Brandenburg (UVB). Among the three finalists Solarworx was able to convince the jury consisting of investors and experts in finance and energy including Dr. Karina Rigby, Siemens Vice President and…
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29th May, 2019 – Watch this episode about data relevance in the PayGo sector published by Solaris Offgrid/ management platform provider PaygOps featured Solarworx. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube
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Berlin, 9th May 2019 – Solarworx solar home & business systems (SHSs) provide the rural population of West Africa with access to electricity and support local small businesses. The pilot of 250 systems launched early 2019 together with local distributors in Senegal and Cameroon reveals this. “We’re glad to see that the Solego systems serve…
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Berlin, 09th Aril 2019 – SolarWorx is proud to be among the top-100 cleantech startups nominated by the Germany Energy Agency (Dena) and the World Energy Council (WEC). Out of 450 startups from 80 countries SolarWorX was able to convince the jury in the category of energy access and sustainable development (SDG7). Beside of presenting…
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Kampala, 31th January 2019 – SolarWorX is pleased to announce that it is now supporting Empologoma e.V. . Since 2012 the non-profit association is committed to providing secure homes, healthy nutrition, medical care and education to children in need nearby Kampala, Uganda. “Education is the key to a better future! Even though we provide our…
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Seville, 23rd January 2019 – SolarWorx is among the winners of the Europe-wide round of the “Empower a billion lives” (EBL) award, initiated by the IEEE Power Electronics Society. After having successfully passed the first round in autumn 2018, SolarWorx will now compete in the global finals in Baltimore, USA in November 2019. The prize money…
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Seville, 23rd January 2019 – During the IEEE Empower a billion regional finals in Seville Solaris Offgrid, a provider of off-grid tailored customer management systems, and SolarWorX proudly announced their partnership. The main target is to support local companies in the last-mile distribution of Solar Home and Business Systems. SolarWorX systems now fully integrated in…
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Ngamu Nyouma is a 42 years old man who lives with his 3 wifes in Sekande, a small village at the outskirts of Maroua, northern Cameroon. Electricity lines are running close by but for most of the villagers a connection is too expensive. He used to earn some money with his livestock but this is…
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Munich, 4th December 2018 – SolarWorx wins the 1st Digital Solar & Storage award for Start-Ups initiated by SolarPowerEurope. After being shortlisted with three other start-ups, SolarWorX CEO Felix Boldt was able to convince the jury with the modular electrification approach. The price money was 5000€. “SolarWorX has developed a clever, clean power solution based…
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Copenhagen, 18th October 2018 – SolarWorX has been invited to pitch at the TBB. sustainable energy conference this year. The presentation video of CEO Felix Boldt can be found below. Further information about the conference: TBB. Copenhagen Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always…
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Berlin, 30th August 2018 – SolarWorX receives a 50,000€ grant from Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) as a support for future business development. The funding programme is aimed at innovative start-ups in Berlin and provides a cost subsidy for the development, implementation and market entry of innovative products and services. Funding is provided for technological, digital or…
DetailsThe last days was still a lot of sample ordering and testing. And also the light has still some issues with sunrise and sunset, which unfortunately happens to be at least twice a day, and therefore is not acceptable. So I was digging into this tiny black box with the oszilloscope and my mood was…
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Shenzhen, 18th July 2018 – With today’s afternoon, SolarWorX has a new teststand for submersible pumps. In order to not only disassemble and check all the inner components for quality, but as well run some kind of real-live test, I installed two of them directly in front of my window, so I can watch them…
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Kaub, 13th July 2018 – During this year’s Open Space Studio Summer Atelier 28 international students from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) participated in a co-creation workshop with SolarWorX and business managers from the impact investor InnoEnergy. Driven by the question how sustainable progress in developing countries can be achieved with…
DetailsYesterday Fiona made me aware, that in order to use our special eco-material, we have to modify the surface of the mold to make injection traces less visible. I compared some options, but actually the only option really helping against those traces, will be, to make the surface pretty rough. Its not easy to imagine,…
DetailsThe last two days were not very exciting. Monday I needed to clearify a lot about the light production, as there were some misunderstandings about holding me in the loop during mold production. The advantage: they were fast, the mold is already in hardening and erosion process. The disadvantage: one day of fear, that they…
DetailsThe week is almost over. What has been done so far: Panels have been reordered some small samples like phone-charging kits and keypads have been ordered and tested test ob submersible pumps is ongoing and not in smoke yet, though the water is getting pretty warm during the day Building two more samples of and…
DetailsNormally I would not expect to find any connection between bats and sd-cards. But after almost two days banging my head on the trickiness of ordering the proper sd-cards, I took my bicycle for some sport in the nearby park in the middle of the night. The SD-Cards were still cruising in my head while…
DetailsI took the chance of the good weather today during dinnertime, to take a photo of our nice pump test-stand from the outside – we should rather call it a test-hang. And don’t worry, the hen is not going to be dinnered, but is also going for dinner. I think she survived the most dangerous…
DetailsWith today’s afternoon, SolarWorX has a new teststand for submersible pumps. In order to not only disassemble and check all the inner components for quality, but as well run some kind of real-live test, I installed two of them directly in front of my window, so I can watch them burning in – what they…
DetailsToday I tried to have a little time off from work, which is not easy here in china. Together with a colleague we went to the seaside, which for chinese circumstances was surprisingly little crowded. I tried to enjoy to swim in the sea ignoring the perfect view to the local nuclear power base. I…
DetailsShenzhen, 15th June 2018 – A few days ago our production partner made me aware, that in order to use our special eco-material, we have to modify the surface of the mold to make injection traces less visible. I compared some options, but actually the only option really helping against those traces, will be, to…
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Cameroon, 2nd April 2018 – During a field trip to Cameroon a first sample installation of a SolarWorX 50W Solar Home System prototype has been succesfully completed. As the target region the Extrême-Nord was chosen, where electrification rates are below 20% and temperatures climb up to 45 °C. “Our main target was to take the…
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